Category: Alumni

Category: Alumni

06/1/07: Nine Graduates Honored with Outstanding Senior Awards

(Boston) – Nine graduates were recognized by Boston University (BU) Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at its annual Senior Awards Reception on Friday, May 18, 2007. Of nine Outstanding Senior Awards presented, one Bernard Kutner Award, two Twiness Awards, two Professional Contribution Awards, two Community Service Awards and two Student Activity Awards were […]

8/1/07: USA Hockey Magazine, “8 Days a Week”

Adam Naylor, a sports psychology coach at Boston University and director of the university’s Athletic Enhancement Center at Sargent College is quoted in this article on the amount of time children should spend playing sports, particularly ice hockey. Click here to read this article

10/13/07: The Complete Runner (A Team of Sports Science and Injury Prevention Specialists Focused on Preparing You to Meet Your Running Goals)

  Saturday, October 13, 8:30am – 2:30pm The Complete Runner Assessment · Biomechanical Gait Analysis · Orthopedic and Postural Assessment · Functional Movement Screen Strength, Flexibility, and Balance Workshop Learn and apply strength and conditioning principles to improve your running performance. Train smarter, warm up properly, run most efficiently. Come ready to workout! Eating for Energy – Nutritional Discussion Discuss […]

9/29/07: The Complete Rower (A Team of Sports Science and Injury Prevention Specialists Focused on Preparing You to Meet Your Rowing Goals)

  Saturday, September 29, 8:30am – 2:30pm The Complete Rower Assessment · Biomechanical Analysis · Orthopedic and Postural Assessment · Functional Movement Screen Strength, Power, & Endurance Workshop Learn and apply strength and conditioning principles to improve your rowing performance. Train smarter, warm up properly, row most efficiently. We will coach you through each exercise so you learn by doing. Fuel for […]

9/17/07 & 9/24/07: Raising a Student-Athlete Seminar Series

Part I – September 17, 7pm – The Foundations of Excellence Part II – September 24, 7pm – Minimizing Injury, Maximizing Performance Presenters: BU Athletic Enhancement Center Staff Location: BUAEC inside BU’s Track and Tennis Center 100 Ashford St. Learn about creating an environment for optimal sports performance and positive experience for youth and high school […]

05/21/07: Commencement Speaker Urges Graduates to Follow “The High C’s of Leadership”

(Boston) – Paul Rao, Ph.D., vice president of Clinical Services, Quality and Compliance at the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Washington, DC, and visiting professor at the University of Maryland, delivered the keynote address at the Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 20. Rao, also a certified speech-language pathologist […]

5/29/07: Boston University Students Receive Prestigious Albert Schweitzer Fellowship

(Boston) – Rebecca Hanson and Elizabeth Lima, first year occupational therapy students in the Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, were honored together with the 2007-2008 Albert Schweitzer Fellowship for a project they developed as a team. They will each receive a $2,000 stipend for one year to advance the community service […]

5/29/07: Graduate Student Receives Outstanding Student Award from the Massachusetts Dietetic Association

(Boston) – Kristen Pufahl, of Huntington, NY, was honored with the Outstanding Dietetic Student Award for a Dietetics Internship Program by the Massachusetts Dietetic Association. Pufahl, a graduate student working towards her master’s in the didactic program in dietetics at Boston University Sargent College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, was recognized for the exceptional work […]