DPT students promote disease prevention and health at Employee Benefits Expo

Third-year doctor of physical therapy students (left to right) Deidra Pelletier, Brian Mcneaney, Cortney Krechkin, Robert Cochrane, and Scott Strawser participated in the annual UNE Employee Benefits Exposition held November 3, 2011 on the Portland Campus. 

For the second year, students completing a course on health promotion and disease prevention partnered with UNE's Wellness Committee to provide a valuable service to the University community, and also obtain a real world educational experience. This year's health promotion efforts focused on: prevention of office work station injuries; safe lifting techniques; and smoking cessation.

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The University of New England is Maine’s largest independent university, with two beautiful coastal campuses in Maine, a one-of-a-kind study abroad campus in Tangier, Morocco, and an array of flexible, accredited online degrees. In an uncommonly welcoming and supportive community, we offer hands-on learning, empowering students to make a positive impact in a world full of challenges. The state’s top provider of health professionals, we are home to Maine’s only medical college, Maine’s only dental college, a variety of other interprofessionally aligned health care degree programs, as well as nationally recognized programs for marine science degrees, natural and social sciences degrees, arts and humanities degrees, and business degrees.