Michael Sheldon elected to Board of Directors of ACAPT

Michael Sheldon, PT, Ph.D., director of the Department of Physical Therapy, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT).

According the ACAPT website, the council's purpose is to “advance the enterprise of academic physical therapy by promoting the highest standards of excellence…The Council intends to take a leadership role in establishing the direction of physical therapist education and have the responsibility and accountability to duly reflect the interests and needs of the academic and clinical physical therapist educational community.”  

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