On Monday, September 21, 2020, at 4:00 P.M., a pinning ceremony was held at UA Cossatot's Ashdown Campus in the Barbara Horn Civic Center for the 2020 PTA class. Nine students graduated at the pinning ceremony and became the second group of students to complete the program.

The nine students who received pins at the ceremony include Allie Anderson of Ashdown, Alondra Galvez of De Queen, Luis Herrera of De Queen, Riley House of Delight, Myka Lemley of Texarkana, Katherine Malca of Texarkana, Kayla Mills of Texarkana, Lacey Morton of Lewisville, and Ashley Thompson of Ashdown. 

Allie Anderson  

Alondra Galvez

Luis Herrera

Riley House

Myka Lemley

Katherine Malca

Kayla Mills

Lacey Morton

Ashley Thompson - Not Pictured

UA Cossatot Chancellor, Dr. Steve Cole, and PTA Program Director, Jennifer Sanderson expressed their excitement for the graduates and congratulated them. During the ceremony, Jennifer Sanderson announced the graduates' names, and the graduate's family members pinned them. Graduate Riley House also received recognition for having the highest program grade average in the class.

To learn about pre-requisites for the PTA Program at UA Cossatot or deadlines to apply, please visit UA Cossatot's Medical Education page at www.cccua.edu to schedule an advising appointment.

The Physical Therapist Assistant Program at UA Cossatot is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), 1111 North Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314; telephone: 703-706-3245; email: accreditation@apta.org; website: http://www.capteonline.org. If needing to contact the program/institution directly, please call 870-584-1497 or email jsanderson@cccua.edu.