{"id":773,"date":"2017-05-11T17:52:31","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.lvc.edu\/lavie\/?p=773"},"modified":"2017-05-11T17:52:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T17:52:31","slug":"seniors-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.lvc.edu\/lavie\/2017\/05\/11\/seniors-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors again"},"content":{"rendered":"

By: M. SCACCHITTI, ’18, Staff Writer<\/p>\n

For so many of our seniors, we celebrate the accomplishments they have made in their undergraduate careers here at The Valley; today\u2019s commencement is their final bow.<\/p>\n

But for some students, this ceremony will only be the summation of act one in their academic careers.\u00a0 \u00a0Seniors in the six-year physical therapy program walking the commencement stage are not at the finish line just yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real graduation I want to be at is in two years,\u201d Yale Maier, a fourth-year PT major, said. \u201cReceiving my health sciences degree is merely a stepping stone in my professional career. There\u2019s lot more work to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

After receiving their undergraduate degrees in health sciences, the upcoming fifth year of the doctorate program for the physical therapy students will involve completing clinical rotations over the summer before returning to campus. Maier plans on completing his rotation in Charleston, S.C.<\/p>\n

For the sixth-year students, today\u2019s commencement marks the end of a long journey. They will be presented to family and friends as doctors of physical therapy. Nicole Kracum, \u201915, remembers what it was like to graduate two years ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t feel like I was done,\u201d Kracum said. While she had the opportunity to walk with her fellow classmates, she felt different.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone else was graduating, moving on with their careers, and I still had another two years,\u201d Kracum said.<\/p>\n

When the graduating sixth-years were announced, she was instantly reminded of this fact.<\/p>\n

\u201cListening to the sixth years being announced as doctors was unnerving. I knew that was going to be me. It gave me the chills.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Kracum, coming back to LVC campus for her final two years was an indifferent feeling.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll of your friends were gone. They\u2019ve graduated,\u201d Kracum said. She still kept in contact with many of her friends from undergrad, but they were starting their carreers and she was still studying.<\/p>\n

This experience allowed Kracum to get to know the other physical therapy students on a more personal level. Kracum\u2019s favorite memory in the PT program was celebrating Thanksgiving with her fellow PT students along with their faculty members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made Thanksgiving dinner, and each of us brought different dishes. It was fun to spend time not only with the other students, but with the faculty as well,\u201d Kracum said. \u201cYou have been working with them for so long, they are basically your friends too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looking back on her six years, Kracum encourages fourth years going into the final years of the program to study but also to enjoy the remaining time they have as LVC students.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt went so fast,\u201d Kracum said. \u201cStudy, study a lot. When you have the opportunity to take a break and spend time with your friends, take it. It goes too quick.\u201d<\/p>\n

After graduation, Kracum plans on studying even more; she plans on taking the board exams this coming July. Kracum then hopes to work as a doctor of physical therapy in the Baltimore area.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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