One of the great things about being President of SWATA is that when my schedule allows it I get to go to meetings of athletic trainers within District Six. So far this year I have had the great opportunity to attend both the GHATS and NTATS meetings. This weekend I will be traveling to Little Rock to attend the Arkansas Athletic Trainers' Association state meeting. This is a great meeting I am looking forward to seeing all of my friends in Arkansas and also meeting some new ones.
AATA president BJ Maack has done a great job as their association has many tremendous initiatives going right now that will benefit the profession of athletic training in their state. I would also be remiss if I didn't mention the Arkansas state representative to the SWATA Executive Board Doin Dahlke. Doin has done an exceptional job of representing his home staet on the SWATA EB over the past several years. Since he was term limited his time on the SWATA EB is up, but he will be replaced by Ken Cole who will no doubt do the same exceptional job representing the state.
I'll see you in Little Rock!
Friday, April 23, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
2010 SWATA Hall of Fame and awards recipients announced
I have the great pleasure to announce the newest inductees into the SWATA Hall of Fame as well as other awards recipients. In addition to the Hall of Fame inductees this is the inaugural year of the SWATA Most Distinguished Award and several well deserving SWATA members will get this recognition. There are also hard working members that will be receiving the Bobby Gunn Unsung Hero Award, the James Dodson New Horizons Awards, and the John Harvey Humanitarian Award.
The 2010 SWATA Hall of Fame inductees are Melinda Terry and Dr. Frank Walters. Melinda has worked tirelessly over her career in all areas of SWATA. She has been on multiple committees, served as convention chair, was elected to the SWATA Executive Board and was SWATA President in 2007 - 2008. Melinda is the third woman to be elected to the SWATA Hall of Fame. Our other inductee is Dr. Frank Walters. Dr. Walters is currently working as an athletic training administrator for a hospital in Florida. He started his career in SWATA and spent over a decade working and educating future athletic trainers in the district. Of note with Dr. Walters is that he was one of the founders of the original NATA EDAC and also served as the chair of the NATA Educational Degree Task Force. Dr. Walters is being inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame this summer and because of this induction he automatically goes into the SWATA Hall of Fame as well.
The inaugural class of the SWATA Most Distinguished award:
Lou Fincher
Mike Pruitt
Becky Spurlock
Cindy Trowbridge
Antoinette VanDePutte
John Ransone
Christine Bonci
John Anderson
Michael O’Shea
Brent Mangus
Catherine Ortega.
The other award recipients are as follows:
Bobby Gunn Unsung Hero Award
Lorna Strong
James Dodson New Horizon Award
David Traylor
John Harvey Humanitarian Award
David Edell
The Eddie Wojecki award and also the Frank Medina award recipients will be announced in a few weeks along with this year's election results. Check back on this blog or on the SWATA website (www.swata.org)
The 2010 SWATA Hall of Fame inductees are Melinda Terry and Dr. Frank Walters. Melinda has worked tirelessly over her career in all areas of SWATA. She has been on multiple committees, served as convention chair, was elected to the SWATA Executive Board and was SWATA President in 2007 - 2008. Melinda is the third woman to be elected to the SWATA Hall of Fame. Our other inductee is Dr. Frank Walters. Dr. Walters is currently working as an athletic training administrator for a hospital in Florida. He started his career in SWATA and spent over a decade working and educating future athletic trainers in the district. Of note with Dr. Walters is that he was one of the founders of the original NATA EDAC and also served as the chair of the NATA Educational Degree Task Force. Dr. Walters is being inducted into the NATA Hall of Fame this summer and because of this induction he automatically goes into the SWATA Hall of Fame as well.
The inaugural class of the SWATA Most Distinguished award:
Lou Fincher
Mike Pruitt
Becky Spurlock
Cindy Trowbridge
Antoinette VanDePutte
John Ransone
Christine Bonci
John Anderson
Michael O’Shea
Brent Mangus
Catherine Ortega.
The other award recipients are as follows:
Bobby Gunn Unsung Hero Award
Lorna Strong
James Dodson New Horizon Award
David Traylor
John Harvey Humanitarian Award
David Edell
The Eddie Wojecki award and also the Frank Medina award recipients will be announced in a few weeks along with this year's election results. Check back on this blog or on the SWATA website (www.swata.org)
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Oh those SWATA nights
As you have hopefully seen by now the registration for both the SWATA Annual Meeting and also the Arlington Sheraton is open now. Hopefully you've already registered for the meeting, but if you haven't because you are still trying to decide if it is worth the time and money let me give you a brief rundown of not only the educational sessions, but the evening schedule too.
Wednesday July 21 we will host the SWATA Golf Tournament again at the Chester Ditto golf course in Arlington. Lunch will be served around 11:30 am and the tournament will start around 1 pm. After the golf tournament come on over the the convention center. Last year we had an early bird packet pickup and cocktail reception and it was a huge success. Because of all of the positive feedback we had we will once again have the early packet pick up for those of us that have pre registered. It will be Wednesday evening July 21 from 5 - 7 pm in the exhibit hall. After the reception we will have our committee meetings. They will run from 7 - 9 pm that evening.
The educational sessions begin bright and early on Thursday July 22 at 8 am. Program chair Tina Bonci has put together a really outstanding program this year. Athletic trainers will be able to get 19 CEU for the two and a half day meeting. Thursday evening will be SWATA night at the Ballpark. The Texas Rangers are in town and every attendee will be given a ticket in the SWATA block. If you would like to purchase extra tickets for your family we will give you the opportunity to do that as well.
This year we have moved the Honors & Awards banquet from its traditional Friday evening time slot to a luncheon on Friday starting at 11:30 am. Please come out and honor all of the SWATA award winners and new Hall of Fame inductees. After the luncheon we will have our keynote address. This year it will be given by Dr. David Perrin who is currently the provost at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Perrin is a NATA Hall of Famer and former editor of the Journal of Athletic Training. Friday evening we have left open for alumni gatherings. If you are scheduling an alumni gathering there are plenty of great venues for it in and around Arlington, but you probably need to act now before all the good ones are taken.
Finally on Saturday we will have the NATA Forum and SWATA business meeting. It will end at 1 pm so you can leave Arlington and head back to your home and not incur another night in the hotel if you so choose.
As you can see not only will the days of SWATA be filled with great educational sessions, but every night you will have the opportunity to fellowship with old and new friends in this great profession.
Wednesday July 21 we will host the SWATA Golf Tournament again at the Chester Ditto golf course in Arlington. Lunch will be served around 11:30 am and the tournament will start around 1 pm. After the golf tournament come on over the the convention center. Last year we had an early bird packet pickup and cocktail reception and it was a huge success. Because of all of the positive feedback we had we will once again have the early packet pick up for those of us that have pre registered. It will be Wednesday evening July 21 from 5 - 7 pm in the exhibit hall. After the reception we will have our committee meetings. They will run from 7 - 9 pm that evening.
The educational sessions begin bright and early on Thursday July 22 at 8 am. Program chair Tina Bonci has put together a really outstanding program this year. Athletic trainers will be able to get 19 CEU for the two and a half day meeting. Thursday evening will be SWATA night at the Ballpark. The Texas Rangers are in town and every attendee will be given a ticket in the SWATA block. If you would like to purchase extra tickets for your family we will give you the opportunity to do that as well.
This year we have moved the Honors & Awards banquet from its traditional Friday evening time slot to a luncheon on Friday starting at 11:30 am. Please come out and honor all of the SWATA award winners and new Hall of Fame inductees. After the luncheon we will have our keynote address. This year it will be given by Dr. David Perrin who is currently the provost at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Perrin is a NATA Hall of Famer and former editor of the Journal of Athletic Training. Friday evening we have left open for alumni gatherings. If you are scheduling an alumni gathering there are plenty of great venues for it in and around Arlington, but you probably need to act now before all the good ones are taken.
Finally on Saturday we will have the NATA Forum and SWATA business meeting. It will end at 1 pm so you can leave Arlington and head back to your home and not incur another night in the hotel if you so choose.
As you can see not only will the days of SWATA be filled with great educational sessions, but every night you will have the opportunity to fellowship with old and new friends in this great profession.
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