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Winners of the 21st Marquette Challenge, co-sponsored by Georgia State University were recognized at the Foundation annual Dinner Dance during APTAs Annual Conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Physical therapist and physical therapist assistant students from 63 schools raised $200,137 for the Foundation. This year's remarkable total pushes the total funds raised by the Marquette Challenge to more than $1,550,000 in its 21 year history. Learn more about research funded by the Marquette Challenge.

Winners of this year's Marquette Challenge, co-sponsored by Georgia State University are:

First Place - University of Miami $17,643
Second Place - University of Colorado Denver $14,450
Third Place - Georgia State University $11,310

Coordinators from winning schools.

Honorable Mention Winners
Schools raising $3,000 or more
Schools in italics raised more than $6,000

Arcadia University
Boston University - Sargent College
Emory University
Indiana University
Ithaca College
Mayo School of Health Science
MGH Institute of Health Professions
Midwestern University
Quinnipiac University
Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science
Sacred Heart University
SUNY Upstate Medical University
The University of Iowa
University of Alabama at Birmingham
University of Delaware
University of Evansville
University of Oklahoma
University of Pittsburgh
University of Southern California
University of Wisconsin - Madison
Virginia Commonwealth University

The Foundation would like to thank the Marquette University students for annually matching the 2nd Place total.

Special Awards

Most Successful Newcomer - Sacred Heart University $10,365

Biggest Stretch School - University of Pittsburgh $6,115 more than last year's total

Most Successful PTA School - Somerset Community College $2,075

Honorable mention and special award winners.

Special thanks to this year's student coordinators who led the Challenge: Kathy Cebe Ondishko, SPT, John Kowalski, SPT - Marquette University; and Casey O'Dell, SPT, Adrianna Nebedum, SPT - Georgia State University.

See the full list of participating schools by clicking here.

The Foundation would also like to recognize faculty advisors Lawrence G Pan, PT, PhD, and Sheila Schindler-Ivens, PT, PhD, - Marquette University and Leslie Taylor, PT, PhD, and Joe Donnelly, PT, DHS, OCS, - Georgia State University.

The Miami - Marquette Challenge kicks off at the National Student Conclave in Miami, Florida on October 29, 2009.

RESOURCES

Continuing Education Course Fundraisers

Please contact Barbara Malm at barbaramalm@apta.org or 800/875-1378 x8502 with questions about the Challenge. To list your school's continuing education courses on the Foundation Web site for the 2009-2010 school year, contact Ken Corch at kencorch@apta.org.

[Last updated: 09/19/09 | Contact: foundation@apta.org]