Arizona campus Founder’s Day draws biggest crowd ever
Posted: November 13, 2009[cincopa 10517610]
The mood was festive and competitive spirit high when a record crowd of more than 500 turned out for the Arizona campus Founder’s Day celebration on November 7. Students, faculty, and staff along with friends and families enjoyed free music, games, snow cones, and cotton candy with a barbecue lunch.
The day’s featured event was a dodgeball tournament, with brackets for students and for staff. Winning the staff bracket was the ITS team Lambda Lambda Lambda, including Scott Levy, Ryan Yontanza, Philip Williams, Adam Ruiz, Kelly Richardson, and Nick Phrasavath. Student champions were the Stanky Leggers, made up of ASHS class of 2012 physical therapy students Aurora Fry, Saeed Monterrey, Fred Aboulhosn, Andrew Jarzabek, Zach Hall, and Atif Ahmed.
Children enjoyed a game area with inflatable obstacle courses and jump houses, face painting, and scavenger hunt. Fry bread, Indian tacos, and jewelry were available for sale from the National Center for American Indian Health Professions (NCAIHP). The Audiology Club sold ear molds for their annual fundraiser, and the ASDOH chapter of the American Student Dental Association sold T-shirts and sweatshirts.
In conjunction with Founder’s Day, the ASHS and ASDOH alumni boards both held meetings. ASHS also held its inaugural Student Research Symposium on November 6, featuring keynote speaker Pat McKeon, Ph.D., ATC, ’01, assistant professor in the department of rehabilitation sciences at the University of Kentucky, and closing remarks from ATSU President Jack Magruder.