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Last fall, Radford University Carilion Doctor of Physical Therapy (D.P.T.) students participated in a fall risk assessment clinical experiential activity at Friendship Health and Living in Roanoke, Virginia. The students, who are part of the D.P.T. Class of 2023, worked with approximately 30 older adults to assess their likelihood of losing their balance and falling, causing injury. Those who needed it were then referred for therapy admission. During the activity, the older adults took several tests to assess their mobility, including the Timed Up and Go test, the Functional Gait Assessment, the 10-meter Walk test, the Berg Balance scale, the Five-times Sit-to-Stand test and the Activities-specific Balance Confidence scale. "This activity served a dual purpose as a learning opportunity for our students," said Arco Paul, Ph.D., PT, NCS, assistant professor in the D.P.T. program, "but also as a community service for the clinical partners at Friendship."

Radford University Carilion medical laboratory science (M.L.S.) student Richard Martinez has experienced a lot of change in a very short amount of time over the last couple of years. Martinez was laid off from his first job as a laboratory technician during the first wave of the pandemic and had been on the job with his next employer for less than a year when he decided to pick up roots and relocate about 3,000 miles away.

If Devante Mosley still isn't 100% certain what he wants to do after he graduates from Radford University, that's not because he lacks for options. A junior from Fredericksburg, Virginia, and the youngest of three siblings, he was born in Japan while his father, a Marine, was stationed there. Mosley's studies at Radford resonated with his interests so much so that he opted to swap his academic focus, making sociology his major and media production his minor.

Almost every Thursday throughout the fall 2021 semester, three Radford University senior music education majors made the short trip along Tyler Avenue to the Radford Early Learning Center to make happy music for babies and toddlers.

Kirsten Walker likes working with complex machines. She has transitioned from flying Blackhawk helicopters in the Army to being a student in Radford University Carilion's physician assistant program and working to care for the human body.

If there are words that exemplify second-year Radford University Carilion Doctor of Physical Therapy student Natalie Weber, they are empathic, compassionate and caring. From the patients she works with to her classmates, Weber continually works to...

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