Professor Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow, PhD Health Sciences student Mason Drake and MS Occupational Therapy student Anna McCartney were featured in a WTMJ interview about a new app that rates the accessibility of Milwaukee businesses. Smith, Drake, McCartney and a team of students are developing the app for people with physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities to use to understand different buildings’ levels of accessibility. They’re planning to get it up and running in time for the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee this summer.
CHS’s first student artist in residence
Many college students live in dorms, or in apartments with other college students, but that is not always the case. Undergraduate student Danielle Hobach, BS Occupational Studies, Therapeutic Recreation Track, Minor in Psychology, Certificate in Healthy Aging, moved into the… Read More
Alumnus named Executive of the Year
Alumnus Héctor Colón (‘97 BS Occupational Therapy, ‘01 MS Occupational Therapy) was named the Nonprofit Executive of the Year at the Nonprofit Excellence Awards. Colón is an Occupational Science & Technology graduate who now works as the President and CEO… Read More
Three alumni receive awards
Three alumni from the College of Health Sciences were selected to receive a 2020 UWM Alumni Association Award. Shannon Levandowski (‘02 BS Occupational Therapy) will be honored with the Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award. Levandowski is an Associate Clinical Professor &… Read More
Veteran stories create change on campus
Faculty, staff and students in the College of Health Sciences are working to make UWM a more inclusive, welcoming place for veterans. Associate Professor Virginia Stoffel, PhD, OT, FAOTA, from the Department of Occupational Science and Technology, is continuing this… Read More
Doctoral student receives award
Visiting doctoral student Michelle Perryman Fox received the Elizabeth Casson Trust Award for a second year in a row. The award supports her doctoral studies and is intended for UK occupational therapists to reorient their careers and lift themselves to… Read More
Faculty member wins prestigious award
Associate Professor Virginia Stoffel, PhD, OT, FAOTA, from the Department of Occupational Science and Technology, won the prestigious 2020 Occupational Therapy Award of Merit from the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA). The Occupational Therapy Award of Merit was created in… Read More
Undergraduate students receive research awards
Three CHS students are receiving 2019-2020 UWM Senior Excellence in Research Awards (SERA) from the UWM Office of Undergraduate Research. The awardees are Ryan Majinski (BS Biomedical Sciences), Diana Sofia Rivera (BS Occupational Studies, Psychology Minor) and Rebecca Willer (BS… Read More
Former faculty member makes donation
Franklin Stein, PhD, OT, FAOTA, made a generous donation of occupational therapy, psychoanalysis and behavior health textbooks. Stein was a faculty member in the College of Health Sciences, then called the School of Allied Health Professions, from 1977 to 1989…. Read More
Accessibility Ratings For Buildings May Help Milwaukee’s Disabled Community
Professor Roger O. Smith, PhD, OT, FAOTA, RESNA Fellow, and MS Occupational Therapy students Anna McCartney and Cindy Ruedinger were featured in a story on WUWM. They are working together on the Access Ratings for Buildings Project in the Rehabilitation… Read More