Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Pinning Ceremony 2024 - UW-Stevens Point

For the first time ever, the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point celebrated its graduates as 31 student physical therapists received their degrees on Dec. 14, 2024. In addition to the university's commencement, the DPT program held a special pinning ceremony to mark this historic achievement. The program's first cohort of students began taking classes in June 2022, after nine years of meticulous planning. In the two and a half years since then, this group has paved the way for future cohorts by completing academic coursework with active learning labs, clinical education, and research activity during the first seven semesters. With a mission to prepare physical therapists for rural practice, the final two semesters of the program were centered on full-time clinical rotations all over the country from Onalaska, Wis., to Kodiak, Alaska.