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The @EmergencySports ducks are on the go again! Spending a weekend in Virgina at the @VATAPR SSATC program.
Starting off the weekend, a brewery is a good way to break the ice and discuss the @nata1950 position statement on Emergency Action Planning.
VATA DEIA committee invites you to celebrate February as Black History Month. We pay tribute to generations of African Americans who struggled with adversity to achieve full citizenship in American society & Honor their legacy.
Join us for Hit the Hill Day 2025!
When: Friday February 14 at 8am
Where: meet in the First Floor Cafeteria of the new General Assembly Building at 90 E. Broad Street (corner of 9th and E Broad), Richmond VA. ⬇️
This year we are sponsoring a bill that aims to take the Department of Education’s heat guidelines and make them required.
Don’t forget to sign up and join us!
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Join us for some CEUs!
VATA SSATC 2025 Winter Symposium Hosted at Monacan High School on February 15, 2025
We will kick off the weekend with an EAP workshop and social the evening of the 14th!
Will you be attending this workshop?
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a day to honor the 6 million Jewish victims & millions of others persecuted by the Nazis. As we confront a rise in antisemitism worldwide, it’s vital to learn from Holocaust history & ensure the memories of the victims & survivors live on.
She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Athletic Training from Lynchburg College and a Master of Science degree in Athletic Training from California University of Pennsylvania. She currently serves as the co-chair for the VATA Annual Meeting Committee and is ⬇️
the Program Coordinator for Sentara’s Annual Sports Medicine Conference. . Those that nominated her said: She is one that is the true definition of what it takes to be a leader but also a team player. She goes above and beyond making sure that things are done promptly and ⬇️
The 2025 Clinical & Emerging Practice AT of the Year is Meghan Shifflett .
Meghan Shifflett currently serves as an Athletic Trainer at Sentara-RMH Orthopedics & Sports Medicine since 2016. She has worked with James Madison University Recreation, Intramural & Club athletes⬇️
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We 💙🧡 collaboration across our department! Dr. Erin Moore (MS of Athletic Training program) and Dr. Abby Fines (Lifetime Physical Activity) gave a great presentation on disability in athletic training at the 2025 VATA Annual Meeting.
@VATAPR
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If you think I don’t take AT Olympics seriously… I do. Too much. I debated the water flow speed of different cooler spout types yesterday 😅
Anyway here’s what happens when your brain moves faster than your body ⬇️😂
Thanks @VATAPR for putting on great events for our students!
Thank you so much for coming and sharing with us!
@CollinsSports ready to go at the annual @VATAPR meeting. Come by to say hi and check out our featured products @foobagfoo @D3tapeU @BoostO2 @therabody @Incrediwear @TaycoBrace @aryseoriginal @NSportsmed #ankleblock #chirpwheel
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@VATAPR supported my research as a doctoral student and I had the chance to start the year by representing @LSU_Kinesiology and @UVAEaSIL at the VATA annual meeting.
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Congratulations to our Free Communication Presentations Award winners!
🥇Connie Peterson - Certified Professional
🥇Alanna Hall - Professional Student
🥇Xavier Thompson - Doctoral Student
Two finalists were selected for each award based on the free communications abstract they submitted to the VATA Research Committee in October. The finalists presented their research projects earlier today during the Free Communications Oral Presentation session and….