Barr Foundation Weekly Salutes Goes to the Staff, Students and Advisory Committee of St. Petersburg College of O & P
Tony Barr
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Title:
Barr Foundation Weekly Salutes Goes to the Staff, Students and Advisory Committee of St. Petersburg College of O & P
Creator:
Tony Barr
Date:
11/11/2005
Text:
This week's Barr Foundation salute goes to students,faculty,staff and fellow
Advisory Committee Boad members of St.Petersburg College of O&P.
I had the pleasure of presenting to the 24 student O&P class, the work of
the Barr Foundation and also participated in the College's first Advisory
Committee meeting this past Tuesday November 8th,The Barr Foundation.
The college is accepting 24 students a year to begin the Orthotics and
Prosthetic Bachelor Of Applied Science program each term. A magnificent
partnership has come together to establish a new Orthotics and prosthetic
school, along with an Academy Learning Center, at St. Petersburg College,
St. Petersburg, Florida.
The new O&P school will offer a baccalaureate program, postgraduate
certificate programs, and an associate degree program for technicians.
Online and videoconferencing courses are also in the plans.
The new school--which fills a void in O&P educational opportunities in
Florida and the rest of the Southeast region--is the culmination of a vision
shared by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetist (AAOP), the
Florida Chapter of the AAOP, The Florida Association of Orthotists and
Prosthetists (FAOP) and St. Petersburg College, especially by President Carl
M. Kuttler Jr., who has worked hard and enthusiastically to help achieve
this goal, sources said.
The school will follow the guidelines of the National Commission on
Prosthetic & Orthotic Education (NCOPE).
Sound financing is backing the new school: the college is contributing
toward creation of space both for the new O&P program and for the Academy
Learning Center. The contribution includes a $1 million donation of land, a
federal grant of $1 million, funding of startup costs, and up to $500,000
in matching funds. Close to $4 million has been committed to the program.
Another $750,000 must still be raised to fund the development of a new
building to house the facilities, and a professional fundraiser has been
hired to help accomplish this goal.
The Academy's vision for the Learning Center includes a physical location to
increase the Academy's didactic and laboratory-based education and also for
distance learning opportunities through workshops, seminars, and
conferences.
The facility also can serve as a venue for the Academy's Clinical Standards
of Practice (CSOP) consensus conferences, it was noted. Other related goals
are expansion to international educational opportunities and the
development of an O&P museum with the assistance of the museum studies
department of St. Petersburg College.
The college has 75 years of experience in allied health education and
currently offers 11 allied health programs to more than 1,500 students
yearly. The school also has bachelors degree programs in nursing and dental
hygiene.
St. Petersburg College is a leader in distance learning and boasts a
multimillion-dollar infrastructure of equipment for Internet, video, and
satellite conferencing.
Everyone in O&P ,manufactures or providers , should consider investing in
the future of their industry profession by making donations to the school's
O&P program.
For more information, please contact:
David Meadows/Development Officer
Orthotics & Prosthetics Program
St. Petersburg College Foundation, Inc.
Phone: (727) 341-3126
Fax: (727) 341-3123
<Email Address Redacted>
www.spscollge.edu
Each Friday we send a post and similar salute to a person or Hope Donor whom
has made a great difference in a life.
Such Whole Again stories hopefully will help make your weekend and to
remind you, knowing that most of you whom became professionals and industry
providers, got into this business to help people, that you are accomplishing
allot and are appreciated.
Want to help someone become whole again? Go to our web site
www.oandp.com/barr and see how.
Have a great weekend,
Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ertlreconstruction.com
561-394-6514
Advisory Committee Boad members of St.Petersburg College of O&P.
I had the pleasure of presenting to the 24 student O&P class, the work of
the Barr Foundation and also participated in the College's first Advisory
Committee meeting this past Tuesday November 8th,The Barr Foundation.
The college is accepting 24 students a year to begin the Orthotics and
Prosthetic Bachelor Of Applied Science program each term. A magnificent
partnership has come together to establish a new Orthotics and prosthetic
school, along with an Academy Learning Center, at St. Petersburg College,
St. Petersburg, Florida.
The new O&P school will offer a baccalaureate program, postgraduate
certificate programs, and an associate degree program for technicians.
Online and videoconferencing courses are also in the plans.
The new school--which fills a void in O&P educational opportunities in
Florida and the rest of the Southeast region--is the culmination of a vision
shared by the American Academy of Orthotists and Prosthetist (AAOP), the
Florida Chapter of the AAOP, The Florida Association of Orthotists and
Prosthetists (FAOP) and St. Petersburg College, especially by President Carl
M. Kuttler Jr., who has worked hard and enthusiastically to help achieve
this goal, sources said.
The school will follow the guidelines of the National Commission on
Prosthetic & Orthotic Education (NCOPE).
Sound financing is backing the new school: the college is contributing
toward creation of space both for the new O&P program and for the Academy
Learning Center. The contribution includes a $1 million donation of land, a
federal grant of $1 million, funding of startup costs, and up to $500,000
in matching funds. Close to $4 million has been committed to the program.
Another $750,000 must still be raised to fund the development of a new
building to house the facilities, and a professional fundraiser has been
hired to help accomplish this goal.
The Academy's vision for the Learning Center includes a physical location to
increase the Academy's didactic and laboratory-based education and also for
distance learning opportunities through workshops, seminars, and
conferences.
The facility also can serve as a venue for the Academy's Clinical Standards
of Practice (CSOP) consensus conferences, it was noted. Other related goals
are expansion to international educational opportunities and the
development of an O&P museum with the assistance of the museum studies
department of St. Petersburg College.
The college has 75 years of experience in allied health education and
currently offers 11 allied health programs to more than 1,500 students
yearly. The school also has bachelors degree programs in nursing and dental
hygiene.
St. Petersburg College is a leader in distance learning and boasts a
multimillion-dollar infrastructure of equipment for Internet, video, and
satellite conferencing.
Everyone in O&P ,manufactures or providers , should consider investing in
the future of their industry profession by making donations to the school's
O&P program.
For more information, please contact:
David Meadows/Development Officer
Orthotics & Prosthetics Program
St. Petersburg College Foundation, Inc.
Phone: (727) 341-3126
Fax: (727) 341-3123
<Email Address Redacted>
www.spscollge.edu
Each Friday we send a post and similar salute to a person or Hope Donor whom
has made a great difference in a life.
Such Whole Again stories hopefully will help make your weekend and to
remind you, knowing that most of you whom became professionals and industry
providers, got into this business to help people, that you are accomplishing
allot and are appreciated.
Want to help someone become whole again? Go to our web site
www.oandp.com/barr and see how.
Have a great weekend,
Tony Barr
Barr Foundation
www.oandp.com/barr
www.ertlreconstruction.com
561-394-6514
Citation
Tony Barr, “Barr Foundation Weekly Salutes Goes to the Staff, Students and Advisory Committee of St. Petersburg College of O & P,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 25, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/225676.
