{"id":7489,"date":"2019-07-16T16:04:17","date_gmt":"2019-07-16T21:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/?p=7489"},"modified":"2019-07-16T16:05:12","modified_gmt":"2019-07-16T21:05:12","slug":"graduate-of-sau-online-program-aims-to-bring-physical-therapy-skills-to-rural-oregon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/2019\/graduate-of-sau-online-program-aims-to-bring-physical-therapy-skills-to-rural-oregon\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate of SAU online program aims to bring physical therapy skills to rural Oregon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>A recent graduate of the online master\u2019s degree in Kinesiology-Coaching program at Southern Arkansas University aims to apply his knowledge in physical therapy to an underserved area \u2013 rural health care.<\/p>\n

Brian Schaudt, a December 2018 graduate of SAU\u2019s online program, has been accepted into George Fox University\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy program.<\/p>\n

George Fox is a private Christian university in Newberg, Oregon. Its doctoral program integrates clinical research into the practice of physical therapy. Schaudt is projected to graduate in spring 2022. He credits SAU with preparing him for the next step in his education.<\/p>\n

Steve Dingman, program director at SAU, praised Schaudt as an exceptional member of the online team. \u201cBrian always produced incredible work and went the extra mile,\u201d Dingman said. \u201cOne of the benefits of our program is getting to know students all over the United States. Brian lived and coached in Oregon the entire time he was enrolled at SAU.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMr. Dingman and the rest of the faculty in Kinesiology-Coaching helped me reach this point in my professional journey,\u201d Schaudt enthused.<\/p>\n

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Schaudt will focus on primary health care in rural eastern Oregon. \u201cAs in Arkansas, there is a health care provider shortage in rural areas and I hope to do my part.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWorking with patients, I will need many of the same skills a good coach has,\u201d Schaudt said. \u201cI will need to communicate, motivate and educate well. SAU helped me develop these skills and understand the fundamentals of the scientific process.\u201d<\/p>\n

Schaudt has served as head track and field coach and adjunct faculty at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon. He was named Men\u2019s Coach of the Year (track and field) in 2018.<\/p>\n

His passion for coaching comes from his mother, Carol Menken Schaudt, who played women\u2019s basketball at Oregon State University and was a gold medalist in the 1984 Olympic Games. Schaudt\u2019s sister played volleyball at Oregon State and plays professionally in Copenhagen, Denmark.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appreciate the entire faculty in the program at SAU for their passion, flexibility and expertise in teaching future professionals,\u201d Schaudt said.<\/p>\n

For more information, please visit https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/academics\/program\/master-of-science-in-kinesiology-coaching\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A recent graduate of the online master\u2019s degree in Kinesiology-Coaching program at Southern Arkansas University aims to apply his knowledge in physical therapy to an underserved area \u2013 rural health care. Brian Schaudt, a December 2018 graduate of SAU\u2019s online program, has been accepted into George Fox University\u2019s Doctor of Physical Therapy program. George Fox… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":7491,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,181,155,7753],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7489","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-education","9":"category-health-kinesiology-recreation","10":"category-homepage","11":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}