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Service: Worthy to Do and Worth Doing

I began this essay while traveling on a plane, during which, every now and again, I gazed through the windows…

6 Secrets to Success for Aspiring DPT Students

Are you wondering how to get into a DPT program? As a prospective doctor of physical therapy (DPT) student, getting…

A Journey into Neurological PT: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Uzair Hammad

This is the sixth installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for the next…

Time to Reimagine The American Dream

I opened the building door, ran up the stairs, and stopped by the door to the apartment. It had been…

Investigating LGBTQ+ Cultural Competence in Physical Therapy

No two patients are exactly alike. In a clinical sense, two patients recovering from the same condition won’t progress in…

Diversifying the PT Hiring Pool Through HBCUs

Many people who work in or alongside the physical therapy industry are invested in diversifying the PT profession. National PT…

Trust and Healthcare: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Tyrell McGee

This is the fifth installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for our sixth…

Identifying and Dismantling Performative Allyship

Good intentions are easy to have. Most people have a lot of them—and you likely do, too. You may intend…

From Patient to PT Student: Meet Rizing Tide Scholar Jacqueline Hua

This is the fourth installment of Rizing Tide’s Lighthouse Series which spotlights our exceptional scholars. Stay tuned for our fifth…

How to Network as a PT Student

Networking is key to a fruitful and far-reaching career.  If you’ve spent any amount of time looking up professional development…

Yuri Kochiyama

“Our ultimate objective in learning about anything is to try to create and develop a more just society than we have seen.”

Yuri Kochiyama