What Is the Conecticut Student Special Interest Group (CTSSIG)?

The purpose of the Student Special Interest Group shall be to provide a means by which students, and student affiliate members, have a common interest, and because of their enrollment in a Physical Therapy (PT) or Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) school.  These students may meet, confer and promote the interest of their classes and schools within the Student Special Interest Group and further develop their role as a student body within the Association. 


SSIG Officers 2010

Vice President    Patrick Buckley     Sacred Heart University    buckleyp@sacredheart.edu

Secretary    Cortney Hansen    University of Hartford    chansen@hartford.edu

Treasurer    Cozette Hanegan    Sacred Heart University    haneganc@sacredheart.edu

Director    Ellen Wagner     Sacred Heart University    Wagnere2678@sacredheart.edu

Representative    Jenna Stuebe    Quinnipiac University     Jenna.Stuebe@quinnipiac.edu

Representative    Dana Rose    Quinnipiac University     dana.rose@quinnipiac.edu

Representative    Katie Lopes    Sacred Heart University     lopesk@sacredheart.edu

Representative    Cedric Haddad    University of Connecticut    Cedric.haddad@uconn.edu

Representative    Alyssa Itzkowitz    University of Hartford    aitzkowit@hartford.edu

Representative    Johan Britz    Norwalk Community College    johan.britz@gmail.com

Representative    Ravi Kaufman    Norwalk Community College    brycefitness@yahoo.com

Representative    Caroline Steffli    Norwalk Community College    carolinesteffli@hotmail.com

Representative                                   Naugatuck Valley CC 

Advisor    Melissa Corriveau    missarose@aol.com

Advisor    Alan Balavander    Alan.Balavender@ptsmc.com

o    Identify and respond to issues related to student members.

o    Promote the role of the students in physical therapy in the CPTA, APTA, and the Physical Therapy profession.

o    Promote membership and encourage the participation of students in the Student Special Interest Group, Association, and the APTA National Student Special Interest Group, hereinafter referred to as the SSIG.

o    Assist the Association in the furtherance of the Association’s Objectives and Functions.

o    Provide services to further the Student Special Interest Group’s purpose and responsibility to the student physical therapist and student physical therapist assistants in the state.

o    Serve as a resource on issues related to PT, education, practice and the Association, for Chapter leadership and membership. 

Benefits of the CTSSIG: 

o    Networking with students in your state.

o    Contacts with professionals across your state.

o    Opportunities to find mentors and be mentored.

o    Develop leadership skills.

o    Receive important information about the working of your state chapter and your future as a PT or PTA. 

This Special Interest Group is open to PT and PTA Students:
SSIG Bylaws (2007)

Consent to serve form(2008)

Newsletters:
Winter 2008
Fall 2007
1st Edition of SSIG Newsletter - June 2007.  Check out what the group does.
Summer 2007 SSIG Newsletter


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