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Career Fair
by Veronica Haywood

Our career fair is coming up tomorrow and I cannot wait. The day is sure to be a very exciting and stressful one. So far I have completed my resume and had professors as well as the career services center at Marquette look over it. Well that was the first Read More...

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Laugh, Play, Smile
by Veronica Haywood

Senior Farewell and Massage-A-Thon are well on their way, and I can't wait! I am especially excited for Senior Farewell. It is the one opportunity that we get to make fun of all of our previous professors. This year however, our professors are apparently Read More...

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Work, Work, Work!
by Veronica Haywood

This semester is becoming jam packed with A LOT of work. I don't think that I have had this many projects and papers due since taking English, History, Philosophy, and Theology all in the same semester. It's almost overwhelming at times. Nonetheless, Read More...

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The Resume
by Veronica Haywood

Now comes the time again where there is just A LOT going on. Besides the loads of projects, papers and tests, we have a lot of events coming up. We have Massage-A-Thon coming around the corner, which was extremely successful last semester. Then we have Read More...

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Back To School
by Veronica Haywood

Wow--school has started this week! Someone in my class summed up the first few days excellently in her Facebook status: It's only been a few days, but it feels like half a semester. (Sorry if I butchered it!) I am convinced that our classes are even longer Read More...

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PT vs. ATC. Is There a Difference?
by Veronica Haywood

OK, so today I have a question sparked by a discussion that my roommate, who is currently a third year athletic training student, and I had the other night. Basically, she is battling over whether she wants to go to graduate school (DPT, masters in AT, Read More...

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Saying Goodbye
by Veronica Haywood

As the start of the school year approaches, I have become more excited and worried all at once. This will be my last semester of classes and while part of me is excited, a large part of me will miss being at Marquette. My mom thought it was actually quite Read More...

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The Pressures of Graduating
by Veronica Haywood

For some reason, I am having the hardest time choosing my last two clinicals. I know that one has to be an acute care rotation, and at some point one must focus on wound care, but if I choose my wound care and acute care rotation as the same clinical Read More...

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On My Own
by Veronica Haywood

As the summer rolls toward its ending, I realized that I only have a few more weeks left before school starts. Then I realized something even more startling when my mom told me that I needed to start planning my graduation party...I will be graduating Read More...

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Wrapping Up My Internship
by Veronica Haywood

My internship is coming to an end and I am really going to miss it. I am finding it harder and harder to have to tell my patients that I will not be seeing anymore. Some of my patients I have seen since the very first week of my clinical! As with all Read More...

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No Setting is the Same
by Veronica Haywood

I was talking with a friend the other day that is also doing a clinical at an outpatient facility and realized how common our sites were. One big thing that we both realized is that just because you change sites, doesn't mean you change the type of people Read More...

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A New Setting
by Veronica Haywood

This week I finally started my next clinical. This one is completely different from my last clinical experience! I am currently working in an outpatient orthopedic setting at a major Chicago hospital satellite clinic. No more 4-wheeled walkers (well so Read More...

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Coming to an End
by Veronica Haywood

Finals are finally starting to come to an end. Two more today and I'll be DONE!!! Well not completely...I don't graduate till next year (Congrats to Lisa and the other DPT-6's). Nonetheless, I will be so happy when finals are done. No more late nights, Read More...

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Tests, Tests, Tests!
by Veronica Haywood

I am currently getting ready for finals and I am going crazy!!! Three weeks of test and then one week of non-stop testing. Good thing it is almost over. One week left and I will be a DPT-6! As soon as finals are over I will be starting my second internship. Read More...

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Student Loan Debt
by Veronica Haywood

So over the last five years I have accumulated a lot of debt... also known as student LOANS. It honestly makes me want to scream. I have had a few scholarships and grants, but nothing has compared to the federal and private loans I have. I know a lot Read More...

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