Once a Professor, Always a Mentor
At the 2025 Commencement Ceremony, DMU honored four faculty members achieving emeriti status for their lasting contributions to the university community.
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DMU Faculty Member Appointed as Program Director and Department Chair of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Department and P.T. Clinics
DMU faculty member, Julie Ronnebaum, has been named program director and department chair of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program.
A selfless investment in the future of physical therapy
Traci Bush, M.S.P.T.’95, OTR/L, D.P.T., D.H.S., has a vision for the program she leads at DMU that will endure long after she’s no longer its leader. A DMU alumna and chair and director of the University’s doctor of physical therapy
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DMU physical therapist Kari Smith earns women’s health clinical specialist certification
Kari Smith, P.T., D.P.T., BCB-PMD, a physical therapist, manager of the Des Moines University Physical Therapy Clinic and an associate professor in DMU’s doctor of physical therapy (D.P.T.) program, has become a board-certified clinical specialist in women’s health physical therapy
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Breathe.
Molly Lechtenberg, D.P.T.’08, CMTPT, and Libby Trausch, D.P.T.’08, combined their training and expertise, passion for patient care and personal experiences to establish Breathe. Physical Therapy and Wellness in Des Moines’ Beaverdale neighborhood in 2016. Now with three locations, a fourth
DMU, community celebrate Glanton Fund’s 15th anniversary
Fifteen years ago, a small group of community members met to discuss how they could open opportunities and foster diversity at Des Moines University. They established a fund at DMU that would generate scholarships for minority students under-represented in health
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Crammed schedule leads to Legacy Scholarship
Lindsey McDaniels says she tends to “function better” when her schedule is “crammed,” and the evidence is clear she’s firing on all cylinders. The 2018 physical therapy graduate has been highly engaged in service, leadership, interprofessional education and research, all activities
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Celebrating Women’s “Herstory” Month
Traci Bush looks upon her life as a “series of fateful events that led to a series of opportunities.” From being adopted at two months by “the most incredible parents a person could have” to feeling “terrified” when asked to
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Good news for physical therapists, great news for patients
Physical therapy often can help patients recover faster, more fully and with less invasive and expensive procedures from conditions ranging from arthritis and injuries to type 2 diabetes and stroke. Thanks to legislation signed July 2 by Iowa Gov. Terry
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Physical Therapy program celebrates 25 years
Commencement is always a special occasion at a university, but 2015 is extra-special for DMU’s physical therapy program: In May it graduated its 25th class, which is also the program’s 10th class of doctors of physical therapy. Here’s the journey
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