Mindy Madzia was selected as Clinical Instructor of the Year by students and staff of the physical therapist assistant program at Kent State East Liverpool. She is a licensed physical therapist assistant with Blue Sky Therapy, working at Lancia Villa Vista Nursing Home in Steubenville, OH and also provides home health therapy services.
As a clinical instructor, Madzia works with PTA students who are placed in the facility as part of their educational experience and training. She recently became the first clinical instructor for Â鶹´«Ã½ to take two students from different campuses, this year working with the Ashtabula Campus.
Madzia is a 1997 graduate of the Kent State East Liverpool PTA program and has been with Blue Sky for 14 years. She lives in Cadiz.
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Photo: Taking part in the presentation of the Clinical Instructor of the Year from Â鶹´«Ã½ were (from left) students Hannah Brothers and Caitlin Brenstuhl; Katie Sutton, academic coordinator of PTST clinical education at Kent East Liverpool; Mindy Madzia; Tiffany Kiphart, PTST program director for the East Liverpool and Ashtabula campuses; and Ashley Vlasov, academic coordinator of PTST clinical education at Kent State Ashtabula.