{"id":6053,"date":"2026-06-30T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=6053"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:02:11","slug":"ssc-welcomes-new-physical-therapist-assistant-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-welcomes-new-physical-therapist-assistant-students\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC Welcomes New Physical Therapist Assistant Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, members of Seminole State College\u2019s newest Physical Therapist Assistant Program cohort pose for a group photo during their orientation. Pictured, from left, are Director of Clinical Instruction Dr. Alexus Thomas, Cepado Wilkins of Shawnee, Avery Burnett of Shawnee, Greg Quintana of McAlester, Abbigayle Price of Oklahoma City, Andrew Arden of Shawnee, Caitlyn Mack of Stillwater, Gus Arvidson of Oklahoma City, Chloe Stephenson of Tecumseh, Shaun Franks of Holdenville and PTA Program Director Dr. Shakira Stafford.\" class=\"wp-image-6054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PTA-Orientation.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seminole State College\u2019s newest Physical Therapist Assistant Program cohort attended orientation June 24 in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center Lecture Hall. The event introduced students to faculty, student support services, program expectations and team-building activities as they began the 2026-27 academic year. Classes for the PTA program are held at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee. Pictured, from left, are Director of Clinical Instruction Dr. Alexus Thomas, Cepado Wilkins of Shawnee, Avery Burnett of Shawnee, Greg Quintana of McAlester, Abbigayle Price of Oklahoma City, Andrew Arden of Shawnee, Caitlyn Mack of Stillwater, Gus Arvidson of Oklahoma City, Chloe Stephenson of Tecumseh, Shaun Franks of Holdenville and PTA Program Director Dr. Shakira Stafford.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College\u2019s newest Physical Therapist Assistant Program cohort attended orientation June 24 in the Enoch Kelly Haney Center Lecture Hall. The event introduced students to faculty, student support services, program expectations and team-building activities as they began the 2026-27 academic year. Classes for the PTA program are held at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-welcomes-new-physical-therapist-assistant-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC Welcomes New Physical Therapist Assistant Students<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,87],"tags":[204,179],"class_list":["post-6053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-news","tag-june-2026","tag-pta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6053"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6055,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6053\/revisions\/6055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}