{"id":6056,"date":"2026-07-02T14:51:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/?p=6056"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:51:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T20:51:36","slug":"ssc-pta-program-honors-class-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-pta-program-honors-class-of-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SSC PTA Program Honors Class of 2026"},"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\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"This photo shows a crowd in attendance at the Seminole State College Physical Therapist Assistant program pinning ceremony held on June 30 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee.\" class=\"wp-image-6059\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony-788x443.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Pinning-Ceremony.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seminole State College\u2019s Physical Therapist Assistant program held a pinning ceremony June 30 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee for the graduating class of 2026. Housed at GCTC, the program combines physical therapy coursework with on-site clinical education. Students can complete the technical portion in 11 months, earn an Associate of Applied Science degree and become eligible to take the licensure examination to become a physical therapist assistant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"In this photo, Members of Seminole State College\u2019s Physical Therapist Assistant graduating class of 2026 pose with program faculty following their pinning ceremony June 30 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee. Pictured, from left, front row: Lilly Jones of Prague, Jazmene Teaney of McLoud, Lacy Howell of Shawnee, Diana Baiz of Shawnee and Paityn Edmondson of Shawnee. Back row: PTA Program Director Dr. Shakira Stafford, Shelby Johnson of Earlsboro, Alicia Holton of Shawnee, Sando Hill of Stratford, Addison Day of Shawnee, Bailey Carpenter of Tecumseh and Director of Clinical Instruction Dr. Alexus Thomas.\" class=\"wp-image-6058\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026-788x563.jpg 788w, https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/PTA-Class-of-2026.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Members of Seminole State College\u2019s Physical Therapist Assistant graduating class of 2026 pose with program faculty following their pinning ceremony June 30 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee. Pictured, from left, front row: Lilly Jones of Prague, Jazmene Teaney of McLoud, Lacy Howell of Shawnee, Diana Baiz of Shawnee and Paityn Edmondson of Shawnee. Back row: PTA Program Director Dr. Shakira Stafford, Shelby Johnson of Earlsboro, Alicia Holton of Shawnee, Sando Hill of Stratford, Addison Day of Shawnee, Bailey Carpenter of Tecumseh and Director of Clinical Instruction Dr. Alexus Thomas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seminole State College\u2019s Physical Therapist Assistant program held a pinning ceremony June 30 at Gordon Cooper Technology Center in Shawnee for the graduating class of 2026. Housed at GCTC, the program combines physical therapy coursework with on-site clinical education. Students can complete the technical portion in 11 months, earn an Associate of Applied Science degree &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/ssc-pta-program-honors-class-of-2026\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">SSC PTA Program Honors Class of 2026<\/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":[205,179],"class_list":["post-6056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-http-www-sscok-edu-media-academics","category-news","tag-july-2026","tag-pta"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056","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=6056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6060,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6056\/revisions\/6060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sscok.edu\/media\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}