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Mentorship is a two-way gift.
Following my nomination by the World Physiotherapy Africa Region among the World Physiotherapy 75 Noteworthy Physiotherapists in the World, one of my most revered mentors — Professor Joseph Balogun, PT, PhD, FACSM, Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at Chicago State University — wrote a tribute that moved me beyond words.
Dr. Emmanuel John, Dean of York College’s Dr. Donald E. and Lois J. Myers School of Nursing and Health Professions, will be honored at the 2024 African/African-American Love Feast, hosted by York’s Emmanuel Church of God in Christ on February 11.
This is the 27th year for the Black History Month event, which was created in the late 1990s to highlight the plight of African immigrants who were housed in the York County Prison, according to Dr. Deborah McMillan, chairperson of the Love Feast and former York College trustee. “It was intended to honor and introduce them to the African-American community in York. Now, we also honor others in our community who are very active, have done notable things, or have a positive effect on others.”
“This is a great honor to be so recognized by my peers, many of whom have been in PT Education leadership for decades. My appointment to the BOD of ACAPT will further improve the visibility, and the rising national profile of Chapman University’s DPT program. For a Chair/Program Director of < 3 years’ experience to be appointed to the ACAPT Board is considered by many colleagues as remarkable and unusual, given that most of the BOD members include high-profile names in PT Education with decades of academic leadership experience. Some of the BOD members have been Chairs/Program Directors for decades, others are Associate Deans, Deans, an Interim Provost, as well as a Past President of the American Physical Therapy Association” says Dr. John.
Dr. Emmanuel John is a man that likes to laugh. You get that sense upon meeting him, and his laugh isn’t nervous or over-the-top or annoying in even the slightest way – it’s just warm and genuine. I met Dr. John, the newest director of Physical Therapy for Crean College, just before the first week of school and you could feel an amount of excitement radiating off of him. Unbeknownst to me, the date of our meeting was one of his first times over on the Palm side of campus, and he was a bit late trying to find where we meet (which was in Von Neumann Hall, just on the other side of Crean). But the man is endearing and charming, and you can sense that his detour was likely filled with wonderment about the campus and its size and scope. Even after our interview ended, I walked with him back towards the main campus and his excitement about not only being the new director of Physical Therapy, but just his love of Physical Therapy as a concept, was oozing out of him. Suddenly, I was also excited about PT.