Welcome students! CofC's Occupational and Physical Therapy Alliance (OPTA) is the place for all students to learn more about OT and PT.
10/13/2022
Calling all future PT, OT, SLP, & PAs! 📣 You won’t want to miss this!
Wednesday, October 19th at 6pm in RITA 103 is our annual grad student panel! We will have current grad students available for an open discussion to answer any and all questions!
We can’t wait! See you then! 🎉
10/07/2022
Welcome to OPTA - We’re so glad you’re here! 😊👋🏼 Here is a great breakdown of the steps you can take to become an official member.
This year we have implemented a point system to ensure members stay engaged and gain every valuable resource that OPTA has to offer!
Have any questions? Feel free to comment below! 👇🏼
10/04/2022
TOMORROW TOMORROW TOMORROW!
We have a wonderful guest speaker from Tufts University coming to speak about general graduate school admissions process as well as what it looks like to apply to OT school.
Even if you aren’t pre-OT, this information will be highly useful for all allied health professions! We highly recommend attending!
We will be on Zoom at 6pm and can’t wait to see your smiling faces! Link is in our bio. Come prepared with questions!
09/26/2022
Get ready for our next meeting! 😊
We will be together this Wednesday, September 28th in RITA 103 at 6pm. The will be joining us to present a workshop on professional materials like resumes, cover letters, CVs, and more!
Bring your laptop and professional materials! 💻📑✏️
09/06/2022
Meet your new exec board for the fall semester! ✨🩺
- Lily Andrew, President
- Kate Dubose, Vice President
- Chelsey Barna, Secretary
- Kaitlyn Runzel, Treasurer
- Liv Herndon, Social Media Representative
We’re so excited to serve our OPTA members this semester and can’t wait to meet everyone soon!
09/02/2022
Hey Cougars! 😊👋 We hope you had an awesome summer!
We’re excited to announce our very first meeting of the fall semester THIS upcoming Wednesday, September 7th, from 6-7PM in RITA 103.
There will be lots of fun stuff, you don’t want to miss it! See you there!
04/19/2022
We have our LAST meeting this Monday 😢🥺💔
Meet us in the Cistern Yard at 6:30pm! Come dressed to impress to take headshots for your future professional materials. 📸 We will also be handing out goodie bags for you to celebrate the end of the semester as your prepare for finals. 🎉📚
We hope to see everyone there!
04/19/2022
Exec board applications are now LIVE! We’re looking for a Secretary and Treasurer to add to our board. Apps are due Monday, May 2nd.
04/18/2022
We have our second to last meeting TONIGHT at 6:30pm in RITA 102! 😊
As our future careers are quickly approaching, we want to prepare y’all as best we can! Come with questions and any other helpful materials - We’ll go over it all!
04/06/2022
Can you believe it?! Cougarthon is here! THIS Saturday we are celebrating our fundraising achievements in Cistern Yard from 12-6PM. 🎉🥳
There will be free food, merch, rec and dance classes, meet and greets with the miracle kids, and more! Feel free to drop in or stay for the entire event! 💛❤️
03/14/2022
Channel your inner yogi! 🧘🏼♀️ We’ll be practicing yoga and mindfulness TONIGHT at 6:30 in RITA 102 - bring your own mat!
02/18/2022
Well we just had the best time at ! 😊
Thank you to & current students for the incredible informational session and tour! We might just have some future MUSC PT, OT, PA, & SLP students on our hands! 🤞🏻👩🏼⚕️
