WSSU Occupational Therapy Department

09/21/2026

What a fantastic weekend at the 2026 Fall North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association (NCOTA) Conference! 🎉
WSSU OT faculty and students had the opportunity to learn from inspiring colleagues, attend outstanding educational sessions, connect with occupational therapy professionals and students from across the state, and share our own work through presentations. We are grateful to NCOTA for hosting such a well-organized conference and to East Carolina University's Department of Occupational Therapy for their warm hospitality.

We left feeling energized, inspired, and proud to represent WSSU OT while celebrating the innovation, collaboration, and impact of occupational therapy across North Carolina! 💙🐏

08/27/2026

📢 Attention Employers of WSSU OT Graduates!

The Winston-Salem State University Master of Science in Occupational Therapy (MSOT) Program invites employers of our graduates to complete a brief Employer Satisfaction Survey based on your experience working with a WSSU OT graduate during the past 12 months.

Your feedback is invaluable and will be used to support ongoing curriculum review, program evaluation, and continuous improvement.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey:

🔗https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/KanH7dhj5q

Thank you for helping us prepare the next generation of occupational therapy practitioners!

08/17/2026

So thankful to the wonderful people at Encompass for making this experience possible for our students!

WSSU occupational therapy students shadow clinicians at Novant Health Rehabilitation Hospital to learn about inpatient rehabilitation careers.

04/19/2026

So proud of WSSU OT Students Jordan Jones and Aubrey Aldaz for receiving National Society of Allied Health Scholarships! Way to go!

02/23/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Chinno Ingram on a wonderful presentation last week on Leisure as a Lifeline! As part of WSSUs 2026 Curiosity Exchange, It was a powerful message on the importance of engaging in leisure for physical and mental health.

02/17/2026

Congratulations Ms. Allison Calhoun on doing an amazing presentation Friday as part of the "Arts, Health Care, & Humanities in Action Symposium" held at the IGC. She spoke on "Why Occupational/Physical Therapists Should/Can Prescribe the Arts." Ms. Calhoun's presentation was well received by everyone, and she offered some great strategies while highlighting the incredible work being done by the Occupational and Physical Therapy Departments.

01/06/2026

Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and that your new year is off to a terrific start!
I'm reposting my request to have graduates from the WSSU OT Class of 2024 complete the survey below for our ACOTE Report. Thank you to all who have completed it already!
Take care and thank you!

ATTENTION WSSU OT Class of 2024: It's time for the department to work on and submit our Annual Report for ACOTE. We need some information from you! Please fill out the survey below by 1-15-26! We greatly appreciate your time and input! Please reach out to Megan Edwards Collins ([email protected]) if you have any trouble with the survey. Thank you!

12/22/2025

ATTENTION WSSU OT Class of 2024: It's time for the department to work on and submit our Annual Report for ACOTE. We need some information from you! Please fill out the survey below by 1-15-26! We greatly appreciate your time and input! Please reach out to Megan Edwards Collins ([email protected]) if you have any trouble with the survey. Thank you!

10/29/2025

What a wonderful North Carolina Occupational Therapy Association's Fall Conference! It was great to see so many OT/OTA colleagues! And WSSU was well represented! From Alumni attending and presenting, to students engaging in fundraising, to faculty attending and presenting- it was amazing! And I'm very excited to share that Dr. Chinno Ingram received the Emerging Leadership Award! Congratulations Dr. Ingram! So proud to be a RAM!

07/21/2025

Through a United-Way Grant, the WSSU OT Department is looking to hire an OT for 50 hours a semester (Fall, Spring, and Summer through June 2026-). This will be a combination of assisting Monday afternoons with our REACHE Clinic and conducting home assessments. If you are interested/would like further information, please email Megan Edwards Collins at [email protected] Thank you!