10/08/2025
At the Frostburg State University PA Program, it was Day 1 of the student-planned Spirit Week, in celebration of the profession’s national recognition. The theme of the day was “matching/twins,” and so, I am giving a shout out to 2 incredible cohort leaders, matching with me in the title of ‘President.’ We could have matched in clothing but I wanted to highlight their exceptional qualities, which is reflective of the strength in the PA profession.
These class presidents, Taylor Campbell (C26) and Mary Stone-Murphy (C27), agreed to join me in representation of leadership across the PA continuum and support this October. Both are incredibly talented, passionate, and dedicated advocates, bravely reaching out beyond the zones of comfort and the status quo. That is where the real growth happens and that is the place we often hold ourselves back from the reasonable risk of meeting or exceeding a challenge. Otherwise, status quo is like atrophied muscles. Without progressive conditioning, we stagnate and sell ourselves short of our potential throughout the journey of lifelong learning.
We are great as a profession but our colleagues, peers, friends, and students are struggling with the demands of today’s quotas, technology inundation, unrealistic standards that predicate risk of error, and a decade old societal call for wellness and burnout reduction.
As presidents, we are choosing to represent and be more than the minimum of what is expected. This means sharing some of the other, more vulnerable sides, that exist outside of the PA world. And so, we honor our separate yet intersecting journey, with the collage below.
Remember that we are more than solely a PA, or PA student; we are humans. We need fewer barriers that disconnect us from one another, and yet we constantly seek innovation in society. Clearly, we have a tendency to run then think and by then, we’ve already missed the beautiful scenery and the breathtaking scents along the way. Being human is where the healing happens.
Join us for by sharing your joy, fun, silly, and passions. Celebrate with because being has never felt so good!
