There will soon be more graduates looking to fill PT jobs Arizona (Click here ^[1]) and a number of other healthcare professions.

Earlier this month, 433 students graduated from the A.T Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences ^[2]. Over 2,400 family members were on hand to see their loved ones graduate with master of science or doctoral degrees.

"In September 2010 we adopted a new university mission to be the preeminent university for the health professions, quite a lofty aim for a small private school," ATSU-ASHS Dean Barbara Maxwell, said in a statement. "So what is it that will make us preeminent? I would argue that what leads us to preeminence is our graduates. They will lead the way."

Of those graduating, 256 had taken online courses, while 177 were enrolled in residential programs. Degrees included human movement, occupational therapy, physician assistant studies, audiology, doctor of health sciences, physical therapy, and athletic training.

"You could have chosen a different, less challenging path. Instead, you found your calling in service to others who are vulnerable and often surprised by the situations in which they find themselves," Keynote Speaker Dianne V. Jewell, founder and CEO of The Rehab Intel Network, said. "They will depend on your knowledge ^[3], skill, expertise, compassion, and empathy. They will trust you to put their interests ahead of your own and to persevere when the odds against you appear to be overwhelming."