SWOSU Music Therapy 25th Anniversary Celebration Homecoming Reception

Historical Overview

• 1978 Proposal for MT Program (Dr. Jurrens, Chair)

• 1979 Degree Program of Bachelor of Music Education in Music Therapy proposed (Barbara Brantley, instructor)

Historical Overview (Continued)• 1981 BME in Music Therapy

approved by NAMT; Michael Cassity, Program

Coordinator• 1983 Bachelor of Arts in Music

Therapy available• 1986 NAMT Full Program

Approval

Historical Overview (Continued)• 1989 Proposals for Special

Music Program and Evening Music

Therapy Registration Program

• 1990 Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy

• 1994 Music Therapy Equivalency Program

Historical Overview (Continued)

• 2001 (Dr. Cassity left for Drury University, Susan Claeys, Interim Program Director)

• 2002 ChihChen Sophia Lee, Program Coordinator

• 2006 AMTA Program Re-approval

Current MT-BC Clinical Supervisors for SWOSU• Elisabeth Allen & Marni Dowell:

Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid (NORCE)

• Todd Balcom: Children of Promise—Mentors of Hope/Synergy Rhythm

• Robin Bufford: Integris Bass Behavioral Health

Current MT-BC Clinical Supervisors for SWOSU• Susan Claeys, MME: Norman Alternative

Academies• Stacy Clothier: Integris Clinton, Western

Oklahoma Hospice (Clinton)• Jennifer Edwards: Companion Hospice

(Guthrie, OK) • Susanne Heppel, NMT: Jim Thorpe

(Integris) Rehab. (OKC)

Current MT-BC Clinical Supervisors for SWOSU• ChihChen Sophia Lee, PhD: SWOSU

Music Therapy Clinic• Rachel Nowels: The Children’s

Center• Jennifer Sullivan, MS, LPC: Enid

Public School • Jennifer Voss, MME, NMT: Private

Practice (Moore/OKC)

Affiliated Clinical Projects

• University Affiliated Internship Programs• The Children’s Center (Bethany, OK)• Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid

• Music Therapy in Alternative Education (funded by Oklahoma Arts Council & SWOSU Organized Research Grants)• Cordell• Weatherford

Fun as SWOSU Music Therapy Students

SWOSU Music Therapy Student Association/MTSA

• 1980’s

• 1990’s

• 2006

Alumni News

• Tom Wheelus, BA ’84, BME ’85: Griffen State Hospital (Norman, OK)

• Marti P. Bessinger, BME ’85: East Elementary School (Weatherford, OK)

• Joel Leckie, BME ’86: Special/Music Education Teacher, Adjunct Faculty of Erskine Seminary & Presbyterian College (SC)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Kimberly Theobold, BA ’87: Lawyer (OR)• Antoinette Neff, NMT, MT-BC, ’91:

Gallup-McKinley County School, NM• Margaret Cook, MT-BC, ’93: Dir. Of Help-

in-Crisis/HUG• Jamie Reed, ’93: Mustang, OK• Todd Balcom, MT-BC, ’94: Children of

Promise—Mentors of Hope/Synergy Rhythm Events (Norman, OK)

Alumni News (continued)

• Marni Dowell, MT-BC, ’94: Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid (OK)

• Robyn Harris, MT-BC, ’95: Private Practice (AZ)

• Stacy Clothier, MT-BC, ’95: Integris Healthcare (Clinton, OK)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Anita Gadberry, MT-BC, ’99: Private Practice (TX)

• Melanie Haley, ’00: Administrative Assistant, OCU Business School

• Marisa Burrell, MT-BC, ’01: Fairview, OK

Alumni News (Continued)

• Roger Keith Botello, MM, MT-BC, ’01: Center of Discovery (NY); pursuing PhD. In Ethnomusicology at Univ. of North Texas Spring 07

• Rachel Nowels, MT-BC, ’03: The Children’s Center (Bethany, OK)

• Megan Looper, MT-BC, ’04: Bartlesville Public School (OK)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Beth Buehne, MT-BC, ’04: Terrell State Hospital (TX)

• Christine Ales, MT-BC, ‘05: Plaza Healthcare (Scottsdale, AZ)

• Derrick Clark, MT-BC, ’05: Fulton State Hospital, MO; pursuing MMT at Maryville University (St. Louis, MO), F06

Alumni News (Continued)

• Rebecca Findley, MT-BC, ’05: MM in Music Therapy, Western Michigan University

• Chelsea Dunn, ’06: Activity/Social Services Director Enid, OK

• Mei-Wai Lam, MT-BC, ’06: Medical School, American University of the Caribbean

Award Recipients

• Distinguished Alumni Award• Todd Balcom, MT-BC, ’94

• Music Therapy Scholarships• Marcella Muller• Rachel McCurdy

To be Continued…

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WeekFeb. 18-24, 2007