SWOSU Music Therapy 30th 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

• 2004 SWOSU Music Therapy Awareness Week—the week after Valentine Day

Historical Overview (Continued)• 2006 AMTA Program

Re-approval• 2008 1st Annual Music Therapy

Awareness Expo (Inviting OKMTs for poster & oral presentations)

• 2009 Yu-Chin Anthea Lin, 2nd SWOSU MT Faculty

Member

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

Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid (NORCE)

• Robbin Bufford: Stillwater Public Schools & Rise School of Stillwater

• Jennifer Carlson, NMT: Special Care, Inc.

Current MT-BC Clinical Supervisors for SWOSU• Stacy Clothier: Integris Clinton,

Western Oklahoma Hospice (Clinton)

• Susanne Heppel, NMT: Jim Thorpe (Integris) Rehab. (OKC)

• Katy Kirk, MM, NMT, Oklahoma Music Therapy

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

Chin Anthea Lin, MM: SWOSU Music Therapy Clinic

• Rachel Nowels, NICU-MT, NMT & Jennifer Schefer, NMT: The Children’s Center

• Jennifer Voss, MME, NMT: Full Circle Senior Adult Day Center (Moore/OKC)

Affiliated Clinical Projects

• University Affiliated Internship Programs• The Children’s Center (Bethany, OK)• Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid• Stillwater Public Schools• Special Care, Inc (2012)

• OK Arts Council Grants (S06 & 08-09): Musical Arts Curriculum in Alternative Education• Weatherford• Cordell

Affiliated Clinical Projects

• SWOSU A & S Organized Grants (2006-present): SWOSU MT Clinic

• OK Campus Compact Service Learning Incentive Grant (08-09): Music Therapy Field Studies

• OKC VA Medical Center: The Effectiveness of Piano Improvisation Protocols on the management of PTSD symptoms

Fun as SWOSU Music Therapy Students

SWOSU Music Therapy Student Association/MTSA

• 1980’s

• 1990’s

• 2006--Present

Alumni News

• Tom Wheelus, BA ’84, BME ’85: Retired from Griffen State Hospital (Norman, OK) in 2009 (Freelance Musician now)

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

• Joel Leckie, BME ’86: Special/Music Education Teacher at Northside Middle School (Clinton, SC)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Kimberly Theobold, J.D., BA ’87: Adult Protective Services, Northwest Senior & Disability Services (Tillamook, OR)

• Antoinette Neff, NMT, MT-BC, ’91: Owner/Founder, Nizhoni Music (Gallup, NM)

• Margaret Cook, ’93: Dir. Of Help-in-Crisis/HUG (Tahlequah, OK)

• Jamie Reed, ’93: Mustang, OK

Alumni News (continued)

• Todd Balcom, ’94: Guitar Center (Norman, OK)

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

• Robyn Harris, MT-BC, ’95: Founder/CEO, Musical Surprise (Surprise, AZ)

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

Alumni News (Continued)

• Anita Gadberry, PhD (KU), MT-BC, ’99: Dir. Music Therapy/Asst. Prof., Marywood University (PA)

• Melanie Haley, ’00: Reynoldsburg, OH • Amy Weaver, MT-BC, ’00: Owner, Under

Music Construction, Inc. Norcross, GA• Marisa Burrell, MT-BC, ’01: Fairview, OK

Alumni News (Continued)

• Roger Keith Botello, MMT (SMU), MT-BC, ’01: Children’s Medical Center (Dallas, TX)

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

• Beth Buehne Carr, MT-BC, ’04: Registered Therapist, North Texas State Hospital (Wichita Falls, TX)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Megan Looper, ’04: Edmond, OK• Christine Ales Heaps, MT-BC, ’05: Music

Maker Workshops, LLC (Tempe, AZ)• Derrick Clark, MA (Maryville U), MT-BC,

’05: Cottage Life Supervisor/Milleu Services Manager at the Boys and Girls Town of Missouri (Columbia, MO)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Rebecca Findley, MT-BC, ’05: In-House Hospice (Grand Rapids, MI), President, Michigan Music Therapists

• Chelsea Dunn, ’06: Access Center Specialist, Integris Behavioral Health, Meadowlake (Enid, OK)

• Mei-Wai Lam, ’06: Medical Residency

Alumni News (Continued)

• Marcella Muller, MT-BC, ’08: MT, Victoria Healthcare (Orange, CA); pursuing MM in NMT at Colorado State University

• Jeremy Titsworth, MT-BC, ’08: Music Therapist, Oklahoma Play Therapy (Enid, OK)

• Mollie Baker, MT-BC, ’09: Choir Teacher, Spearman ISD (TX)

Alumni News (Continued)

• Rachel Wilczek, MT-BC, ’10: Content Mastery Teacher, Guymon Public Schools (OK)

• Shanna Boily, MT-BC, ’10: Activity Director, Heritage Convalescent Center (Amarillo, TX)

• Tiffany Lee, ’11: Director of Worship & Prayer Ministry, Liberty Church (Weatherford, OK) & Private Practice

• Amber Speath, ’11: Columbia, MO

In Loving Memory Of:

Mary Susan Claeys, MME, MT-BC (December 21, 1950--October 13, 2010, after battling the Ovarian Cancer since 2006)

To be Continued…

Stay Tuned for: SWOSU Music Therapy Awareness Week

Feb. 20-24, 2012

5th SWOSU Music Therapy Awareness Expo4:00 PM, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012

SWOSU Memorial Student Union Ballroom