Shelby Pierson of Northford selected to present at athletic training symposium in Atlanta

HAMDEN, CT (01/31/2012)(readMedia)-- Shelby Pierson, of Northford, a senior at Quinnipiac University, has been selected to make a presentation at the 27th annual Athletic Training Student Symposium in Atlanta, Feb. 2-4. 

Pierson will make the oral presentation, "A Non-Contact Femur Fracture in a Division II Football Athlete." The symposium promotes the advancement of the athletic training profession and serves as a networking event for athletic training students.

Quinnipiac is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian institution located 90 minutes north of New York City and two hours from Boston. The university enrolls more than 6,000 full-time undergraduate and more than 2,000 graduate students in 53 undergraduate and more than 20 graduate programs of study in its School of Business, School of Communications, School of Education, School of Health Sciences, School of Law, Frank H. Netter, M.D., School of Medicine, School of Nursing and College of Arts and Sciences. Quinnipiac consistently ranks among the top regional universities in the North in U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges issue. The 2009 issue of U.S. News & World Report's America's Best Colleges named Quinnipiac as the top up-and-coming school with master's programs in the Northern Region. Quinnipiac also is recognized in Princeton Review's "The Best 376 Colleges." For more information, please visit http://www.quinnipiac.edu. Connect with Quinnipiac on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/quinnipiacuniversity and follow Quinnipiac on Twitter @QuinnipiacU.