Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center News

9/15/2008 - Fishersville, VA – The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center will be the site of a Wounded Warrior Summit, Painting a Moving Train, on November 6 and 7. The summit, which targets behavioral health care and rehabilitation professionals, brain injury service providers, and other health care professionals, will deliver clinical training on combat stress injuries, working effectively in the military culture, diagnoses, and injury assessment.

7/31/2008 - Fishersville, VA – The Center officially launched its YouTube Channel on June 26, 2008, with one video, the news story from WHSV Channel 3 in Harrisonburg that announced the opening of the Center’s new Supporting Therapeutic Access to Recreation (STAR) Trail.

6/4/2008 - Fishersville, VA – The 3rd Annual Student Health Fair, "Racing to Good Health" was held June 4, 2008 in the main lobby of the Anderson Training Building at WWRC. Aprroximately 100 clients and staff attended the 1 1/2 hour event

5/6/2008 - Fishersville, VA – WWRC’s accessible STAR Trail is nearing completion!! We hope to have a Grand Opening of the STAR Trail early this summer at which time the Trail will be open to the public.

5/6/2008 - Fishersville, VA – Becky and Buell Messer donated 89 plants valued at ~$1200 to the WWRC STAR Trail for landscaping along the trail and on the island. Mary Smith and Vicki Lampert, members of the Trail Landscaping Team, visited Messer’s Landscaping...

4/12/2008 - Fishersville, VA – Rose Williams, a Charlottesville native, is a published poet/essayist and motivational speaker, and can be found frequently presenting poetry workshops and speeches to various special needs programs. Born with cerebral palsy, Rose lives life to the fullest...

10/31/2007 - Fishersville, VA – The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) is pleased to announce that it has reached its 60th year of serving people with disabilities. The Center will mark the occasion with a public ceremony on Thursday, November 8, 2007.

10/31/2007 - Fishersville, VA – The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) has added another therapeutic option for people with spinal cord and other neurological disorders.

10/2/2007 - Fishersville, VA – The Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) is pleased to announce the receipt of 28 Surplus Personal Computers from Blue Ridge Community College. The PCs will be used in the Center’s Microcomputer Support Specialist (D.O.T. 039.264-010) training curriculum.

9/28/2007 - On September 28, 2007, The WWRC Student Government Association (SGA) has completed it's Fall election and officer installation. The SGA is the governing body for WWRC student activities and events.

9/27/2007 - On September 27, 2007, Staunton, VA Red Lobster celebrated the upcoming National Disability Employment Awareness Month by inviting a representative of each training area to luncheon on the day prior to graduation.

9/19/2007 - On September 19, 2007, the Employment Resource Center branch of the WWRC Media Center held its fall Employer Panel. Three employers joined the Panel – Dave Mays, Manager, Staunton Red Lobster; Dawn Zimmerman, Manager, Phillips Staffing; and Marjorie Jensen of our own WWRC HR department.

9/10/2007 - Brian W. Ablitz is a Neuropsychology Fellow at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center in Fishersville, Virginia.

9/6/2007 - On September 6, 2007, in honor of National Payroll Week, Charlene Dunnings and Marsha Moore of Blue Ridge Community College gave a special presentation to the upcoming graduates of WWRC. Forty-seven students attended.

8/23/2007 - On August 23rd, the Media Center sponsored a special Thursday Evening Event. Amanda DiMeo, Registrar for the City of Staunton, spoke at the WWRC Media Center regarding the process of registering to vote and casting absentee ballots.

6/29/2007 - Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center is pleased to announce that several members of the General Assembly were on Thursday, June 28, 2007, to monitor the progress of the Center’s $1.5M Water/Sewer Renovation Project.

6/22/2007 - Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center is privileged to have a highly trained assistance dog from Canine Companions for Independence. Cardin, a 2 1/2 year old black Labrador Retriever is trained to be a facility dog and works with clients at WWRC alongside Occupational Therapy Director, Kelly Lum.

6/8/2007 - Through a generous grant from the Augusta Community Health Foundation, the WWRC Accessible Trail Project now has six outdoor exercise stations located at the end of the lake between the two fishing platforms.

5/24/2007 - On May 24, 2007 WWRC’s Occupational Therapy Director Kelly Lum and facility dog, Cardin, made an appearance at Massanutten Technical Center in Harrisonburg.

4/29/2007 - The 35th annual Mid-Atlantic Association Wheelchair Games were held at Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) and two other Augusta County locations on April 28 and 29, 2007.

4/14/2007 - Having the Ms. Wheelchair Virginia event on our campus was a tremendous success, with Ms. Buddy Hayes becoming the new Ms. Wheelchair Virginia!

2/02/2007 - Virginia Department of Rehabilitative Services (DRS) Commissioner, James A. Rothrock, announced today that Richard L. (Rick) Sizemore will begin his tenure as the ninth director of the Agency’s Woodrow Wilson Rehabilitation Center (WWRC) effective February 10, 2007

12/08/2006 - This fall the WWRC Student Government Association presented Sharon Russo, Physical Therapy Director and Accessible Trail Project Co-Director, with a $3,000 check...