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August 22, 2025 by Beth Sitzler

Pin Collectors Meet at NATA 2025

An NATA 75th anniversary special event, hosted by the NATA Historical Commission,  brought together pin collecting enthusiasts during the 76th NATA Clinical Symposia & AT Expo June 24-27 in Orlando. 

More than 30 athletic trainers and athletic training students attended the NATA Pin Collectors' Meet and Greet, organized by Historical Commission member Jeff Stone, MEd, LAT, ATC, an NATA Hall of Fame Class of 2012 member, to exchange and trade pins and patches. 

November 30, 2022 by NATA Staff

SLC Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA Student Leadership Committee Chair Dustyn Walton, outlines the SLC’s actionable items, what the committee hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.
 

November 28, 2022 by NATA Staff

Historical Commission Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA Historical Commission Chair Roger Kalisiak, MSEd, AT Ret., outlines the HC’s actionable items, what the commission hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.
 

November 15, 2022 by NATA Staff

AT EducATionalist Shares DEIA Actionable Items

As part of Phase Six of NATA’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access (DEIA) Response Plan, each NATA committee, commission and council was tasked with developing three to five actionable items that support one or more of the six NATA DEIA Commitments.

In this blog post, which is part of an ongoing series highlighting these efforts, NATA AT EducATionalist Community Cabinet Chair Paul Geisler, EdD, ATC, outlines the group’s actionable items, what it hopes to achieve and how members can get involved.
 

November 11, 2022 by NATA Staff

Veterans Day – No Apostrophe

By Andrea Matthes Berg, DHSc, LAT, ATC, NATA COPA Armed Forces Committee Chair

 

Veterans Day does not belong to veterans, it is a day to honor all veterans.

What is the magnitude of the meaning Veterans Day for the United States? Did you know other countries’ federal holiday coincides with Veterans Day, to include Armistice Day and Remembrance Day, marking the end to World War 1?