{"id":33257,"date":"2026-10-21T13:07:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T18:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33257"},"modified":"2026-10-22T10:37:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T15:37:59","slug":"celebrating-an-academic-milestone-patrice-d-wilbur-completes-doctoral-degree","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/news-stories\/celebrating-an-academic-milestone-patrice-d-wilbur-completes-doctoral-degree\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating an academic milestone: Patrice D. Wilbur completes doctoral degree"},"template":"","news_categories":[],"news_tags":[],"class_list":["post-33257","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"intro_text_subtitle":"PT Director of Operations Earns Doctorate in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law","hide_subtitle":false,"intro_text_body":"<p>The Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Illinois Chicago proudly recognizes <a href=\"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/profiles\/wilbur-patrice-d\/\">Patrice D. Wilbur<\/a> for successfully defending her doctoral dissertation and completing the academic requirements for her Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership, Policy, and Law at Alabama State University.<\/p>\n<p>Her dissertation, titled <em>\u201cPerceptions of Gender Pay Equity Among Civil Service Employees in Illinois Public Higher Education: Demographic and Organizational Predictors,\u201d<\/em> examines the organizational and demographic factors influencing perceptions of pay equity among civil service employees within Illinois public higher education institutions.<\/p>\n<p>With more than 20 years of service at the University of Illinois Chicago, Patrice has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to higher education administration, operational leadership, and institutional excellence. Her professional experience spans financial management, human resources, clinical operations, and administrative leadership.<\/p>\n<p>This academic achievement reflects her dedication to lifelong learning, professional development, and the advancement of equitable practices within higher education.<\/p>\n<p>Patrice will formally participate in the commencement ceremony at Alabama State University in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 4, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Please join us in congratulating Dr. Patrice D. Wilbur on this significant academic and professional milestone!<\/p>\n","intro_text_excerpt":"","content_author":"Erika Ch\u00e1vez","content_sticky":false,"intro_text_include_image":false,"news_include_thumbnail":false,"components":false,"SEO_meta_description":""},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33264,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33257\/revisions\/33264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_categories?post=33257"},{"taxonomy":"news_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ahs.uic.edu\/inside-ahs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_tags?post=33257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}