<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/academics/majors-degrees/graduate/doctor-physical-therapy/stories/jithmie-jayawickrema .aspx" dsn="blogs"><title>Excellence and personal attention</title><pub_date>06/27/2025</pub_date><image_large><img src="/academics/majors-degrees/graduate/doctor-physical-therapy/stories/jithmie.jpg" alt="Jithmie Jayawickrema "/></image_large><summary>Originally from Sri Lanka, Jithmie Jayawickrema completed her undergraduate degree at Indiana University in Bloomington, closing out a long tennis career that took her around the world.</summary><sitee>Trine.edu</sitee><type>Trine-Built Story</type><topics/><programs>Physical Therapy</programs><programs_c/><related/><trine_highlight/><trineonline_highlight/><highlight_name>Jithmie Jayawickrema </highlight_name><highlight_major>Doctor of Physical Therapy</highlight_major><highlight_year>Class of 2020</highlight_year><highlight_quote>Everyone I met from the start did not treat me like a number but part of the family working toward a goal of producing excellent physical therapists.</highlight_quote></item>