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Free dental screening event for kids enters fifth year
4/2/24
Texas Woman’s students and faculty hope to elicit smiles instead of tears at the fifth annual TWU Giving Kids a Smile event on Saturday, April 6, at the TWU Dental Hygiene Clinic. The event, organized and run by dental hygiene students, provides free oral care services to children with significant dental needs.
Serendipitous path led to fulfilling career for PT associate director
3/20/24
For over 30 years, Mark Weber, PT, PhD, SCS Emeritus, ATC has worked as an academic, a board-certified sports physical therapist and an athletic trainer. Last February, Weber received the Turner A. Blackburn Hall of Fame/Lifetime Award at the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) Combined Sections meeting.
Student dreams of expanding PT in island community
3/13/24
Kalijah Belardo is from St. Croix, one of the three islands that make up the United States Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea. She is also a first-year student in the Doctor of Physical Therapy program on the Texas Woman’s Houston campus. And, although she misses home and her close-knit family every single day, she is determined to become a physical therapist to inspire and help the people of St. Croix.
Lecture series, mentoring program to address rural healthcare concerns
2/23/24
Through a grant, the College of Health Sciences and the College of Nursing will host current leaders in rural health from a range of professions over the next two years. The series – Empowering Women for Rural Healthcare Leadership – focuses heavily on women in leadership. In all, the lecture will include six lectures open to the community.
Nutrition student turns capstone project into cookbook
2/20/24
A recipe for chickpea veggie pockets can be found in Apartment Friendly Cooking, a cookbook that’s part of a capstone research project created by Texas Woman’s senior Alexandra Mack. What makes Mack’s cookbook unique is the majority of the recipe ingredients can be found at Minerva’s Market.