News
TWU kinesiology prof helps golfers master their swing
4/4/25
Over the last 16 years, Young-Hoo Kwon, a professor of kinesiology and director of the Biomechanics and Motor Behavior Lab in the School of Health Promotion & Kinesiology at Texas Woman’s, has become one of the world’s leading researchers in golf biomechanics. Through years of capturing data of golf swings with innovative 3D technology and then analyzing it with software that he created when he was a PhD student, Kwon has produced research that filled a gap in the science of golf.
Pre-health career fair to feature more exhibitors
4/2/25
After exceeding expectations in its first year, Texas Woman's pre-health career fair returns to Hubbard Hall on Apr. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., bringing representatives from a wide range of healthcare post-graduate programs and schools to campus.
Study abroad experience helps student master skills
3/14/25
Texas Woman's graduate student Martha Cruz was one of 15 SLP students that took part in a study abroad trip to Dominica. With a combination of first- and second-year graduate speech-language pathology students as well as master’s students from the distance-education program, the all-female group formed new friendships and strengthened existing ones.
Noted OT practitioner, author to speak at TWU Dallas
2/4/25
Since Michael Iwama's book, The Kawa Model: Culturally Relevant Occupational Therapy, was published in 2006, he has given over 350 national and international lectures and over 100 keynote and plenary addresses at scientific and professional conferences. One of his next lectures is Friday, Feb. 7 at Texas Woman’s Dallas campus, where he is the speaker at the 32nd annual Vanderkooi Endowed Lectureship.
In the News: OTD Student Sarah Shoun
1/29/25
Texas Woman’s doctoral student Sarah Shoun was featured in a Baton Rouge WAFB9 television news segment about her occupational therapy capstone project that centered on social connections and adaptive ping pong for people with Parkinson’s disease.