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Dallas philanthropist Myers makes $2 million gift to Stroke Center

Dallas businessman and philanthropist Mike A. Myers has given a $2 million gift to Texas Woman’s stroke center to be used to expand research, patient and family services, and inter-professional training opportunities.

In the News: Alexandra Mack

TWU nutrition senior Alexandra Mack cooked up some recipes from her Apartment Friendly Cookbook on the Fox4 Good Day morning show. The cookbook was part of Mack’s capstone project and was made with ingredients that can be found in Minerva’s Market. 

TWU design team places third at NASA-sponsored competition

Texas Woman's University undergraduate kinesiology students placed third in a statewide NASA-sponsored design competition. The team designed and tested a lightweight and compact exercise device for astronauts to prevent muscle atrophy. 

Pickleball may be leisure Rx for stroke patients

Occupational therapy doctoral candidate Natalie Mackie has developed an adaptive pickleball program for clients at the Stroke Center-Dallas as part of her capstone project.

Houston OT student has three reasons to celebrate

Saigim Garcia, an occupational therapy doctoral student, won $25,000 on the NBC game show “Password.”