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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.” 

National group recognizes OT program director, four alumni

A national organization representing occupational therapists has recognized the director of  Texas Woman’s School of Occupational Therapy and four of its alumni.  SOT Director Cynthia Evetts, PhD, was one of 51 occupational therapists that were named to the American Occupational Therapy Association’s Roster of Fellows (FAOTA) for their significant contributions to the profession.