School and Alumni 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.
Kinesiology team earns fifth win in NASA-sponsored design challenge
11/15/24
When it comes to space flight challenges, Texas Woman’s kinesiology students always seem to have the best solutions. For the fifth time in the last seven years, a team of Texas Woman’s undergraduate kinesiology students took the top overall prize at a NASA-sponsored statewide design competition.
Grad finds career calling in cardiac healthcare role
8/1/24
Texas Woman’s 2024 graduate Hannah Klim is the first kinesiology (exercise science) student from the TWU School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology to be accepted into the rigorous cardiovascular perfusion program at Baylor Scott & White’s The Heart Hospitals Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) in Plano.
TWU selects new health sciences dean
4/23/25
Texas Woman’s has selected veteran administrator, global leader in research and seasoned faculty member Catrine Tudor-Locke, PhD to serve as the university’s next dean of the College of Health Sciences. She begins her new role on July 1, 2025.
TWU alum gets front-row seat to Olympics as volunteer
7/26/24
A Texas Woman’s alumna is getting a peek behind the curtains at the Paris Olympics and the Paralympic Games this summer. Vanessa Fiaud, PhD is serving as an official volunteer for the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games.