School & Alumni News

Fletcher brings Autism awareness events to students and DFW community

9/3/19

Eight years ago, TWU Occupational Therapy professor Tina Fletcher, EdD, MFA, OTR, collaborated with the Dallas Museum of Art to host sensory friendly events to build autism awareness and bring OT training and teaching opportunities to her students. The events have now expanded across Dallas and influenced museum planners and therapists across the globe.

TWU alumnus and hospital CEO Charles E. Williams is building a foundation for continuous quality care

8/26/19

The Regional Medical Center's President and Chief Executive Officer Charles E. Williams compares his duty to provide quality care to that of building a home. Ensuring a good foundation undergirded by the strength of community involvement and support is where he has started. Williams received his bachelor’s degree in community health/health studies and his master’s in occupational therapy, both from Texas Woman's University. He was the first person in his family to go to college and later earned a second master’s degree in business administration from the University of Texas in Arlington in 2001.

Camp benefits children, OT students

8/22/19

Graduate students in occupational therapy worked alongside Scottish Rite’s neurology and occupational therapy research teams this summer to implement a constraint induced movement therapy (CIMT) camp for children diagnosed with hemiplegic cerebral palsy. It was the second year TWU students have participated in the camp, and assistant professor Heather Roberts, PhD, says it will be an annual event.

Roberts and adjunct faculty member Angela Shierk, PhD, worked with approximately 40 TWU occupational therapy students during the two-week camp held at Scottish Rite Hospital in Frisco.

TWU hosts Autism Awareness night at Frisco RoughRiders ballpark

4/12/19

Texas Woman's University faculty and students hit a home run in early April when they managed an Autism Awareness Night for children and their families at a Frisco RoughRiders baseball game. According to Gwen Weatherford, director of TWU's sport management program, the baseball team specifically requested support from TWU. Twenty TWU occupational therapy students and faculty members managed the event, with hosting support from TWU students in sport management and kinesiology

Yvonne M. Randall, EdD, to receive TWU Distinguished Alumni Award

3/5/19

Yvonne M. Randall, EdD, OTR/L, FAOTA, CFD, (BS '87) will be honored as one of two TWU Distinguished Alumni on Friday, April 12, 2019, in the Blagg-Huey Library. The Distinguished Alumni Award is the highest honor given to a graduate of Texas Woman’s University. Recipients represent the high ideals of the university demonstrated in a lifetime of professional accomplishment, leadership and service which brings honor to the recipient and the university. Randall is an occupational therapist currently serving as chair of the American Occupational Therapy Association Political Action Committee and associate dean in the College of Health and Human Services, Touro University Nevada.