What's New with Faculty?
Dr. Katy Mitchell (Houston) received the Outstanding Teaching Award from the College of Health Sciences in August 2011.
Dr. Mary Thompson (Dallas) received the Outstanding Service Award from the College of Health Sciences in August 2011.
Dr. Suh-Jen Lin (Dallas) was awarded one of five prestigious TWU Chancellor's Research Fellowships for FY 2012: Dr. Lin will be mentored by Dr. Gayle Roux, Nursing – Denton.
Dr. Venita Lovelace-Chandler, Associate Director (Dallas), delivered the Linda Crane Lecture at the 2011 APTA Combined Sections Meeting in New Orleans, LA. In light of her many years of service to our professional organization this prestigious honor is well-deserved.
Dr. Peggy Gleeson, Director of Clinical Education (Houston), was elected as the President of the Education Section of the American Physical Association for the 2010-2012 term.
What's New with Students?
TWU Houston DPT Class of 2012
Twelve students from the class of 2012 travelled to Cusco, Peru on May 22, 2011 for 10 days to perform international aid work with a volunteer organization. They were assigned to 3 projects working side by side with Peruvian physical therapists in a orphanage, an outpatient clinic and in a school setting.
Several students continue to volunteer at Texas Children's Hospital to brighten the hospital stay for children and their parents in the Intensive Care wing.
TWU Houston DPT Class of 2013
The SPTA Officers are initiating an "incentive program" for their classmates to encourage more professionally-oriented extracurricular activities, such as attending physical therapy district meetings, chapter meetings, and educational programs. Off-campus recruitment activities done with faculty members will also be counted. Students can add their names to the drawing every time they participate in a qualified activity, thus increasing their chances to win $50.00 toward their annual APTA/TPTA membership dues of $90 at the end of the year.
Following in the footsteps of the Class of 2012, students have already started planning their voluntary service trip to Zacapa, Guatamala in concert with the organization: Hearts in Motion in May 2012. Two teams (20 in all) will each spend a week working with local PT's in clinics and in homes reinforcing their basic physical therapy skills and reaching out to an underserved population in Central America. The current focus is on fundraising, since sending 20 students on this trip at $1,500 per student will cost $30,000, so students have been planning a variety of events including luncheon deals like pizza and massages (not necessarily at the same time!), selling cookie dough and/or pre-baked goodies, sponsoring group dinners at restuarants that provide a percentage of total sales back to the group, and selling special T-shirts, to name a few. Sounds as if they are well on their way!
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