School & Alumni News
Pickleball may be leisure Rx for stroke patients
4/25/24
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
4/17/24
Saigim Garcia, an occupational therapy doctoral student, won $25,000 on the NBC game show “Password.”
National group recognizes OT program director, four alumni
4/15/24
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.
U.S. News ranks OT #1, PT #2 among best graduate programs in Texas
4/10/24
Among graduate programs at Texas universities, TWU’s Occupational Therapy program was ranked No. 1 and its Physical Therapy program was ranked No. 2, while Texas Woman’s master’s nursing program was ranked No. 4 and its speech-language pathology program was ranked No. 8 in the state.
In the News: Cynthia Evetts
4/5/24
Cynthia Evetts, director of the School of Occupational Therapy, was on NBC5’s Texas Today on March 20 to talk about The Art Room in Denton and how it helps adults and children find healing through art.