School and Alumni News
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ’s all-female design competition team tackles space headaches in astronauts
5/4/21
Five Texas Woman’s kinesiology seniors brought research to life by competing in the April 20-21. The ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Athena V team, the second all-female ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ team to enter the competition and the only all-female team competing this spring, placed seventh overall. All five team members will graduate this May.
Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Burns, PhD ’78, ’81
3/5/21
A career in academia, as a professor, was the long-term goal for health sciences alumna Elizabeth Burns, PhD ’78, ’81. Now retired, she and her husband have created a generous endowment as part of their estate plans to fund scholarships for full-time undergraduate students as part of the Elizabeth H. Burns and John M. Burns Scholarship Endowment.
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ kinesiology graduate gains experience and skills by creating international youth program
12/7/20
Texas Woman’s summer 2020 graduate Sandhya Manjunath (MS in Kinesiology - Sport Management) hopes to one day introduce sport management programs across the nation in India. Thanks to the education and experiences she received from ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ, she is on track to make that dream a reality.
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ’s first all-female design competition team brings research to life
11/30/20
Five Texas Woman’s kinesiology seniors turned classroom theories into a real-world device by competing in the November 17-18. The ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Athena V team, the first all-female ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ team to enter the competition and the only all-female team competing, placed fourth overall.
Prepared for success: ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ alumna is ready to tackle her career
11/2/20
Texas Woman’s prides itself with providing outstanding academic instruction, but as alumna Fiona Kiprop (BS ’19) discovered, the university also prepares students for successful careers. In her new position as regulatory health program coordinator with the Food and Drug Administration, Kiprop is taking everything she gained from her ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ experience and applying it to her future.