School and Alumni News
Faculty win $10,000 first prize at research conference
6/4/24
Assistant Professor Ngozi Mbue, PhD, of the College of Nursing and Associate Professor Rhett Rigby, PhD, of the College of Health Sciences teamed with two others to win $10,000 and first prize at TARC, an annual research conference sponsored by the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES).
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ design team places third at NASA-sponsored competition
4/29/24
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ undergraduate kinesiology students placed third in a statewide NASA-sponsored design competition. The team designed and tested a lightweight and compact exercise device for astronauts to prevent muscle atrophy.
PhD candidate’s fellowship is creating path to help others
1/19/24
Thuy-Tien Ho, a PhD candidate in the School of Health Promotion and Kinesiology, was chosen as a 2023-24 Dallas-Fort Worth Albert Schweitzer Fellow, which prepares the next generation of professionals who will serve and empower vulnerable people to live healthier lives and create healthier communities. She is developing and implementing a mindfulness health promotion and chronic disease prevention program tailored to the needs of women living in West Dallas.
Partnership adds life skills class for students on autism spectrum
11/16/23
A partnership between ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ and the has led to a life skills class at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ for students on the autism spectrum. This fall there are 24 academy students on the ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ campus as non-degree seeking students.
Space Design team wins NASA-sponsored challenge for fourth time
11/14/23
Texas Woman’s University undergraduate kinesiology students focused on what they knew best — the scientific study of human body movement — and took the top overall prize at a NASA-sponsored design competition, marking the fourth time a ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ team won first-place honors in the statewide challenge.