SJSU Occupational Therapy

Calling all future OT students! 👋
Curious about a career in Occupational Therapy—or ready to take the next step? Join us for our upcoming MSOT Info Session on Zoom
📅 Tuesday, March 24, 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM

Whether you’re actively preparing your application or just beginning to explore the field, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about the SJSU Occupational Therapy program, ask questions, and connect with us.

Know someone who might be interested? Feel free to share the invite! ✨
Register now—we can’t wait to meet you!

SJSU OT Alumni in the News 👏👏👏

Last year, Sydney Shiroyama (MSOT 2017 alum) made a life-changing choice. She decided to enter the first level of ordination to become a Buddhist priest. She came back from Japan with several other touchstones in her life—the arts and community health and well-being. It’s expressed in The Lantern Song, and also her lay work as a pediatric occupational therapist focused on early intervention for babies and toddlers with disabilities. She helped start the Silicon Valley Down Syndrome Network (SVDS), a group of affected families under the umbrella of the Valley Health Foundation. She has brought taiko drumming to children and adults with mental health issues, and presented research on the benefits of taiko for people with Parkinson’s Disease. Music, she has found, can be a very efficacious therapy mode.

Read the whole article here at AsAMNews: https://asamnews.com/2026/02/11/sydney-shiroyama-buddhist-priest-taiko/

(Excerpt credit: from The Spartan Spotlight newsletter of Sonia Wright, CFRE, CSPG - Sr. Planned Giving Director at SJSU)
(Photo credit: Sydney Shiroyama)

Calling all future OT students! 👋
Curious about a career in Occupational Therapy—or ready to take the next step? Join us for our upcoming MSOT Info Session on Zoom
📅 Tuesday, February 24, 2026
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM

Whether you’re actively preparing your application or just beginning to explore the field, this session is a great opportunity to learn more about the SJSU Occupational Therapy program, ask questions, and connect with us.

Know someone who might be interested? Feel free to share the invite! ✨
Register now—we can’t wait to meet you!

Calling all prospective OT Students!
Happy New Year! We have another one of our MSOT Info Session via Zoom on Thursday, January 29, 2026, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm.
Find out more about the Occupational Therapy program or tell someone you know who might be interested. Register now! We'll see you soon! 😊

More Than 5,700 Spartans earned their degrees at SJSU last Fall---10 of them with a clinical doctorate from the SJSU OT department. 👏🎉

(Photo: courtesy of Jim Gensheimer; SJSU News Center blog by Julia Halprin Jackson | Dec 18, 2025)
Article: Article: https://blogs.sjsu.edu/newsroom/2025/more-than-5700-spartans-earn-their-degrees-at-sjsu-this-fall/

Today is Giving Tuesday, 2025!

Thank you to all our wonderful donors who continue to support the San Jose՛ State University Occupational Therapy program as we prepare occupational therapists to meet the needs of California and beyond. Give online by clicking the link below:
https://commerce.cashnet.com/cashneti/static/storefront/otdsjsu/catalog

Watch to learn more about the many ways to support OT and SJSU students.
https://youtu.be/7JsuXixfE-c?si=w2J0VZM4-66ge7UY

SJSU Student Scholarships - Occupational Therapy Occupational Therapy (OT) students in the College of Health and Human Sciences at San Jose State University (SJSU) bring energy and excellence to the program...

Congratulations to our very own, Dr. Cesar Arada, who was awarded the 2025 Fieldwork Educator Award at the recently held (Nov. 6 - 9, 2025) OTAC (Occupational Therapy Assn. of California) conference in Pasadena, CA! 🤜🤛👏👏👏
(Photo courtesy of Dr. C. Arada - pictured here with his wife, Angel Arada)

Prospective OT Students!
We have another one of our MSOT Info Session via Zoom on Thursday, November 13, 2025, from 6:00 - 7:30 pm.
Find out more about the Occupational Therapy program or tell someone you know who might be interested. Register now! We'll see you soon! 😊

Fall Preview Day at SJSU was held on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. It was such a pleasure meeting so many students and families! To stay updated on upcoming application dates and deadlines, be sure to check out SJSU's Admission Deadlines page at https://www.sjsu.edu/admissions/deadlines/index.php.
Big shoutout to our OT students Twila-Skye Tran (OTD) and Sofia De Leon (MSOT) for helping out Dr. Gigi Smith and talk about our OT program! 🥳👏