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Governor appoints Palomares to state committee

1/13/22

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has appointed Ronald Palomares, PhD, to the state Nursing Facility Administrators Advisory Committee for a term that expires on Feb. 1, 2027.

Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham featured in 'Denton Record Chronicle' interview

1/13/22

Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, Program Lead of Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies, speaks to the Denton Record Chronicle about TWU’s upcoming Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies bachelor's degree and what it can mean for students.

Genevieve West, PhD, featured in Publisher's Weekly interview

1/6/22

We are proud to announce that TWU ESFL professor and chair Genevieve West, PhD, is featured in the Publisher’s Weekly interview "You Don’t Know Zora Neale Hurston" over the publication of the book You Don’t Know Us Negroes And Other Essays (Amistad)—a comprehensive collection of Hurston’s essays co-edited by West and the noted Harvard scholar and author Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

TWU student Demetria Ober spreads wings, flies solo in Spain

12/16/21

Texas Woman’s social work undergraduate Demetria Ober is studying abroad in Granada, Spain this year. As an individual who experiences blindness, she never imagined having the courage to leave her support system behind in order to fully immerse herself in a foreign language and culture.

Graduate Highlight: Catherine Andrews (BGS '21)

12/6/21

“Seven times down, eight times up,” is a Japanese proverb that evokes, but doesn’t even begin to describe, Catherine Andrews’ resilience throughout her journey to earn a diploma.

At the age of 18, when many of her peers were focused on applying to college with the support of family and friends, Catherine found herself aging out of the foster care system. With few resources and no biological family to lean on, she struggled through bouts of unemployment and homelessness.