Featured Graduates
MBA offers exonerated Death Row inmate fresh start
12/12/23
Ryan Matthews is ready to take a a big step toward charting his own course when he graduates from Texas Woman’s on Dec. 16 with an MBA, which has an emphasis on business analytics. When he was 17 years old, Matthews was convicted of a murder he did not commit. He spent five years on death row in Louisiana before DNA evidence exonerated him in 2004.
Grad has sights on expanding care to her native Nepal
12/14/23
Melina Dhakal has spent the last seven years living and going to school in the United States. Her aspirations are to finish her education, gain experience as a speech-language practitioner and return to her home country of Nepal to help those who are most in need. Dhakal will graduate in December 2023 from Texas Woman’s University with a master’s degree in speech-language pathology.
Obstacles, loss caused delay, but success still came for MBA grad
12/12/23
The college path for Tiffanie Powell-Horton has had more downs than ups, but it was sheer grit and determination that helped her achieve academic success. On Sunday, she’ll graduate with an MBA in general business.
Sisters share passion for language, learning, PhDs
12/12/23
They share the same last name, a love of language, and represent the first generation in their family to attend college. And on Dec. 16, sisters Griselda and Ivonne Solano will earn doctorates in Literacy, Language and Culture.
STUNT senior showed prowess in sport, academics
12/11/23
It’s hard to tell which part of being a student-athlete Lauren Murphy is better at. The supporting evidence is strong on both fronts for Murphy, who graduates Dec. 16 with a Bachelor of Science in nutritional science with a chemistry minor.