News & Events
Stroke Center’s new ambassador has disarming demeanor
12/4/23
Watson Polk has become an ambassador and a little bit of a celebrity at the Stroke Center. Polk uses a type of Augmentative and Alternative Communication device called eye-gaze technology to communicate. He volunteered on Wednesdays during the fall semester, helping Stroke Center clients communicate with their own AAC devices.
For hearing or deaf, signing has big impact on study abroad experience
7/18/23
Students and alumni from the Education of the Deaf program visited iconic landmarks and experienced Deaf culture in the TWU Global Perspectives in Deafness in Europe study abroad trip to France and Belgium.
Gilman scholarship supports study abroad opportunities
7/12/23
Eight Texas Woman’s students recently returned from unique TWU Education Abroad faculty-led trips, thanks in part to scholarships from the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship program.
LEGO camp enhances STEM, language skills
7/27/23
Eighteen children from ages 5 to 13 – and with varying hearing capabilities – took part in a unique weeklong summer camp at Texas Woman’s University that uses LEGO building pieces to teach youngsters science-related concepts while at the same time honing their communication skills.
After loss, graduation has special meaning for mom, daughter
5/8/23
Katelynn Sparkman’s life instantly changed when her husband was killed in a car accident. She was now a widowed mother with the challenge of working a full-time job on top of going to school full-time. Despite the loss, Sparkman is walking at the May commencement ceremony with her cohort and will graduate in August.