Division and Alumni News
National Endowment for the Humanities awards grant to TWU faculty
4/14/21
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced that it awarded a Humanities Connections Grant of $99,426 to Texas Woman’s University. The grant will support the very first interdisciplinary and experiential learning initiative to integrate the history of Quakertown into courses at TWU. It will also enable the future development of a digital humanities archive of Quakertown-related research and reflection, which the project co-directors aim to connect to a public platform that will promote community engagement with Quakertown’s history for decades to come.
2021 Denton Black Film Festival announces new screendance category
2/24/21
Every year one of the only black film festivals in the United States occurs in Denton, Texas. The Denton Black Film Festival ( DBFF), created by Harry and Linda Eaddy, promotes films by prestigious Black filmmakers and films about Black lives and experiences. This year, Mary Williford-Shade, MFA, CMA, professor and chair of the TWU Department of Dance, is incorporating the new medium of screendance into the festival.
Dance alumna Amy Funderburk Tidwell named Corsicana Main Street Program Director
1/14/21
TWU dance alumna Amy Funderburk Tidwell has taken the reins as Corsicana’s Main Street Program Director. Designated an official Texas Main Street City in 1985, Corsicana’s Main Street Program supports downtown revitalization through a focus on historic preservation and economic development, in order to boost the quality of life for residents and tourists alike. In 2012, Funderburk Tidwell was named team director of the Corsicana High School Calico Dance Team.
TWU Dance alumna named 2020-2022 Phi Kappa Phi Artist
8/6/20
Lisa A. Fusillo, professor of dance in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, has been selected by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi—the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society—as the 2020-2022 Phi Kappa Phi Artist. Fusillo received her doctorate from Texas Woman’s University in 1982.
Alumna Kayla Hamilton discusses disability in dance
7/23/20
"I’m interested in asking questions about surveillance and how it strips and heightens our identities, especially in the context of Blackness, genders and disability," said Kayla Hamilton, an artist, producer and educator originally from Texarkana, TX and now residing in Bronx, NY. Kayla earned a BA in Dance from Texas Woman’s University and an MS Ed in Special Education from Hunter College. She is a member of the 2017 Bessie-award winning cast of Skeleton Architecture.