News and Announcements

History professor shares holiday cheer with students

12/14/22

Each December, Texas Woman's University history professor Jacob Blosser and his wife, Kathy, welcome TWU students into their Denton home.

History publishes 15th edition of Ibid.

7/1/22

July 1, 2022 – DENTON - The Texas Woman's University History Program on Friday published the 15th edition of Ibid., A Student History Journal.

Ibid is written and produced by the members of the TWU Eta Nu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society.

CBS DFW features Dr. Katherine Landdeck for Women Veterans Day coverage

6/13/22

As part of its coverage of Women's Veterans Day on June 12, CBS DFW news visited the official archive of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, housed in the Texas Woman's University library.

TWU hosts hero pilot Tammie Jo Shults in online lecture Oct. 6

9/14/21

Captain Tammie Jo Shults, the widely acclaimed pilot who brought Southwest Flight 1380 in for a successful, heroic emergency landing in 2018, headlines the fall installment of the Paup Lecture Series. The free, online event is open to the public and hosted by the Jane Nelson Institute for Women’s Leadership at Texas Woman’s University.

Alumna Melissa Theil leads effort to memorialize Sherman, Texas lynching

6/7/21

TWU alumna Melissa Thiel is leading an effort to install a historical marker for the lynching of George Hughes and the Sherman Riot of 1930. Thiel’s effort to commemorate Sherman’s painful past has stalled — caught between resistance by some of the town’s White leaders and a rising desire among residents to confront old racial wounds.
Although she has approached her project with a certain indomitability, “I picked a doozy,” Thiel said. “I was naive, and I didn’t think the pushback I’d get would get to this level.”

Thiel earned her master's in history and was part of TWU's public history program.