News and Announcements
Texas Woman’s history professor elected president of national honor society
1/8/20
Texas Woman’s University history professor Jacob M. Blosser, Ph.D., was elected president of Phi Alpha Theta National History Honor Society at the society's biennial national convention in San Antonio Jan. 4. Blosser is the youngest-elected president in the society’s history.
TWU history alumna Elizabeth Gray wins teaching excellence award
1/6/20
Odessa Collegiate Academy AVID coordinator and teacher Elizabeth Gray recently won a National Society for Leadership and Success Award for excellence in teaching. Gray graduated from Texas Woman’s University in Denton with a bachelor’s degree in history.
TWU's Kate Landdeck featured in 'War changes everyone'
12/23/19
"They gave it all because they needed to give it all," said Katherine Landdeck, associate professor of history at Texas Woman's University, but they would likely make the point that they were "just ordinary people." She said a gift of getting to know these veterans is realizing "they make mistakes and they are very human," not "heroes on a pedestal." And she said this may inspire others to realize that maybe they too - if pressed - can "stand up and do the right thing."
Kate Landdeck, PhD, quoted in Review Times article about aging WWII vets
11/12/19
Associate professor Kate Landdeck, Ph.D., of the History & Political Science Department was quoted in an article that was published in the Review Times (Fostoria, Ohio) about aging veterans of World War II and their recollections of life before, during and after the war.
Jacob Blosser, PhD, appointed to THECB Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee
9/4/19
TWU professor of history Jacob Blosser, Ph.D., has been appointed by the Texas Higher Educating Coordinating Board (THECB) to a three-year term on the Undergraduate Education Advisory Committee (UEAC). This twenty-three member committee provides a state-wide forum for the development of ideas and policies impacting undergraduate education throughout Texas. Blosser comes to UEAC having most recently served as co-chair of the Texas Education Coordinating Board’s History Field of Study Advisory Committee. Blosser also serves as Vice President, and President-Elect, of the nation’s 400,000-member History Honor Society, Phi Alpha Theta.