Department and Alumni News

COPE announces 2025-26 Research & Innovation Fellows

The College of Professional Education at Texas Woman’s University continues its Research & Innovation Fellowships initiative this year with assistant professors Rebecca Lucero Jones, PhD (Research) and Tara Zimmerman, PhD (Innovation). The Research & Innovation Fellowships are designed to support tenure-track faculty pursuing new research, grant-related work, and innovative projects.

Stockemer named COPE Doctoral Merit Scholarship recipient

Jennifer Stockemer, a doctoral student in Family Studies (now Human Development & Family Studies), was named this year’s recipient of the College of Professional Education Doctoral Merit Scholarship in the amount of $5,000. 

COPE announces Research & Innovation Fellows

The College of Professional Education at Texas Woman’s University announced a Research & Innovation Fellowships initiative designed to support tenure-track faculty pursuing new research, grant-related work, and innovative projects. The inaugural fellows are Assistant Professor Adam Jones, PhD, (Research) and Associate Professor Aimée Myers, PhD (Innovation).

TWU to host tuition-free Bezos Academy preschool in Denton

Texas Woman’s has finalized an agreement with Bezos Academy to open a tuition-free, Montessori-inspired preschool for children of the university’s student-parents and Denton families.

TWU earns prestigious certification for Latino student excellence

Texas Woman’s was one of nine institutions ― and three in Texas ― to earn for the first time Excelencia in Education’s coveted seal.