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TWU alumna spices her cuisine with social justice

9/20/22

TWU alumna Sharina Hassell, chef at Alexandre’s in Oak Lawn, has debuted the Chick-full-gay, a tongue-in-cheek homage to the sandwiches at a certain fast-food chain. The new fried chicken sandwich, with two pickles and a smear of mayo on both buns, is set to become a regular special on the menu.

“It was our idea on how to reclaim something for our community,” Hassell said. Alexandre’s sold the Chick-full-gay sandwiches, each packaged in a bag with a rainbow sticker, to Pride parade marchers.

Gentrification in spotlight in film screening at TWU

9/13/22

Texas Woman's University will host a screening of Alice Street, the award-winning documentary about gentrification and the efforts of a community to protect its history, voice and land. The film will be shown Sept. 26 at 2:30 p.m. in the Hubbard Hall auditorium. Admission is free, a panel discussion featuring TWU and Denton community leaders will follow, and Alice Street director Spencer Wilkinson will attend.

Phillips-Cunningham pens op-ed about Nannie Helen Burroughs

9/6/22

TWU's Dr. Danielle Phillips-Cunningham has a new op-ed in the Washington Post: "On Labor Day, we honor a trailblazing Black educator and organizer," about Nannie Helen Burroughs, founder of the National Training School for Women and Girls in 1909.

Tullia infuses lessons learned at TWU into dean's job

7/5/22

You'd be hard-pressed to find a better example of the symbiosis between a Texas Woman's University education and an emerging career than the example of Tawny LeBouef Tullia.

The combinations of job and education, challenges and preparation, environment and interests have taken Tullia to Memphis, Tenn., where she just completed the first month of her interim year as dean of the Rosa Deal School of Arts at Christian Brothers University.

Phillips-Cunningham's op-ed in Washington Post on Juneteenth, Quakertown

6/29/22

TWU's Danielle Phillips-Cunningham, PhD, wrote and op-ed in the Washington Post regarding Juneteenth and Quakertown. The piece, titled "Juneteenth started in Texas. So did this Black town. Whites destroyed it," was published in two parts..

Part 1: How formerly enslaved people created a community of their own

Part 2: Groundless panic about White women's safety razed a town