News and Events

Events

Online Orientation Webinars

  • Monday, May 19, 2025 (Summer 2025 admits)

  • Monday, Aug. 11, 2025 (Fall 2025 admits)

SLIS Director Gretchen Hoffman, PhD, will walk you through the basics essential for a successful start and answer your questions.

Webinar information

News

Fulbright Scholar Chloé Vicente visits TWU

Chloé Vicente, the first Chilean to receive a Fulbright award in library science and the first Chilean to be a Fulbright scholar-in-residence at Illinois State University, heads to TWU for lectures that will bring a global perspective to the field of librarianship.

Graduate student receives inaugural scholarship

Lina Burklin, a Master of Library Science student, received the inaugural 2025 Martha Wong Scholarship from the Texas Library and Archives Foundation (TxLAF), a foundation supporting the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC).

SLIS faculty to present this Fall

Seven faculty members from the School of Library and Information Studies are set to present at conferences in upcoming months.

Elkins awarded $370,000 grant to develop anti-bias curriculum

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded Aaron Elkins, PhD, and two colleagues a $370,000 grant to develop a curriculum for universities and high schools that teaches students how to recognize their own biases when gathering information.

Hoffman awarded $75,000 grant supporting rural students

Texas rural libraries are in line for a boost thanks to a Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) tuition grant in the amount of $75,000 awarded to School of Library and Information Studies Director Gretchen Hoffman, PhD.