News and Events
Events
Online Orientation Webinars
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Monday, May 19, 2025 (Summer 2025 admits)
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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.
News
Fulbright Scholar Chloé Vicente visits TWU
1/28/25
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
10/11/24
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
9/17/24
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
8/27/24
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
8/19/24
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.