SLIS News
SLIS opens certificate in community information
9/26/25
SLIS opened a brand new certificate program focused in community information in Fall 2025. The certificate will be available with the Master of Library Science or as its own Post-Master's Certificate in Community Information.
SLIS named 2025 Alumni Award winners
9/26/25
Shweta Shroff, Krystal Smith and Tammi Halliburton took the honors for this year's alumni awards from the School of Library and Information Studies. The alumni awards were presented at the SLIS reception at the Texas Library Association Annual Conference April 3, 2025.
COPE announces 2025-26 Research & Innovation Fellows
8/15/25
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.
American Library Association grants SLIS continued accreditation
7/8/25
The Master of Library Science (MLS) program in the School of Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman’s University gained continued accreditation status from the American Library Association.
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.