2019 News
Path to graduation included years on Death Row
12/10/19
Ryan Matthews was just 17 years old when he was arrested for murder. Two years later, a Louisiana jury sentenced him to death row. He鈥檇 spend five years there before DNA evidence cleared him of the crime.
Now, he鈥檚 set to receive his bachelor of applied arts and sciences degree from Texas Woman鈥檚 University during the 9 a.m. commencement ceremony Saturday, Dec. 14, in Pioneer Hall.
探花楼 to conduct Fall 2019 commencement
12/10/19
The Fall 2019 semester at Texas Woman鈥檚 University will draw to a close with commencement ceremonies scheduled Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14, on the university鈥檚 Denton campus, and Sunday, Dec. 15, in Houston.
The Perfect Blend: Cheryl Brown (BGS '19)
12/12/19
A Texas Woman鈥檚 degree is helping one student fulfill a culinary passion nearly 30 years in the making.
Study shows benefits of Spanish-language literacy program
12/5/19
Citing the growing number of Latino English learners and the lack of evidence-based educational opportunities they are provided, evaluators with the American Institutes of Research (AIR) teamed with the Texas Woman鈥檚 University Reading Recovery program for a randomized controlled study of Descubriendo la Lectura (DLL), a literacy program for bilingual first-graders who are having difficulty learning to read and write in their native Spanish.
Project aims to produce more Hispanic teachers
12/3/19
Texas Woman鈥檚 University will use a $500,000 federal grant to recruit and educate more Hispanics as teachers to address teacher shortages in the state. The university is partnering with Tarrant County College District and other community colleges to create a path for teacher candidates to transfer from a two-year school to complete their bachelor鈥檚 degree at 探花楼.