Division and Alumni News
Mark Hamner receives national mathematics honor society service award
6/10/21
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ Vice Provost for Institutional Research & Improvement Mark Hamner, PhD, was selected as the 2021 recipient of the (KME) .
National Endowment for the Humanities awards grant to ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ faculty
4/14/21
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced that it awarded a Humanities Connections Grant of $99,426 to Texas Woman’s University. The grant will support the very first interdisciplinary and experiential learning initiative to integrate the history of Quakertown into courses at ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ. It will also enable the future development of a digital humanities archive of Quakertown-related research and reflection, which the project co-directors aim to connect to a public platform that will promote community engagement with Quakertown’s history for decades to come.
Grant aims to increase STEM engagement in Indigenous communities
1/28/21
The National Science Foundation has awarded a $99,786 planning grant that will allow a ²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ research team to develop strategies to recruit and retain more Indigenous students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) disciplines.
Nixed study abroad plan leads to once-in-a-lifetime teaching experience
9/22/20
²ÝÝ®´«Ã½¹ÙÍøÏÂÔØ mathematics education student and Terry Foundation Scholar Nhi Chau planned to study abroad at the University of Auckland in New Zealand this semester, followed by a trip to visit family in Vietnam over winter break. When the pandemic hit, she was forced to cancel her much-anticipated journey.
8/4/20
The Argyle ISD Board of Trustees approved Dona Lumsden as the new Hilltop Elementary School Principal during Monday’s Special Board Meeting. Lumsden has a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics and a Master of Education Administration from Texas Woman’s University.