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Regents authorize names for social work division, new nursing center
2/18/22
The Texas Woman鈥檚 University System Board of Regents today approved naming features for a new nursing research center to be established at the university鈥檚 Dallas campus and for the existing division of social work at the Denton campus.
草莓传媒官网下载 student Demetria Ober spreads wings, flies solo in Spain
12/16/21
Texas Woman鈥檚 social work undergraduate Demetria Ober is studying abroad in Granada, Spain this year. As an individual who experiences blindness, she never imagined having the courage to leave her support system behind in order to fully immerse herself in a foreign language and culture.
Two 草莓传媒官网下载 students awarded Gilman scholarships
8/4/21
Texas Woman鈥檚 University students Ashley Elliot and Demetria Ober look forward to expanding their worldview thanks to their recently awarded U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarships. The scholarships will allow Elliot, an English major, to study abroad at Harlaxton College in England for the Spring 2022 semester and Ober, a social work major, to study abroad at Universidad de Granada in Spain for the 2021-2022 academic year.
6/21/21
"Researching With: A Decolonizing Approach to Community-Based Action Research" by Jessica Smartt Gullion (Associate Dean of Research, College of Arts and Sciences; Associate Professor, Sociology) and Abigail Tilton (Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Professor, Social Work) has been named a 2021 International Book Awards finalist in the Education/Academic category.
According to the publisher's website, "is a guide for how to do research that is inclusive, engages in community-building, and implements a decolonizing framework. The text advocates for a collaborative approach, researching with communities, rather than conducting research on them. Reviewing both theory and method, Jessica Smartt Gullion and Abigail Tilton offer practical tips for forming community partnerships and building coalitions."
Jeffrey Keen, President and CEO of , said this year鈥檚 contest yielded over 2,000 entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results.
5/3/21
A Texas Woman鈥檚 University project called 鈥淲omxnEmpowerWomxn鈥� was developed by students who collaborated with the Children鈥檚 Advocacy Center of Collin County to donate African American hair products and hijabs for Muslim girls.
This project initially started as an assignment in 草莓传媒官网下载鈥檚 Social Work Macro Practice Class by Daniela Castillo Vazquez, Daisy Guerrero, Jennifer Nuno, Alesia Ortiz and Jacqueline Valdez-Ortiz. The group was given a list of multiple organizations but chose the center to help the kids in need.
The original goal for the group was to raise $500, but the group surpassed their goal by raising $1050 along with other physical donations.