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TxWes Reads continues for its fourth year with the book Dumplin’ by Texas Wesleyan alumna Julie Murphy despite COVID-19. “Our TxWes Reads selection process was hijacked by the COVID-19 quarantine,” Risa Brown, a reference assistant, wrote in an email. “We weren’t all together where we could do the nomination/voting procedure we’d done in past years.… Continue reading West Library continues TxWes Reads tradition virtually
Incoming freshmen biology major Brooklynn Rowe was sad to see a pool, but no swim team at Texas Wesleyan. Rowe, a former member of Burleson Centennial High School’s swim team, decided she wanted to change that her first semester. “I was a swimmer in high school,” Rowe said. “I did it for about three or… Continue reading Freshman treads the challenges of starting a swimming club during the pandemic
Cindy Flores poses outside James C. Armstrong & O.C. Armstrong Hall. Flores moved into O.C. Hall after a four-hour drive up from Houston with her mom, Maria, and her two brothers, Isabel and Giovanny. Photo by Hannah Onder From the perspective of a returning, first-generation college sophomore: Sophomore exercise science major Cindy Flores’s most memorable… Continue reading Between financial hardships and COVID-19 restrictions, move-in day offers potential challenges for students
Outgoing Student Government Association President Alyssa Hutchinson says newly elected SGA President Lexi Barlow and Vice President Christine Davis will be a recipe for success. Photo by Hannah Lathen After serving as the Student Government Association president for the last two years, senior Alyssa Hutchinson will graduate alongside her vice president, senior Karen Duarte-Escobar, this… Continue reading SGA elections lead to a new era with new president and VP for the fall
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, students need to complete their advising online. Photo illustration by Hannah Onder Priority registration deadlines for summer and fall 2020 are still on track for their regular dates even with the COVID-19 virus. To comply with the City of Fort Worth’s “Stay Home, Work Safe” order, the Academic Success Center moved… Continue reading Academic advising adjusts to COVID-19 regulations
In the last six months, the Wesleyan dining environment has changed drastically.Instead of students just having Dora Robert’s Dining Hall, West Express Eatery, and a Subway as their only options, there’s now five new food places that students can walk to. 1) Ben's Triple B: Biscuit, Burgers, Brewery Last April, Ben Merritt opened Ben’s Triple… Continue reading 5 new places to eat at Texas Wesleyan
With just a few simple emails to faculty advisor Dr. Chad Pevateaux in April, transfer students Nadine Yasin and Jennifer Harrison set off a chain of events to revamp Wesleyan’s Tau Sigma Honor Society. “Jennifer volunteered to serve as vice president if Nadine would accept becoming president. Jennifer knew some other new members, Stacie and Kirsten, who might be… Continue reading New leadership remakes Tau Sigma for fall 2019
After 25 years in Texas Wesleyan’s administration, including 16 as provost, Dr. Allen Henderson has decided to return to his roots of teaching before retiring, sparking a search for a new provost. “My favorite moments at Texas Wesleyan include teaching students and seeing their lives transformed for the better as they achieve their goals and their dream of an… Continue reading Henderson hangs up provost position to teach
Last year the flu hit Texas Wesleyan hard, starting in athletics and building up to 52 cases on campus. Wesleyan had even smaller class sizes, do not enter signs plastered all over buildings, and a rush to get more hand sanitizing stations available around campus as a result. “Last year we had 52 cases which… Continue reading Wesleyan works to prevent flu on campus
As faculty, staff, and students gathered in Martin Hall for convocation in late August, President Frederick Slabach announced Texas Wesleyan would be launching two new online degree programs. The online master’s of education degree and the online bachelor’s of business administration completion degree will launch in the fall of 2019. “I’m excited about the new… Continue reading Wesleyan to launch 2 new online degrees in 2019
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