Denton Details, 09-11-19

09/10/19
  • Reminder: Faculty/staff headshots will be taken 1-5 p.m., Wednesday, Sept. 18; 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 19, on ACT 2. No appointment is necessary.
  • Texas Woman’s University will celebrate Constitution Day on Sept. 17 with several events for the TWU and Denton communities. The day also will commemorate the ratification of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. All events will be held in the Blagg-Huey Library, including a panel discussion on “What Do Political Parties Do (and How Can I Help?)” with Jayne Howell, Denton County Republican Chair, and Angie Cadena, Denton County Democratic Chair.
  • The TWU Staff Council will meet 10 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 12, in Stoddard Hall room 308. Guest speaker David Sweeten (Student Union, Conference Services) will talk about the features and spaces of the new Student Union. All staff are welcome to attend.
  • Texas Woman’s University now has a new drop-in child care service for students 6:30-9 p.m., Tuesdays through Thursdays, at the Clubhouse in Lowry Woods. The Clubhouse also has an after-school program open to children of TWU faculty and staff, 3-6 p.m., Monday through Friday. Check out The Clubhouse web page or contact Shaneka Guyton, family services coordinator, at sguyton@twu.edu for more information on either program.
  • TWU’s Housing and Dining staff will relocate from Jones Hall to their new offices on the first floor of Mary’s Hall in Parliament Village. The move will begin Thursday, Sept. 12, and will continue through Friday, Sept. 13. During the relocation, all services will be affected and no direct communication with housing and dining staff will be available. Normal operations will resume 8 a.m., Monday, Sept. 16, in Mary’s Hall.
  • FYI: The JCPenney Suit Up event, offering 60 percent off career apparel for TWU faculty, staff, alumni and students, is Sunday, Sept. 15, in Frisco and Denton. The event will take place 4-7 p.m., Stonebriar Centre in Frisco, and 6:30-9:30 p.m., Golden Triangle Mall, Denton. A valid ID and TWU email address are required at event check-in.
  • Congratulations to Dennis Hoebee on his new role as director of space management, real estate and assets at TWU. Hoebee has been with the university more than 14 years, beginning in the Office of Technology. In his new role, he will assume responsibility of space management, working closely with the Space Utilization Advisory Committee (SUAC), providing clientele with feasibility, coordination and management of requests and subsequent projects.
  • Nancy Bocskor (Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy), a fellow in the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, will lead a fall discussion group series, “Create Change: Women, Democracy and Global Politics,” beginning Sept. 25 at the institute at the University of Kansas.
  • Christina Bejarano (multicultural women’s and gender studies) participated in the annual meetings of the American Political Science Association Aug. 30-Sept. 2 in Washington, D.C., on panels titled “Teaching ‘Gender and Politics’ in the Era of #MeToo,” “University Initiatives on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” and “Dialogue with Dawson: 25 Years of Linked Fate and the Politics of Group Identity.” Bejarano also serves as the chair of the association’s Women’s Caucus for Political Science.
  • Heather Roberts (occupational therapy) will speak at the American Academy for Cerebral Palsy and Developmental Medicine’s 73rd Annual Meeting Sept. 21 in Anaheim, California, with co-presenters including Angela Shierk (adjunct, occupational therapy). Their presentation is titled “Cultural Variations in the Implementation of Pediatric Constraint Induced Therapy in Developing Countries.”