- $3.7 million grant for Reading Recovery — In 2010, TWU was awarded a $3.7 million U.S. Dept. of Education grant for Reading Recovery®, an early literacy intervention program. The university will use its grant monies to train 250 teachers over the next five years.
- $700,000 grant for Weekend Nursing Program — TWU will use $744,422 in federal grant money to expand its weekend nursing program in Dallas. The grant will help fund 80 new nursing students in the TWU Weekend Nursing Program over a three-year period (2010-2013).
- Star Award — TWU’s Undergraduate Weekend Nursing Program is one of four programs in the state to receive a prestigious 2010 Texas Higher Education Star Award from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
- School of Library and Information Studies — In 2010, the master of arts in library science and master of library science programs at TWU earned continued accreditation from the American Library Association through the spring of 2017.
- Nation's first online honor society — In 2010, TWU launched Epsilon Omega Epsilon (EOE), the nation’s first honor society exclusively for students pursuing a degree through online education.
The TWU basketball team won the 2011 Lone Star Championship and earned its first trip to the NCAA Division II tournament.
The Chancellor's Student Research Scholars are graduate and undergraduate students honored for their outstanding achievements in research and creative arts endeavors.
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