Women Who Lead
#WomenWhoLead is a regular feature that highlights faculty, staff, students and alumni across all three of Texas Woman’s University's campuses who show leadership skills in their daily lives and are making an impact on our institution, communities and society. Follow TWU on social media to read about new leaders every week:
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Five friends from TWU’s DNP program launch a nonprofit
6/18/20
The three letters “DNP” changed the trajectory of a friendship. Now, they’re helping the next generation of black women to lead in their own fields.
Kwashae Ruffin (’17, ’20) finds new career as an author
5/14/20
Despite the loss of a daughter, her father and her grandfather, TWU student finds a new chapter and an inspiration for writing in her three little girls.
Social work student is fighting on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic
5/8/20
After graduation, TWU social work senior Marissa Valtierra has a job lined up as a CPS investigator. But first, she has another important job to finish.
Faculty member hopes to ease fears with fun masks
4/8/20
Though she doesn’t consider herself a seamstress, Occupational Therapy Associate Professor Tina Fletcher, EdD, is sewing colorful masks in hopes of offering comfort and cheer to elderly neighbors who are anxious over the coronavirus.
TWU professor leads effort to collect medical equipment to fight pandemic
3/26/20
Sometimes, heroes really do wear masks.
That might be the best way to characterize Dr. Fuqin Liu during this coronavirus pandemic. Liu, an associate professor in TWU’s College of Nursing in Denton, assembled a large cadre of North Texans to collect badly needed personal protective equipment for health care professionals who are responding to the crisis.