{"id":52487,"date":"2024-12-10T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=52487"},"modified":"2025-01-08T08:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T14:06:03","slug":"tarleton-state-duo-awarded-twhe-leadership-development-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-state-duo-awarded-twhe-leadership-development-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton State Duo Awarded TWHE Leadership Development Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Two Tarleton State University professors were among the recent recipients of the Texas Women in Higher Education (TWHE) 2025 Leadership Development Grants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/12\/1.png\" alt=\"1\" class=\"wp-image-52488\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/12\/1.png 900w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/12\/1-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/12\/1-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/12\/1-768x512.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Tarleton State University faculty members, from left, Prairie Endres-Parnell and Dr. Shannon Hankhouse received Texas Women in Higher Education Leadership Development Grants.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Shannon Hankhouse and Prairie Endres-Parnell were each awarded $500 grants designed to support women in higher education around the state as they pursue opportunities for both advancement and professional growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHaving two recipients of the TWHE Leadership Development Grants can create ripple effects of positive change beginning here at Tarleton and moving into our recipients\u2019 broader professional communities,\u201d said Dr. Lora Helvie-Mason, a TWHE Institutional Representative for Tarleton State. \u201cDr. Hankhouse and Instructor Endres-Parnell show innovation and strategic commitment to their efforts through such a grant award. I am sure their efforts will drive innovation that strengthens our community and cannot wait to hear how their experiences unfold.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Hankhouse is the Executive Director of External Operations Waco\/Bryan and an Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at Tarleton State University. She will utilize grant funding to attend the 2025 Texas Council of Women School Executives Annual Conference. Goals for attending the conference include enhancing her leadership skills, engaging with innovative practices in higher education, and networking with fellow educators and leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Endres-Parnell, a Senior Instructor at Tarleton State University, will attend the annual International Society for Educational Biography Conference (ISEB) in St. Louis and the annual National Communication Association Conference in New Orleans. During the ISEB Conference, Endres-Parnell will present on the impact of teaching intercultural communication.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>TWHE is a Texas nonprofit organization dedicated to developing, advancing and supporting women employed at colleges and universities across the state. Any individual who is committed to supporting and advancing women in higher education is welcome to participate in the Texas Women in Higher Education activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2025 TWHE annual conference is March 30-April 1 in Houston.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 Two Tarleton State University professors were among the recent recipients of the Texas Women in Higher Education (TWHE) 2025 Leadership Development Grants.&nbsp; Dr. Shannon Hankhouse and Prairie &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":52488,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":425,"footnotes":""},"categories":[425,426],"tags":[440,459],"class_list":["post-52487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus-community","category-honors-achievements","tag-college-of-liberal-fine-arts","tag-tarleton-state-waco"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"priddle","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/priddle-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2024\/12\/1-300x200.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/campus-community\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/honors-achievements\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Honors &amp; Achievements<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Campus &amp; Community<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Honors &amp; Achievements<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/honors-achievements\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">College of Liberal &amp; Fine Arts<\/a>","<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/category\/honors-achievements\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Waco<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">College of Liberal &amp; Fine Arts<\/span>","<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Tarleton State Waco<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on December 10, 2024","modified":"Updated on January 8, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on December 10, 2024 1:00 pm","modified":"Updated on January 8, 2025 8:06 am"},"featured_img_caption":"Two women smiling, with logos for Tarleton State University and Texas Women in Higher Education.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52487"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52487\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52606,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52487\/revisions\/52606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}