Student Showcase

Denton Senior Center, Quakertown Park -  April 30, 2022,  1:00 - 3:00 PM 

In a student-led Spring Showcase, held in Spring 2022, the university and larger Denton communities and policymakers engaged in dialogue about the history of Quakertown and pathways for addressing its impact on community members today.  

Students, with guidance from faculty fellows, documented, interpreted, and contextualized the events that took place in and around TWU’s campus one hundred years ago and connected them to our current social climate. Faculty Fellows and TWU students shared their research and lead a workshop, featuring student exhibits from across the College of Arts and Sciences and performances by TWU Dance, Music, and Theatre students. 

Town Hall Discussion

3:00 - 4:00 PM

The student-driven Town Hall Discussion brought together local policymakers and the TWU and larger Denton communities to engage in dialogue about the history of Quakertown and pathways for addressing its impact on community members today. 

Denton community members, including descendants of Quakertown residents, stakeholders, and local government officials were invited to a public event at the Denton Senior Center on the site of Quakertown Park to learn about TWU students' creative and scholarly research during the Quakertown Stories project. TWU students led the townhall forum about the history of Quakertown and discussed pathways for addressing its impact on community members today.

Quakertown Stories Student Shocase & Town Hall Program