InsideTSU - April 13, 2023

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April 13, 2023

TSU Opens Arlington Recruitment Office

Texas Southern University established a tangible and long-term presence in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex by opening the Arlington Recruitment Office. President Lesia Crumpton-Young, along with members of the Board of Regents, administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni held a ribbon cutting ceremony Wednesday. They Mayor of Arlington joined the festivities. The office is located at Choctaw Stadium. This location will be a resource for prospective students and their parents to receive assistance completing applications, financial aid paper work, and much more.

Texas Southern University Cheer Team Wins National Championship

The Texas Southern University Cheerleading Team made history as they won a national title at the National Cheerleaders Association (NCA) College National Championship on Friday. Competing in the Cheer Spirit Rally Division I category, the Tigers were solid from start to finish as they opened the preliminary round with a 94.05 performance score, 94.3 raw score and a 23.5125 performance score. In the final round, TSU maintained its consistency and did even better with a 96.1 performance score, 96.1 raw score and a 95.5875 event score.

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Texas Southern University and PNC Launch Regional Center for Entrepreneurs Working in Partnership with Other HBCUs

Texas Southern University and PNC Bank will launch the PNC Regional Center for Entrepreneurship during a roadshow event on Thursday, April 13 from 12-4 p.m.. Through PNC’s support for this initiative, the Center for Entrepreneurship will provide programming, access to capital, education, research, and much more to help expand opportunities for Black businesses across the country.

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Tiger Ball Coming Soon

We are now just two weeks away from the President's Tiger Ball, presented by the TSU Foundation Board of Trustees.

Join the Foundation Board, Board of Regents, and President Lesia L. Crumpton-Young on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at the George R. Brown Convention Center.

The Tiger Ball is the largest single fundraiser to support scholarships and transformation at TSU.

Sponsorship opportunities remain available. There is also a limited number of $3,000 tables that remains available.

During the Tiger Ball, someone will have the chance to win a new Cadillac XT4 or Lincoln Corsair thanks to the generous support of Bayway Lincoln and Bayway Cadillac of the Bayway Auto Group. To purchase your raffle tickets, click here.

For more information, visit: President's Tiger Ball (tsu.edu).

For a recap of the inaugural President's Tiger Ball, click here.

Fashion Meets Literature as Texas Southern University Hosts Text & Textile Two-Day Symposium and Fashion Show

Texas Southern University will host fashion scholars from around the world for “Text & Textile,” a two-day symposium and fashion show, on April 20-21.

Students, faculty, and alumni are collaborating on this transdisciplinary event. This year, the annual Billy Joe Turner Writing Symposium highlights the correlation between the literary, fashion, and media arts, and the LIT Fashion Experience culminates the two-day academic event, featuring the original designs of eight, globally renowned professional designers.

Scholars from as far away as Serbia, Canada, India, Nigeria, and Australia will join national and local academics for panel discussions with the community and to present papers. These presentations and panels will include critical conversations with fashion icon and former Halston designer Kevan Hall as well as fashion journalist and author Constance White about the significance of African American representation in the fashion industry.

The finale is an evening of fashion on Friday, April 21, beginning at 6:30 p.m. The 2023 LIT Fashion Experience will honor and promote Texas Southern University’s historic Fashion Design and Textile Technology Department. Headlining the show will be Houston’s own Chasity Sereal, couturier and Project Runway finalist. The show will feature original, literature-inspired looks.

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Texas Southern University Aviation Student Will Graduate Making History

Katherine Cabrera etched her name into TSU Aviation history. She will be the first student to graduate from the HBCU as a Certified Flight Instructor (CFI) next month. We're so excited for Katherine and her family. Katherine is just one of several aviation students poised to test for their CFI rating this semester. We're proud of all of these TSU flying tigers but Katherine will always be credited as the first said Executive Director, Dr. Terence H. Fontaine.

Texas Southern University Student to Make Professional Stage Debut in Houston

Music major, Talbert Williams, will make his operatic debut in Houston’s Gilbert & Sullivan Society’s summer production of The Pirates of Penzance, which will open at the Hobby Center this upcoming July. Williams, private voice student of Dr. Gwendolyn Alfred, is a sophomore and Honors student at TSU. He was recently featured in TSU’s Production of The Wiz! In 2021 and played the role of the Lion. Performances are scheduled for July 23-23 and July 29-30, 2023.