Changes to a teaching certification program in the College of Education will give students more flexibility as they enter the workforce, an associate professor in the program said. With the new EC-6 program, certified students will be qualified to teach grade levels from early childhood to sixth grade, rather than through only the fourth grade with the former EC-4 program. (0) comments
By Alexandria Bruton Staff Reporter As the university continues working toward becoming a more eco-friendly campus, it will face some challenges, university officials said. Last spring the university signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. (0) comments
The Bank of America Foundation donated a $20,000 grant that will benefit the Miller Speech and Hearing Clinic, the chairman of the Communication Sciences and Disorders Department said. Christopher Watts, chair of the department of communication sciences and disorders, said the money will be used to offset costs in providing speech and hearing therapy. (0) comments
A feminist sociologist will be speaking about the extent of her research as well as the misconceptions and stereotypes of feminism Wednesday at 5 p.m. at the Kelly Alumni and Visitors Center . Karen Steele, the women's studies program director , said speaker Monica Casper will intertwine the responsibilities, obstacles and experiences of being a woman, mother and feminist in her speech, "Body Politics: Private Talks of a Public Feminist. (0) comments
Residential Services is sponsoring the first diversity poster competition on campus to encourage students to visually express how they perceive diversity and what it means to them. Ashanti Williams, the hall director for Brachman, Martin Moore, and Wiggins halls, said the competition is designed to get students to visualize and think about diversity on a broader spectrum. (0) comments
TCU Police detained two men and one woman on suspicion of motor vehicle burglary Monday night, but no arrests were made, a TCU Police official said. Sgt. Alvin Allcon said TCU police stopped and searched a maroon Ford sedan after a suspected burglary in the parking lot of the Bayard H. (1) comment
Traveling and spending time outdoors led Ian Dalziel to apply to the Navy; however, after learning that a lazy eye would keep him from being enlisted, a keen curiosity for the Earth led him in another direction. Dalziel, a research professor at the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas at Austin, presented his lecture "Is There a Supercontinent Cycle in Earth History: Paleontology over the Last Billion Years" Monday night at the Sid Richardson Building. (0) comments
Kitchens in residence halls on the main campus will become obsolete as halls are renovated and rebuilt around campus partly because of safety issues, said the director of Residential Services. Craig Allen, director of Residential Services, said square footage, prioritizing residence hall space, the new Student Union and safety concerns led to a decision to eliminate the kitchens as residence halls are renovated in the next few years. (0) comments
Fort Worth police will become stricter in enforcing parking rules by towing vehicles in addition to issuing parking tickets, TCU's neighborhood police officer said. Neighborhood Police Officer Mark Russell said police will tow vehicles with more than one outstanding parking ticket. (0) comments
Students using College Loan Corp. and Sallie Mae as lenders for federal loans will not experience significant problems following the changes the two corporations have made because of subsidies cut from the market, a financial aid officer said. Federal student loan corporations are either cutting back or quitting loan programs because of congressional actions in September 2007. (0) comments
CHICAGO - A gunman opened fire with a shotgun and a handgun Thursday afternoon in a lecture hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, killing people before shooting himself to death, authorities said. NIU Police Chief Donald Grady said four victims had died. (0) comments
The familiar sound of running water briefly returned to the center of campus Wednesday afternoon. Frog Fountain, the iconic structure in the Campus Commons, is undergoing tests before a dedication in mid-March. "Today is one of the only times we'll be turning it off and on," said Harold Leeman, associate director for major projects with the Physical Plant. (1) comment
Five-time All-American sprinter Virgil Hodge is once again off to a fast start this season. She recently won her second Mountain West Conference women's indoor track and field athlete of the week award this season and leads the team as the sole senior sprinter. (0) comments
Alumni donations have nearly doubled in the past two years because of fundraising for building projects and a large estate donated last year, but alumni participation is gradually decreasing, following a nationwide trend in giving, a university official said. (0) comments
On a typical weekday, The University Pub sees a handful of students. On the weekends, starting Thursday night, bartender Raoul Herrera said it can be a different story. The bar can become so crowded that there have to be doormen at both ends of the building. (0) comments
Gone are the cubicle walls and linoleum flooring left over from a tanning salon. Instead, the scent of dried paint and open space remain in the university's new 2,500-square-foot satellite art gallery. The Fort Worth Contemporary Arts gallery will hold its community opening tonight from 6 to 9 p. (0) comments
Television viewers can brush the cobwebs off their TV sets and anticipate new episodes of hit shows after a three-month hiatus. As the Writers Guild of America members put down their picket signs this week and returned to work, students in the radio-TV-film department may be experiencing more than excitement awaiting new scripts for shows. (0) comments
The Student Government Association's House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday supporting the establishment of a day for students to voice their opinions on how to change TCU for the better. Improve TCU Day will be March 5, said Student Relations Committee chair Justin Brown, who introduced the resolution. (0) comments
Many TCU men think the virus that causes cervical cancer in women does not have serious effects on them, a Health Center staff member said, but a new study may make them take the potential consequences of the virus more seriously. A new study links the human papillomavirus, or HPV, to cases of throat and mouth cancers in men, said Burton Schwartz, a Health Center staff physician. (1) comment
With a record number of companies and internships available, the University Career Services' Career Expo looks to trump those before it. Career Services has more than 100 companies coming to the expo Wednesday. Among them will be returning companies such as Accenture, Aldi Inc. (0) comments
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