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
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
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
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
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
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
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
For the third consecutive year, TCU's rank on an annual list of America's best universities has dropped. (2) comments
Students will not be tailgating as usual this football season. Alcohol consumption, even for those of age, will not be allowed because alcohol consumption is prohibited by university policy on campus grounds. (1) comment
A new pass/no credit policy aims to enforce consistency across all the academic departments on campus, the director of the Registrar's Office said. (0) comments
Everything depicted in the movie was true. Charlie Wilson, portrayed in the Oscar-nominated movie "Charlie Wilson's War," spoke at the Jim Wright Symposium Wednesday. He said about his portrayal in the film, "I tell you, first of all, we'll stick to it that I'm guilty of everything in the movie. (0) comments
Sophomore Kimberly Dena's presence at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., is somewhat unusual. (0) comments
The university admitted two freshmen and seven intensive English students from the Jiangsu region of China this fall through an agreement that aims to attract more Chinese students, an admissions official said. (0) comments
After 28 years of standing tall in Fort Worth's Paddock Park, a statue of entrepreneur and philanthropist Charles Tandy may be moved to campus, a university official said. (0) comments
The university will mark the grand finale of the Brown-Lupton University Union Grand Opening Week today with a performance by country singer and Texas native Pat Green. (0) comments
Even though funds were allocated for it, a Frisbee golf course won't be built on campus. (0) comments
Keith Whitworth, professor of sociology, is known campuswide for the Purple Bike Program. His latest project revolves around the sun. Whitworth partnered with engineering professor Bill Diong this fall to develop an environmental project that aims to exploit solar energy using solar-powered carts. (1) comment
After the first week of school, students are voicing their opinions about the new dining hall. (0) comments
Students and employees traveling abroad will now have experts providing services from health care to political evacuations under guidance of TCU, an official in the Center for International Studies, TCU Abroad said. (0) comments
New tailgating policies have some members of fraternities and sororities looking to make alternative plans, Greek leaders said. (2) comments
Clark Hall is the first dorm on campus to offer free access to washers and dryers in a host of new renovations made last semester. (0) comments
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