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
Yesenia Rojas is a senior at Paschal High School, a Mexican American and a hopeful first-generation college student. Rojas, who wants to be a maternity nurse, said one of her concerns in choosing where to go to college is her ability to afford it. A 2008 report tracking changes in Latino freshmen at four-year institutions since 1975 found that one in five Latino students expresses a major concern about their ability to finance college at the start of the school year. (1) comment
Sitting among friends and acquaintances from his church, one student forces a smile while the others laugh hysterically at a gay joke. A TCU student, who asked that his name be withheld to protect his privacy, said this is just a mild one-second reflection of the lives of Christian homosexuals, some of whom feel forced to live in the closet in order to avoid losing their standing in the church and community. (0) comments
The vote of young adults in this year's election is crucial, a former Texas Secretary of State and TCU alumnus said Monday at an early voting rally on campus. "This is the most important election of your time, as well as my lifetime," said former Texas Secretary of State, Roger Williams, as he addressed a crowd of more than 30 students and local community members at Frog Alley. (0) comments
In the early 1980s, Newell Williams, then associate dean of Brite Divinity School, was sent on a mission to find more office space in the Jo Ann and Wayne Moore building. After a trip up to the third floor, he found what he was looking for. "I came to the third floor and saw a men's room and I thought, 'This is ridiculous, you don't need a bathroom on every floor. (0) comments
The Student Government Association House of Representatives passed a resolution that would allow SGA members to wear medallions and cords at graduation, but upheld a veto to reject emergency funding for a sorority's philanthropy event. Eta Iota Sigma approached SGA to request $500 in emergency funds to help produce their annual dance marathon to raise money for their philanthropy. (0) comments
Best-selling author Anita Shreve will be in Ed Landreth Auditorium tonight to talk about her new book, her old books and her journey from college student to successful author. Shreve, who jokes in her biography about receiving so many rejection letters from magazine publishers in her early days that she could have rewallpapered her bathroom, spent time as a high school teacher in Boston, a journalist in Africa and an editor at several New York magazines before settling into life as a novelist. (0) comments
Mr. TCU: Clayton Simons Year: Senior Major: Entrepreneurial management and marketing Hometown: San Antonio Biggest Strength: Being open minded Biggest Weakness: Taking on too much and getting overwhelmed Motto: "Life is not about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself. (0) comments
A group of engineering students is turning a $500 vintage Porsche purchased on eBay into the first electric car produced on campus. Stephen Weis, professor of engineering, said he developed the idea of working on an electric car project in June 2007 with David Yale, a technical support machinist at the College of Science and Engineering . (0) comments
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