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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
The anthropology department's move to Scharbauer Hall next academic year is one of several changes to the department, which is looking to expand after a year of setbacks, professors in the department said. Miguel Leatham, lecturer and department director, said the department hired professor Dave Aftandilian from the University of Chicago in August, expanding a faculty team that was depleted in 2006 when three anthropology professors left in the span of a year. (0) comments
TCU's Institute for Environmental Studies and Oxford University's Environmental Change Institute in England are leading an international research project focusing on the impact of wind power development. "Our goal is to provide the scientific data and information to deploy and site wind farms responsibly," said Mike Slattery, director of the Institute for Environmental Studies. (2) comments
Be careful when answering a call of duty for your alma mater, it might be a scam. Two cases of door-to-door solicitation scams were reported to TCU, victimizing a TCU graduate and a former TCU professor, said Shawn Kornegay, associate director of communications. (0) comments
Paige Zinsou, a sophomore premajor, checked the box for Black/African-American when applying to college, but she feels that if she would've checked the box as white, she would still have all the qualifications to be admitted at TCU. Zinsou has checked black most of her life since middle school, but occasionally she changes it up. (0) comments
Beginning next semester, students will have the option to use their meal plan swipes at Sub Connection in Smith Hall, a university official said Wednesday. Craig Allen, director of Residential Services, said this change to the meal plan is the result of students voicing concerns about not being able to use their swipes at a dining location on the east side of campus. (1) comment
Students in Harris College of Nursing have more room to practice their technique thanks to the expansion of simulation labs and additional simulation manikins. Mary Beth Walker, assistant director of simulation lab, said the Harris College has divided the simulation labs in order for nursing anesthesia students and undergraduate nursing students to have their own practice areas. (1) comment
Technology Resources is warning the university that if an e-mail looks fishy, it's probably phishing. The Technology Resources Center is taking action against phishing attacks by tagging potential phishing e-mails and spreading awareness, said Jim Mayne, director of information security services. (4) comments
President-elect Barack Obama's campaign that focused on change was so successful that it may soon lead to a change in the way businesses of all types go about marketing themselves, a professor in the Neeley School of Business said. Stacy Landreth Grau, an associate professor of professional practice in marketing, said the Obama campaign's ability to reach out to voters, especially young disenfranchised voters, was a stroke of marketing genius. (0) comments
A new trend is sweeping across college campuses - the discontinuation of school yearbooks. According to news reports, at least five colleges have announced the discontinuation of their yearbooks since the end of last year, including the University of North Texas and Purdue University, whose yearbook had been in publication for more than 100 years. (0) comments
Universities that rely heavily on part-time faculty may be hurting the quality of education that students receive, according to three recent studies. During the 2007 fall semester, 60 percent of TCU faculty worked full time, according to the Office of Institutional Research's Fall 2008 Fact Book. (0) comments
Despite the fact that religion plays an important role in the lives of Americans, everyone benefits from the separation of church and state that is afforded by the Constitution, a religion professor and a Christian agency representative told students at a discussion on religion and politics Wednesday. (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
In response to the current economic climate, the Board of Trustees approved Friday a 3 percentage-point reduction of the tuition increase rate, lowering it to 5 percent, which Chancellor Victor Boschini said is one of the smallest tuition increases in the decade. (1) comment
A recent move to Jarvis Hall is not the only change at the University Career Services. John Thompson, executive director of Career Services, said Career Services is revamping itself through new interview and resume programs, among other changes. With the new optimal interview feature, students can go online and record mock interviews via webcam. (1) comment
The psychology department and Neeley School of Business are teaming up for a new study abroad program this summer. The new program, Enduring Lessons in Leadership, will be located in London and the Isle of Skye, Scotland. Natasha Chapman, associate director of the Leadership Center, said she thinks going to London and Scotland will give the students a "unique way to learn about leadership. (0) comments
In response to the growing economic crisis, the Neeley School of Business, along with the Luther King Capital Management Center for financial studies and the Fort Worth Business Press, will host an economic summit for the local business community today at the Brown-Lupton University Union. (0) comments
The third candidate for the Schieffer School of Journalism's director position gave a different outlook on the future of journalism than his two predecessors. Craig Flournoy, who serves as an assistant professor at Southern Methodist University, said Monday in the Moudy South Building that the turmoil currently affecting the industry benefits young people because it allows them to move up the ladder faster. (0) comments
The Student Publications Committee selected the spring 2009 editor-in-chief and advertising manager for the Daily Skiff on Friday. The selection for editor-in-chief for the spring 2009 semester was senior Max Landman, a news-editorial journalism major, who currently works as the design editor. (1) comment
A recent extension to legislation passed by Congress involving the buying out of federal student loans will not affect the daily life of a TCU student, but it will greatly impact those lenders providing the loans, a campus financial aid official said. The Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008, which authorized the Education Department to buy federal student loans from education lenders, originally included only loans made in the 2008-09 school year. (1) comment
Despite the fact the Constitution demands a separation of church and state, the line has been considerably blurred by the Bush administration, and the practice carried over into the 2008 presidential campaign strategies, a religion professor said. Ron Flowers, professor of religion, along with Stephen Reeves, legislative counsel for the Christian Life Commission, will examine the role of political candidates' religious affiliations and the earmarking of tax dollars for religious charities today in the Robert Carr Chapel. (0) comments
TCU has a lower percentage of freshmen who graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class compared to peer schools, such as Baylor University and Southern Methodist University, according to institutional research statistics. According to the TCU Fall 2008 Fact Book, 32 percent of TCU's freshmen graduated in the top 10 percent of their high school class. (0) comments
Young Americans gravitated to the polls this election, and youth voter estimates show the percentage of eligible 18-29 year-old voters rose to at least 52 percent, an increase of 4 to 5 percentage points since 2004. According to a voter turnout projection report released by Tufts University's Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), the increase in youth votes accounted for at least 60 percent of the overall increase in votes cast, suggesting the recent election rallied more young voters than any other age group. (0) comments
The Student Government Association House of Representatives passed a bill and a resolution Tuesday to aid efforts to promote the green movement on campus. SGA passed a bill to allocate money to install 11 bicycle racks on campus to accommodate the increasing number of students who ride their bike to class. (0) comments
When Justin Avery Anderson began experimenting with granola in his mother's kitchen when he was 16, he had no idea where it would lead. Now, the senior English major and founder of Anderson Trail, a moist granola company he started nearly five years ago, is one of the recipients of the Texas Business Hall of Fame's yearly $10,000 scholarship award. (0) comments
Next year, Fall Break will change from Thursday and Friday to Monday and Tuesday after a decision by the University Council, a university official said. TCU Registrar Patrick Miller said the decision was approved overwhelmingly by about 70 percent of the council, which is made up of several faculty, administrators and two Student Government Association officers. (0) comments
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