For the past few years, December graduation rates have increased. Later this month, more than 800 students will receive their degrees, a university official said. Kristi Harrison, manager for academic progress, said 885 students will receive their degrees during this month's commencement ceremony. (1) comment
Amid the economic downturn, some graduating seniors are turning to graduate school in hopes of avoiding the troublesome job market, a university official said. John Thompson, executive director of career services, said during an economic crisis he sees many students turn to graduate school because they didn't get job offers or weren't satisfied with the jobs they were offered. (0) comments
For some students, graduating with a second degree within a semester after earning the first degree may seem impossible. For Krista Jennings, it is a reality. Jennings, a senior working on her second degree, graduated in May with a bachelor of fine arts degree in dance and is now graduating again in December with a bachelor of arts degree in writing. (0) comments
Karen Daleiden will graduate this December with a geography major and a history minor and plans to continue her education in graduate school. But had you talked to her just three years ago, she said you would've found a woman with a notice of suspension from the School of Education because of her low GPA. (1) comment
Voice performance major Suzanne Vinnik probably isn't the only 22-year-old who dreams of making it big as a singer in New York. But Vinnik doesn't want to write the next chart-topping single or see her face on MTV. In fact, the Las Vegas native said she barely follows pop music. (0) comments
His high school friends called him foolish for skipping his high school senior year, but senior finance and entrepreneurial management major Ian Magladry has no regrets. He enrolled at TCU as a freshman his senior year of high school at 16 years old with only one thing in mind: getting ahead. (0) comments
When I was asked to think back on my time here at TCU and the roller coaster of studying, partying, eating, meeting new people, bad decisions, new friends, losing friends, growing, changing, massive student loans, moving, ramen noodles, outrageous prices at the Main, freshman 15, dorm life, psychotic roommates, relationships and Fuzzy's tacos, I must admit, I was a tad overwhelmed. (0) comments
When I sat down to write my senior column, I immediately thought I'd be writing a sentimental piece about how much I've learned at TCU and about how much I have changed. I imagined I would look back and laugh at myself as a wide-eyed freshman who sat down in the wrong classroom on the first day of school. (4) comments
I never had any intention of graduating early. In fact, I did everything in my power to make sure it didn't happen. I came to TCU still on hyperdrive from high school, and I brought an abundance of AP and transfer credits from a community college, and added to that a 12-credit Spanish class and multiple double-dipped core classes. (4) comments
Is four years still the standard to graduate? If so, then technically, you can consider me not average, which I guess is always good. I graduate in 15 days; I'll walk across the stage, get my diploma, shake some hands and be done with my four and a half years at TCU. (0) comments
Freshmen, I envy you. As a true TCU football fan, I have been extremely proud to watch the Horned Frogs dominate the opposing competition this season. TCU has been the only college football team I have ever supported, and the future is brighter than ever before. (0) comments
My junior year at TCU, the TV series "Heroes" premiered. In the beginning, before the self-indulgence and convolutions, it was a pretty darn good show. The "hero" who I immediately fell in love with, like many other of the show's viewers, was the appropriately-named Hiro, a Japanese office drone who discovered he had the power to teleport through space and time just by squinting his eyes. (1) comment
Lauren John did not ever see herself joining a sorority before coming to college. "I wasn't ready for the stereotype they're going to place on me just because I'm a sorority girl," she said. The senior mathematics major considered joining a sorority after being encouraged by her mother and a friend from church. (0) comments
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