While some colleges around the country have eliminated Friday classes in an effort to save on energy and commuter costs, the provost said he doubts cutting the extra day would have much of an impact on TCU's energy costs. Provost Nowell Donovan said if Friday classes were canceled there would still be a significant amount of energy use on campus. (0) comments
The department of religion is honoring a former professor by bringing prominent speakers to discuss the issues of religious literacy, a professor said. Darren Middleton , associate professor of religion, said that the department started the Daryl D. Schmidt Lecture Series to promote religious literacy, which Middleton said is a fuller understanding of religion's nature and function in the world. (0) comments
Engineering students can get applied professional practice as early as their freshman year, giving them valuable training once they enter the workplace, a university engineering professor said. Despite a study that finds engineering schools too focused on teaching theory rather than real world situations, the university aims to ensure a hands-on environment with students, engineering professor Stephen Weis said. (0) comments
A business professor's research is sparking new interest in the disclosure of CEO health information. Alexa Perryman, assistant professor of management, researched and wrote an academic paper on how different firms handled CEO illnesses over the past decade. (2) comments
The student body president vetoed a controversial bill Tuesday that would remove the runoff system from Student Government Association elections. The bill, which passed in the House of Student Representatives with minimal objection, lacked the specificity needed to prevent future Judicial Board hearings during election season, she said. (0) comments
Mary Evelyn Tucker is one of the most outstanding theologians and environmentalists in the United States and her reputation is what drew Brite Divinity School to get her here, a university professor said. Toni Craven, professor of Hebrew Bible at Brite, said Tucker will speak at the lecture titled, "Reconnecting Humans to Earth Community: Imaging a New Way into the Future," a part of the school's Roman Catholic Lectureship series. (0) comments
A new student organization that gives student musicians the opportunity to demonstrate their musical talent is testing the idea that nothing good ever happens after midnight. Living Out a United Dream helps market students involved with different musical arts to the community, said LOUD creator Mike Vosters, a sophomore marketing major. (0) comments
Students will receive special access to a new DVD lending Web site before it is made available to the general public, a founder of the DVD lending Web site said. Tim Jackson, founder of LendAround, said the Web site is currently a private, pre-release version but will be made available to the TCU community before going mainstream. (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
Cynthia Montes arrived at the university eight years ago as a first-generation college student. She did not know where to go, how to study or anything about college life. Then Montes found the Student Support Services program, aimed at transitioning first-generation students to college life. (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
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
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