Honors Professor, Mikio Akagi, Receives Teaching Excellence Award at Convocation
September 2021
A joyful tradition at TCU, Fall Convocation marks the beginning of a new academic year, recognizes new full-time faculty, and bestows several coveted university awards. At this year’s celebration, Honors assistant professor of the history and philosophy of science, Dr. Mikio Akagi, received the Maryrose Short Teaching Excellence Award. The Maryrose Short Teaching Excellence Award […]
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Dr. Frederick W. Gooding, Jr., named inaugural holder of the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities in the John V. Roach Honors College
September 2021
Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr., on behalf of the Board of Trustees of Texas Christian University, is pleased to announce the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities in the Honors College at TCU has been awarded to Dr. Frederick W. Gooding, Jr., associate professor of African American studies in the John V. Roach Honors […]
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Honors Students Help Secure $50,000 in Funding for Nonprofit at National Conference
July 2021
TCU Honors seniors Meg Wilhorn and Jack Sewell represented TCU, the John V. Roach Honors College and the nonprofit, Communities in Schools, at The Philanthropy Lab national conference held in June. The goal of the conference was for representatives to learn more about giving and to participate in debates that awarded three $50,000 grants. The […]
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Dr. Andrew Ryder named Visiting Lecturer for the 2021-22 academic year
July 2021
Dr. Andrew Ryder has accepted the position of Visiting Lecturer in the John V. Roach Honors College for the 2021-22 academic year. Dr. Ryder has been developing innovative Honors courses while maintaining an ambitious research program since becoming an Honors faculty partner in 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in comparative literature and a certificate in […]
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Honors alumna, Makenna Barbara, receives $5,000 award for research paper
June 2021
Honors alumna Makenna Barbara ‘19 has been awarded the 2021 Charles H. Dow Award by the Chartered Market Technician (CMT) Association for her paper, The Efficacy of Modified Momentum Based Technical Indicators on U.S. Equities: A Study of Parabolic SAR. From the CMT Association: The author’s paper extends the existing literature on momentum-based trading strategies […]
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