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Roach Honors Alumna Takes on Survivor Season 51

Roach Honors alumna and current TCU medical student Thien An Nguyen ’23 reflects on her TCU experience and how it prepared her to compete on Season 51 of CBS’ Survivor.

Tori Short and Dr. Proffitt Leyva stand in front of Short’s research poster.

2020 Senior Spotlight: Honors graduate takes the lead on evolutionary psychology research

Honors graduate Tori Short came to TCU as a pre-med student with an interest in neuroscience.

May 15, 2020, by Ryann Swanson
Honors graduate Alham (Ali) Carter, Executive Director & Co-Founder of Foundation for Liberating Minds

2020 Senior Spotlight: Honors graduate starts educational non-profit aimed at combatting systemic oppression

Carter and a group of friends to start a non-profit organization, Foundation for Liberating Minds (FLM), to combat racism, sexism, classism, homophobia, and other systems of oppression. According to its mission statement, FLM is dedicated to “enabling minds to promote open-mindedness without the exclusion rendered by our society.”

May 6, 2020, by Ryann Swanson
Hannah Thornton

Honors Student Spotlight - Hannah Thornton

Hannah Thornton is pursuing University Honors along with a bachelor’s degree in Communication Studies.

March 4, 2020, by Ryann Swanson
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

The John V. Roach Honors College Hosts Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for Fogelson Honors Forum

In October 2019, the John V. Roach Honors College welcomed Abdul-Jabbar to TCU as the keynote speaker for the annual Fogelson Honors Forum.

February 17, 2020, by Ryann Swanson
Grant Lattanzi presenting at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference.

Honors Student Brings Improvisation Into Research

Grant Lattanzi came to TCU with aspirations of an acting career. However, after his experience conducting an independent research project, his dream changed course. “My career trajectory has completely changed from career actor to aspiring professor,” he said.

February 12, 2020, by Ryann Swanson
Whitnee Boyd

The Big Picture: Storytelling and Identity in an Honors Course

TCU’s Coordinator of Special Projects, Dr. Whitnee Boyd, has taught Honors College Life and Identity for two semesters. Sharing identity through storytelling—in and outside of TCU—has been the core of her class.

January 6, 2020, by Ryann Swanson