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Study Abroad Spotlight: Japan
John V. Roach Honors College students are among the many Horned Frogs who embrace the world as their classroom, learning in new and unexpected ways in locales around the globe. The summer course “Honors Abroad: Games and Culture in Japan” took students to the “land of the rising sun.”
Connecting Campus Leaders To First-year Honors Students
The College Showcase Series Brought Academic Leaders Directly to Honors Students
Ron Pitcock named Wassenich Family Endowed Chair
Following a nationwide search, Ron Pitcock, Ph.D., was named Dean and Wassenich Family Endowed Chair in the John V. Roach Honors College in April 2022.
Ron Pitcock Named Dean of the John V. Roach Honors College
TCU announced Ron Pitcock, Ph.D., has been named Dean and Wassenich Family Endowed Chair of the John V. Roach Honors College following a nationwide search.
Beata Jones Named to National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors
Texas Christian University will be represented nationally in honors education with the appointment of Beata M. Jones, Ph.D., professor of Business Information Systems Practice, Neeley Distinguished Teacher, Honors Faculty Partner and Graduate eLearning Fellow, to the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors.
Gooding to Appear in Museum Lecture Series
Frederick Gooding Jr., the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Honors Professor of Humanities in the John V. Roach Honors College, will be featured in the spring lecture series at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Gooding is the chair of TCU’s Race & Reconciliation Initiative and will address the topic “Navigating the Road to Reconciliation” at his lecture.
New Honors Course Challenges Students to "Read" City
A brand-new Honors Colloquium, “City as Text: Fort Worth,” doesn’t require any physical or digital textbooks. Instead, Honors professors Wendy Williams and Frederick Gooding, Jr., who teach separate sections of the course, encourage their students to “read” the city of Fort Worth to understand it as they would any useful textbook.
Honors Professor Dan Williams Publishes New Book of Poetry
Lamar University Literary Press recently announced the publication of Dan Williams’ newest book of poetry.
Honors Professor, Mikio Akagi, Receives Teaching Excellence Award at Convocation
Honors assistant professor of the history and philosophy of science, Dr. Mikio Akagi, received the Maryrose Short Teaching Excellence Award.
Dr. Frederick W. Gooding, Jr., named inaugural holder of the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Professorship in Humanities in the John V. Roach Honors College
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 College.