Honors Students Successfully Compete at The Philanthropy Lab National Conference
July 2017
Honors students Bailey Snyder, a senior political science major and French minor, and Madeline McBride, a junior nursing major and business minor, represented TCU and the Honors College at the national conference for The Philanthropy Lab in June. The Philanthropy Lab strives to ignite college students’ interest and participation in philanthropy by providing real money […]
Read MoreHonors Students Travel Abroad with Cultural Routes
July 2017
Honors students recently returned from a month-long excursion to Germany, Switzerland, and Italy with Cultural Routes, a program designed and directed by Dr. Ron Pitcock, Assistant Dean and J. Vaughn and Evelyne H. Wilson Honors Fellow. Cultural Routes, or CR9 to designate the ninth year of the program, allows students to explore cities beyond the […]
Read MoreTCU Professors Receive Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowships
July 2017
Dr. Komla Aggor, professor of Spanish and Hispanic studies, and Dr. Amiso George, associate professor of strategic communication, are among 43 professors awarded fellowships from the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program. Dr. Aggor and Dr. George will travel to Ghana and Nigeria, respectively, to assist with co-curricular development, teaching, mentoring, and research at the University […]
Read MoreTCU Hosts Honors International Faculty Institute
June 2017
The Honors International Faculty Institute (HIFI) convened in May for a three-day intensive workshop sponsored by the John V. Roach Honors College, the National Collegiate Honors Council, and the European Honors Council. Twenty-one Honors faculty members from the United States and the Netherlands gathered at TCU to share knowledge about Honors education and to brainstorm […]
Read MoreFemale Equality in Stem Fields
June 2017
Themes of lauded film Hidden Figures linger as conversations about gender bias continue, especially in STEM fields. by Makenzie Stallo. Reprinted from TCU Magazine. Sitting in the middle of a Midwest college classroom with books on the desk and pencils sharpened, Diane Snow was unprepared for what happened next on the first day of her introductory […]
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