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The John V. Roach Honors College offered a new course designed for first-year students titled The Rhetoric of Gratitude. Students in the course explored the meaning and impact of gratitude on individuals and communities. As part of their learning, students worked with non-profit organizations to identify and nominate community heroes – selfless individuals who give meaningfully and without hesitation to serve people in need. The culmination of the course involved celebrating these volunteers with a surprise announcement and donation to the non-profit in honor of their contributions to the community.

Emma Sullivan is a senior biology major and Clark Society Scholar, who is dedicated to improving health equity and addressing food insecurity. Through her leadership roles in various organizations, Sullivan demonstrates a steadfast commitment to creating meaningful change. Her story reflects the values of the John V. Roach Honors College, showcasing how academic excellence and community service can intersect to drive transformative impact.

Lawson Ewing is a recipient of the 2024 Clark Society Endowed Scholarship, learn more about his journey.

Since 2015, TCU’s Native American and Indigenous Peoples (NAIP) Initiative has built relationships with tribal nations and organizations across the metroplex, state and country through workshops, lectures and other campus activities.

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.”

One of the newest additions to the John V. Roach Honors College faculty is Abby Salopek, who joins the college as assistant professor of digital studies. Salopek brings to TCU her research on social media usage and an eagerness to find home in a Texas university.

John V. Roach Honors College welcomes Sharrona Pearl as the inaugural Andrews Chair of Interdisciplinary Studies. She brings a broad range of academic research and interests to the TCU campus and looks forward to her interdisciplinary role.

POSTPONED: World-renowned chef, restauranteur, humanitarian, New York Times bestselling author, educator and Emmy-winning television personality José Andrés will be the featured speaker on Oct. 2 at the 2024 Fogelson Honors Forum hosted by John V. Roach Honors College on the TCU campus.

360 West recently featured work being done in a TCU course on philanthropy. The Nature of Giving course in the John V. Roach Honors College has been offered for over a decade now, but it gained enough popularity that a second section was added for spring 2024.