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Finally, the articles on the Model United Nations program and Community Renewal highlight the importance of understanding and embracing the global community. These programs are only two of the many ways that students are encouraged to embrace the world as their home.
The article provided by the office of Community Involvement and Service Learning is an opportunity for you to see how responsible citizenship is alive and well at TCU and in the Fort Worth community. TCU classes, in a variety of disciplines, address specific needs within the Fort Worth communityThese service experiences serve as hands-on learning to increase the significance of the academic learning in the classroom.
The phrase “ethical leadership” is explained by a comprehensive discussion about the TCU Leadership Center. From the State of Leadership conference to workshops and trainings, to the Leadership Scholar Program students have many opportunities to access and develop their leadership skills, as well as apply these skills in ways that leave the world a better place than they found it.
As you will note from the page on the right, the mission statement of the university is truly the guiding beacon for all that we do. The articles that follow provide insight into the university using the categories illuminated by these words: to educate individuals, ethical leaders, responsible citizens and the global community.
Welcome to the TCU Parent Guide! Whether you are the parent of a curious prospective student, an excited newly enrolled student, or an active and engaged upper-class student, this Guide is for you!
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This overview barely scratches the surface on the many remarkable ways that TCU faculty, staff, and students live out the mission statement of the University. If you have not already done so, please go to the website, www.tcu.edu, to learn more about how very exciting it is to be a member of the TCU community!
In addition, you also will find a brief history of TCU as well as specific information about programs and services provided for our parents. The Parent and Family Programs office offers a monthly newsletter, updates of important “breaking news,” and a website - just to name a few. See www. parents.tcu.edu for more information.
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First year students apply for admission into the program during the fall of their first year. An online application, recommendation and an interview are all required for consideration for the program. During the selection process, the student Steering Committee and Leadership Center Staff review applications and conduct interviews seeking candidates that exemplify individual leadership qualities, collaborative leadership experience in activities and pursuits, and responsible citizenship through community engagement and development.
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Each new CLP cohort is assigned to an advisor to aid them in their development throughout the program. Advisors are TCU Leadership Center staff and provide coaching, encouragement, facilitation and resources for CLP Fellows. Advisors work closely with their cohort by facilitating seminars, meeting individually, attending CLP activities and retreats, and working diligently to build relationships and vest in the interests of their CLP Fellows. The advisor relationship creates a unique opportunity for Fellows to explore their talents and passions, receive feedback and support for their ideas, and to be challenged to exceed their own expectations.
The Chancellor’s Leadership Program is a four year interdisciplinary, cocurricular cohort based leadership development program based on the Social Change Model of Leadership Development. The Social Change Model uses the 7 C’s (Consciousness of Self, Congruence, Commitment, Collaboration, Common Purpose, Controversy with Civility, and Citizenship) as guiding values in creating positive change within our communities.
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Ethical Leadership - uses Nine Check Points for Ethical DecisionMaking to address the complexities of ethics and how they relate to ethical decision making. Intercultural Leadership – uses the Intercultural Knowledge and Competence VALUE Rubric to challenge students to explore personal assumptions and biases, ideas of privilege, and implications for being socially responsible for others and our community. Responsible Citizenship – a culmination of the Social Change Model, Ethical and Intercultural leadership as they relate to the individuals role in addressing positive social change and community development.
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Throughout the program, Fellows engage in activities such as retreats, cohort community development projects, conferences and workshops, and an intentional series of seminars. The seminars include:
More information on the Chancellor’s Leadership Program and other leadership development opportunities can be found at www.leadership.tcu.edu.
Since its inception in summer 2004, CLP has generated opportunities that allow students to follow their passion and align it with their academics, relationships and activities. Due to its interdisciplinary nature, CLP generates unique, challenging and progressive conversations that encourage individual and group development. CLP Fellows graduate with a sense of responsibility to their community and a passion for changing the world.
In their junior year, CLP Fellows will declare a community Legacy Project that they intend to design and implement in a community they identify. This experiential learning piece allows each Fellow to live the curriculum by researching and investigating a need in their community and how to implement positive social change fueled by their passion. At the conclusion of their CLP experience, CLP Senior Fellows participate in a Legacy Ceremony to present their Legacy Projects. Each graduating Fellow receives a medallion in recognition of their efforts and commitment to seeking personal leadership growth and a greater purpose in their communities.
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The State of Leadership Conference The State of Leadership Conference is an annual statewide, two-day leadership conference designed to engage students around a particular aspect of leadership and encourage students to be changeagents. This initiative is co-sponsored by TCU’s Neeley School of Business.
In 1993, the Division of Student Affairs at TCU created the TCU Leadership Center in order to expand its commitment to leadership development and community engagement. Today, the TCU Leadership Center serves as TCU’s premier resource for leadership development, serving thousands of students, faculty, staff, and community members with skills-based, interactive training and resources that ensure thorough exposure to contemporary leadership topics and theories. The Center brings students of all majors together with faculty and community members to explore leadership and social change on a local, national, and global level. Regardless of students’ chosen majors or career paths, they have the ability to act and positively effect change in their communities. The programs offered by the TCU Leadership Center help students to live by the mission statement and offer a range of ways to get out of the classroom and put leadership into practice. A small sampling of TCU Leadership Center programs that provide opportunities for students to create positive change includes the following:
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The conference concluded with an afternoon of presentations about community asset mapping (the process of intentionally identifying the human, material, financial, entrepreneurial and other resources in a community) and the structure of belonging to a
In 2010, the conference kicked off with the Institute Dinner which highlighted the year’s conference themes, Community Renewal and Social Entrepreneurship, and the keynote speaker, Donnie Hodge, President of Knights Apparel. In addition to a fun evening, the Institute Dinner provides student leaders from TCU and Universities across the state to sit with local community leaders and talk about leadership as it applies to a particular field or type of work. The second day of the conference focuses on giving students a meaningful experience and the skills needed to implement the concepts discussed. This year, the morning kicked off with site visits to community agencies Catholic Charities Diocese of Fort Worth Inc. and Eastside Fort Worth YWCA and representative speakers from each agency. Students then had lunch at Z’s Café, a family owned and operated restaurant in partnership with Samaritan House a local nonprofit that reaches out to people who have been affected by HIV/AIDS. (To date, 49 Samaritan House residents have found employment at Z‘s Café, learning business skills and gaining valuable work experience at the grassroots level.)
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Alta Gracia worked with the Workers‘ Rights Consortium (WRC), an independent watchdog, to develop a robust code of labor standards. The WRC has long been one of the toughest critics of labor practices in the apparel industry. Every Alta Gracia product carries a tag from the WRC confirming that the product
Alta Gracia is a new brand of t-shirts, sweatshirts and hoodies on college campuses all over the country that offers students, their families and alumni the opportunity to give the workers who sew this clothing a pathway out of poverty. Without charging more than other major brands, Alta Gracia pays its workers a wage that enables them to provide adequate food, clean water, clothing, shelter, health care, child care, and education for themselves and their families--a “living wage”—and hope for a better future.
The brand gets its name from Villa Altagracia, the town in the Dominican Republic where the factory is located. The name means - High Grace.
was sewn at a factory that respects workers‘ rights. So when you see the WRC tag on an Alta Gracia t-shirt or sweatshirt, you can be sure that it was sewn by workers who are paid a living wage, have a union to represent them, and are treated fairly when they come to work. Alta Gracia is the only clothing brand anywhere in the developing world that has achieved these standards.
Social Entrepreneurship “Social entrepreneurs identify resources where people only see problems. They view the villagers as the solution, not the passive beneficiary. They begin with the assumption of competence and unleash resources in the communities they’re serving.” -David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas
Community Renewal “Community Renewal International works to restore the foundation of a safe and caring community by rebuilding the system of caring relationships. It’s a large task and, indeed, no one individual or organization can tackle it alone… This is our task: to become other-centered rather than self-centered.” -Mack McCarter, founder and coordinator of Community Renewal International
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Workshops and Training To help students and organizations stay ahead of the curve, the TCU Leadership Center offers a diversity of opportunities to explore and hone distinct leadership skills. Students can choose to attend two to four hour workshops that address issues such as talent identiďŹ cation and strengths development, exemplary leadership practices, and interpersonal communication. Outside of these workshops the Leadership Center offers individual consulting for students who are interested in learning more about leadership development and identifying opportunities that suit their interests. Organizations can also utilize our services, as the Center offers customized training opportunities created to suit the needs of each organization. A few of the topics that have been covered include: officer and membership development, strategic planning, organizational transition and change, team dynamics, and difficult conversations. Staff facilitators and trainers are knowledgeable in a range of leadership competencies and models and collectively have received formal training in StrengthsQuest, Crucial Conversations, Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Phi Theta Kappa Leadership Development Studies, Student Leadership Challenge and the Student Leadership Practices Inventory, Emotional Intelligence, and Strategic Futuring.
community as well as group work and presentations on a YMCA case study.
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Leadership seminar topics include:
The TCU Leadership Center offers a variety of leadership seminars designed to assist students in their leadership development. These seminars are open to any student interested in exploring leadership. However, to complete the Leadership Scholar Program and receive a leadership medallion at graduation, students must earn a speciďŹ ed number of leadership credits, depending on when they began the Leadership Scholar process.
The Leadership Scholar Program Through The Leadership Scholar Program, the TCU Leadership Center helps students ďŹ gure out how act and positively effect change in their community. Leadership Seminars are non-credit, interactive, and free. Take three core seminars and two elective seminars and you’ll qualify to wear a leadership medallion at commencement.
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Celebration of University Leadership is an awards ceremony that honors and celebrates students who have displayed outstanding ethical leadership on campus and in the community. The pursuit of leadership at TCU is rooted in the mission statement: To educate individuals to think and act as ethical leaders and responsible citizens in the global community. We are looking to recognize students who model the mission statement and are creating positive change‌in themselves, on campus, in the community, and around the world. This may be seen in every facet of University life - from academic departments to the lounges of the residence halls; from our athletic teams to the many co-curricular offices, organizations, and activities; from our involvement with local community agencies to the greater global community; TCU students are making a mark on our world.
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Leadership Scholar candidates may also earn credits by participating in the following:
Alternative Break programs have a primary emphasis on education programs, such as Global Gateway and teambuilding exercises that explore the issues surrounding hunger and poverty and sustainable solutions. These are not mere lectures. They are experiences that challenge participants to examine their habits and consumption – in fact, their core beliefs – on the path to becoming more responsible global citizens.
Alternative Break programs combine interactive learning programs, which bring awareness of the great need in the world, with opportunities to give the gift of students’ time and hard work. The service activities not only allow participants to give back but also serve as great educational tools - both about the value of giving service to others and experiencing something for the ďŹ rst time – such as milking a goat or harvesting vegetables.
Heifer International Alternative Spring/ Fall Break combines Global Gateway and team-building exercises with service projects. The program is both educational and service-oriented.
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TCU’s mission encourages faculty and staff to provide students with a wellrounded education. We are called not only to inspire students to excel in their disciplines but to act responsibly and ethically in the global community. Servicelearning is an excellent mechanism to accomplish this mission. As a branch of Experiential Education, servicelearning is a pedagogy that promotes learning by active participation in projects that address current needs of the community. At TCU, many faculty and staff have discovered the value of service-learning and have incorporated it in their courses and programs.
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3. A commitment to ongoing reection as a tool for integrating knowledge and experiences.
2. A true partnership between university and community agency representatives in selecting service projects and promoting student learning; and
1. An intentional match between learning objectives and activities students engage in at the community site;
Three components are essential for an effective service-learning experience:
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Digital Literacy in Local Schools The goal of English 30283, Cyberliteracy, is in part to have students investigate what it means to be digitally literate. In this particular section, each student worked with a local K-12 school to investigate the degree to which the school has integrated digital literacy into their curricula.
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The Center for Community Involvement & Service-Learning (CISL) exists as a resource for those looking to engage students in learning through service. In fact, several of the programs in this article have been the recipients of the service-learning instructional grant made available through our office. In addition to incentive funding for course development, CISL provides technical assistance on starting or revising service-learning projects, facilitates partnership-building with community agencies and peers, and assists with evaluation of servicelearning experiences. Opportunities for professional development and networking are also availÂŹable throughout the year.
Arranged and funded a ďŹ eld trip to the zoo for abused and neglected children Collected donations of over 500 pieces of clothing for a battered women’s shelter
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Teaming Up for Group Communication In Diane Arnold Stamper’s Group Communication classes, teams of students conceptualized and implemented group projects for ďŹ fteen non-proďŹ t organizations. Some projects included:
At the end of the project, each student returned to the school with an interactive, digital presentation (in the form of web sites and/or ďŹ lms) that provided their conclusions in a rhetorically appropriate manner. Students were encouraged to continue future dialogue with these schools about digital literacy integration, curricular discussions, and technology managment. In the end, students in this Cyberliteracy class evaluated and applied theories of digital literacy.
Students conducted on-site interviews, took tours and mapped out the technology re-sources available, and collected data about student access to technology as well as the way teachers integrate that technology into their lesson plans. In order to support their conclusions, students had to work with local teachers and administrators. As a consequence, these students also got ďŹ rst-hand exposure to the way these schools aquire and manage their technology. SpeciďŹ cally, students worked closely with the following schools: Daggit Elementary, Intl. Newcomers Academy, Southwest High, Leonard Middle School, Grand Saline High, Tanglewood Elementary, Eagle Mountain Elementary, Fort Worth Christian, Trinity Valley, Oakridge Middle, Starpoint School, Mc-Clean Middle, Temple Christian, McClean 6th Grade Center, West Mesquite High, Stripling Middle, Episcopal High (Houston), Carroll High, Sherman High, Shadowridge Middle, Daggitt Middle, Trimble Tech High, Bear Creek Elementary, & All Saints Episcopal School.
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Halloween party for underprivileged children
Arranged and chaperoned a dance for hearing-impaired teens
Raised over $1,000 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation
Collected donations of new socks and undergarments for a night shelter
Taught underprivileged children communication skills
Led nature walks and manned a booth at River Legacy’s Earth Day Festival
Recruited sponsors, golfers, and prize donations for the YMCA’s fund raising golf tournament
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Throughout the semester, course content was coordinated with team assignments to facilitate learning of group communication concepts. Students learned communication theories, practiced group problem-solving, utilized virtual group communication technology, experimented with leadership styles, performed group presentations, and resolved conict with a diverse group of people who they did not know before the project began. They observed group development and socialization stages ďŹ rsthand, and identiďŹ ed and managed the group roles played by themselves and teammates. In addition to the course objectives, many students also reported learning better time management. Many students discovered a new interest in community service, several decided to continue volunteering for their organizations, some gained internships, a few found new career interests, many acquired valuable networking contacts, and they all gained relevant experience for their future careers. Feedback from the non-proďŹ t organizations was consistently positive and appreciative. Students developed valuable skills that may enhance their appeal to future employers, and the organizations gained added manpower and creativity
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Cancer Care Services: Students contacted Spanish-speaking clients to assess whether their needs were being met by the agency, translated documents, and worked on the Spanish version of the Cancer Care website.
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Service in the Latino Community A new upper division Spanish course, Service-Learning in the Latino Community, was inaugurated in the fall semester 2009. Seventeen students partnered with seven community agencies in Fort Worth to perform a variety of service across the city. Each student performed a minimum of twenty hours of service throughout the semester. One aim of the experience was to provide a type of second language immersion experience, much like a study abroad program. Through the service-learning component, students built their conďŹ dence level in the foreign language and moved toward becoming stronger communicators in Spanish, better informed of the world in which they live, more ethically minded, and more globally oriented. Partner agencies and student service for this class included:
from the students. As one student stated, “We actually accomplished more than just making a grade.�
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The inaugural course had a long waiting list of students and will now be offered each semester. We will continue with some of the same agencies and add new ones. The key element to a successful partnership for this course is continual communication before and throughout
Reactions from students and agencies were positive and reflection papers written by the students demonstrated increased knowledge in the subject area as well as an increased awareness of the needs in the community. For some, the outcomes were unexpected. One student wrote that the experience surpassed her expectations and taught her much about Fort Worth and about herself. Another wrote that she learned life lessons not available in textbooks and to better appreciate her own life. All students reported being more comfortable with speaking Spanish and communicating with members of the Latino community.
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the semester. It was necessary to remind some agencies during the semester of the purpose of the program and expectations for the stu¬dents so that students had adequate speaking opportunities. The Center for Community In¬volvement & Service-Learning worked to make contacts with appropriate partners for this course. Plans are underway to make the next semester even better with stronger partnerships.
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It was my first year of college that I made that choice, and like many choices in life, it led me through a path of self discovery and change. I decided to apply to the National Model United Nations (NMUN) program lead by a political science professor at TCU. At the time, my major was Strategic Communications
People say that your college experience is what you make it. They also say that you can make college as easy as possible by sleeping in, taking the minimum number of required classes, not joining any clubs or organizations, and taking the easiest classes possible. However, you can also choose to make it as interesting and challenging as you want. Looking back four years, I am glad to say that I chose the latter.
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The first of the two courses was focused on the history of the United Nations, its institutions, and some of the current issues that the UN addresses.
and not Political Science, however, it seemed like an interesting opportunity to explore, learn, and of course, travel. The program required students to take two courses in upper level political science and, depending on performance in those courses, students would have the opportunity to travel to New York or Washington, DC and represent TCU at a NMUN conference. As someone who loves traveling, I was attracted to the possibility of travel to New York or Washington DC. However, I later learned that these trips were only one part of the MNUN experience.
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The process of working as a group on debating, speaking on, and writing about issues took up three out of four days of
As a delegate at the conference, I had the opportunity to represent many different countries on different committees. A typical day at a conference started with the “setting of the agenda” a process of prioritizing issues to be worked on. Then, working in blocks divided by region and or interests, we debated the decided-upon topic, proposing mechanisms to address the issue. The final step was presenting a resolution of the issue to the Dias, the panel of directors and chairs of the committee, to then be voted upon by the conference body.
The second class was more specific to the position of the country to be represented at the conference in New York.
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conference time. Frustrations arose due to working in close proximity to others, but I believe that this is a valuable part of the NMUN experience, as conflict resolution skills are acquired through the process. Model United nations teaches debating, writing, speaking, and conflict resolution skills—all skills that can be applied to daily life.
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During the 2007-2008 academic year, TCU started to notice the great work of one of our alums, Mack McCarter. Mr. McCarter, a Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) pastor, started a non-profit— Community Renewal international—in his hometown of Shreveport, LA to address community problems created by a breakdown in social relationships (see page 11 for a quote about Community Renewal from Mr. McCarter). Through a combination of experience, research, wisdom, and trial-and-error, Mr. McCarter developed a social transformation model, whereby social systems are transformed by intentionally focusing on cultivating mutually-enhancing relationships among those who live near one another. As a result, many neighborhoods and countless lives have been transformed in the Shreveport area. After observing this work from afar, some Student Affairs staff members began Texas Christian University
Clearly, ours is an ambitious goal, but we have become convinced that all communities—towns, cities,
We’ve created the structure of a campusbased community renewal initiative called Community Renewal University @ TCU. Our goal is this: to continually work at creating a socially-sustainable, caring campus community capable of producing competent and compassionate people who in turn invest themselves in the lives of others and in the wellbeing of the communities they touch.
visiting Shreveport with a question in mind: If residential communities and neighborhoods could be transformed and invigorated by this model of social renewal, could the model address issues of renewal and community-building on a college campus as well? After a couple of site visits, we were convinced that it could.
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Launched the initiative with over 500 students drumming in the Campus Commons
More than 1300 students have signed “We Care” cards indicating their commitment to caring for those around them and working for the well-being of the campus community
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neighborhoods, campuses—thrive if positive, committed attention is given to human relationships. TCU is certainly no exception. We are committed to creating an ethos of care and communal responsibility on campus in the belief that doing so intentionally will lead to a more vital, vibrant, and socially sustainable community.
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Community-building principles and practices embedded in programs for first-year students Over 80 students trained as Community Leaders who commit to doing community-building among peers in the various communities they touch around campus. Launched a website: www. wecare.tcu.edu (Please visit us!) Created a We Care video project to capture stories of community (on website) Hosted/convened numerous conversations with campus groups, organizations, and committees on Community Renewal and the importance of community-building generally.
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In 1889 the school affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) of
In 1873 a small college was established in the village of Thorp Springs, some 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The cofounding teacher/preacher brothers, Addison and Randolph Clark, began the institution as AddRan Male and Female College.
Texas Christian University (TCU), born on the cattle frontier in the troubled post-Civil War era, today stands among the nation’s distinguished teaching and research institutions. Providing the personalized atmosphere of a small college, the independent, coeducational university is an integral part of the forward-looking cultural and business focus of Fort Worth.
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Thirteen students enrolled in classes that first September. Total enrollment in each current semester is close to 8,000 students from throughout the United States and approximately 60 foreign countries. Of the total, approximately 6,750 are full-time undergraduates. Of
Texas Christian University, as it had become known in 1902, settled in Fort Worth when the city donated 52 acres of land for the campus and $200,000 for buildings.
Texas and became known as AddRan Christian College. As the number of students increased, the campus grew from its original one-building site in Thorp Springs to a larger setting located in Waco from 1895 until 1910, when the buildings were destroyed by fire.
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TCU is composed of seven fully accredited schools and colleges. The largest is AddRan College of Humanities and Social Sciences. Others are the M.J. Neeley School of Business, the College of Education, the College of Fine Arts, the College of
The original school boasted 12 instructors. Today’s faculty numbers almost 450 men and women holding their highest degrees from more than 125 different institutions. More than 90 percent of the full-time faculty has earned doctorates or other terminal credentials in their fields. The student-faculty ratio is 14:1.
about 1,600 entering freshmen each year, some 25 percent typically come from the Fort Worth area, 45 percent from other parts of Texas, 23 percent from other states and 4 percent from other countries.
Chapters of Phi Beta Kappa, the most prestigious honor society in the liberal arts, and Sigma Xi, the research society in the sciences, along with those of some 35 nationally recognized honor societies, offer both challenges and recognition of academic accomplishments for TCU students.
Bachelor’s degrees are offered in approximately 65 fields of study along with master’s degrees in some 30 areas and the Ph.D. degree in chemistry, English, history, physics and psychology. Pre-professional programs are available in dentistry, engineering, law and medicine.
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TCU knows how important it is for parents to stay connected with the school and their students. To make the distance shorter and the questions and suggestions available for everyone, TCU offers different ways to stay connected.
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Parents Association: The TCU Parent’s Association is open to all parents and guardians of all TCU students. The purpose of the Association is to assist and benefit parents and guardians in the following ways: To assist parents with the transitional experiences related to their students’ beginning college; to provide communication and resource information to encourage parents to stay informed about and involved with the University; to promote and provide support for University programs and activities; to enable parents to assist their students into their first careers; to create a lifelong partnership between families and the University. The TCU Parents’ Association offers an opportunity for parents to formally connect with TCU as a parent or guardian of a TCU student.
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Parents E-newsletter: Once a month parents receive an E-newsletter, “The Parent Experience,” with news, events and important information specific to the student’s classification or projected graduation date. Parent’s Social Network (coming soon): Because we know that most parents enjoy and benefit from the social media phenomenon, TCU will soon launch a series of social media tools dedicated specifically to parents. Parents will be able to meet other parents from around the world, share experiences regarding students, and ask questions and get advice on any subject that comes to mind. TCU Parent Council: The council was created in 1986 with a group of approximately 60 families from across the globe. They meet twice a year to discuss issues surrounding the academic and cocurricular activities of the campus. In addition to receiving information these parents provide feedback, act as ambassadors to parents within their own communities and assist with university initiatives on an as-needed basis.
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And, no visit to Fort Worth would be complete without a trip to Sundance Square. Called “the hottest downtown in Texas,” this 35-block entertainment district boasts shops, theaters, Bass Performance Hall, dining, nightlife, museums, galleries, and more. With all of these exciting options, Fort Worth is definitely “a destination redefined.”
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In the Stockyards National Historic District you can visit the world’s largest honky-tonk, take in a rodeo, and experience the Old West. Nearby, the Cultural District is home to five worldclass museums, as well as the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens and the top-ranked Fort Worth Zoo.
Known as “The City of Cowboys and Culture,” Fort Worth is the only city where you can see the world’s only twice-daily cattle drive and take in a Rembrandt masterpiece, all within minutes of downtown.
On behalf of the Fort Worth Convention & Visitors Bureau, we welcome Texas Christian University students and their families to Fort Worth! We hope that you enjoy your time here and that you have the opportunity to experience all that Fort Worth has to offer.
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Living Art at the Fort Worth Zoo. See the out of this world exhibits at the new Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Or see life in the fast lane at Texas Motor Speedway. And that’s just the beginning of what you’ll experience in Fort Worth.
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In only a few days, you can enjoy an enormous range of experiences - from art to animals, from fashion to family fun. See the artistic masterpieces of the Fort Worth Cultural District. Explore the true American West in the Stockyards National Historic District. Shop and dine in the 35-block Sundance Square, one of the most exciting downtown areas in the nation. See a fabulous show at Bass Performance Hall. Stroll through the brand new Museum of
The 16th-largest city and still growing rapidly, Fort Worth is a destination redefined. New and renovated hotel offerings, restaurants and exciting tourism venues are enhancing the City’s reputation as one of the premier travel destinations in the nation. Named as part of the #1 value-friendly destinations in the United States by Hotwire. com, Fort Worth attracts over 5.5 million visitors per year.
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Since then, twice daily, the drovers drive the longhorns along East Exchange Avenue, harking back to a time when the great herds rumbled through the dusty streets of Fort Worth on their way to market.
On June 12, 1999, in front of 15,000 spectators, the Fort Worth Herd made its first cattle drive to the Fort Worth Stockyards Historic District.
herd of fifteen Texas Longhorns, each steer representing one decade from Fort Worth’s colorful past. The city also hired a diverse team of drovers clad in authentic 19th century clothing and riding horses mounted with period correct saddles.
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But being “green” extends far beyond energy savings and recycling, and today’s students know it: According to research done by The Princeton Review, 69 percent of incoming students say that a college’s
Today, the physical plant’s efforts stretch from energy-efficient lighting and heating and cooling plants to biodegradable cutlery to single-stream recycling to LEED certified buildings and “green” cleaning supplies. Click here to read a comprehensive list of those initiatives in a 2009 report by Green Bean Analysis LLC.
Back then, of course, the term “carbon footprint” hadn’t been coined, and few worried about things like using incandescent light bulbs or driving gasguzzling cars. But utility costs were rising, so Will Stallworth, newly hired in 1989 to oversee the campus physical plant, tackled those expenses first — and put TCU on the sustainability track early on.
Some say it’s past time for such recognition. After all, TCU has been “greening up” the campus for nearly two decades, starting in 1990 when moneysaving efforts prompted many eco-friendly practices, especially in energy savings.
TCU has long been associated with purple, but in recent years the university has embraced green in a big way — and was rewarded in April for its efforts with inclusion into The Princeton Review’s Guide to 311 Green Colleges, 2011 Edition. More than 2,000 colleges were reviewed for their environmentally responsible practices, from which the magazine’s editors and their partners at the U.S. Green Building Council selected the 311 best in the nation.
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Most universities hire a new staff member to oversee this responsibility, but at TCU, students do the work of the professionals, thanks to the “Chasing Carbon” class taught by Becky Richards Johnson, professor of professional practice in environmental sciences. The class first convened in 2009 and soon published the TCU Green House Inventory for Fiscal Year 2008-2009. Students have been tracking the university’s efforts since. In addition, professors are including sustainability in the coursework. One of the most popular is sociology instructor Keith Whitworth’s “Sustainability: Environmental, Economic & Social Justice Issues,” which was initially titled “Sustainability is Sexy.” Each semester, the class tackles some practical application of sustainability. Most recently, they explored a rain-harvesting project that included creating and installing rain barrels in a home, elementary school and church garden. In 2007, Whitworth’s students spurred the development of the Purple #JLF 1SPHSBN, which has gotten the university lots of positive publicity. There are now more than 70 bikes available for students to check out for free.
At TCU, students get much more than a responsible physical plant, they get the chance to participate in a wide variety of sustainable programs, courses and activities. In fact, some are directly involved in the school’s “green” accounting, which is one of the requirements of the American College and University President’s Climate Commitment in 2008 that Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr. signed in 1998.
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Students can join the Environmental Club or take any number of classes focusing on sustainability, most of which includes some project or practical application.
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“We’re thrilled at the arrival of the Dream Machines on campus,” said Keith Whitworth, sociology instructor and proponent of TCU’s sustainability
The Dream Machine recycling initiative – created by PepsiCo in collaboration with Waste Management, Keep America Beautiful and Greenopolis – is introducing thousands of recycling kiosks and bins at high-traffic, public locations around the country to help increase the U.S. beverage container recycling rate by giving Americans convenient access to recycling receptacles.
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In an effort to bring awareness to the campus community about TCU’s recycling program, the Schieffer School of Journalism and SGA sponsored Recycling Awareness Week.
efforts. “This was a student-led initiative, and it took a lot of hard work to get them here, and I can’t wait to see what the response will be.”
TCU sustainability classes, Schieffer School of Journalism and SGA sponsor Recycling Awareness Week
Classes focusing on sustainability can be found in many of the schools and colleges, such as the campaigns class taught by assistant communication Professor Wendy Macias, which has created a comprehensive plan to communicate details of the TCU recycling program to the campus community. This same group spurred the addition of three (SFFOPQPMJT %SFBN .BDIJOFT for recycling (see next page/inset for details on this brand new initiative).
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