Campus News: Alma Matters

Fall 2013

Books: Conversation with historian Ken Stevens

TCU history professor digs through the collection of 272 documents known as The Texas Legation Papers, 1836-1844.

Spring 2013

Two TCU pianists picked for Cliburn

Marcin Koziak and YouYou Zhang will go for gold at 14th Cliburn Competition in May.

Spring 2013

More kudos for Neeley School of Business

Students rank the TCU business program No. 5 in the nation in Bloomberg Businessweek 2013 Best Undergraduate Business Schools.

Spring 2013

Q&A with … A&E Network’s Elaine Frontain Bryant ’90

Elaine Frontain Bryant ’90, senior vice president for non-fiction programming on the A&E network, returned to campus in February to share insights into the television industry. With titles such as “Duck Dynasty,” “Storage Wars” and “Paranormal State” to her credit, Bryant is a leading executive in reality TV. More than 50 film-television-digital media (FTDM) majors at

Spring 2013

Rising in the East . . . Q&A with Manochehr Dorraj and Carrie Liu Currier

In a Q & A with The TCU Magazine, political science professors Manochehr Dorraj and Carrie Liu Currier examine China’s growing influence in world’s energy markets.

Spring 2013

Partisan acrimony hurting U.S., Texas, panel says

Three Tarrant political leaders say at 12th annual Wright Symposium that contentious culture in Washington, Austin focused on blame, rather than solutions.

Spring 2013

Super spellers return to TCU campus

Could you spell kielbasa, detente or glockenspiel? Twenty-five of North Texas’ best young spellers could and competed at TCU for a spot in the national bee.

Spring 2013

Professional development . . . preparing students for the job market

How to Get a Job class prepares students for the employment market.

Spring 2013

TCU students named Cliburn finalists

Two School of Music students are among the 30 pianists selected to go for the gold at the 14th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition May 24-June 9 in Fort Worth. They are Marcin Koziak,  Artist Diploma student from Poland and YouYou Zhang, a graduate student in piano performance from China and the U.S. Koziak is

Spring 2013

Dance revolution . . . Suki John chronicles Cuban dance

Professor Suki John’s new book chronicles lifelong fascination with Cuban dance