Campus News: Alma Matters

Summer 2002

Parapsychology: Science or Pseudoscience?

Welcome to psychology professor Tim Barth’s summer class on the unexplained — where the truth is as strange as his syllabus.

Spring 2002

Good help in bad times

When the economy nose-dives, smart companies mine for top-shelf employees. The practice is known as countercyclical hiring.

Spring 2002

Studying reasons

Wanting better grades won’t improve study skills, researchers found. But making the process fun will.

Winter 2001

TCU Tomes

Prof. Emeritus Paul Boller Jr. gives a fascinating behind-the-scenes look with Presidential Inaugurations, while Karen Frost ’90 and Brenda Welchlin ’90 joined author Jackie Waldman to write the inspiring America, September 11: The Courage to Give: The Triumph of the Human Spirit.

Winter 2001

In brief: Winter 2001

Paulette Burns joins the Harris School of Nursing, Neeley launches a Center for Supply and Value Chain Studies, a new MBA/Ed.D is available, the chancellor leads a community effort to reduce the Fort Worth ISD dropout rate, the Department of Physics and Astronomy is recognized as a top program and spring commencement heads to the Tarrant County Convention Center.

Fall 2001

Accomplishing the unexpected

Starpoint School celebrates 35th anniversary.

Winter 2001

Fundraising “dawns” on athletes

WBAP, ABC Radio and the TCU athletics department raise more than $35,000 for the Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund.

Fall 2001

Sound advice

Ross Perot Jr. encourages local businesses to keep the economy going.

Winter 2001

A mother’s love

Betty DeGeneres visited campus as part of National Coming Out Day.

Winter 2001

Financial asset

Educational Investment Fund alumni raise funds for an endowed chair honoring Finance Prof. Stan Block.