Personal Essay

Summer 2016

The Atlantic Slave Trade Bus Tour

How a cultural tour connected the past with the present.

Summer 2016

The Good and the Band of Marching

Appreciating the value of the band community, if not the rain and heat.

Summer 2016

Best Seat in the House

Reflecting on four grand years in the TCU Marching Band.

Spring 2015

Boyhood memories of Jim Swink

Watching the Rusk Rambler started a lifelong love affair for all things TCU for one alum.

Summer 2008

A latte to think about

We need to remember that even a cup of joe leaves an environmental footprint.

Summer 2008

Cultivating your family history

In a new book titled From the Garden Club, English associate professor Charlotte Hogg studied the writing communities of older women in the small town of Paxton, Neb., and  found a trove of unsung women writers and rekindled her own family ties. Here, she offers advice for others interested in discovering and documenting the lives of their loved ones.

Winter 2002

More than a :-)

TCU LEAPS, the annual community service day, shows this intern the value of face-to-face interaction.

Winter 2002

Terror’s fine print

TCU international student says if Americans become afraid to live their lives the way they always have, people like him won’t have a place to dream about.

Fall 2000

Girl power

Shannon McLinden ’97 (MBA ’98) is showing an entire generation of teenage girls a better way to think — and to live.

Summer 2000

Weathering heights

A handful of Frogs braved the first deadly tornado to strike downtown Fort Worth in 150 years.