Paperless admission

TCU is the first university in Texas – and among the first in the nation – to adopt an all-paperless application process, whichs mean prospective students will now complete the application online. Even supplemental materials, such as counselors’ recommendation letters, can be sent electronically. Applicants will still have the option to print the application and mail it in.

New faces

June Koelker was appointed dean of Mary Couts Burnett Library. She had been the interim dean for a year since the departure of former library Dean Bob Seal in the summer of 2005. Koelker came to TCU in 1988 as associate director of the library. Her responsibilities have included development of the Information Commons resources.

Veda Kaplinsky, chair of the piano department at The Juilliard School in New York City, juror for the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, and internationally recognized teacher and lecturer has joined the TCU School of Music faculty as a professor of piano. She will spend several weeks in residence each semester at TCU teaching a limited number of piano students, giving master classes and lecturing.

Paulette Burns, former director of the Harris School of Nursing, was appointed the new dean of the Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Burns takes over for Rhonda Keen-Payne, who is returning to teaching. In May, Burns was honored as one of the Great 100 Nurses for 2006 by the Texas Nurses Association, districts three and four, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Nurses Executives.