In this issue: Fall 2017
Sports: Riff Ram
First Person with… Kenrich Williams
From wounded to winner, the NIT standout is ready to succeed in his senior season with TCU men’s basketball.
Features
TCU Horses Bring Personalities to Competitions
Not just a horse, of course – equine-athletes are the stars of the stable at equestrian events.
Mem’ries Sweet
It’s a boy. It’s a dog. It’s SuperFrog!
Over the course of a century, the TCU mascot has varied in design and species.
Alumni
Female engineer angles around the obstacles
Sophie Penninck Purdy ’01, an electrical professional engineer and president of Fort Worth-based Axxis Building Systems, finds challenges, success and fun in a male-dominated industry.
Alumni
Ron Hall’s True Calling
An art dealer’s story of friendship takes on a life of its own as a movie, Same Kind of Different As Me, now in theaters.
Letters
Lead On, Frogs, into the Next Strategic Phase for TCU
If you’ve visited campus in the past decade, you’ve witnessed a dynamic TCU.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Q&A with Melita Garza
The journalism scholar says that learning a language is key to unlocking layers of overlooked history.
Research + Discovery
Eclipsing Research
TCU astronomer Kat Barger shines a light on the Milky Way’s origins.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Faculty Weigh in on Undergraduate Research Benefits
The roundtable explores why undergraduate research is important in developing independent leadership.
Campus News: Alma Matters
The Geography of Beer
Interest in beer lured students into a geography class.
Research + Discovery
Shaddock Venture Capital Fund Allows Students to be Entrepreneurs and Investors
Young entrepreneurs make pitches while classmates decide on actual investment.
Research + Discovery
Greed and the Company’s Bottom Line
Study finds that too much greed and too much generosity can both hurt a company’s bottom line.
Features, Sports: Riff Ram
TCU Equestrian Competitors Ride High in Academic Accolades
Student-athletes keep a tight rein on their academic studies.
Research + Discovery
‘Rabble’ Rouses Interest in 1960s Language
English professor combs archives across the country to document 1960s social movements.
Alumni
Employer Assessment Testing Matters
Ready for the biggest test? Aptitude, personality and skills tests help employers decide who fits in.
Features
How Equestrian Competition Works
Horseplay: Game Day Logistics. TCU and other schools face off for points in four equestrian events.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Measured for Success
The Trinity Shakespeare Festival returned for its ninth season with summertime performances of Richard III and Measure for Measure.
Features
West Fort Worth Church Opens Garden to Community
The Ridglea ministry inspired by TCU students lets people rent a plot of land and join in on the fellowship and harvest.
Alumni
Bill Parrish 1939-2017
William Carr Parrish ’61 bled purple, and evidence of his family’s love for all things Horned Frog stretches across campus.
Alumni
Leo Garrett Perdue 1946-2017
As dean of Brite Divinity School and later its first president, Leo Garrett Perdue blazed a trail to create an inclusive institution well ahead of its time.