Fall 2025 - TCU Magazine

A New Frontier

TCU bets on world-class facilities and a supportive culture to build an elite athletics program.

Defining the Moment

Chancellor Daniel Pullin guides TCU’s ambitious future centered on values and student success.

A New Story on Ancient Land

TCU’s Native American and Indigenous Peoples Initiative builds curiosity, knowledge and relationships.

Educational Ambassador

Alonso Sánchez helps developing countries make the grade.

Planting a Seed

Witnessing the strength of neighbors helping neighbors shaped Shawn Lassiter’s belief in the importance of collective well-being.

Photograph of Josh Hoover warming up before a 2024 TCU football game against Baylor in Waco, Texas, wearing a purple helmet and white jersey as he looks to his left.

Sports: Riff Ram

TCU’s Josh Hoover: ‘There’s Not Gonna Be an Ounce of Fear’ in Facing Bill Belichick, North Carolina

The Horned Frogs’ quarterback reflects on growing up in a football family, his disciplined approach to the game and what it takes to lead TCU on the field.

Photograph of TCU alum Brian Miller wearing a baseball cap and gray-blue button-down shirt, standing in front of a bridge with a slight smile.

Alumni

Volunteering at Camp Fire First Texas Leads Brian Miller to a Lifelong Passion for Helping Children Heal

As president and CEO of the nonprofit, Brian Miller combines his passion for mental health and the outdoors to help children grow and thrive.

Outdoor photo of Frog Fountain on TCU’s campus in the 1990s, with the Brown-Lupton Student Center in the background and dozens of students gathered in the foreground.

Mem’ries Sweet

Where We Hung Out: TCU’s Lost ’90s Landmarks

Students and faculty share memories of TCU in the ’90s as plans for the future take shape.

Photograph of TCU alumna Alden Williams Kresena seated outdoors, wearing jeans and a black shirt. In the background are trees, a sculpture and a tall building.

Alumni

Alden Kresena: How It Started … How It’s Going

Fine Arts alumna Alden Williams Kresena helps bring exhibitions to life at the Amon Carter.

Photograph of TCU Chancellor Daniel W. Pullin with several university leaders, touring an entryway to the new TCU Athletics Human Performance Center.

Features

From the Chancellor

Chancellor Daniel Pullin opens the Fall 2025 issue with his first quarterly address focusing on the bright future of Horned Frog Athletics.

Photograph of film, television, and digital media instructor Charity Robinson standing in front of a green screen, holding a headset, with filmmaking equipment in the background.

Research + Discovery

Cinema as Service

TCU’s documentary film class teaches skills and heart.

Photograph of TCU alumna and Washington & Jefferson College president Elizabeth MacLeod Walls, wearing a green blazer with a white shirt and dark pants, standing on a porch with her golden retriever. Part of a college campus is visible in the top-left corner.

Alumni

Small Colleges, Big Impact

TCU alumna Elizabeth MacLeod Walls is shaping the future of Washington & Jefferson College and small liberal arts education.

Photograph of TCU student Charity Ketu smiling at the camera while holding a stack of books. She stands against a white background, wearing black-framed glasses, a gray-green dress shirt and a black skirt.

Features

Guided by Light

Senior Chancellor’s Scholar Charity Ketu embodies TCU’s connection culture with bold ideas and a big heart.

Portrait of Julie Rootes, TCU alumna and founder of Julie Rootes Interiors, seated facing the camera with her right hand resting below her chin and left hand in her lap.

Alumni

Julie Rootes Interiors: Successful By Design

TCU alumna Julie Dreyer Rootes leads Julie Rootes Interiors, creating sophisticated, award-winning luxury spaces.

Cartoon of a person in business attire running up a red-and-white striped ramp, with upward arrows, a blue sky, clouds and a sun in the top right.

Features

Beyond the Game

TCU Athletics’ Ray Walls says supporting student-athletes means preparing them for the real world, not just the playing field.

Alumni

Horned Frogs Forever

TCU’s Quinq Club turns milestone reunions into lasting community.

Photograph of TCU professor and entrepreneur Michael Sherrod seated in a black wheeled office chair, his right foot slung across his left leg and left hand resting under his chin. He wears black glasses, a black dress shirt, brown pants and brown shoes.

Research + Discovery

Getting Down to Business

Michael Sherrod challenges students and faculty to embrace uncertainty, think entrepreneurially and create a human-centered future.

Studio portrait of TCU alumnus John Davis ’74, smiling in a purple and white checkered dress shirt and gray blazer. He is posed against a brownish-gray background.

Alumni

John F. Davis III, 1952-2025

TCU alum and 1-800-Flowers founder John “Froggy” Davis left a lasting legacy on campus and beyond.

Taryn Ozuna Allen and Stephanie Cuellar pose in a classroom on the TCU campus

Research + Discovery

On the Fast Track

Stephanie Cuellar and Taryn Ozuna Allen explore the social costs of early college high schools.

Esayas Gebremichael poses on the TCU campus with some of the equipment he uses in his research.

Research + Discovery

Downhill Battles

Geologists Rosbeidy Hernandez and Esayas Gebremichael study Austin’s slow-moving landslides.

Catherine A. Coleman walks in front of a display advertisement at University Park Village in Fort Worth.

Research + Discovery

Selling Social Change

Catherine Coleman measures the social impact made by paid promotions.

A cartoon-style illustration shows two people talking in an office, with speech bubbles above them and a potted plant nearby.

Campus News: Alma Matters

From Applicant to Accepted

Learn about the admission counselor’s role in guiding future Horned Frogs.

Nighttime photo of a building with 'CEDARS BREWPUB' in large letters on its wall; green- and white-lit skyscrapers rise in the background.

Web Extras

Horned Frog Foodies: Dean Weaver’s Dallas Brewpub

Dean Weaver spent 33 years in film before turning a homebrewing hobby into a business plan.

Katie-Rose Watson sits at a dining room table, smiling as she clinks glasses with others. One attendee wears a Disney princess-style white glove.

Web Extras

Horned Frog Foodies: The Magical Meals of Katie-Rose Watson

TCU alumna Katie-Rose Watson taps into her creative side via her popular Disney Dinners series.

A New Frontier

Defining the Moment

A New Story on Ancient Land

Educational Ambassador

Planting a Seed

In this issue: Fall 2025

TCU’s Josh Hoover: ‘There’s Not Gonna Be an Ounce of Fear’ in Facing Bill Belichick, North Carolina

Volunteering at Camp Fire First Texas Leads Brian Miller to a Lifelong Passion for Helping Children Heal

Where We Hung Out: TCU’s Lost ’90s Landmarks

Alden Kresena: How It Started … How It’s Going

From the Chancellor

Cinema as Service

Small Colleges, Big Impact

Guided by Light

Julie Rootes Interiors: Successful By Design

Beyond the Game

Horned Frogs Forever

Getting Down to Business

John F. Davis III, 1952-2025

On the Fast Track

Downhill Battles

Selling Social Change

From Applicant to Accepted

Horned Frog Foodies: Dean Weaver’s Dallas Brewpub

Horned Frog Foodies: The Magical Meals of Katie-Rose Watson