Spring 2020 - TCU Magazine

How Covid-19 Has Altered University Life

College goes virtual during the coronavirus pandemic and disrupts plans for graduating seniors.

Creativity Boosts Your Brain

Art helps the brain stay healthy, which leads to a thriving life.

Dance Leads to Therapeutic Potential

Nina Martin’s ReWire technique offers people with cerebral palsy some relief from their symptoms.

Students Design Their Degree Plans

The interdisciplinary inquiry program gives students an opportunity to combine their interests into a single degree.

Scott and Lindsay Meyer Rely on History and Social Media at Rice Farm

In Florida, farmstead Congaree and Penn revives the heirloom grain.

Chancellor Victor J. Boschini, Jr. communicates with the TCU community through videos during the pandemic. Photo by Amy Peterson

Campus News: Alma Matters, Letters

Chancellor Responds to Coronavirus Challenges

There was no playbook for the spring semester of 2020.

Alumni

What Is a Mayhaw?

The tart tree fruit that looks like a cross between a cranberry and a crabapple grows wild in the swamps and sloughs of the Gulf states.

Congaree and Penn Jupiter Rice Middlins used by chiefs and for sale at the farm. TCU alumni Lindsay and Scott Meyer host an open house for social media influencers at Congaree and Penn farm and mills in Jacksonville Florida. The Meyers own and operate the farm where they have created a national following for their unique rice and fruit products. Photographed Wednesday, May 29, 2019. (Copyright 2019, Bob Self)

Features

Congaree and Penn Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto

Chef Trey Hartinger brings Florida flavors to life with a delicious recipe.

Alumni

Alison Whitehurst Lands National Tour

From TCU’s stage to Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, the alumna shares advice.

Alex Hidalgo, assistant professor of history in TCU's AddRan College of Liberal Arts. Shown: Hidalgo examines materials in his favorite place on campus, the Special Collections reading room on the third floor of the Mary Couts Burnett Library. Photo by Joyce Marshall, April 5, 2019

Research + Discovery

Tracing Colonial Mexico with Maps and Ink

Alex Hidalgo re-creates the colonial experience in Latin America with mapmaking, astronomy and a scriptorium by candlelight.

TCU Track Coach Darryl Anderson photographed in studio 12/3/19 by Glen E. Ellman

Sports: Riff Ram

Darryl Anderson Trains Record-Setters

The TCU Track & Field coach knows about running the gamut.

Tracy Centanni, assistant professor of psychology (CSE) uses neural imaging to study dyslexia. Her goal is to develop a school-based early identification and intervention program to treat dyslexia before young students learn to read. Friday, January 10, 2020. Photo by Joyce Marshall

Research + Discovery

Seeking Strategies to Help Children With Dyslexia

Tracy Centanni hopes her research leads struggling readers to success.

TCU associate professor of communication studies Adam Richards, who studies peoples' varied responses to interpersonal conflict, poses for a portrait, Monday, August 13, 2018 in the J.M. Moudy Building on the TCU campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Research + Discovery

Fighting Can Help or Hurt Relationships

Adam Richards finds that ongoing conflicts cut deep, while fighting ‘right’ can strengthen relationships.

Alumni

A Look Inside Auctioneering

Morgan Hopson’s music career took a vocal turn — now she’s an award-winning auctioneer.

Steve Przymus, Assistant Professor of Bilingual/ESL at TCU, talks with Viro Ortiz, a former TCU student, about using video games to develop community for transnational children.

Research + Discovery

Strategy for Multiplayer Online Games: Keeping Bilingual Students in School

Steve Przymus says video games develop community for transnational children and prevent dropouts.

Different color folding chairs in a circle. Illustration by Getty Images | CORDELIA MOLLOY

Campus News: Alma Matters

Faculty Roundtable: Civil Discourse

From across disciplines, faculty discuss what it means to communicate with each other with respect.

Ruth De Jong photographed in her work / live loft in downtown Los Angeles.

Alumni, Features

From ‘Twin Peaks’ to ‘Us,’ She Sets the Scene

Once a TCU soccer player, Ruth De Jong is a top Hollywood production designer with credits including the hit show “Yellowstone.”

Campus News: Alma Matters

What’s the Tallest Building on Campus?

TCU’s 295-acre campus sits on a gradual slope rising to the east.

Alumni, Mem’ries Sweet, Recollections

What do you remember about your TCU graduation ceremony?

Readers remember the pomp and circumstance, family involvement and special celebrations surrounding commencement.

Web Extras

TCU Magazine Podcast: Alison Whitehurst

The alumna was in the middle of an acclaimed musical tour when the coronavirus restricted public gatherings and the tour was canceled.

Web Extras

TCU Magazine Podcast: Katie Kelton

The student intern and cover story writer talks about college life as COVID-19 hit the U.S.

How Covid-19 Has Altered University Life

Creativity Boosts Your Brain

Dance Leads to Therapeutic Potential

Students Design Their Degree Plans

Scott and Lindsay Meyer Rely on History and Social Media at Rice Farm

In this issue: Spring 2020

Chancellor Responds to Coronavirus Challenges

What Is a Mayhaw?

Congaree and Penn Shrimp and Asparagus Risotto

Alison Whitehurst Lands National Tour

Tracing Colonial Mexico with Maps and Ink

Darryl Anderson Trains Record-Setters

Seeking Strategies to Help Children With Dyslexia

Fighting Can Help or Hurt Relationships

A Look Inside Auctioneering

Strategy for Multiplayer Online Games: Keeping Bilingual Students in School

Faculty Roundtable: Civil Discourse

From ‘Twin Peaks’ to ‘Us,’ She Sets the Scene

What’s the Tallest Building on Campus?

What do you remember about your TCU graduation ceremony?

TCU Magazine Podcast: Alison Whitehurst

TCU Magazine Podcast: Katie Kelton