Spring 2022 - TCU Magazine

Making College a Reality

TCU’s College Advising Corps helps North Texas high school students plot their next steps.

Double the Service

Service-learning class a meaningful experience for students and TCU Latino service staff.

Blazing Trails

Leslie Ekpe and Lau’Rent Honeycutt are first to hold their offices.

Using Their Megaphone

When celebrities speak out, consider their expertise, Kristie Bunton says.

Learning Outside of Class

Two honors professors bring Fort Worth to life through a new experiential course.

Students silhouetted in the archway between Marion and Clark halls in TCU's Worth Hills. Photographed Thursday, March 21, 2019. (AP Photo/Jeffrey McWhorter)

Alumni

McNair Scholars Program Supports Students

The initiative aims to diversify tomorrow’s world of higher education.

Features

Rainwater Charitable Foundation Partners with TCU

The private family foundation has become a leading benefactor to TCU’s College Advising Corps.

Katherine Rodriguez (left) was a member of the TCU College Advising Corps when Timi Ijabiken, a Nigerian immigrant, was a student at Sam Houston High School in Arlington. Ijabiken graduated TCU in 2019 and joined the CAC as an advisor back at Sam Houston High School. The CAC works to increase the number of low-income, first-generation college and underrepresented students who enter and complete higher education.

Features

College Advising Corps Guides High School Students

The goal of TCU’s College Advising Corps is to make college a reality for all high school students.

(L-R) Susie Olmos-Soto, Esther Teixeira and Maria Ciriza coordinate Service Learning in the Latino Community, a course that fosters partnerships between TCU employees and students, in which students help native Spanish-speaking employees study for their GED exams, while the employees help the students improve their Spanish language skills. Photo by Rodger Mallison, September 29, 2021

Professors Forge New Direction for Service-Learning Class

Pandemic isolation led to a creative partnership.

Research + Discovery, Sports: Riff Ram

Athletes Cash in on Names, Images or Likenesses

After NCAA changes, a TCU program helps student-athletes build a brand.

Energy MBA student Tejal Kshatriya is studying socioeconomics to help the Fort Worth Water Department develop its own energy sources from waste products. She is photographed at the North Holly Water Treatment plant that is part of the Fort Worth water system.

Features

Power to Change

The Ralph Lowe Energy Institute seeks to prepare students for the future of energy.

Alumni

Elizabeth Campbell works on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’

The producer lays out the process for earning the public’s trust.

Campus News: Alma Matters, Research + Discovery

Treating the student body: A Q&A With Jane Torgerson

How the Brown-Lupton Health Center medical director is steering TCU through the pandemic.

Alumni

José Gallardo Helps his Country Through Crisis

When Covid numbers began climbing, the Panamanian’s duties switched from training ranchers to feeding a country.

Dr. Shirley Martin, assistant professor of nursing, meditates in Riverside Park by the Trinity River. Martin and fellow Harris College faculty members Ann Johnson, Danielle Walker and Pam Frable were instrumental in establishing the Bebout Wellness Center for the Helping Professions to foster wellness practices among nursing students. Photo by Rodger Mallison, October 30, 2020

Research + Discovery

Practicing Mindfulness at TCU’s Bebout Wellness Center

Harris College researchers are creating a culture of mindfulness to counteract stress in nursing students.

Research + Discovery

A Stronger Voice

James D. Rodriguez is analyzing signs of vocal trouble before it can be heard.

Letters

Chancellor: Meaningful Connections With Impact

The influence of the Horned Frog community starts on campus and extends to the far reaches of the globe.

Amanda Lisak Elmore ’10 (marketing) Account Director, PMG Advertising Agency in Fort Worth, has led marketing and advertising campaigns for such distinguished brands as Estée Lauder, British Airways, Biossance and Abercrombie & Fitch. Photo by Carolyn Cruz, November 27, 2021

Alumni

Amanda Elmore Takes a Global View of Marketing

The marketing pro hasn’t been afraid to make major leaps in pursuing her career goals.

Dr. Brenton Cooper, professor of psychology, studies the brain processes of song birds. He has a 5-year grant from the National Institute of Health for his BRAIN initiative to study neural circuity underlying the decision to act. The bird pictured is a zebra finch. Photo b¥ Rodger Mallison, October 22, 2020

Research + Discovery

How Birdsong May Help Stutterers

Brenton Cooper studies the brains of finches in hopes of improving language processing abilities in humans.

Alumni

How to Explain Employment Gaps

Navigating the job market after a break takes reflection.

Bill Montigel, TCU men's golf head coach. Photos taken in studio on 3/2/21 by Glen E. Ellman.

Sports: Riff Ram

One Shot at a Time with Bill Montigel

The head men’s golf coach has built a winning program and shaped the characters of hundreds of student-athletes in his long tenure at TCU.

Campus News: Alma Matters

On Stage: Not Feeling Well

Theatre TCU performed the play I, Sick, written by Leroy Hood ’16, as part of its Studio Theatre series.

An illustration of two horned frogs posing for a selfie in front of the Taj Mahal. Illustration by Holly Weinstein

Alumni, Recollections

Frogs Recall Meeting Other Frogs All Over the World

Have you met a fellow Horned Frog somewhere unexpected?

Making College a Reality

Double the Service

Blazing Trails

Using Their Megaphone

Learning Outside of Class

In this issue: Spring 2022

McNair Scholars Program Supports Students

Rainwater Charitable Foundation Partners with TCU

College Advising Corps Guides High School Students

Professors Forge New Direction for Service-Learning Class

Athletes Cash in on Names, Images or Likenesses

Power to Change

Elizabeth Campbell works on CBS’ ‘Face the Nation’

Treating the student body: A Q&A With Jane Torgerson

José Gallardo Helps his Country Through Crisis

Practicing Mindfulness at TCU’s Bebout Wellness Center

A Stronger Voice

Chancellor: Meaningful Connections With Impact

Amanda Elmore Takes a Global View of Marketing

How Birdsong May Help Stutterers

How to Explain Employment Gaps

One Shot at a Time with Bill Montigel

On Stage: Not Feeling Well

Frogs Recall Meeting Other Frogs All Over the World