In this issue: Winter 2017
Alumni
Jan Showers’ Signature Elegance
The interior design luminary graces Architectural Digest’s top 100 list — again.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Fighting Human Trafficking
Research shows more comprehensive – not harsher – legislation curbs human trafficking.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Race, Ethnicity and Politics and Texas
With the 2016 release of his first book, Max Krochmal stepped into the national spotlight as an authority on social justice and activism in the Lone Star State.
Campus News: Alma Matters, Research + Discovery
Bilingual Speech Therapy for Stroke Survivors
A monthly bilingual support group at Miller Speech & Hearing Clinic offers hope for people working to regain the ability to speak.
First Person with … Jamie Dixon
Horned Frog Basketball’s favorite son is back, building an exciting future at what he calls “a new TCU.”
Alumni
Carla Downing Tweddale ’87
She’s a flight nurse and team lead at MedCenter Air and President of Lily Pad Haven, which assists victims of human trafficking.
Alumni
Avoid common résumé mistakes
In a new installment of his Career Advice column, Mr. T. explains how to get hired with a stellar résumé.
Campus News: Alma Matters
College Advising Corps – By the Numbers
Explaining the reach and impact of the 24 TCU graduates who help underrepresented high school students get to college.
Alumni
Replenish Bottles are Jason Foster’s New Career Venture
Wall Street and Hollywood prepared Jason Foster for the sustainable spray container venture.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Seppo Aarnos, 1937-2016
Famed sculptor and creator of the TCU Horned Frog rubbed for luck, died in October.
Letters
A Gift of Learning
Chancellor Boschini writes that Starpoint exemplifies everything good about TCU.
Campus News: Alma Matters, Research + Discovery
Uma Tauber’s Memory Tips
The cognitive psychologist explores how students, workers and the elderly retain information.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Yearning to Know
Object Lesson: the story behind Starpoint School’s signature statue.
Campus News: Alma Matters
Critical Literacy in the Classroom
Inside the Classroom: Education majors learn to approach society’s issues through children’s literature.
Alumni
Bob Frye, 1939-2016
The distinguished professor of English at TCU was the university’s first women’s basketball coach.