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What do you remember about your TCU graduation ceremony?

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

What do you remember about your TCU graduation ceremony?

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

Graduating alongside my then fiancé, now husband. And our daughter, Abby, recently walked that same stage. #FrogFam #40not4 🐸

— Susan Heidenrich ’89 (plus David Heidenrich ’89 and Abby Heidenrich ’19)

’76 Grad … a lot of 💧under the bridge since then. Grandparents attended, was their first visit to State of Texas from D.C.

— Bronaugh Jackson Bridges III ’76

Jordan Roselli Eaton and service dog Draco walked across the commencement stage together. Courtesy of Jordan Roselli Eaton

Jordan Roselli Eaton and service dog Draco walked across the commencement stage together. Courtesy of Jordan Roselli Eaton

Graduating with my service dog Draco in 2017 💜🐸

— Jordan Roselli Eaton ’17

Warming up in December of ’95 at The University Pub with three generations there to celebrate it!

— Mark Mourer ’95 (MS ’04)

Was a good day!!!!!

— Gayle Lindsey Flemons ’65

Chaotic, boring, and long … Appreciated my family enduring it and being supportive.

— Jayme Jones Sutton ’87

We wore black. Even in ’79, I wished we could wear PURPLE. I was happy, relieved, hopeful & proud!

— Pansy Phillips King ’79

Courtesy of Hortencia Crosby

Courtesy of Hortencia Crosby

Thinking “Don’t get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser. Believe that if you dare. But get older because it’s fun!”

— Hortencia Crosby ’16

It snowed on graduation day! 💜❄️💜

— Maria Ovalle Grmela ’90

I was a non-traditional student who finished my BA after both my children had graduated from TCU! They and my daughter-in-law (also a TCU grad) were in the audience and made lots of noise when I walked! Frogs forever!

— Lynn Watson Guy ’91

My daughter was at my December graduation from TCU, back in the day. And, I was at her TCU graduation last December! 💜💜🐸

— Jennifer Carroll-Alford ’97 (plus Cherakee Jackson ’19)

I had moved out of state, so I really cherished my 50th reunion.

— Beth Shelton ’69

Walking the stage with Andy Dalton and wearing my grandmother’s freshman beanie from her days at TCU. She did not know that I had yanked her hat before I walked the stage until she saw me up there. I had to ask my mom to “steal” it from her house in Chicago before they flew down together. It meant a lot to me to graduate from TCU. It still does.

— Joel Wassner ’10 (plus Yvonne Moorehead ’48)

In 1970 Lyndon Johnson was our speaker. Not one of my favorite people, but other than that it was a day full of exciting happiness.

— Barbara Bostick Edwards ’70

Caps in the air and drinking!

— Dave Smith ’70

My Horned Frog daughter graduates in May and it will be my 30-year reunion!

— Sue Castellano Evans ’90 (plus senior English major Sarah Evans)

Cheryl Choat Cobb ’11 (MLA ’13) and Leslie Cobb ’13

Getting my masters the same day my daughter received her undergraduate degree!

— Cheryl Choat Cobb ’11 (MLA ’13) (plus Leslie Cobb ’13)

I didn’t know I was graduating with honors until my parents found me in line and showed me the graduation program.

— Kim Cherry Martinez ’93

Didn’t go. I don’t feel any regret about it. Got my paper and my ring. I’m good! 💜😈

— Dana Burnett ’03 MLA

My dad was still teaching there. He was there with me, both in our robes.

— Elizabeth Pietzsch ’73 (plus Sanders Lyles, former professor of biology)

Getting to sit one last time by my best friend in our program, Anita!

— Carla Smith ’03 MEd (plus Anita Stetson ’03 MEd)

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the May 1968 commencement address. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto, White House Press Office (Public Domain)

President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered the May 1968 commencement address. Photo by Yoichi Okamoto, White House Press Office (Public Domain)

Lyndon B. Johnson spoke at mine in Daniel Meyer! I also had just gotten treated for walking pneumonia, but I attended!

— Sharlene Horak ’68

Both of my parents came down from Chicago to see me graduate! It was probably the first time they were ever on a college campus. I was the first in my immediate family to graduate from college … and I put myself through school as well!!!!!!

— John J. Petersen ’83

My dad was diagnosed with cancer the fall semester of my freshman year and died the fall of my graduating year. So my mind was filled with knowing how proud he was of me. He worked at TCU for 20 years and bled purple.

— Faith Elston Birdcreek ’90 (plus Richard Birdcreek, former supervisor in university maintenance)

Graduating in ’67 and getting to walk again in 2017.

— Butch Clark ’67

Edited for clarity and length.

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