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Top CRNA Schools in Texas | 2024
Sept. 28, 2023
Nurse.org
Nurse Anesthetists are advanced practice registered nurses who administer anesthesia
and other medications. According to a recent list, Texas offers some of the best in
the country. No. 2 on the list isTCU’s Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences. The DNAP at TCU is a 36-month program that has three phases, including clinical
rotations. TCU’s first-time pass rate was 96% for the 2022 graduating class, well
above the national average.
The Top U.S. Colleges for Partying
Sept. 27, 2023
The Wall Street Journal
A survey of over 60,000 students and recent graduates on several topics, including
their satisfaction with the university’s party scene, found TCU at No. 2. “I think
TCU has been a really happy and enjoyable place to be at over this past year, just
because there has been so much to celebrate,” said junior Eleana Wright. Student morale was high last year following TCU’s 150th anniversary and the football
team’s advancement to the national championship game in January. Kathy Cavins-Tull, vice chancellor for student affairs, emphasized students’ dedication to their academics,
adding that athletics and social connections are an important part of campus life
at the university.
How do TCU, SMU and UT Dallas rank for business schools? Hint: All three went up this
year.
Sept. 25, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
North Texas business schools are rising in the ranks. Bloomberg Businessweek published
new ratings this week for the best business schools in the country. At 42nd place,
the TCU Neeley School of Business increased by 11 points from 53rd place last year.
TCU’s graduate program also ranked second in the state for the entrepreneurship category. Hettie Richardson, interim dean, said the graduate program has an outsized return on investment through
its focus on student resources and industry connections across North Texas and beyond.
“Our students have access to real-world experience and an individualized, personal
journey to accelerate and amplify their knowledge and skills,” Richardson said. “Neeley
graduates are innovative thinkers, who are prepared for the future of business and
ready to lead the way.”
TCU Unveils Final Mural Installment In Fort Worth
Sept. 25, 2023
Fort Worth Magazine
Over the past year, TCU has honored several of its leaders/alum with a series of murals
that adorned buildings in such cities as New York City, Los Angeles, Nashville and Chicago.
The latest and last mural in Fort Worth was created by graduate and former ArtOrg
President Natalie Neale ’23. This art piece encourages Horned Frogs and visitors to participate by posing in
front of the physical mural or using a digital filter to “muralize” themselves, wherever
they may live. “Inviting community participation will uncover stories that illustrate
how we are leading on together for the greater good,” said Tracy Syler-Jones, vice chancellor for Marketing & Communication.
Texas Christian University breaks ground on new residential complex, which includes
two dormitories, a dining area, and a common area
Sept. 25, 2023
Dallas Express
TCU recently broke ground on its newest residential complex, which is slated to open in
2025. “Given our continued growth, it is time for us to add housing that further supports
our connection culture and high student retention rates,” Kathy Cavins-Tull, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, said previously, per Newsbreak. “With each
new building, we have the exciting opportunity to consider location, design, and common
spaces that support student connectivity, health and wellness.”
Book Details TCU’s Evolution on Race and Reconciliation
Sept. 22, 2023
Fort Worth Magazine
The book’s contribution is significant for three key reasons, according to one of
the authors, including chronicling how the Black presence at TCU has grown in significance
and size. A History to Remember: TCU in Purple, White, and Black is by TCU professors Frederick W. Gooding Jr. and Sylviane Ngandu-Kalenga Grensword, and doctoral student Marcellis R. Perkins. “The book’s contribution is significant for three key reasons — it establishes how
the Black presence at TCU has steadily grown in significance and size; it chronicles
the Black experience at the university and provides an opportunity to measure the
fulfillment of its Vision in Action strategic plan; and it charts TCU’s progression
in diversity, which has local, regional and national implications due to its overall
growth and position as one of the top 100 universities in the nation,” said Gooding.
TCU Unveils New Mural in Fort Worth, Brings Its Coast-to-Coast Public Art Campaign
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Sept. 22, 2023
Dallas Innovates
TCU unveiled a new mural in Fort Worth, capping off a nationwide public art project
celebrating the school’s 150th anniversary. The mural was designed by 2023 TCU graduate Natalie Neale ’23 and envisions the university’s impact over the next 150 years. Today’s unveiling
completes the university’s year-long public art campaign that included murals in New
York, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Chicago. The murals highlighted leaders who found
their inspiration and sharpened their abilities at TCU. “There are so many amazing
leadership stories in our community, it would have been difficult, if not impossible,
to choose one person to highlight for this particular mural,” said Tracy Syler-Jones, vice chancellor for Marketing & Communication.
TCU’s new partnership with Robinhood helps students navigate NIL landscape
Sept. 20, 2023
Fort Worth Report
Two and a half years ago, tennis player Luke Swan never could have imagined the opportunities open to him today. A kid from London,
he came to TCU not expecting to play on the tennis team — and certainly not expecting
to earn sponsorships as a result. Now, a new partnership between TCU Athletics, the
TCU Neeley School of Business and Robinhood Marketplace will benefit TCU student-athletes
by teaching them financial literacy. “This partnership will only enhance the financial
education provided to student-athletes and other interested TCU students,” President Daniel Pullin said. “This is the day that so many of us have looked forward to for some period
of time as we usher in another instance of innovation at TCU.”
TCU hosts Black Excellence Gala as it celebrates 150 years
Sept. 18, 2023
KXAS-TV (Fort Worth, TX)
TCU did something good to celebrate diversity and inclusion, by hosting their first
ever Black Excellence Gala. The sold-out event celebrated the accomplishments of the
black community at TCU. Black students, staff and alumni who have been instrumental
to TCU’s success, such as pro football of famer LaDainian Tomlinson, were recognized and honored.
TCU Coach Sonny Dykes will be Grand Marshal for 2023 Parade of Lights
Sept. 14, 2023
Fort Worth Business Press
In honor of TCU’s 150th anniversary, coach Sonny Dykes will reign as Grand Marshal of the 2023 GM Financial Parade of Lights. “The Parade
of Lights is such a great tradition and important part of Fort Worth. It is a true
honor to be Grand Marshal and represent TCU,” Dykes said. “My family and I are most
appreciative of this opportunity.”
WWE is headed TCU this fall in search of pro wrestling’s next big stars
Sept. 14, 2023
The Dallas Morning News
WWE, now a part of TKO Group Holdings, announced the return of “WWE Campus Rush” which
will be headed to North Texas this fall. Campus Rush is a multi-campus college athlete
recruitment tour as WWE continues its search for future stars in sports entertainment.
The company already paid the University of Texas a visit last week, but on Nov. 14,
WWE is headed to TCU.
FACULTY
Can AI Ever Replace Human Salespeople?
Sept. 25, 2023
Forbes
The outdated model of top salespeople simply making the most calls is now obsolete.
In response, consulting firms and academic centers, like the TCU Sales Center, offer sales training programs that blend technological prowess with
relational skills to enhance rapport building and solutions-oriented engagement. Ken Corbit, the center’s instructional lead, points out: “While AI can offer incredible data
analytics capabilities, the human ability to build personal connections and provide
tailored solutions remains paramount. Human salespeople can perceive subtleties in
mood, understand complex needs through a simple conversation, and make customers feel
valued and appreciated in a way that technology can’t yet mimic, often due to non-verbal
cues and engagement.”
Clarke Forum discusses women’s brains and hormonal birth control
Sept. 28, 2023
The Dickinsonian
Hormonal birth control was a long-awaited, vital medication that allowed women, for
the first time in history, to plan their futures. However, in the words of Professor
Sarah E. Hill, “There is no such thing as a free lunch.” Hormonal birth control, despite being
socially, politically and medically revolutionary, can have negative side effects.
Hill, who was on and off hormonal birth control for about 13 years, said that finally
quitting the pill felt like waking up from a “nap [she] didn’t know [she] was taking.”
Grapevine’s GameStop hits the big screen in ‘Dumb Money’
Sept. 28, 2023
Fort Worth Report
GameStop finds itself in the spotlight again as a new movie, “Dumb Money,” tells the
story of how the company became a “meme stock.” Paul Irvine, professor and Kleinheinz Endowed Chair in International Finance and Investments,
said the GameStop episode was unique. “It was the first time that anyone found a way
to coordinate what I call ‘noise’ traders and convinced them to all do the same thing,”
he said. “I think a lot of these 20-somethings who invested probably grew up in GameStop
stores, playing games there, and they had a lot of fondness for it. That’s not quite
the case with a lot of other stocks. GameStop turned out to be technically a perfect
stock to try something like this on.”
2023 NFOIC research paper competition winners announced!
Sept. 27, 2023
yale.edu
Below are the winning research papers accepted to the fifth annual National Freedom
of Information Coalition FOI research competition. In second place is “Opening the
Floodgates: Assessing and Implementing Affirmative Disclosure,” co-authored by Daxton “Chip” Stewart.
This year’s Dragalicious was the cathartic party St. George’s LGBTQ+ community needed
Sept. 26, 2023
KUER-FM (Salt Lake City, UT)
Drag shows have become a common target of state governments from Florida to Tennessee
to Montana in recent months. Deseret News pointed to state data showing that there
have been more hate crimes directed at the LGBTQ+ community in Utah this year — 63 reported
so far —- than the past four years combined. “It’s not a new phenomenon,” said Nino Testa, an associate professor of women and gender studies. “It’s part of a very American
tradition of demonizing queer people.”
What the High Holy Days mean to Jewish Tarrant County residents
Sept. 25, 2023
Fort Worth Report
In Judaism, the High Holy Days are a 10-day period of prayer and atonement that begins
with Rosh Hashana, the Jewish new year, and ends with Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of
Atonement. The decision to use the term “High Holy Days” or “High Holidays” varies
from one Jewish person to another, said Ariel Feldman, director of the Jewish studies program at Brite Divinity School. “When you work
in a field such as Jewish studies, which encompasses 3,000 more years of history and
development, I think no one knows everything,” Feldman said. “If you think about what
the Old Testament or the Hebrew Bible has to say, the term ‘High Holidays’ doesn’t
appear there. But it does talk about several festivals, which would require particularly
the male Israelites to go to Jerusalem, for celebration.”
General Motors workers strike at parts distribution center near Fort Worth
Sept. 22, 2023
Fort Worth Report
Workers at a General Motors parts distribution center are going on strike, United
Auto Workers union president Shawn Fain said Friday morning. The workers are joining
about 12,700 colleagues at three assembly plants in Missouri, Ohio and Michigan in
an expansion of a strike initiated more than a week ago. Experts such as Cliff Defee, associate professor of supply chain management, said consumers trying to buy a car
won’t see effects of the strike immediately. “When you’d look at those inventory
numbers, though, what you’re not really seeing is what the inventory situation is
by model, because certainly some models are in higher demand than others,” Defee said.
Amid personal conflict, Hays County clerk turned to Republican’s ‘rogue’ prosecutor
law to oust fellow Democrat
Sept. 22, 2023
Texas Tribune
The Republican-led Texas Legislature passed a new law that went into effect this month
that allows prosecutors to be removed from office if they choose not to go after certain
crimes. The goal: to rein in “rogue” district attorneys in Texas’ large, left-leaning
counties. “What we’re seeing is, more broadly speaking, the politicization of removal
processes,” said James Riddlesperger, political science professor.
Are blessings a prayer? Do they help heal, connect Tarrant County? We ask the experts
Sept. 16, 2023
Fort Worth Report
More than 100 people gathered for a 15-minute blessing ceremony, as a Fort Worth building
is soon to become The Fred Rouse Center for Arts and Community Healing, a reparative
justice project by Transform 1012 N. Main Street. Protestant, Catholic, Greek Orthodox,
Buddhist, Jewish and Islamic religious leaders circled together to pray for the building.
Native American spiritual and cultural leaders also performed a Blessing Song. Blessings
are a way that communities come together for a cause, said Jan Quesada, senior instructor of religion. “Blessings are these kinds of pauses to acknowledge
and speak words into moments that hold significance,” Quesada said. “You can get pretty
technical about all the different modes of prayer across different traditions. There’s
a whole menu of blessings.”
ALUMNI
TCU Husband-Wife Radio/TV Alums Build Cutting-Edge Display for School’s 150th
Sept. 28, 2023
FW Inc.
The ideal of a university shaping one’s destiny — if destiny would permit such a thing
— is not just some timeworn, hackneyed phrase for Michael and Karen Ryan ’01. They met as part of a team working on a group project in the radio/TV and film department,
then later married, and then later joined forces to open a marketing company Four
3rds Creative, which specializes in video-based storytelling. Four 3rds Creative,
in collaboration with Wheelhouse Innovations, built and installed an eight-foot interactive
augmented reality experience — which doubles as a piece of art — that was met by very
inquisitive visitors to the College of Science and Engineering building for the university’s
Family Weekend. “When we were first contacted about this challenge, we weren’t exactly
sure what we were going to do, but we were all in,” said Michael. “After talking it
through, we determined that we needed two things: an installation that was totally
unique to draw people’s curiosity and a captivating experience with the capacity to
engage everyone simultaneously.”
How waking up late saved the life of professional artist and former NFL player Marshall
Harris
Sept. 27, 2023
Fort Worth Report
Waking up late likely saved the life of Marshall K. Harris ’79. In NYC to set up a trade show exhibition, he had breakfast reservations the following
day at Windows on the World. But on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Harris woke up
late and missed being at the World Trade Center. He instead went straight to the trade
show and started working before being evacuated. “When I walked out of the front of
the Javits Center, there was a woman standing next to me … just shellshocked. And
I looked up and there’s smoke billowing out of this tower,” he recalled. “I said,
‘Where’s the other tower?’ She said, ‘It just fell down.’” More than 20 years earlier,
Harris graduated from TCU, where he also played on the football team for five seasons.
For one of his art classes, Harris designed a logo known as the “Flying T,” which
would represent the school and adorn jerseys across its athletics programs through
the early ’90s.
ACLU of Texas Announces Three New Board Members
Sept. 19, 2023
The ACLU of Texas is excited to announce the recent election of three new members
to its Board of Directors, including Leon Reed Jr. ’03. While at TCU, Leon was involved in numerous student organizations and employed his
leadership skills while presiding over many of them. Leon earned a Bachelor of Science
in political science from TCU, and his passion for TCU is surpassed only by a few.
Animal Instinct
Sept. 18, 2023
Dallas Style and Design
Avery Kelly ’11 creates portraits of animals, working with oils and acrylics and in printmaking and
focusing on the quirkiness of animals, bringing a sense of lightness and fun to what
can otherwise be a stodgy genre. “Instead of trying to show something exactly as it
is, I’m trying to create an expression,” Kelly explains. When she was growing up,
there were birds, dogs and cats in the house, and during her family’s trips to Colorado,
Kelly was entranced by the wildlife and landscapes.
Governor Abbott Appoints De Luca To Governor’s Commission For Women
Sept. 15, 2023
gov.texas.gov
Goveronor Greg Abbott has appointed Angelique De Luca to the Governor’s Commission for Women. She is the founder and CEO of Four Falling
Stars Productions. She is vice chair of the Lone Star Film Festival, member of the
Screen Actors Guild of America, Women Steering Business and former member of Chancellor’s
Advisory Council at TCU. She is an advisor for the TCU film school and volunteers
for the Fort Worth Country Day School and Colonial Kids for a Cause. Additionally,
she is a former board member of KinderFrog’s at TCU and Baby2Baby.
Clayton Mullen Signs With Concord Music Publishing
Sept. 15, 2023
MusicRow
Country artist Clayton Mullen ’23, has signed an exclusive worldwide publishing agreement with Concord Music Publishing
that includes his full catalog and all future work. Originally from the Northeast,
Mullen’s interest in writing and performing developed during his time at TCU.
ATHLETICS
TCU Adding Nine Members to Athletics Hall of Fame on Thursday
Sept. 27, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
TCU Athletics will induct nine new members into the Hall of Fame for its class of 2023.This group
of members is extremely deserving and will be a great addition to the TCU Hall of
Fame. Make sure to look out for them at the football game this Saturday.
The TCU-SMU Football Rivalry Is Ending. Why Aren’t More Fans Upset?
Sept. 22, 2023
Texas Monthly
Rivalry games between TCU and SMU once mattered in a way that may be difficult for
some of today’s fans to understand. Now they’re a reminder of college football’s transformation
from a sport built around geographical rivalries to a competition for television ratings.
TCU announced this summer that it will pause the rivalry after the 2025 game. Coach Sonny Dykes, asked about the series, said it was important to add another home game, regardless
of the opponent. “If we want to be big time, we gotta act big time and schedule big
time,” he told reporters. “All that stuff goes together.”
It was his lifelong dream to play in Fort Worth, now this TCU offensive lineman is
making the most of it
Sept. 20, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Transfer Willis Patrick is still in the midst of living out his lifelong dream of playing for TCU. Since
the moment he stepped on campus, Patrick has approached making the most of his dream
opportunity with an intensity on the field and easy to get along with personality
off it, which has already helped him become a key cog for TCU’s offense. “I always
knew I had the talent to do it,” Patrick said. “The circumstances didn’t land me there
out of high school and I put it on myself honestly. It was never an issue of talent
with me, I just made the best of my opportunities. I didn’t look at it as ‘Woe, is
me.’ I looked at it as ‘how can I be the best player here (at Angelo State)’ and I
did that and accomplished great things.”
TCU athletic director urges Congress to step in as NIL deals upend college sports
Sept. 20, 2023
The Dallas Morning News
A boom in Name, Image and Likeness deals is happening without appropriate guardrails,
and Congress must step in to guide colleges and protect student athletes from unscrupulous
people, Jeremiah Donati, director of intercollegiate athletics, told lawmakers. “We now find ourselves in
a wild, wild west environment across college athletics with little accountability,”
he testified. Donati and other witnesses at a House Small Business Committee hearing
called for Congress to impose some order on the free-for-all that followed the 2021
Supreme Court decision allowing college players to profit from their own name, image
and likeness. More than half of TCU’s student athletes have reported NIL deals, Donati
said, and many are using that money to support their families. But the lack of national
rules has created unsustainable confusion, he said.
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