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INSTITUTIONAL
‘Time to Change the Model’: TCU’s Faculty of Medicine completes four years
April 29, 2023
Trendeepro
The Burnett School of Medicine at TCU celebrated its inaugural class’s first Match Day this spring by sending 52 students
to residency programs across the country, including 15 in Texas and nine in North
Texas. What began as a vision of founding dean Dr. Stuart Flynn seven years ago to
change the way medical school was taught is changing minds. The school prides itself
on training empathetic physicians and uses an internship model that introduces students
to clinical work early in their education. “It was time to change the model, although
others rolled their eyes,” said. Flynn. “Four years after the student’s first class,
nothing has collapsed around us, the model is still standing and we are improving
it.”
Teachers earn the most after graduating from these 25 colleges
April 28, 2023
LIHerald.com
The annual average salary of K-12 school teachers has been a growing concern for public
officials and educators alike for decades. Teachercertification.com sourced data from
the Department of Education to determine which colleges yield the highest-earning
students with undergraduate degrees in teaching and education for grades K-12. No.
18 on the list is Texas Christian University, with graduates earning a median salary of $48,804.
Stanford, Harvard & Wharton Also-Rans In Topsy-Turvy U.S. News MBA Ranking
April 25, 2023
Poets&Quants
In a year in which U.S. News has revamped the way it ranks MBA programs, the fearsome
threesome widely considered the best business schools in the world find themselves
mere also-rans. Texas Christian University’s Neeley School of Business jumped 17 places to rank 50th this year from 67th.
Best private colleges in America
April 22, 2023
KRQE-TV
Both private and public schools play important roles in the postsecondary landscape,
offering top-tier education and valuable opportunities outside the classroom. But
some characteristics of private institutions—namely size, reputation and flexibility—make
them more appealing to prospective students. According to the College Board’s 2022 Trends
in College Pricing and Student Aid report, Texas Christian University ranks No. 73.
President Biden Announces Key Appointments to Boards and Commissions
April 22, 2023
whitehouse.gov
Today, President Biden announced his intent to appoint individuals to the Presidential
Advisory Commission on Advancing Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity
for Black Americans. Among them, Kenny Thompson, Jr., ’03. A native Texan, Thompson was a member of the Horned Frog baseball team and currently
serves on the Board of Trustees.
FACULTY
Missouri lawsuit isn’t the only defamation case against far-right site Gateway Pundit
April 30, 2023
KTVI-TV (St. Louis)
Soon after the 2020 election, lawsuits began piling up against purveyors of election
lies in the aftermath. “These lawsuits are the only remedy left for people,” said Daxton Stewart, a journalism professor. “They feel like it’s the only way they’re gonna get a chance
to be made whole, or to at least call some attention to the suffering that they faced.”
‘Maybe they’re not best tool to deal with everything:’ Expert weighs police actions
at La Gran Plaza
April 29, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A recent incident involved a distressed individual dying following a police response.
“Police have become the panacea for all social problems, and maybe they’re not the
best all-in-one tool to deal with everything,” said Johnny Nhan, criminal justice professor and a reserve officer with the Fort Worth Police Department.
Nhan said the officer who initially responded did not appear to act with “any type
of maliciousness.” It appeared from the video that he was following the protocol Fort
Worth police officers use when dealing with someone who might be experiencing a mental
health crisis, Nhan said.
The US has a rich drag history. Here’s why the art form will likely outlast attempts
to restrict it
April 29, 2023
KESQ-TV (Thousand Palms, California)
The history of drag is complex. One of the first known people to call themselves a
“queen of drag” was William Dorsey Swann, a formerly enslaved man who in 1882 began
hosting guests, many of them former slaves, for drag dances at his Washington, D.C
home. Swann’s drag dances and subsequent arrests were some of the first recorded acts
of resistance in the burgeoning queer liberation movement in America, in which drag
has played an essential role for more than 100 years, said Nino Testa, associate professor of professional practice in women and gender studies. “The pleasure
was the resistance,” Testa said in a phone interview. “The celebration of queer joy
when it’s been denied in all these other spaces is activism.”
Jamie Dimon’s ‘tone deaf’ return to office mandate is getting pushback from JPMorgan
staffers, who are complaining about being stuck on Zoom calls eve
April 28, 2023
Business Insider
JPMorgan is now mandating all managing directors work from the office five days a
week. But that rubbed some workers the wrong way, who vented on an internal messaging
system, per Reuters. They griped about being stuck in virtual meetings despite being
in the office, long commutes, and family responsibilities. “People are saying, ‘I
had something that was working, and now you’re telling me I have to commute, get dressed
up and that I can’t pick up my kids from school’,” Abbie Shipp, professor of management, told Insider’s Rebecca Knight in March.
Matthew Pitt is Chosen as Hemingway-Pfeiffer Writer-in-Residence
April 22, 2023
astate.edu
The Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center in Piggott has announced its
2023 writer-in-residence. Matthew Pitt of Fort Worth will serve in this role from June 1-30. Raised in St. Louis, Pitt now
works as an associate professor of creative writing.
A Day in the Life of a Kindergartener: Exploring a Typical Schedule
April 22, 2023
Kidoneo
Research shows that children benefit greatly from regular physical activity and outdoor
play. As such, it is recommended that kindergarten-aged children should have at least
four 15-minute recesses each day. Debbie Rhea, professor of kinesiology and director of the LiiNK Project, which promotes outdoor
play in schools, advocates for this amount of recess for young children. Rhea’s research
has shown that regular outdoor play and physical activity improves children’s academic
performance, behavior and overall well-being.
ALUMNI
This free ballet class is giving women over 50 their confidence back
April 27, 2023
TODAY
The Oklahoma City Ballet offers beginner and intermediate-level classes geared at
dancers over 50, with students called the Golden Swans. The twice-weekly (and completely
free) classes see anywhere between four and 24 participants working through pliés,
tendus and relevés. Among the students is Robin Martin ’72, who danced seriously for nearly three decades and earned a ballet degree from TCU.
“There was a confidence I had back at that age,” Martin explains. “As you age, life
beats you down, you kind of lose your confidence and things like that … (These classes)
resurrected all that for me.”
W&L Journalism and Mass Communications Professor Selected for Prestigious Fellowship
April 27, 2023
wlu.edu
Adedayo ‘Dayo’ Abah Peel ’96, professor of journalism and mass communications at Washington and Lee University,
was one of 10 professors selected for the ACS Mellon Academic Leadership Fellowship.
The program is aimed at providing leadership experiences to a diverse cohort of humanities
faculty members. She earned a master’s degree in media studies from TCU.
Artist using the magic of art to help Cook Children’s patients heal
April 25, 2023
WFAA-TV
Cook Children’s Medical Center is in the business of saving lives. It takes a dedicated
and intricately trained team to do that. But it is also a team that includes a rolling
cart filled with paints, brushes, stickers … and plenty of glitter. “Oh, for sure,”
said Sydney Peel ’19, when asked if glitter was indeed part of her cache of supplies. Peel is the resident
artist at Cook Children’s. Before she was an art student at TCU, she was a patient
at Cook Children’s. She was born with a rare disease called hereditary angioedema.
She said it took years to get an exact diagnosis and proper treatment. “It can be
extremely painful and can also be life threatening,” she said.
This Fort Worth startup’s product is now on Walgreen shelves across the US
April 24, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
After receiving his master’s, Art Clapp ’89 MBA spent two decades working at the Fort Worth laboratory of Galderma. While helping
launch Galderma’s billion-dollar brands, Clapp noticed many people moving away from
prescription drugs to self-treatment that was just as effective. When Clapp retired
from Galderma, he co-founded Nuvothera with two former coworkers retiring around the
same time. “The plan and goal was always to get into large drugstore chains and mass
merchandising,” Clapp said. “We’re enjoying it, but it’s always a challenge … You’re
really wearing multiple hats, but it’s fun to be an entrepreneur.”
Leaders of Southlake’s first Black church fondly recall welcome, express concern for
city
April 22, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Senior Pastor Denny Davis, who earned a master’s degree in theology from Brite Divinity School in 1993, was
leading a growing congregation at St. John Church Unleashed, and he wanted to expand
the church’s outreach into Northeast Tarrant County. Now, Davis said he is concerned
that the Carroll school district is facing eight investigations from the Department
of Education Office of Civil Rights over allegations of retaliation and discrimination
including race, sex and disability. “African American history is actually American
history. How do you use a black highlighter to eliminate much of the American story?”
Davis said.
Arlington-raised composer Kevin Day returns home with his most personal work yet
April 24, 2023
KERA News
Arlington-raised Kevin Day ’19, is getting commissions and having his works performed around the world — and back
home in North Texas. The Dallas Winds soon play his Concerto for Wind Ensemble and
the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is commissioning him to write a Double Concerto
for trombone and piano, premiering in 2024.
Peplow finds leadership in helping others find their place
April 20, 2023
Fort Worth Report
For Devan Peplow, leadership experience came early. Peplow ’19 was part of a three-student undergraduate team leading Sounde, a hearing app based
on an algorithm developed by a TCU science and engineering professor. The team came
in third place at the 2019 Richards Barrentine Values and Ventures Competition at
the Neeley School of Business. The Values and Ventures Competition is considered a
premier business competition for undergraduate students from around the world. They
pitch ideas for conscious capitalism – an idea that businesses can make a profit while
also being socially responsible. “It was a great experience because we were the company,”
Peplow, 26, said. “I was CEO and while we did have support from professors, it was
up to us to decide how to spend funds, how to market. We all learned a lot.”
STUDENTS
CHISD Senior Makinly Gillin Earns Full STEM Scholarship to TCU
April 30, 2023
Focus Daily News
Cedar Hill High School senior Makinly Gillin recently accepted a STEM Scholarship to TCU. She is one of seven high school seniors
in North Texas to accept the full scholarship, valued at $292,000. “TCU was on my
radar from the beginning – I visited the campus for the first time in the fifth grade,”
said Gillin, who ranks fifth in the Cedar Hill High School Class of 2023.
ATHLETICS
TCU Leads All Big 12 Football Teams in Players Drafted
April 29, 2023
Heartland College Sports
The 2023 NFL Draft is in the books, and when it comes to the Big 12 Conference, the
TCU Horned Frogs led the way with eight players being selected this year. TCU is fresh off a trip
to the National Championship Game and were the first Big 12 team to win a College
Football Playoff game this past season. Overall, the Big 12 had a strong showing with
30 players selected this year, which trails only the SEC and Big Ten on a per team
average.
Max Duggan joins ex-TCU teammates as Chargers draft QB 7th in NFL draft
April 29, 2023
ESPN
Former TCU quarterback Max Duggan received a call from the Los Angeles Chargers, who were selecting him with a seventh-round
pick (239th overall) in the 2023 NFL draft. He’ll join new Chargers teammates Quentin Johnston and Derius Davis, whom the Bolts selected with a first- and fourth-round pick, respectively, and who
served as two of Duggan’s top three targets with the Horned Frogs. “There’s a lot
of excitement,” Duggan said from his home in Iowa about joining the Chargers. “Throughout
this process, I feel like I built a lot of good relationships with all of the coaches
on the coaching staff and really built up and connected with them in that way. Obviously,
you see Q and DD go earlier and there was a lot of excitement to be a part of this
franchise.”
Chargers select TCU WR Quentin Johnston in first round of NFL draft
April 27, 2023
Dallas Morning News
Quentin Johnston is the highest TCU draft pick since fellow Horned Frogs wide receiver Jalen Reagor was selected with the same pick in the 2020 draft. “It’s amazing coming where I come
from,” Johnston said. “It’s hard, to be honest with you, to be on this stage right
now. And to keep going up, it means a lot to me, my friends, my family and all the
young kids looking up to me in my hometown.”
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