November 26, 2024
Horned Frog students find AI in expected disciplines like business and science and a few unexpected ones like Professor Muriel Cormican’s class.
Dominic Mendlik, a double AddRan major and Honors College student, is a 2024 Truman Scholarship finalist.
Ja’nae Jackson ’22 advises Horned Frogs to “bet on yourself.” The Fort Worth native shares her story from New Haven, Connecticut, where she is currently working as a research assistant and part-time student in a pre-doctoral political science program at Yale University.
Documentaries. Docudramas. Podcasts. YouTubers. Books. The true crime genre is rampant. Katherine Polzer, associate professor and undergraduate director in the Department of Criminology & Criminal Justice, talked to TCU News about navigating its magnetic draw.
The AddRan Ambassadors program is a transformational experience for students to learn how to market their liberal arts degree, enhance their leadership skills and gain real-world experience while paired with a mentor through a year-long program. Sophomore Jack Graham, a political science major from California, shares why he signed on to be an ambassador.
In recognition of his 42 years of dedicated service to his students and the greater Horned Frog community, James “Jim” Riddlesperger, Ph.D., has been nominated as a 2024 Piper Professor.
It may be one of TCU’s newer student organizations, but the TCU Mock Trial Team is already winning cases and making a name for itself on the competition circuit.
Board of Visitors member Lou Black ’90 has very fond memories of her four years in AddRan; she graduated with a bachelor’s in political science and a minor in general business. Her father had dreamed of attending the university, but couldn’t afford it. Instead, it was Black who finally made that family dream come true.
Board of Visitors member Nick Morales ’14 was just four months old when his parents moved the family from Colombia to the Dallas-Fort Worth region of Texas. When it came time to attend college, Morales explored other universities in the state, but quickly fell in love with TCU.
Ada Limón, the 24th United States Poet Laureate and recipient of a 2023 MacArthur Fellowship, visited TCU’s campus in November 2023 as part of the Premier Green Chair lecture series. Limón is a Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry.
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