From the NFL draft and dancing to rankings and recess, TCU and its faculty and alumni are in the news.
INSTITUTIONAL
April 29, 2023
Trendeepro
The Burnett School of Medicine at TCU celebrated its inaugural class鈥檚 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. 鈥淚t was time to change the model, although
others rolled their eyes,鈥� said. Flynn. 鈥淔our years after the student鈥檚 first class,
nothing has collapsed around us, the model is still standing and we are improving
it.鈥�
Teachers earn the most after graduating from these 25 colleges [ed: link removed]
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 茄子视频, with graduates earning a median salary of $48,804.
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. 茄子视频鈥檚 Neeley School of Business jumped 17 places to rank 50th this year from 67th.
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鈥攏amely size, reputation and flexibility鈥攎ake
them more appealing to prospective students. According to the College Board鈥檚 2022 Trends
in College Pricing and Student Aid report, 茄子视频 ranks No. 73.
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., 鈥�03. A native Texan, Thompson was a member of the Horned Frog baseball team and currently
serves on the Board of Trustees.
FACULTY
April 30, 2023
KTVI-TV (St. Louis)
Soon after the 2020 election, lawsuits began piling up against purveyors of election
lies in the aftermath. 鈥淭hese lawsuits are the only remedy left for people,鈥� said Daxton Stewart, a journalism professor. 鈥淭hey feel like it鈥檚 the only way they鈥檙e gonna get a chance
to be made whole, or to at least call some attention to the suffering that they faced.鈥�
April 29, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A recent incident involved a distressed individual dying following a police response.
鈥淧olice have become the panacea for all social problems, and maybe they鈥檙e not the
best all-in-one tool to deal with everything,鈥� 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 鈥渁ny type
of maliciousness.鈥� 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.
April 29, 2023
KESQ-TV (Thousand Palms, California)
The history of drag is complex. One of the first known people to call themselves a
鈥渜ueen of drag鈥� 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,鈥疍.C
home. Swann鈥檚 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. 鈥淭he pleasure
was the resistance,鈥� Testa said in a phone interview. 鈥淭he celebration of queer joy
when it鈥檚 been denied in all these other spaces is activism.鈥�
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. 鈥淧eople are saying, 鈥業
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鈥�,鈥� Abbie Shipp, professor of management, told Insider's Rebecca Knight in March.
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.
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鈥檚 research
has shown that regular outdoor play and physical activity improves children鈥檚 academic
performance, behavior and overall well-being.
ALUMNI
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 pli茅s,
tendus and relev茅s. Among the students is Robin Martin 鈥�72, who danced seriously for nearly three decades and earned a ballet degree from TCU.
鈥淭here was a confidence I had back at that age,鈥� Martin explains. 鈥淎s you age, life
beats you down, you kind of lose your confidence and things like that ... (These classes)
resurrected all that for me.鈥�
April 27, 2023
wlu.edu
Adedayo 鈥楧ayo鈥� Abah Peel 鈥�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鈥檚 degree in media studies from TCU.
April 25, 2023
WFAA-TV
Cook Children鈥檚 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 鈥� and plenty of glitter. 鈥淥h, for sure,鈥�
said Sydney Peel 鈥�19, when asked if glitter was indeed part of her cache of supplies. Peel is the resident
artist at Cook Children鈥檚. 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. 鈥淚t can be
extremely painful and can also be life threatening,鈥� she said.
April 24, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
After receiving his master鈥檚, Art Clapp 鈥�89 MBA spent two decades working at the Fort Worth laboratory of Galderma. While helping
launch Galderma鈥檚 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. 鈥淭he plan and goal was always to get into large drugstore chains and mass
merchandising,鈥� Clapp said. 鈥淲e鈥檙e enjoying it, but it鈥檚 always a challenge 鈥� You鈥檙e
really wearing multiple hats, but it鈥檚 fun to be an entrepreneur.鈥�
April 22, 2023
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Senior Pastor Denny Davis, who earned a master鈥檚 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鈥檚 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. 鈥淎frican American history is actually American
history. How do you use a black highlighter to eliminate much of the American story?鈥�
Davis said.
April 24, 2023
KERA News
Arlington-raised Kevin Day 鈥�19, is getting commissions and having his works performed around the world 鈥� 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.
April 20, 2023
Fort Worth Report
For Devan Peplow, leadership experience came early. Peplow 鈥�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 鈥� an idea that businesses can make a profit while
also being socially responsible. 鈥淚t was a great experience because we were the company,鈥�
Peplow, 26, said. 鈥淚 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.鈥�
STUDENTS
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. 鈥淭CU was on my
radar from the beginning 鈥� I visited the campus for the first time in the fifth grade,鈥�
said Gillin, who ranks fifth in the Cedar Hill High School Class of 2023.
ATHLETICS
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.
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鈥檒l 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. 鈥淭here's a lot
of excitement,鈥� Duggan said from his home in Iowa about joining the Chargers. 鈥淭hroughout
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.鈥�
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. 鈥淚t鈥檚 amazing coming where I come
from,鈥� Johnston said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 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.鈥�