Horned Frogs in the News, Nov. 9-Nov. 24
Horned Frogs continue to make the news both locally and nationally. From beaver nuggets to the ‘Fresh Prince,’ check out the latest roundup of newsworthy Frogs.
‘We know we can’t take it for granted,’ says TCU women’s basketball coach on upcoming season
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Nov. 24, 2020
TCU women's basketball coach Raegan Pebley is going into the 2020-2021 season thankful not only for the opportunity for her team to compete amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also her successful recovery from brain surgery.
The Dallas Morning News
Nov. 24, 2020
Reuben Johnson hung from a tree in southwest Dallas County for 30 days after his murder on Dec. 27, 1874, for refusing to back the false alibi of a criminal suspect.
At one point in choreographer Adam W. McKinney’s Promise Me You’'ll Sing My Song, Roberts twists his torso and limbs between the branches of a tree to produce pleasing geometric shapes.
Craving Beaver Nuggets, jerky or gummies? This TCU grad sells Buc-ee’s snacks online
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (FRONT PAGE)
Nov. 24, 2020
Chris Koerner just started a business selling Buc-ee’s snacks online, and already the orders are coming in at a brisk pace — faster, you might say, than a beaver swimming downstream. Customers from as far away as Alaska, Canada and even Australia are logging in to Koerner’s Plano-based business, TexasSnax.com, and ordering the snacks that had made Buc-ee’s stores a cult-like favorite of Texas travelers for years.
Here’s how one North Texas nurse exemplifies the best of her profession
The Dallas Morning News
Nov. 23, 2020
TCU nursing alumna Indigo Dillard is the latest recipient of Medical City Arlington’s DAISY Award, which is given to health care workers who exemplify the best of the nursing profession, caring “for patients and families every day wherever they practice, in whatever role they serve and throughout their careers,” according to a news release from DeSoto ISD.
Thousands Receive Free Thanksgiving Meals at Massive Donation Event
KXAS-TV
Nov. 20, 2020
Texas Christian University football coach Gary Patterson was also on hand to help Friday. “I think we have a chance to feed probably a little over 70,000 thousand people before it’s all said and done, so a lot of families and we are excited to be doing that,” Patterson said. Story also ran on CBS 11.
TCU women’s basketball just trying to have fun amid COVID-19, challenging times
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Nov. 18, 2020
TCU women’s basketball coach Raegan Pebley has a simple mindset when it comes to this season. “We’re trying to make this season fun,” Pebley said.
TCU’s Desmond Bane picked in first round of NBA Draft, heading to Grizzlies via trade
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Nov. 18, 2020
Former TCU star Desmond Bane was selected with the 30th overall pick (first round) of the NBA Draft on Wednesday night. He will join the Memphis Grizzlies, who acquired his draft rights in a trade with the Boston Celtics.
The 2020 HP HEED Awards: Support
INSIGHT Into Diversity
Nov. 17, 2020
The TCU and University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine knows that students who are underrepresented in medicine or disadvantaged socioeconomically — especially first-generation medical students — are typically not exposed to medical culture from a young age. The TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine pairs students with faculty in the Diversity and Inclusion Mentoring Network Program. Mentors help students adjust to medical school, serve as a resource for services available on campus, and provide guidance on specialty decisions and research.
'Fresh Prince' Reunion, 'Bel Air' Reboot: How '90s TV Handled Race
The New York Times
Nov. 17, 2020
A generation ago, sitcoms with largely Black casts were must-see TV, balancing humor and drama. Will the “Bel-Air” reboot resonate in the era of Black Lives Matter? Painful subjects like racial profiling, tokenism, the daily indignities of racism and colorism were mined for laughs that revealed deeper truths, said Frederick W. Gooding, associate professor of African-American studies at Texas Christian University. “Blacks have always had the challenge of playing the role of the jester where humor is used as protection against salient truths the king’s court tends to ignore,” he said.
Medical Students are Getting Real Life Experience in the Middle of the Pandemic
KXAS
NBC 5 News at 10
Nov. 11, 2020
NBC-DFW aired a segment during their 10 p.m. newscast featuring two of our second-year medical students, Connor Rodriguez and Faria Khimani, alongside Dr. Samir Nangia, physician development coach, talking about their LIC Clinical Immersions experience during the pandemic.
D CEO
Nov. 11, 2020
Resilience, innovation, and optimism in the face of one of the most volatile cycles in a lifetime. Richard Denne, Ph.D., Hunter Enis Chair in Petroleum Geology and director of the TCU Energy Institute, said, “Every time prices are finally kind of coming up out of the doldrums and doing well, Saudi Arabia starts ramping up production. And you inevitably get the crash on the other side of that. That’s just the boom and bust cycle that we’ve seen for the last 50 years.”
Discussion held to see how COVID-19 has changed health care for North Texas veterans
KDFW-TV
Nov. 11, 2020
Veterans were honored Wednesday, but their health problems are being magnified by the pandemic. An important conversation about their health and well being during the pandemic took place right here in North Texas. TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine hosted an online chat with Dr. Grant Fowler and first-year medical student Kyle Simon, moderated by Prescotte Stokes, about how COVID-19 has changed health care for some 8 million veterans nationwide.
Family Gatherings & COVID: How to Plan for the Holidays
NBCDFW
Nov. 11, 2020
With Thanksgiving now just two weeks ago, many North Texans are facing tough decisions about how to celebrate. It's why every major university in North Texas including TCU, SMU, UNT, UTA and UTD decided not to return to campus after Thanksgiving. Starting Friday, TCU is hosting a COVID-19 mobile testing site. It'll run through Dec. 4. Tests are free.
Fort Worth Medical Students Go Inside Hospitals to Learn Amid Pandemic
KXAS-TV
Nov. 11, 2020
Second-year medical students at TCU and UNT Health Science Center School of Medicine in Fort Worth have started a new phase of their learning by studying inside hospitals – in the middle of the pandemic. They aren't treating COVID patients directly for their own safety but are learning about the virus just by being in a real hospital setting. "COVID has really opened my eyes into medicine and into a view that I never imagined,” said Connor Rodriguez of Cyprus, near Houston.
New student-created coloring book reimagines Los Angeles
Daily Trojan
Nov. 10, 2020
After being sent home from college because of the pandemic, sophomore biology major Holly Harris was the co-creator of an adult coloring book featuring local Los Angeles artists’ art and what motivated each artist. “What’s interesting is you’re really combining these two different components, which [are] the coloring pages and the art, and then the narrative component of ‘Why did the artist choose to create this art?’” Harris said. “It just makes it so much more interesting to be able to color in this coloring book because you actually know the reason behind it and the motivations, and then you get to make the piece your own further by coloring it.”
Beyond Covid-19: Three Mindshift Strategies To Chart A Clear Path Forward
Forbes
Nov. 9, 2020
We’ve lived in a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment for the last 9 months. It can feel like chaos, and no one operates at their best in those circumstances. “I would argue, instead, that we’re now living in complexity,” says Mary Uhl-Bien, Ph.D., one of the world’s foremost scholars on complexity leadership and a professor of leadership at Texas Christian University.
