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Honors Undergraduate Researcher Aims to Help Children with Learning Disabilities
Andrea Salazar is an international student from Nicaragua and a scholar in the John V. Roach Honors College, Salazar is a senior majoring in speech-language pathology in the Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences and minoring in child development, a cross-discipline minor housed in the College of Science & Engineering. A recipient of an Honors Undergraduate Research Grant, she is exploring effective interventions for bilingual students with learning disabilities.

Career Ready: TCU Class of 2021 Already Making an Impact
The TCU Center for Career & Professional Development shines the spotlight on a sampling of TCU’s amazing spring class of 2021, who share about their time on campus and what’s next for their careers.

Honors Student Spotlight: Kynnedi Rone
Kynnedi is pursuing University Honors, as well as a double major in Psychology and Strategic Communication, and hopes to enter the field of lifestyle and brand management for high profile athletes after graduation.

Honors professor reflects on experience abroad, importance of a global perspective
Dr. Wendy Williams poses for a photo with Honors students in Japan in the summer of 2019.

Dr. Frederick Gooding, Jr. Earns Senior Research Fellowship at National Gallery of Art
Dr. Frederick W. Gooding, Jr., associate professor of African American studies in the John V. Roach Honors College at Texas Christian University, has been named a Leonard A. Lauder Visiting Senior Fellow by the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. for the period of June 15 through August 15, 2021.

Spring 2021 Trivia With Honors
"Trivia With Honors" is returning for the Spring 2021 semester - join us for a few games of general trivia, hosted by former Honors staff member, Cameron Navarro!

First-Year Honors Student Appears In Netflix Holiday Movie "Dolly Parton's Christmas on the Square"
In early 2019, Banks’ home studio in Atlanta canceled classes to allow dancers a chance to attend open auditions for a movie directed by Debbie Allen that would begin filming in the summer, “Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square.”

Honors professor builds connections with students in and outside of the classroom
Honors professor of humanities Dr. Dan Williams’ work with the College (then the Honors Program) began in the early 2000s when he worked to schedule Honors courses with Dr. Peggy Watson (the director of the Honors Program from 2003 until 2009, when she became the founding dean). Though he worked closely with Watson for a number of years, he did not officially become a part of the College until 2012.

Honors Interior Design student advocates for the importance of Architectural Lighting Design
Vanesa Gjeçi, a senior Honors student majoring in Interior Design with an Architectural Lighting Design minor, chose to craft her Departmental Honors project as a tool for advocacy and education instead of a strictly creative project because, to her, there is no better time than now to devote her work and intelligence to advocacy.

Honors faculty member uses teaching as a way to promote social justice, advocacy
Dr. Lynn Hampton, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice in the Honors College, once aspired to a political career, with dreams of becoming a United States senator during her adolescence.