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The Face Behind the Mask: Roach Honors College Graduate Shares Experience as SuperFrog
For Dominic Minatel ’25 commencement weekend was not only a celebration of his accomplishments, it was a long-awaited reveal. Walking the stage as an Honors Laureate from the John V. Roach Honors College and earning his degrees in religion from the AddRan College of Liberal Arts and communication studies from the Bob Schieffer College of Communication, he disclosed to a packed Schollmaier Arena that he is also known as SuperFrog.
Honors Students Level Up Their Knowledge as Museum Curators
The "Video Games and Representation" Honors course, taught by Wendi Sierra, Ph.D., curated a museum exhibit for the National Video Game Museum in Frisco, TX about Native American representation in video games.
Video Celebrates Chancellor's Award Winner Dan Williams
The Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar was awarded to Dan Williams, Ph.D.
Students Distinguished as Kathryne McDorman Honors Scholars
Honors Students Celebrate the Completion of the First Part of Their Honors Journey
Connecting Campus Leaders To First-year Honors Students
The College Showcase Series Brought Academic Leaders Directly to Honors Students
Ron Pitcock named Wassenich Family Endowed Chair
Following a nationwide search, Ron Pitcock, Ph.D., was named Dean and Wassenich Family Endowed Chair in the John V. Roach Honors College in April 2022.
Ron Pitcock Named Dean of the John V. Roach Honors College
TCU announced Ron Pitcock, Ph.D., has been named Dean and Wassenich Family Endowed Chair of the John V. Roach Honors College following a nationwide search.
Beata Jones Named to National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors
Texas Christian University will be represented nationally in honors education with the appointment of Beata M. Jones, Ph.D., professor of Business Information Systems Practice, Neeley Distinguished Teacher, Honors Faculty Partner and Graduate eLearning Fellow, to the National Collegiate Honors Council Board of Directors.
Gooding to Appear in Museum Lecture Series
Frederick Gooding Jr., the Dr. Ronald E. Moore Honors Professor of Humanities in the John V. Roach Honors College, will be featured in the spring lecture series at the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. Gooding is the chair of TCU’s Race & Reconciliation Initiative and will address the topic “Navigating the Road to Reconciliation” at his lecture.
New Honors Course Challenges Students to "Read" City
A brand-new Honors Colloquium, “City as Text: Fort Worth,” doesn’t require any physical or digital textbooks. Instead, Honors professors Wendy Williams and Frederick Gooding, Jr., who teach separate sections of the course, encourage their students to “read” the city of Fort Worth to understand it as they would any useful textbook.