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Gratitude in Action: A Lesson Beyond the Classroom
The John V. Roach Honors College offered a new course designed for first-year students titled The Rhetoric of Gratitude. Students in the course explored the meaning and impact of gratitude on individuals and communities.
TCU's "Nature of Giving" Course Gives $1.2 Million Dollars Since Its Inception
The "Nature of Giving" course was founded after a local philanthropist wanted to teach students the ethics of philanthropy by giving them a first-hand opportunity to experience the difficulty of giving well.
Designing New Methods for Social Change
In the course, “Design for Social Impact,” students use design and systems thinking to create community-based solutions for Tarrant County.
Disneyland: Beyond the Magic
The “Deconstructing Disney” Class Visits the Happiest Place on Earth to Investigate the Impact of The Walt Disney Co.
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.
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.