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Texas Christian University1
UNIVERSITY PARENT
GUIDE
20112012
Texas Christian University
CAMPUS RESOURCES – LOCAL INSIGHT – HELPFUL INFORMATION
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tim
ely
in
form
ati
on
in
to o
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all-i
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siv
e r
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ha
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pu
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th
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ith
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n o
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sily n
avig
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th
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niv
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nd
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su
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din
g c
om
mu
nit
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ltim
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ly, w
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e t
he
se
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es h
elp
nu
rtu
re y
ou
r co
nn
ec
tio
n a
nd
invo
lve
me
nt
in y
ou
r stu
de
nt’
s c
olle
ge
ye
ars
!
Ma
ke
th
e M
ost
of
Yo
ur
Pa
ren
t G
uid
e
Ha
ng
on
to
yo
ur
Gu
ide
! In
sid
e y
ou
’ll
fin
d in
form
ati
on
th
at’
s u
se
ful a
ll-
ye
ar
lon
g, in
clu
din
g im
po
rta
nt
ph
on
e
nu
mb
ers
, w
eb
sit
es a
nd
ca
len
da
rs.
Sto
re y
ou
r co
py in
a p
urs
e o
r g
love
co
mp
art
me
nt
for
co
nve
nie
nt
refe
ren
ce
.
Pa
ss it
alo
ng
to
pa
ren
ts o
f p
rosp
ec
tive
co
lle
ge
stu
de
nts
to
pro
mo
te t
he
sch
oo
l.
Ple
ase
re
cycle
wh
en
fin
ish
ed
!
Dis
co
ve
r m
ore
co
nte
nt,
tip
s a
nd
lo
ca
l
bu
sin
ess in
form
ati
on
by v
isit
ing
us o
nlin
e
at:
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ityp
are
nt.
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m/t
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ers
ity
Laundry
Serv
ice
4
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nte
nts
6|
TC
U G
uid
eC
om
pre
he
nsiv
e a
dv
ice
, in
form
ati
on
fo
r ca
mp
us s
ucce
ss
6|
We
lco
me
to
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y!
7|
Ou
r M
issio
n
8|
Th
e C
ha
nce
llo
r’s L
ea
de
rsh
ip P
rog
ram
(C
LP
)
10|
Th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r:
Pro
vid
ing
Op
po
rtu
nit
ies f
or
Stu
de
nts
to
Cre
ate
Po
sit
ive
Ch
an
ge
14|
Co
mm
un
ity In
vo
lve
me
nt
an
d S
erv
ice
-Le
arn
ing
: C
ha
ng
e t
hro
ug
h S
erv
ice
20
|C
am
pu
s M
ap
22
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od
el U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns: D
ive
rse
Pe
rsp
ec
tive
s o
n G
lob
al Is
su
es
24
|C
om
mu
nit
y R
en
ew
al: B
uild
ing
Co
mm
un
ity t
hro
ug
h R
ela
tio
nsh
ips a
t T
CU
28
|T
CU
His
tory
30
|P
are
nts
Sta
yin
g C
on
ne
cte
d
32
|F
ort
Wo
rth
Co
mm
un
ity
Ma
ke
th
e m
ost
of
yo
ur
vis
it b
y g
ett
ing
to
kn
ow
th
e a
rea
32
|W
elc
om
e t
o F
ort
Wo
rth
!
34
|A
bo
ut
Fo
rt W
ort
h
36
|R
eso
urc
es
Mu
st-
ha
ve
kn
ow
led
ge
to
na
vig
ate
yo
ur
wa
y
36
|T
CU
Ne
ws
38
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rou
d S
up
po
rte
rs
5
Te
xa
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sti
an
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ive
rsit
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ive
rsit
yp
are
nt.
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m/t
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7
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
In a
dd
itio
n, yo
u a
lso
will fi
nd
a b
rie
f
his
tory
of
TC
U a
s w
ell a
s s
pe
cifi
c
info
rma
tio
n a
bo
ut
pro
gra
ms a
nd
se
rvic
es p
rovid
ed
fo
r o
ur
pa
ren
ts. T
he
Pa
ren
t a
nd
Fa
mily P
rog
ram
s o
ffice
off
ers
a m
on
thly
ne
wsle
tte
r, u
pd
ate
s
of
imp
ort
an
t “b
rea
kin
g n
ew
s,”
an
d a
we
bsit
e -
ju
st
to n
am
e a
fe
w. S
ee
ww
w.
pa
ren
ts.t
cu
.ed
u f
or
mo
re in
form
ati
on
.
Th
is o
ve
rvie
w b
are
ly s
cra
tch
es t
he
su
rfa
ce
on
th
e m
an
y r
em
ark
ab
le w
ays t
ha
t T
CU
facu
lty, sta
ff, a
nd
stu
de
nts
liv
e o
ut
the
mis
sio
n s
tate
me
nt
of
the
Un
ive
rsit
y. I
f
yo
u h
ave
no
t a
lre
ad
y d
on
e s
o, p
lea
se
go
to
th
e w
eb
sit
e, w
ww
.tcu
.ed
u, to
le
arn
mo
re a
bo
ut
ho
w v
ery
excit
ing
it
is t
o
be
a m
em
be
r o
f th
e T
CU
co
mm
un
ity!
Go
Fro
gs!
Dr.
Ka
y H
igg
ins
Dir
ec
tor
of
Pa
ren
t &
Fa
mily
Pro
gra
ms
Ass
ocia
te D
ea
n o
f S
tud
en
t D
eve
lop
me
nt
Se
rvic
es
We
lco
me
to
th
e T
CU
Pa
ren
t G
uid
e!
Wh
eth
er
yo
u a
re t
he
pa
ren
t o
f a
cu
rio
us p
rosp
ec
tive
stu
de
nt,
an
excit
ed
ne
wly
en
rolle
d s
tud
en
t, o
r
an
ac
tive
an
d e
ng
ag
ed
up
pe
r-cla
ss
stu
de
nt,
th
is G
uid
e is f
or
yo
u!
As y
ou
will n
ote
fro
m t
he
pa
ge
on
th
e
rig
ht,
th
e m
issio
n s
tate
me
nt
of
the
un
ive
rsit
y is t
ruly
th
e g
uid
ing
be
aco
n
for
all t
ha
t w
e d
o. T
he
art
icle
s t
ha
t
follo
w p
rovid
e in
sig
ht
into
th
e u
niv
ers
ity
usin
g t
he
ca
teg
ori
es illu
min
ate
d b
y
the
se
wo
rds: to
ed
uca
te in
div
idu
als
,
eth
ica
l le
ad
ers
, re
sp
on
sib
le c
itiz
en
s
an
d t
he
glo
ba
l co
mm
un
ity.
Th
e p
hra
se
“e
thic
al le
ad
ers
hip
” is
exp
lain
ed
by a
co
mp
reh
en
siv
e d
iscu
ssio
n
ab
ou
t th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r. F
rom
the
Sta
te o
f Le
ad
ers
hip
co
nfe
ren
ce
to w
ork
sh
op
s a
nd
tra
inin
gs, to
th
e
Le
ad
ers
hip
Sch
ola
r P
rog
ram
stu
de
nts
ha
ve
ma
ny o
pp
ort
un
itie
s t
o a
cce
ss a
nd
de
ve
lop
th
eir
le
ad
ers
hip
sk
ills
, a
s w
ell a
s
ap
ply
th
ese
sk
ills
in
wa
ys t
ha
t le
ave
th
e
wo
rld
a b
ett
er
pla
ce
th
an
th
ey f
ou
nd
it.
Th
e a
rtic
le p
rovid
ed
by t
he
offi
ce
of
Co
mm
un
ity In
vo
lve
me
nt
an
d S
erv
ice
Le
arn
ing
is a
n o
pp
ort
un
ity f
or
yo
u t
o
se
e h
ow
re
sp
on
sib
le c
itiz
en
sh
ip is a
live
an
d w
ell a
t T
CU
an
d in
th
e F
ort
Wo
rth
co
mm
un
ity. T
CU
cla
sse
s, in
a v
ari
ety
of
dis
cip
lin
es, a
dd
ress s
pe
cifi
c n
ee
ds
wit
hin
th
e F
ort
Wo
rth
co
mm
un
ityT
he
se
se
rvic
e e
xp
eri
en
ce
s s
erv
e a
s h
an
ds-o
n
lea
rnin
g t
o in
cre
ase
th
e s
ign
ifica
nce
of
the
aca
de
mic
le
arn
ing
in
th
e c
lassro
om
.
Fin
ally, th
e a
rtic
les o
n t
he
Mo
de
l U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns p
rog
ram
an
d C
om
mu
nit
y R
en
ew
al
hig
hlig
ht
the
im
po
rta
nce
of
un
de
rsta
nd
ing
an
d e
mb
racin
g t
he
glo
ba
l co
mm
un
ity.
Th
ese
pro
gra
ms a
re o
nly
tw
o o
f th
e
ma
ny w
ays t
ha
t stu
de
nts
are
en
co
ura
ge
d
to e
mb
race
th
e w
orl
d a
s t
he
ir h
om
e.
Gre
etings!
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y8
w
ww
.un
ive
rsit
yp
are
nt.
co
m/t
cu
9
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
To
Ed
uca
te I
nd
ivid
ua
ls
The C
hancello
r’s
Leaders
hip
P
rogra
m (C
LP)
Th
e C
ha
nce
llo
r’s L
ea
de
rsh
ip P
rog
ram
is a
fo
ur
ye
ar
inte
rdis
cip
lin
ary
, co
-
cu
rric
ula
r co
ho
rt b
ase
d le
ad
ers
hip
de
ve
lop
me
nt
pro
gra
m b
ase
d o
n t
he
So
cia
l C
ha
ng
e M
od
el o
f Le
ad
ers
hip
De
ve
lop
me
nt.
Th
e S
ocia
l C
ha
ng
e
Mo
de
l u
se
s t
he
7 C
’s (
Co
nscio
usn
ess o
f S
elf
, C
on
gru
en
ce
, C
om
mit
me
nt,
Co
lla
bo
rati
on
, C
om
mo
n P
urp
ose
, C
on
tro
ve
rsy w
ith
Civ
ilit
y, a
nd
Cit
ize
nsh
ip)
as g
uid
ing
va
lue
s in
cre
ati
ng
po
sit
ive
ch
an
ge
wit
hin
ou
r co
mm
un
itie
s.
Fir
st
ye
ar
stu
de
nts
ap
ply
fo
r a
dm
issio
n
into
th
e p
rog
ram
du
rin
g t
he
fa
ll o
f
the
ir fi
rst
ye
ar.
A
n o
nlin
e a
pp
lica
tio
n,
reco
mm
en
da
tio
n a
nd
an
in
terv
iew
are
all
req
uir
ed
fo
r co
nsid
era
tio
n f
or
the
pro
gra
m.
Du
rin
g t
he
se
lec
tio
n p
roce
ss, th
e s
tud
en
t
Ste
eri
ng
Co
mm
itte
e a
nd
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r S
taff
re
vie
w a
pp
lica
tio
ns a
nd
co
nd
uc
t in
terv
iew
s s
ee
kin
g c
an
did
ate
s
tha
t e
xe
mp
lify
in
div
idu
al le
ad
ers
hip
qu
aliti
es, co
lla
bo
rati
ve
le
ad
ers
hip
exp
eri
en
ce
in
ac
tivit
ies a
nd
pu
rsu
its, a
nd
resp
on
sib
le c
itiz
en
sh
ip t
hro
ug
h c
om
mu
nit
y
en
ga
ge
me
nt
an
d d
eve
lop
me
nt.
Ea
ch
ne
w C
LP
co
ho
rt is a
ssig
ne
d t
o a
n
ad
vis
or
to a
id t
he
m in
th
eir
de
ve
lop
me
nt
thro
ug
ho
ut
the
pro
gra
m. A
dvis
ors
are
TC
U L
ea
de
rsh
ip C
en
ter
sta
ff a
nd
pro
vid
e c
oa
ch
ing
, e
nco
ura
ge
me
nt,
facilit
ati
on
an
d r
eso
urc
es f
or
CLP
Fe
llo
ws. A
dvis
ors
wo
rk c
lose
ly w
ith
th
eir
co
ho
rt b
y f
acilit
ati
ng
se
min
ars
, m
ee
tin
g
ind
ivid
ua
lly, a
tte
nd
ing
CLP
ac
tivit
ies a
nd
retr
ea
ts, a
nd
wo
rkin
g d
ilig
en
tly t
o b
uild
rela
tio
nsh
ips a
nd
ve
st
in t
he
in
tere
sts
of
the
ir C
LP
Fe
llo
ws. T
he
ad
vis
or
rela
tio
nsh
ip c
rea
tes a
un
iqu
e o
pp
ort
un
ity
for
Fe
llo
ws t
o e
xp
lore
th
eir
ta
len
ts a
nd
pa
ssio
ns, re
ce
ive
fe
ed
ba
ck a
nd
su
pp
ort
for
the
ir id
ea
s, a
nd
to
be
ch
alle
ng
ed
to e
xce
ed
th
eir
ow
n e
xp
ec
tati
on
s.
Th
rou
gh
ou
t th
e p
rog
ram
, F
ello
ws
en
ga
ge
in
ac
tivit
ies s
uch
as r
etr
ea
ts,
co
ho
rt c
om
mu
nit
y d
eve
lop
me
nt
pro
jec
ts, co
nfe
ren
ce
s a
nd
wo
rksh
op
s,
an
d a
n in
ten
tio
na
l se
rie
s o
f
se
min
ars
. T
he
se
min
ars
in
clu
de
:
So
cia
l C
ha
ng
e -
an
in
-de
pth
fo
cu
s
on
th
e 7
C’s
an
d t
he
exp
lora
tio
n
of
ind
ivid
ua
l ta
len
ts a
nd
pe
rso
na
l
ph
ilo
so
ph
y o
f le
ad
ers
hip
.
Eth
ica
l Le
ad
ers
hip
- u
se
s N
ine
Ch
eck P
oin
ts f
or
Eth
ica
l D
ecis
ion
-
Ma
kin
g t
o a
dd
ress t
he
co
mp
lexit
ies
of
eth
ics a
nd
ho
w t
he
y r
ela
te
to e
thic
al d
ecis
ion
ma
kin
g.
Inte
rcu
ltu
ral Le
ad
ers
hip
– u
se
s
the
In
terc
ult
ura
l K
no
wle
dg
e a
nd
Co
mp
ete
nce
VA
LU
E R
ub
ric t
o
ch
alle
ng
e s
tud
en
ts t
o e
xp
lore
pe
rso
na
l a
ssu
mp
tio
ns a
nd
bia
se
s,
ide
as o
f p
rivile
ge
, a
nd
im
plica
tio
ns
for
be
ing
so
cia
lly r
esp
on
sib
le
for
oth
ers
an
d o
ur
co
mm
un
ity.
Re
sp
on
sib
le C
itiz
en
sh
ip –
a
cu
lmin
ati
on
of
the
So
cia
l C
ha
ng
e
Mo
de
l, E
thic
al a
nd
In
terc
ult
ura
l
lea
de
rsh
ip a
s t
he
y r
ela
te t
o t
he
ind
ivid
ua
ls r
ole
in
ad
dre
ssin
g
po
sit
ive
so
cia
l ch
an
ge
an
d
co
mm
un
ity d
eve
lop
me
nt.
In t
he
ir ju
nio
r ye
ar,
CLP
Fe
llo
ws w
ill
de
cla
re a
co
mm
un
ity L
eg
ac
y P
roje
ct
tha
t
the
y in
ten
d t
o d
esig
n a
nd
im
ple
me
nt
in a
co
mm
un
ity t
he
y id
en
tify
. T
his
exp
eri
en
tia
l
lea
rnin
g p
iece
allo
ws e
ach
Fe
llo
w t
o
live
th
e c
urr
icu
lum
by r
ese
arc
hin
g a
nd
inve
sti
ga
tin
g a
ne
ed
in
th
eir
co
mm
un
ity
an
d h
ow
to
im
ple
me
nt
po
sit
ive
so
cia
l
ch
an
ge
fu
ele
d b
y t
he
ir p
assio
n. A
t th
e
co
nclu
sio
n o
f th
eir
CLP
exp
eri
en
ce
, C
LP
Se
nio
r F
ello
ws p
art
icip
ate
in
a L
eg
ac
y
Ce
rem
on
y t
o p
rese
nt
the
ir L
eg
ac
y
Pro
jec
ts. E
ach
gra
du
ati
ng
Fe
llo
w
rece
ive
s a
me
da
llio
n in
re
co
gn
itio
n o
f
the
ir e
ffo
rts a
nd
co
mm
itm
en
t to
se
ek
ing
pe
rso
na
l le
ad
ers
hip
gro
wth
an
d a
gre
ate
r p
urp
ose
in
th
eir
co
mm
un
itie
s.
Sin
ce
its
in
ce
pti
on
in
su
mm
er
20
04
,
CLP
ha
s g
en
era
ted
op
po
rtu
nit
ies t
ha
t
allo
w s
tud
en
ts t
o f
ollo
w t
he
ir p
assio
n
an
d a
lig
n it
wit
h t
he
ir a
ca
de
mic
s,
rela
tio
nsh
ips a
nd
ac
tivit
ies. D
ue
to
its
inte
rdis
cip
lin
ary
na
ture
, C
LP
ge
ne
rate
s
un
iqu
e, ch
alle
ng
ing
an
d p
rog
ressiv
e
co
nve
rsa
tio
ns t
ha
t e
nco
ura
ge
ind
ivid
ua
l a
nd
gro
up
de
ve
lop
me
nt.
CLP
Fe
llo
ws g
rad
ua
te w
ith
a s
en
se
of
resp
on
sib
ilit
y t
o t
he
ir c
om
mu
nit
y a
nd
a p
assio
n f
or
ch
an
gin
g t
he
wo
rld
.
Mo
re in
form
ati
on
on
th
e C
ha
nce
llo
r’s
Le
ad
ers
hip
Pro
gra
m a
nd
oth
er
lea
de
rsh
ip
de
ve
lop
me
nt
op
po
rtu
nit
ies c
an
be
fou
nd
at
ww
w.le
ad
ers
hip
.tcu
.ed
u.
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y10
w
ww
.un
ive
rsit
yp
are
nt.
co
m/t
cu
11
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
The T
CU
Leaders
hip
Cente
r:
Pro
vid
ing O
pport
unitie
s fo
r Stu
dents
to C
reate
P
osi
tive C
hange
Eth
ica
l Le
ad
ers
In 1
99
3, th
e D
ivis
ion
of
Stu
de
nt
Aff
air
s a
t
TC
U c
rea
ted
th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r
in o
rde
r to
exp
an
d its
co
mm
itm
en
t to
lea
de
rsh
ip d
eve
lop
me
nt
an
d c
om
mu
nit
y
en
ga
ge
me
nt.
To
da
y, th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r se
rve
s a
s T
CU
’s p
rem
ier
reso
urc
e f
or
lea
de
rsh
ip d
eve
lop
me
nt,
se
rvin
g t
ho
usa
nd
s o
f stu
de
nts
, fa
cu
lty,
sta
ff, a
nd
co
mm
un
ity m
em
be
rs w
ith
sk
ills
-ba
se
d, in
tera
cti
ve
tra
inin
g
an
d r
eso
urc
es t
ha
t e
nsu
re t
ho
rou
gh
exp
osu
re t
o c
on
tem
po
rary
le
ad
ers
hip
top
ics a
nd
th
eo
rie
s. T
he
Ce
nte
r b
rin
gs
stu
de
nts
of
all m
ajo
rs t
og
eth
er
wit
h
facu
lty a
nd
co
mm
un
ity m
em
be
rs t
o
exp
lore
le
ad
ers
hip
an
d s
ocia
l ch
an
ge
on
a lo
ca
l, n
ati
on
al, a
nd
glo
ba
l le
ve
l.
Re
ga
rdle
ss o
f stu
de
nts
’ ch
ose
n m
ajo
rs
or
ca
ree
r p
ath
s, th
ey h
ave
th
e a
bilit
y t
o
ac
t a
nd
po
sit
ive
ly e
ffe
ct
ch
an
ge
in
th
eir
co
mm
un
itie
s. T
he
pro
gra
ms o
ffe
red
by t
he
TC
U L
ea
de
rsh
ip C
en
ter
he
lp s
tud
en
ts t
o
live
by t
he
mis
sio
n s
tate
me
nt
an
d o
ffe
r a
ran
ge
of
wa
ys t
o g
et
ou
t o
f th
e c
lassro
om
an
d p
ut
lea
de
rsh
ip in
to p
rac
tice
.
A s
ma
ll s
am
plin
g o
f T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r p
rog
ram
s t
ha
t p
rovid
e
op
po
rtu
nit
ies f
or
stu
de
nts
to
cre
ate
po
sit
ive
ch
an
ge
in
clu
de
s t
he
fo
llo
win
g:
Th
e S
tate
of
Le
ad
ers
hip
Co
nfe
ren
ce
Th
e S
tate
of
Le
ad
ers
hip
Co
nfe
ren
ce
is
an
an
nu
al sta
tew
ide
, tw
o-d
ay le
ad
ers
hip
co
nfe
ren
ce
de
sig
ne
d t
o e
ng
ag
e s
tud
en
ts
aro
un
d a
pa
rtic
ula
r a
sp
ec
t o
f le
ad
ers
hip
an
d e
nco
ura
ge
stu
de
nts
to
be
ch
an
ge
-
ag
en
ts. T
his
in
itia
tive
is c
o-s
po
nso
red
by T
CU
’s N
ee
ley S
ch
oo
l o
f B
usin
ess.
In 2
010
, th
e c
on
fere
nce
kic
ke
d o
ff w
ith
the
In
sti
tute
Din
ne
r w
hic
h h
igh
lig
hte
d t
he
ye
ar’
s c
on
fere
nce
th
em
es, C
om
mu
nit
y
Re
ne
wa
l a
nd
So
cia
l E
ntr
ep
ren
eu
rsh
ip,
an
d t
he
ke
yn
ote
sp
ea
ke
r, D
on
nie
Ho
dg
e, P
resid
en
t o
f K
nig
hts
Ap
pa
rel. In
ad
dit
ion
to
a f
un
eve
nin
g, th
e In
sti
tute
Din
ne
r p
rovid
es s
tud
en
t le
ad
ers
fro
m
TC
U a
nd
Un
ive
rsit
ies a
cro
ss t
he
sta
te
to s
it w
ith
lo
ca
l co
mm
un
ity le
ad
ers
an
d t
alk
ab
ou
t le
ad
ers
hip
as it
ap
plie
s
to a
pa
rtic
ula
r fi
eld
or
typ
e o
f w
ork
.
Th
e s
eco
nd
da
y o
f th
e c
on
fere
nce
focu
se
s o
n g
ivin
g s
tud
en
ts a
me
an
ing
ful
exp
eri
en
ce
an
d t
he
sk
ills
ne
ed
ed
to
imp
lem
en
t th
e c
on
ce
pts
dis
cu
sse
d. T
his
ye
ar,
th
e m
orn
ing
kic
ke
d o
ff w
ith
sit
e v
isit
s
to c
om
mu
nit
y a
ge
ncie
s C
ath
olic C
ha
riti
es
Dio
ce
se
of
Fo
rt W
ort
h In
c. a
nd
Ea
sts
ide
Fo
rt W
ort
h Y
WC
A a
nd
re
pre
se
nta
tive
sp
ea
ke
rs f
rom
ea
ch
ag
en
cy. S
tud
en
ts
the
n h
ad
lu
nch
at
Z’s
Ca
fé, a
fa
mily o
wn
ed
an
d o
pe
rate
d r
esta
ura
nt
in p
art
ne
rsh
ip
wit
h S
am
ari
tan
Ho
use
a lo
ca
l n
on
pro
fit
tha
t re
ach
es o
ut
to p
eo
ple
wh
o h
ave
be
en
aff
ec
ted
by H
IV/A
IDS
. (T
o d
ate
,
49
Sa
ma
rita
n H
ou
se
re
sid
en
ts h
ave
fou
nd
em
plo
ym
en
t a
t Z
‘s C
afé
, le
arn
ing
bu
sin
ess s
kills
an
d g
ain
ing
va
lua
ble
wo
rk
exp
eri
en
ce
at
the
gra
ssro
ots
le
ve
l.)
Th
e c
on
fere
nce
co
nclu
de
d w
ith
an
aft
ern
oo
n o
f p
rese
nta
tio
ns a
bo
ut
co
mm
un
ity a
sse
t m
ap
pin
g
(th
e p
roce
ss o
f in
ten
tio
na
lly id
en
tify
ing
th
e
hu
ma
n, m
ate
ria
l, fi
na
ncia
l, e
ntr
ep
ren
eu
ria
l
an
d o
the
r re
so
urc
es in
a c
om
mu
nit
y)
an
d t
he
str
uc
ture
of
be
lon
gin
g t
o a
20
10 S
tate
of
Le
ad
ers
hip
Co
nfe
ren
ce
Th
em
es:
wa
s s
ew
n a
t a
fa
cto
ry t
ha
t re
sp
ec
ts
wo
rke
rs‘ ri
gh
ts. S
o w
he
n y
ou
se
e t
he
WR
C t
ag
on
an
Alt
a G
racia
t-s
hir
t o
r
sw
ea
tsh
irt,
yo
u c
an
be
su
re t
ha
t it
wa
s
se
wn
by w
ork
ers
wh
o a
re p
aid
a liv
ing
wa
ge
, h
ave
a u
nio
n t
o r
ep
rese
nt
the
m,
an
d a
re t
rea
ted
fa
irly
wh
en
th
ey c
om
e
to w
ork
. A
lta
Gra
cia
is t
he
on
ly c
loth
ing
bra
nd
an
yw
he
re in
th
e d
eve
lop
ing
wo
rld
tha
t h
as a
ch
ieve
d t
he
se
sta
nd
ard
s.
Th
e b
ran
d g
ets
its
na
me
fro
m V
illa
Alt
ag
racia
, th
e t
ow
n in
th
e D
om
inic
an
Re
pu
blic w
he
re t
he
fa
cto
ry is lo
ca
ted
.
Th
e n
am
e m
ea
ns -
Hig
h G
race
.
Co
mm
un
ity R
en
ew
al
“Co
mm
un
ity R
en
ew
al In
tern
ati
on
al w
ork
s t
o r
esto
re t
he
fo
un
da
tio
n o
f a
sa
fe
an
d c
ari
ng
co
mm
un
ity b
y r
eb
uild
ing
th
e s
yste
m o
f ca
rin
g r
ela
tio
nsh
ips. It
’s a
larg
e t
ask a
nd
, in
de
ed
, n
o o
ne
in
div
idu
al o
r o
rga
niz
ati
on
ca
n t
ack
le it
alo
ne
…
Th
is is o
ur
task
: to
be
co
me
oth
er-
ce
nte
red
ra
the
r th
an
se
lf-c
en
tere
d.”
-Ma
ck M
cC
art
er,
fo
un
de
r a
nd
co
ord
ina
tor
of
Co
mm
un
ity
Re
ne
wa
l In
tern
ati
on
al
So
cia
l E
ntr
ep
ren
eu
rsh
ip
“S
ocia
l e
ntr
ep
ren
eu
rs id
en
tify
re
so
urc
es w
he
re p
eo
ple
on
ly s
ee
pro
ble
ms. T
he
y
vie
w t
he
villa
ge
rs a
s t
he
so
luti
on
, n
ot
the
pa
ssiv
e b
en
efi
cia
ry. T
he
y b
eg
in w
ith
th
e
assu
mp
tio
n o
f co
mp
ete
nce
an
d u
nle
ash
re
so
urc
es in
th
e c
om
mu
nit
ies t
he
y’r
e s
erv
ing
.”
-Da
vid
Bo
rnste
in, a
uth
or
of
Ho
w t
o C
ha
ng
e t
he
Wo
rld
: So
cia
l E
ntr
ep
ren
eu
rs a
nd
th
e P
ow
er
of
Ne
w Id
ea
s
Alt
a G
racia
is a
ne
w b
ran
d o
f t-
sh
irts
,
sw
ea
tsh
irts
an
d h
oo
die
s o
n c
olle
ge
ca
mp
use
s a
ll o
ve
r th
e c
ou
ntr
y t
ha
t
off
ers
stu
de
nts
, th
eir
fa
milie
s a
nd
alu
mn
i
the
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o g
ive
th
e w
ork
ers
wh
o s
ew
th
is c
loth
ing
a p
ath
wa
y o
ut
of
po
ve
rty. W
ith
ou
t ch
arg
ing
mo
re
tha
n o
the
r m
ajo
r b
ran
ds, A
lta
Gra
cia
pa
ys its
wo
rke
rs a
wa
ge
th
at
en
ab
les
the
m t
o p
rovid
e a
de
qu
ate
fo
od
,
cle
an
wa
ter,
clo
thin
g, sh
elt
er,
he
alt
h
ca
re, ch
ild
ca
re, a
nd
ed
uca
tio
n f
or
the
mse
lve
s a
nd
th
eir
fa
milie
s--
a “
livin
g
wa
ge
”—a
nd
ho
pe
fo
r a
be
tte
r fu
ture
.
Alt
a G
racia
wo
rke
d w
ith
th
e W
ork
ers
‘
Rig
hts
Co
nso
rtiu
m (
WR
C), a
n in
de
pe
nd
en
t
wa
tch
do
g, to
de
ve
lop
a r
ob
ust
co
de
of
lab
or
sta
nd
ard
s. T
he
WR
C h
as lo
ng
be
en
on
e o
f th
e t
ou
gh
est
cri
tic
s o
f la
bo
r
pra
cti
ce
s in
th
e a
pp
are
l in
du
str
y. E
ve
ry
Alt
a G
racia
pro
du
ct
ca
rrie
s a
ta
g f
rom
the
WR
C c
on
firm
ing
th
at
the
pro
du
ct
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y12
w
ww
.un
ive
rsit
yp
are
nt.
co
m/t
cu
13
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
Th
e L
ea
de
rsh
ip S
ch
ola
r P
rog
ram
Th
rou
gh
Th
e L
ea
de
rsh
ip S
ch
ola
r
Pro
gra
m, th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r
he
lps s
tud
en
ts fi
gu
re o
ut
ho
w a
ct
an
d p
osit
ive
ly e
ffe
ct
ch
an
ge
in
th
eir
co
mm
un
ity. Le
ad
ers
hip
Se
min
ars
are
no
n-c
red
it, in
tera
cti
ve
, a
nd
fre
e. Ta
ke
thre
e c
ore
se
min
ars
an
d t
wo
ele
cti
ve
se
min
ars
an
d y
ou
’ll q
ua
lify
to
we
ar
a
lea
de
rsh
ip m
ed
allio
n a
t co
mm
en
ce
me
nt.
Th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r o
ffe
rs a
va
rie
ty o
f le
ad
ers
hip
se
min
ars
de
sig
ne
d
to a
ssis
t stu
de
nts
in
th
eir
le
ad
ers
hip
de
ve
lop
me
nt.
T
he
se
se
min
ars
are
op
en
to
an
y s
tud
en
t in
tere
ste
d in
exp
lori
ng
le
ad
ers
hip
. H
ow
eve
r, t
o
co
mp
lete
th
e L
ea
de
rsh
ip S
ch
ola
r
Pro
gra
m a
nd
re
ce
ive
a le
ad
ers
hip
me
da
llio
n a
t g
rad
ua
tio
n, stu
de
nts
mu
st
ea
rn a
sp
ecifi
ed
nu
mb
er
of
lea
de
rsh
ip
cre
dit
s, d
ep
en
din
g o
n w
he
n t
he
y b
eg
an
the
Le
ad
ers
hip
Sch
ola
r p
roce
ss.
Le
ad
ers
hip
se
min
ar
top
ics in
clu
de
:
co
mm
un
ity a
s w
ell a
s g
rou
p w
ork
an
d
pre
se
nta
tio
ns o
n a
YM
CA
ca
se
stu
dy.
Wo
rksh
op
s a
nd
Tra
inin
g
To
he
lp s
tud
en
ts a
nd
org
an
iza
tio
ns s
tay
ah
ea
d o
f th
e c
urv
e, th
e T
CU
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r o
ffe
rs a
div
ers
ity o
f o
pp
ort
un
itie
s
to e
xp
lore
an
d h
on
e d
isti
nc
t le
ad
ers
hip
sk
ills
. S
tud
en
ts c
an
ch
oo
se
to
att
en
d
two
to
fo
ur
ho
ur
wo
rksh
op
s t
ha
t a
dd
ress
issu
es s
uch
as t
ale
nt
ide
nti
fica
tio
n a
nd
str
en
gth
s d
eve
lop
me
nt,
exe
mp
lary
lea
de
rsh
ip p
rac
tice
s, a
nd
in
terp
ers
on
al
co
mm
un
ica
tio
n. O
uts
ide
of
the
se
wo
rksh
op
s t
he
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ce
nte
r o
ffe
rs
ind
ivid
ua
l co
nsu
ltin
g f
or
stu
de
nts
wh
o
are
in
tere
ste
d in
le
arn
ing
mo
re a
bo
ut
lea
de
rsh
ip d
eve
lop
me
nt
an
d id
en
tify
ing
op
po
rtu
nit
ies t
ha
t su
it t
he
ir in
tere
sts
.
Org
an
iza
tio
ns c
an
als
o u
tilize
ou
r se
rvic
es,
as t
he
Ce
nte
r o
ffe
rs c
usto
miz
ed
tra
inin
g
op
po
rtu
nit
ies c
rea
ted
to
su
it t
he
ne
ed
s
of
ea
ch
org
an
iza
tio
n. A
fe
w o
f th
e t
op
ics
tha
t h
ave
be
en
co
ve
red
in
clu
de
: o
ffice
r
an
d m
em
be
rsh
ip d
eve
lop
me
nt,
str
ate
gic
pla
nn
ing
, o
rga
niz
ati
on
al tr
an
sit
ion
an
d
ch
an
ge
, te
am
dyn
am
ics, a
nd
diffi
cu
lt
co
nve
rsa
tio
ns. S
taff
fa
cilit
ato
rs a
nd
tra
ine
rs a
re k
no
wle
dg
ea
ble
in
a r
an
ge
of
lea
de
rsh
ip c
om
pe
ten
cie
s a
nd
mo
de
ls a
nd
co
lle
cti
ve
ly h
ave
re
ce
ive
d f
orm
al tr
ain
ing
in S
tre
ng
thsQ
ue
st,
Cru
cia
l C
on
ve
rsa
tio
ns,
Fra
nk
lin
Co
ve
y’s
7 H
ab
its o
f H
igh
ly
Eff
ec
tive
Pe
op
le, P
hi T
he
ta K
ap
pa
Le
ad
ers
hip
De
ve
lop
me
nt
Stu
die
s, S
tud
en
t
Le
ad
ers
hip
Ch
alle
ng
e a
nd
th
e S
tud
en
t
Le
ad
ers
hip
Pra
cti
ce
s In
ve
nto
ry, E
mo
tio
na
l
Inte
llig
en
ce
, a
nd
Str
ate
gic
Fu
turi
ng
.
He
ife
r In
tern
ati
on
al A
lte
rna
tive
Sp
rin
g/
Fa
ll B
rea
k c
om
bin
es G
lob
al G
ate
wa
y
an
d t
ea
m-b
uild
ing
exe
rcis
es w
ith
se
rvic
e p
roje
cts
. T
he
pro
gra
m is b
oth
ed
uca
tio
na
l a
nd
se
rvic
e-o
rie
nte
d.
Alt
ern
ati
ve
Bre
ak p
rog
ram
s c
om
bin
e
inte
rac
tive
le
arn
ing
pro
gra
ms, w
hic
h
bri
ng
aw
are
ne
ss o
f th
e g
rea
t n
ee
d in
th
e
wo
rld
, w
ith
op
po
rtu
nit
ies t
o g
ive
th
e g
ift
of
stu
de
nts
’ ti
me
an
d h
ard
wo
rk. T
he
se
rvic
e
ac
tivit
ies n
ot
on
ly a
llo
w p
art
icip
an
ts
to g
ive
ba
ck b
ut
als
o s
erv
e a
s g
rea
t
ed
uca
tio
na
l to
ols
- b
oth
ab
ou
t th
e v
alu
e o
f
giv
ing
se
rvic
e t
o o
the
rs a
nd
exp
eri
en
cin
g
so
me
thin
g f
or
the
firs
t ti
me
– s
uch
as
milk
ing
a g
oa
t o
r h
arv
esti
ng
ve
ge
tab
les.
Alt
ern
ati
ve
Bre
ak p
rog
ram
s h
ave
a
pri
ma
ry e
mp
ha
sis
on
ed
uca
tio
n p
rog
ram
s,
su
ch
as G
lob
al G
ate
wa
y a
nd
te
am
-
bu
ild
ing
exe
rcis
es t
ha
t e
xp
lore
th
e issu
es
su
rro
un
din
g h
un
ge
r a
nd
po
ve
rty a
nd
su
sta
ina
ble
so
luti
on
s. T
he
se
are
no
t
me
re le
ctu
res. T
he
y a
re e
xp
eri
en
ce
s t
ha
t
ch
alle
ng
e p
art
icip
an
ts t
o e
xa
min
e t
he
ir
ha
bit
s a
nd
co
nsu
mp
tio
n –
in
fa
ct,
th
eir
co
re b
elie
fs –
on
th
e p
ath
to
be
co
min
g
mo
re r
esp
on
sib
le g
lob
al cit
ize
ns.
Le
ad
ers
hip
Sch
ola
r ca
nd
ida
tes
ma
y a
lso
ea
rn c
red
its b
y
pa
rtic
ipa
tin
g in
th
e f
ollo
win
g:
Ce
leb
rati
on
of
Un
ive
rsit
y L
ea
de
rsh
ip
Ce
leb
rati
on
of
Un
ive
rsit
y L
ea
de
rsh
ip
is a
n a
wa
rds c
ere
mo
ny t
ha
t h
on
ors
an
d c
ele
bra
tes s
tud
en
ts w
ho
ha
ve
dis
pla
ye
d o
uts
tan
din
g e
thic
al le
ad
ers
hip
on
ca
mp
us a
nd
in
th
e c
om
mu
nit
y. T
he
pu
rsu
it o
f le
ad
ers
hip
at
TC
U is r
oo
ted
in t
he
mis
sio
n s
tate
me
nt:
To
ed
uca
te
ind
ivid
ua
ls t
o t
hin
k a
nd
ac
t a
s e
thic
al
lea
de
rs a
nd
re
sp
on
sib
le c
itiz
en
s in
th
e
glo
ba
l co
mm
un
ity. W
e a
re lo
ok
ing
to
reco
gn
ize
stu
de
nts
wh
o m
od
el th
e m
issio
n
sta
tem
en
t a
nd
are
cre
ati
ng
po
sit
ive
ch
an
ge
…in
th
em
se
lve
s, o
n c
am
pu
s, in
th
e
co
mm
un
ity, a
nd
aro
un
d t
he
wo
rld
. T
his
ma
y b
e s
ee
n in
eve
ry f
ace
t o
f U
niv
ers
ity
life
- f
rom
aca
de
mic
de
pa
rtm
en
ts t
o
the
lo
un
ge
s o
f th
e r
esid
en
ce
ha
lls;
fro
m o
ur
ath
leti
c t
ea
ms t
o t
he
ma
ny
co
-cu
rric
ula
r o
ffice
s, o
rga
niz
ati
on
s,
an
d a
cti
vit
ies; fr
om
ou
r in
vo
lve
me
nt
wit
h lo
ca
l co
mm
un
ity a
ge
ncie
s t
o t
he
gre
ate
r g
lob
al co
mm
un
ity
; T
CU
stu
de
nts
are
ma
kin
g a
ma
rk o
n o
ur
wo
rld
.
TC
U b
elie
ve
s t
ha
t e
ve
ryo
ne
is b
orn
wit
h le
ad
ers
hip
po
ten
tia
l. Le
ad
ers
hip
is n
ot
ab
ou
t p
ow
er
an
d p
osit
ion
—it
’s
ab
ou
t k
no
win
g y
ou
rse
lf a
nd
be
ing
me
an
ing
fully e
ng
ag
ed
in
yo
ur
co
mm
un
ity.
In t
he
wo
rds o
f Jo
hn
Qu
inc
y A
da
ms,
“If
you
r a
cti
on
s in
spir
e o
the
rs t
o
He
ife
r In
tern
ati
on
al
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y14
w
ww
.un
ive
rsit
yp
are
nt.
co
m/t
cu
15
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
Re
sp
on
sib
le C
itiz
en
s
Com
munit
y Involv
em
ent
and S
erv
ice-L
earn
ing:
Change t
hro
ugh S
erv
ice
TC
U’s
mis
sio
n e
nco
ura
ge
s f
acu
lty a
nd
sta
ff t
o p
rovid
e s
tud
en
ts w
ith
a w
ell-
rou
nd
ed
ed
uca
tio
n. W
e a
re c
alle
d n
ot
on
ly t
o in
sp
ire
stu
de
nts
to
exce
l in
th
eir
dis
cip
lin
es b
ut
to a
ct
resp
on
sib
ly a
nd
eth
ica
lly in
th
e g
lob
al co
mm
un
ity. S
erv
ice
-
lea
rnin
g is a
n e
xce
lle
nt
me
ch
an
ism
to
acco
mp
lish
th
is m
issio
n. A
s a
bra
nch
of
Exp
eri
en
tia
l E
du
ca
tio
n, se
rvic
e-
lea
rnin
g is a
pe
da
go
gy t
ha
t p
rom
ote
s
lea
rnin
g b
y a
cti
ve
pa
rtic
ipa
tio
n in
pro
jec
ts t
ha
t a
dd
ress c
urr
en
t n
ee
ds o
f
the
co
mm
un
ity. A
t T
CU
, m
an
y f
acu
lty
an
d s
taff
ha
ve
dis
co
ve
red
th
e v
alu
e o
f
se
rvic
e-l
ea
rnin
g a
nd
ha
ve
in
co
rpo
rate
d
it in
th
eir
co
urs
es a
nd
pro
gra
ms.
Th
ree
co
mp
on
en
ts a
re e
sse
nti
al fo
r a
n
eff
ec
tive
se
rvic
e-l
ea
rnin
g e
xp
eri
en
ce
:
1. A
n in
ten
tio
na
l m
atc
h b
etw
ee
n le
arn
ing
ob
jec
tive
s a
nd
ac
tivit
ies s
tud
en
ts
en
ga
ge
in
at
the
co
mm
un
ity s
ite
;
2. A
tru
e p
art
ne
rsh
ip b
etw
ee
n u
niv
ers
ity
an
d c
om
mu
nit
y a
ge
nc
y r
ep
rese
nta
tive
s
in s
ele
cti
ng
se
rvic
e p
roje
cts
an
d
pro
mo
tin
g s
tud
en
t le
arn
ing
; a
nd
3. A
co
mm
itm
en
t to
on
go
ing
refl
ec
tio
n a
s a
to
ol fo
r in
teg
rati
ng
kn
ow
led
ge
an
d e
xp
eri
en
ce
s.
Th
e C
en
ter
for
Co
mm
un
ity In
vo
lve
me
nt
& S
erv
ice
-Le
arn
ing
(C
ISL) e
xis
ts a
s a
reso
urc
e f
or
tho
se
lo
ok
ing
to
en
ga
ge
stu
de
nts
in
le
arn
ing
th
rou
gh
se
rvic
e.
In f
ac
t, s
eve
ral o
f th
e p
rog
ram
s in
th
is
art
icle
ha
ve
be
en
th
e r
ecip
ien
ts o
f th
e
se
rvic
e-l
ea
rnin
g in
str
uc
tio
na
l g
ran
t m
ad
e
ava
ila
ble
th
rou
gh
ou
r o
ffice
. In
ad
dit
ion
to
ince
nti
ve
fu
nd
ing
fo
r co
urs
e d
eve
lop
me
nt,
CIS
L p
rovid
es t
ech
nic
al a
ssis
tan
ce
on
sta
rtin
g o
r re
vis
ing
se
rvic
e-l
ea
rnin
g
pro
jec
ts, fa
cilit
ate
s p
art
ne
rsh
ip-b
uild
ing
wit
h c
om
mu
nit
y a
ge
ncie
s a
nd
pe
ers
,
an
d a
ssis
ts w
ith
eva
lua
tio
n o
f se
rvic
e-
lea
rnin
g e
xp
eri
en
ce
s. O
pp
ort
un
itie
s f
or
pro
fessio
na
l d
eve
lop
me
nt
an
d n
etw
ork
ing
are
als
o a
va
il¬
ab
le t
hro
ug
ho
ut
the
ye
ar.
Ou
r C
en
ter
is p
rou
d t
o s
ha
re a
nd
ce
leb
rate
th
e o
uts
tan
din
g w
ork
of
en
ga
ge
d T
CU
fa
cu
lty, stu
de
nts
, a
nd
sta
ff w
ork
ing
th
e c
om
mu
nit
y. R
ece
nt
pro
jec
ts t
ha
t su
pp
ort
CIS
L’s m
issio
n
serv
ice
an
d le
arn
ing
th
rou
gh
re
cip
roca
l
Dig
ita
l Lit
era
cy in
Lo
ca
l S
ch
oo
ls
Th
e g
oa
l o
f E
ng
lish
30
28
3, C
yb
erl
ite
rac
y,
is in
pa
rt t
o h
ave
stu
de
nts
in
ve
sti
ga
te
wh
at
it m
ea
ns t
o b
e d
igit
ally lit
era
te. In
th
is
pa
rtic
ula
r se
cti
on
, e
ach
stu
de
nt
wo
rke
d
wit
h a
lo
ca
l K
-12
sch
oo
l to
in
ve
sti
ga
te t
he
de
gre
e t
o w
hic
h t
he
sch
oo
l h
as in
teg
rate
d
dig
ita
l lite
rac
y in
to t
he
ir c
urr
icu
la.
Stu
de
nts
co
nd
uc
ted
on
-sit
e in
terv
iew
s,
too
k t
ou
rs a
nd
ma
pp
ed
ou
t th
e t
ech
no
log
y
re-s
ou
rce
s a
va
ila
ble
, a
nd
co
lle
cte
d d
ata
ab
ou
t stu
de
nt
acce
ss t
o t
ech
no
log
y a
s
we
ll a
s t
he
wa
y t
ea
ch
ers
in
teg
rate
th
at
tech
no
log
y in
to t
he
ir le
sso
n p
lan
s. In
ord
er
to s
up
po
rt t
he
ir c
on
clu
sio
ns, stu
de
nts
ha
d t
o w
ork
wit
h lo
ca
l te
ach
ers
an
d
ad
min
istr
ato
rs. A
s a
co
nse
qu
en
ce
, th
ese
stu
de
nts
als
o g
ot
firs
t-h
an
d e
xp
osu
re t
o
the
wa
y t
he
se
sch
oo
ls a
qu
ire
an
d m
an
ag
e
the
ir t
ech
no
log
y. S
pe
cifi
ca
lly, stu
de
nts
wo
rke
d c
lose
ly w
ith
th
e f
ollo
win
g s
ch
oo
ls:
Da
gg
it E
lem
en
tary
, In
tl. N
ew
co
me
rs
Aca
de
my, S
ou
thw
est
Hig
h, Le
on
ard
Mid
dle
Sch
oo
l, G
ran
d S
alin
e H
igh
,
Ta
ng
lew
oo
d E
lem
en
tary
, E
ag
le M
ou
nta
in
Ele
me
nta
ry, F
ort
Wo
rth
Ch
risti
an
, Tri
nit
y
Va
lle
y, O
ak
rid
ge
Mid
dle
, S
tarp
oin
t S
ch
oo
l,
Mc-C
lea
n M
idd
le, Te
mp
le C
hri
sti
an
,
McC
lea
n 6
th G
rad
e C
en
ter,
We
st
Me
sq
uit
e H
igh
, S
trip
lin
g M
idd
le, E
pis
co
pa
l
Hig
h (
Ho
usto
n), C
arr
oll H
igh
, S
he
rma
n
Hig
h, S
ha
do
wri
dg
e M
idd
le, D
ag
git
t
Mid
dle
, Tri
mb
le T
ech
Hig
h, B
ea
r C
ree
k
Ele
me
nta
ry, &
All S
ain
ts E
pis
co
pa
l S
ch
oo
l.
At
the
en
d o
f th
e p
roje
ct,
ea
ch
stu
de
nt
retu
rne
d t
o t
he
sch
oo
l w
ith
an
in
tera
cti
ve
,
dig
ita
l p
rese
nta
tio
n (
in t
he
fo
rm o
f w
eb
sit
es a
nd
/or
film
s) th
at
pro
vid
ed
th
eir
co
nclu
sio
ns in
a r
he
tori
ca
lly a
pp
rop
ria
te
ma
nn
er.
Stu
de
nts
we
re e
nco
ura
ge
d
to c
on
tin
ue
fu
ture
dia
log
ue
wit
h t
he
se
sch
oo
ls a
bo
ut
dig
ita
l lite
rac
y in
teg
rati
on
,
cu
rric
ula
r d
iscu
ssio
ns, a
nd
te
ch
no
log
y
ma
na
gm
en
t. In
th
e e
nd
, stu
de
nts
in
this
Cyb
erl
ite
rac
y c
lass e
va
lua
ted
an
d
ap
plie
d t
he
ori
es o
f d
igit
al lite
rac
y.
Te
am
ing
Up
fo
r G
rou
p C
om
mu
nic
ati
on
In D
ian
e A
rno
ld S
tam
pe
r’s G
rou
p
Co
mm
un
ica
tio
n c
lasse
s, te
am
s o
f
stu
de
nts
co
nce
ptu
alize
d a
nd
im
ple
me
nte
d
gro
up
pro
jec
ts f
or
fift
ee
n n
on
-pro
fit
org
an
iza
tio
ns. S
om
e p
roje
cts
in
clu
de
d:
Arr
an
ge
d a
nd
fu
nd
ed
a fi
eld
trip
to
th
e z
oo
fo
r a
bu
se
d
an
d n
eg
lec
ted
ch
ild
ren
Co
lle
cte
d d
on
ati
on
s o
f o
ve
r
50
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iece
s o
f clo
thin
g f
or
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tte
red
wo
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er
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Arr
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ge
d a
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ero
ne
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nce
for
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ire
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ee
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lle
cte
d d
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s o
f n
ew
so
ck
s a
nd
un
de
rga
rme
nts
for
a n
igh
t sh
elt
er
Ta
ug
ht
un
de
rpri
vile
ge
d c
hild
ren
co
mm
un
ica
tio
n s
kills
Le
d n
atu
re w
alk
s a
nd
ma
nn
ed
a b
oo
th a
t R
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r Le
ga
cy
’s
Ea
rth
Da
y F
esti
va
l
Re
cru
ite
d s
po
nso
rs, g
olf
ers
, a
nd
pri
ze
do
na
tio
ns f
or
the
YM
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’s
fun
d r
ais
ing
go
lf t
ou
rna
me
nt
Th
rou
gh
ou
t th
e s
em
este
r, c
ou
rse
co
nte
nt
wa
s c
oo
rdin
ate
d w
ith
te
am
assig
nm
en
ts t
o f
acilit
ate
le
arn
ing
of
gro
up
co
mm
un
ica
tio
n c
on
ce
pts
. S
tud
en
ts
lea
rne
d c
om
mu
nic
ati
on
th
eo
rie
s,
pra
cti
ce
d g
rou
p p
rob
lem
-so
lvin
g, u
tilize
d
vir
tua
l g
rou
p c
om
mu
nic
ati
on
te
ch
no
log
y,
exp
eri
me
nte
d w
ith
le
ad
ers
hip
sty
les,
pe
rfo
rme
d g
rou
p p
rese
nta
tio
ns, a
nd
reso
lve
d c
on
flic
t w
ith
a d
ive
rse
gro
up
of
pe
op
le w
ho
th
ey d
id n
ot
kn
ow
be
fore
the
pro
jec
t b
eg
an
. T
he
y o
bse
rve
d g
rou
p
de
ve
lop
me
nt
an
d s
ocia
liza
tio
n s
tag
es
firs
tha
nd
, a
nd
id
en
tifi
ed
an
d m
an
ag
ed
the
gro
up
ro
les p
laye
d b
y t
he
mse
lve
s
an
d t
ea
mm
ate
s. In
ad
dit
ion
to
th
e c
ou
rse
ob
jec
tive
s, m
an
y s
tud
en
ts a
lso
re
po
rte
d
lea
rnin
g b
ett
er
tim
e m
an
ag
em
en
t.
Ma
ny s
tud
en
ts d
isco
ve
red
a n
ew
in
tere
st
in c
om
mu
nit
y s
erv
ice
, se
ve
ral d
ecid
ed
to c
on
tin
ue
vo
lun
tee
rin
g f
or
the
ir
org
an
iza
tio
ns, so
me
ga
ine
d in
tern
sh
ips,
a f
ew
fo
un
d n
ew
ca
ree
r in
tere
sts
, m
an
y
acq
uir
ed
va
lua
ble
ne
two
rkin
g c
on
tac
ts,
an
d t
he
y a
ll g
ain
ed
re
leva
nt
exp
eri
en
ce
for
the
ir f
utu
re c
are
ers
. F
ee
db
ack
fro
m t
he
no
n-p
rofi
t o
rga
niz
ati
on
s w
as
co
nsis
ten
tly p
osit
ive
an
d a
pp
recia
tive
.
Stu
de
nts
de
ve
lop
ed
va
lua
ble
sk
ills
th
at
ma
y e
nh
an
ce
th
eir
ap
pe
al to
fu
ture
em
plo
ye
rs, a
nd
th
e o
rga
niz
ati
on
s
ga
ine
d a
dd
ed
ma
np
ow
er
an
d c
rea
tivit
y
fro
m t
he
stu
de
nts
. A
s o
ne
stu
de
nt
sta
ted
, “W
e a
ctu
ally a
cco
mp
lish
ed
mo
re t
ha
n ju
st
ma
kin
g a
gra
de
.”
Se
rvic
e in
th
e L
ati
no
Co
mm
un
ity
A n
ew
up
pe
r d
ivis
ion
Sp
an
ish
co
urs
e,
Se
rvic
e-L
ea
rnin
g in
th
e L
ati
no
Co
mm
un
ity,
wa
s in
au
gu
rate
d in
th
e f
all s
em
este
r
20
09
. S
eve
nte
en
stu
de
nts
pa
rtn
ere
d w
ith
se
ve
n c
om
mu
nit
y a
ge
ncie
s in
Fo
rt W
ort
h
to p
erf
orm
a v
ari
ety
of
se
rvic
e a
cro
ss t
he
cit
y. E
ach
stu
de
nt
pe
rfo
rme
d a
min
imu
m
of
twe
nty
ho
urs
of
se
rvic
e t
hro
ug
ho
ut
the
se
me
ste
r. O
ne
aim
of
the
exp
eri
en
ce
wa
s t
o p
rovid
e a
typ
e o
f se
co
nd
la
ng
ua
ge
imm
ers
ion
exp
eri
en
ce
, m
uch
lik
e a
stu
dy a
bro
ad
pro
gra
m. T
hro
ug
h t
he
se
rvic
e-l
ea
rnin
g c
om
po
ne
nt,
stu
de
nts
bu
ilt
the
ir c
on
fid
en
ce
le
ve
l in
th
e f
ore
ign
lan
gu
ag
e a
nd
mo
ve
d t
ow
ard
be
co
min
g
str
on
ge
r co
mm
un
ica
tors
in
Sp
an
ish
,
be
tte
r in
form
ed
of
the
wo
rld
in
wh
ich
th
ey
live
, m
ore
eth
ica
lly m
ind
ed
, a
nd
mo
re
glo
ba
lly o
rie
nte
d. P
art
ne
r a
ge
ncie
s a
nd
stu
de
nt
se
rvic
e f
or
this
cla
ss in
clu
de
d:
Ca
nce
r C
are
Se
rvic
es:
Stu
de
nts
co
nta
cte
d S
pa
nis
h-s
pe
ak
ing
clie
nts
to
asse
ss w
he
the
r th
eir
ne
ed
s w
ere
be
ing
me
t b
y t
he
ag
en
cy, tr
an
sla
ted
do
cu
me
nts
, a
nd
wo
rke
d o
n t
he
Sp
an
ish
ve
rsio
n
of
the
Ca
nce
r C
are
we
bsit
e.
Ca
tho
lic C
ha
riti
es
of
Fo
rt W
ort
h:
Stu
de
nts
wro
te a
nd
exe
cu
ted
Sp
an
ish
la
ng
ua
ge
su
rve
ys.
Sa
feH
ave
n: S
tud
en
ts c
on
trib
ute
d
tra
nsla
tio
n w
ork
an
d in
tera
cte
d
wit
h b
att
ere
d w
om
en
an
d
ch
ild
ren
liv
ing
at
sh
elt
ers
.
Fir
st C
om
ma
nd
Ed
uca
tio
na
l
Stu
de
nts
pre
pa
red
an
d c
on
du
cte
d c
lasse
s
on
fin
an
cia
l re
sp
on
sib
ilit
y.
JPS
Ho
spit
al:
Stu
de
nts
pre
pa
red
a b
oo
k t
rolle
y a
nd
dis
trib
ute
d
rea
din
g m
ate
ria
l to
clie
nts
.
Stu
de
nts
dis
trib
ute
d g
oo
ds t
o t
he
Sp
an
ish
-
sp
ea
kin
g c
om
mu
nit
y.
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
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ive
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Re
ac
tio
ns f
rom
stu
de
nts
an
d a
ge
ncie
s
we
re p
osit
ive
an
d r
efl
ec
tio
n p
ap
ers
wri
tte
n b
y t
he
stu
de
nts
de
mo
nstr
ate
d
incre
ase
d k
no
wle
dg
e in
th
e s
ub
jec
t a
rea
as w
ell a
s a
n in
cre
ase
d a
wa
ren
ess o
f th
e
ne
ed
s in
th
e c
om
mu
nit
y. F
or
so
me
, th
e
ou
tco
me
s w
ere
un
exp
ec
ted
. O
ne
stu
de
nt
wro
te t
ha
t th
e e
xp
eri
en
ce
su
rpa
sse
d h
er
exp
ec
tati
on
s a
nd
ta
ug
ht
he
r m
uch
ab
ou
t
Fo
rt W
ort
h a
nd
ab
ou
t h
ers
elf. A
no
the
r
wro
te t
ha
t sh
e le
arn
ed
lif
e le
sso
ns n
ot
ava
ila
ble
in
te
xtb
oo
ks a
nd
to
be
tte
r
ap
pre
cia
te h
er
ow
n lif
e. A
ll s
tud
en
ts
rep
ort
ed
be
ing
mo
re c
om
fort
ab
le w
ith
sp
ea
kin
g S
pa
nis
h a
nd
co
mm
un
ica
tin
g
wit
h m
em
be
rs o
f th
e L
ati
no
co
mm
un
ity.
Th
e in
au
gu
ral co
urs
e h
ad
a lo
ng
wa
itin
g
list
of
stu
de
nts
an
d w
ill n
ow
be
off
ere
d
ea
ch
se
me
ste
r. W
e w
ill co
nti
nu
e w
ith
so
me
of
the
sa
me
ag
en
cie
s a
nd
ad
d n
ew
on
es. T
he
ke
y e
lem
en
t to
a s
ucce
ssfu
l
pa
rtn
ers
hip
fo
r th
is c
ou
rse
is c
on
tin
ua
l
co
mm
un
ica
tio
n b
efo
re a
nd
th
rou
gh
ou
t
the
se
me
ste
r. I
t w
as n
ece
ssa
ry t
o r
em
ind
so
me
ag
en
cie
s d
uri
ng
th
e s
em
este
r o
f th
e
pu
rpo
se
of
the
pro
gra
m a
nd
exp
ec
tati
on
s
for
the
stu
¬d
en
ts s
o t
ha
t stu
de
nts
ha
d
ad
eq
ua
te s
pe
ak
ing
op
po
rtu
nit
ies. T
he
Ce
nte
r fo
r C
om
mu
nit
y In
¬vo
lve
me
nt
& S
erv
ice
-Le
arn
ing
wo
rke
d t
o m
ake
co
nta
cts
wit
h a
pp
rop
ria
te p
art
ne
rs
for
this
co
urs
e. P
lan
s a
re u
nd
erw
ay t
o
ma
ke
th
e n
ex
t se
me
ste
r e
ve
n b
ett
er
wit
h s
tro
ng
er
pa
rtn
ers
hip
s.
Fo
r a
dd
itio
na
l in
form
ati
on
on
ou
r
se
rvic
es a
nd
to
le
arn
mo
re a
bo
ut
cu
rre
nt
en
ga
ge
d p
art
ne
rsh
ips,
ple
ase
vis
it o
ur
we
bsit
e
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w.i
nvo
lve
d.t
cu
.ed
u.
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xa
s C
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sti
an
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ity
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ren
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am
pu
s
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p C
urr
en
t
as o
f M
ay 2
011
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sti
an
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ive
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Glo
ba
l C
om
mu
nit
y
Mo
de
l U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns:
Div
ers
e P
ers
pectives
on G
lobal Is
sues
By M
ao
Bo
sco
Pe
op
le s
ay t
ha
t yo
ur
co
lle
ge
exp
eri
en
ce
is w
ha
t yo
u m
ake
it.
Th
ey a
lso
sa
y
tha
t yo
u c
an
ma
ke
co
lle
ge
as e
asy
as p
ossib
le b
y s
lee
pin
g in
, ta
kin
g t
he
min
imu
m n
um
be
r o
f re
qu
ire
d c
lasse
s,
no
t jo
inin
g a
ny c
lub
s o
r o
rga
niz
ati
on
s,
an
d t
ak
ing
th
e e
asie
st
cla
sse
s p
ossib
le.
Ho
we
ve
r, y
ou
ca
n a
lso
ch
oo
se
to
ma
ke
it a
s in
tere
sti
ng
an
d c
ha
lle
ng
ing
as
yo
u w
an
t. L
oo
kin
g b
ack f
ou
r ye
ars
, I
am
gla
d t
o s
ay t
ha
t I ch
ose
th
e la
tte
r.
It w
as m
y fi
rst
ye
ar
of
co
lle
ge
th
at
I
ma
de
th
at
ch
oic
e, a
nd
lik
e m
an
y c
ho
ice
s
in lif
e, it
le
d m
e t
hro
ug
h a
pa
th o
f se
lf
dis
co
ve
ry a
nd
ch
an
ge
. I d
ecid
ed
to
ap
ply
to t
he
Na
tio
na
l M
od
el U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns
(NM
UN
) p
rog
ram
le
ad
by a
po
liti
ca
l
scie
nce
pro
fesso
r a
t T
CU
. A
t th
e t
ime
,
my m
ajo
r w
as S
tra
teg
ic C
om
mu
nic
ati
on
s
an
d n
ot
Po
liti
ca
l S
cie
nce
, h
ow
eve
r, it
se
em
ed
lik
e a
n in
tere
sti
ng
op
po
rtu
nit
y
to e
xp
lore
, le
arn
, a
nd
of
co
urs
e, tr
ave
l.
Th
e p
rog
ram
re
qu
ire
d s
tud
en
ts t
o t
ake
two
co
urs
es in
up
pe
r le
ve
l p
oliti
ca
l
scie
nce
an
d, d
ep
en
din
g o
n p
erf
orm
an
ce
in t
ho
se
co
urs
es, stu
de
nts
wo
uld
ha
ve
the
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o t
rave
l to
Ne
w Y
ork
or
Wa
sh
ing
ton
, D
C a
nd
re
pre
se
nt
TC
U
at
a N
MU
N c
on
fere
nce
. A
s s
om
eo
ne
wh
o lo
ve
s t
rave
lin
g, I w
as a
ttra
cte
d t
o
the
po
ssib
ilit
y o
f tr
ave
l to
Ne
w Y
ork
or
Wa
sh
ing
ton
DC
. H
ow
eve
r, I la
ter
lea
rne
d t
ha
t th
ese
tri
ps w
ere
on
ly
on
e p
art
of
the
MN
UN
exp
eri
en
ce
.
Th
e fi
rst
of
the
tw
o c
ou
rse
s w
as f
ocu
se
d
on
th
e h
isto
ry o
f th
e U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns,
its in
sti
tuti
on
s, a
nd
so
me
of
the
cu
rre
nt
issu
es t
ha
t th
e U
N a
dd
resse
s.
Th
e s
eco
nd
cla
ss w
as m
ore
sp
ecifi
c t
o t
he
po
sit
ion
of
the
co
un
try t
o b
e r
ep
rese
nte
d
at
the
co
nfe
ren
ce
in
Ne
w Y
ork
.
As a
de
leg
ate
at
the
co
nfe
ren
ce
,
I h
ad
th
e o
pp
ort
un
ity t
o r
ep
rese
nt
ma
ny d
iffe
ren
t co
un
trie
s o
n d
iffe
ren
t
co
mm
itte
es. A
typ
ica
l d
ay a
t a
co
nfe
ren
ce
sta
rte
d w
ith
th
e “
se
ttin
g o
f th
e a
ge
nd
a”
a
pro
ce
ss o
f p
rio
riti
zin
g issu
es t
o b
e w
ork
ed
on
. T
he
n, w
ork
ing
in
blo
ck
s d
ivid
ed
by
reg
ion
an
d o
r in
tere
sts
, w
e d
eb
ate
d
the
de
cid
ed
-up
on
to
pic
, p
rop
osin
g
me
ch
an
ism
s t
o a
dd
ress t
he
issu
e. T
he
fin
al ste
p w
as p
rese
nti
ng
a r
eso
luti
on
of
the
issu
e t
o t
he
Dia
s, th
e p
an
el o
f d
ire
cto
rs
an
d c
ha
irs o
f th
e c
om
mit
tee
, to
th
en
be
vo
ted
up
on
by t
he
co
nfe
ren
ce
bo
dy.
Th
e p
roce
ss o
f w
ork
ing
as a
gro
up
on
de
ba
tin
g, sp
ea
kin
g o
n, a
nd
wri
tin
g a
bo
ut
issu
es t
oo
k u
p t
hre
e o
ut
of
fou
r d
ays o
f
co
nfe
ren
ce
tim
e. F
rustr
ati
on
s a
rose
du
e
to w
ork
ing
in
clo
se
pro
xim
ity t
o o
the
rs,
bu
t I b
elie
ve
th
at
this
is a
va
lua
ble
pa
rt
of
the
NM
UN
exp
eri
en
ce
, a
s c
on
flic
t
reso
luti
on
sk
ills
are
acq
uir
ed
th
rou
gh
the
pro
ce
ss. M
od
el U
nit
ed
na
tio
ns
tea
ch
es d
eb
ati
ng
, w
riti
ng
, sp
ea
kin
g,
an
d c
on
flic
t re
so
luti
on
sk
ills
—a
ll s
kills
tha
t ca
n b
e a
pp
lie
d t
o d
aily lif
e.
Wh
y d
o M
od
el U
nit
ed
Na
tio
ns?
In S
pa
nis
h w
e h
ave
a s
ayin
g, “e
l mu
nd
o
wh
ich
tra
nsla
tes t
o
“th
e w
orl
d is a
ha
nd
ke
rch
ief.”
Th
is
me
an
s t
ha
t th
e w
orl
d is s
o s
ma
ll t
ha
t
eve
ryth
ing
th
at
ha
pp
en
s is s
om
eh
ow
co
nn
ec
ted
. I b
elie
ve
th
at
glo
ba
liza
tio
n
ha
s c
on
ne
cte
d t
he
wo
rld
in
pre
vio
usly
un
ima
gin
ab
le w
ays. A
s w
orl
d c
itiz
en
s,
we
ha
ve
th
e r
esp
on
sib
ilit
y t
o b
e a
pa
rt o
f
an
d a
ffe
ct
the
ou
tco
me
s o
f sit
ua
tio
ns.
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y2
4
TC
U G
UID
E
Glo
ba
l C
om
mu
nit
y
Co
mm
un
ity R
en
ew
al:
Build
ing C
om
munit
y t
hro
ugh
Rela
tionsh
ips
at
TC
UD
uri
ng
th
e 2
00
7-2
00
8 a
ca
de
mic
ye
ar,
TC
U s
tart
ed
to
no
tice
th
e g
rea
t w
ork
of
on
e o
f o
ur
alu
ms, M
ack M
cC
art
er.
M
r.
McC
art
er,
a C
hri
sti
an
Ch
urc
h (
Dis
cip
les
of
Ch
rist)
pa
sto
r, s
tart
ed
a n
on
-pro
fit—
Co
mm
un
ity R
en
ew
al in
tern
ati
on
al—
in
his
ho
me
tow
n o
f S
hre
ve
po
rt, L
A t
o
ad
dre
ss c
om
mu
nit
y p
rob
lem
s c
rea
ted
by
a b
rea
kd
ow
n in
so
cia
l re
lati
on
sh
ips (se
e
pa
ge
11
for
a q
uo
te a
bo
ut
Co
mm
un
ity
Re
ne
wa
l fr
om
Mr.
McC
art
er)
. T
hro
ug
h
a c
om
bin
ati
on
of
exp
eri
en
ce
, re
se
arc
h,
wis
do
m, a
nd
tri
al-
an
d-e
rro
r, M
r. M
cC
art
er
de
ve
lop
ed
a s
ocia
l tr
an
sfo
rma
tio
n
mo
de
l, w
he
reb
y s
ocia
l syste
ms a
re
tra
nsfo
rme
d b
y in
ten
tio
na
lly f
ocu
sin
g
on
cu
ltiv
ati
ng
mu
tua
lly-e
nh
an
cin
g
rela
tio
nsh
ips a
mo
ng
th
ose
wh
o liv
e
ne
ar
on
e a
no
the
r. A
s a
re
su
lt, m
an
y
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s a
nd
co
un
tle
ss liv
es h
ave
be
en
tra
nsfo
rme
d in
th
e S
hre
ve
po
rt a
rea
.
Aft
er
ob
se
rvin
g t
his
wo
rk f
rom
afa
r, s
om
e
Stu
de
nt
Aff
air
s s
taff
me
mb
ers
be
ga
n
vis
itin
g S
hre
ve
po
rt w
ith
a q
ue
sti
on
in
min
d: I
f re
sid
en
tia
l co
mm
un
itie
s a
nd
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s c
ou
ld b
e t
ran
sfo
rme
d
an
d in
vig
ora
ted
by t
his
mo
de
l o
f so
cia
l
ren
ew
al, c
ou
ld t
he
mo
de
l a
dd
ress issu
es
of
ren
ew
al a
nd
co
mm
un
ity-b
uild
ing
on
a
co
lle
ge
ca
mp
us a
s w
ell?
Aft
er
a c
ou
ple
of
sit
e v
isit
s, w
e w
ere
co
nvin
ce
d t
ha
t it
co
uld
.
We
’ve
cre
ate
d t
he
str
uc
ture
of
a c
am
pu
s-
ba
se
d c
om
mu
nit
y r
en
ew
al in
itia
tive
ca
lle
d C
om
mu
nit
y R
en
ew
al U
niv
ers
ity
@ T
CU
.
Ou
r g
oa
l is
th
is: t
o c
on
tin
ua
lly
wo
rk a
t cre
ati
ng
a s
ocia
lly-s
usta
ina
ble
,
ca
rin
g c
am
pu
s c
om
mu
nit
y c
ap
ab
le o
f
pro
du
cin
g c
om
pe
ten
t a
nd
co
mp
assio
na
te
pe
op
le w
ho
in
tu
rn in
ve
st
the
mse
lve
s
in t
he
liv
es o
f o
the
rs a
nd
in
th
e w
ell-
be
ing
of
the
co
mm
un
itie
s t
he
y t
ou
ch
.
Cle
arl
y, o
urs
is a
n a
mb
itio
us g
oa
l,
bu
t w
e h
ave
be
co
me
co
nvin
ce
d t
ha
t
all c
om
mu
nit
ies—
tow
ns, cit
ies,
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y2
6
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ity
pa
ren
t.co
m/t
cu
27
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
ne
igh
bo
rho
od
s, ca
mp
use
s—
thri
ve
if
po
sit
ive
, co
mm
itte
d a
tte
nti
on
is g
ive
n t
o
hu
ma
n r
ela
tio
nsh
ips. T
CU
is c
ert
ain
ly
no
exce
pti
on
. W
e a
re c
om
mit
ted
to c
rea
tin
g a
n e
tho
s o
f ca
re a
nd
co
mm
un
al re
sp
on
sib
ilit
y o
n c
am
pu
s
in t
he
be
lie
f th
at
do
ing
so
in
ten
tio
na
lly
will le
ad
to
a m
ore
vit
al, v
ibra
nt,
an
d
so
cia
lly s
usta
ina
ble
co
mm
un
ity.
We
’ve
ju
st
fin
ish
ed
up
ou
r fi
rst
aca
de
mic
ye
ar
of
Co
mm
un
ity R
en
ew
al
on
ca
mp
us. S
om
e r
esu
lts:
La
un
ch
ed
th
e in
itia
tive
wit
h
ove
r 5
00
stu
de
nts
dru
mm
ing
in t
he
Ca
mp
us C
om
mo
ns
Mo
re t
ha
n 1
30
0 s
tud
en
ts
ha
ve
sig
ne
d “
We
Ca
re”
ca
rds
ind
ica
tin
g t
he
ir c
om
mit
me
nt
to
ca
rin
g f
or
tho
se
aro
un
d t
he
m
an
d w
ork
ing
fo
r th
e w
ell-b
ein
g
of
the
ca
mp
us c
om
mu
nit
y
An
arr
ay o
f re
sid
en
ce
ha
ll
init
iati
ve
s a
ime
d a
t fo
ste
rin
g
co
mm
un
ity a
mo
ng
th
ose
wh
o
live
ne
ar
on
e a
no
the
r
Co
mm
un
ity-b
uild
ing
pri
ncip
les
an
d p
rac
tice
s e
mb
ed
de
d in
pro
gra
ms f
or
firs
t-ye
ar
stu
de
nts
Ove
r 8
0 s
tud
en
ts t
rain
ed
as
Co
mm
un
ity L
ea
de
rs w
ho
co
mm
it t
o
do
ing
co
mm
un
ity-b
uild
ing
am
on
g
pe
ers
in
th
e v
ari
ou
s c
om
mu
nit
ies
the
y t
ou
ch
aro
un
d c
am
pu
s.
La
un
ch
ed
a w
eb
sit
e: w
ww
.
we
ca
re.t
cu
.ed
u
(P
lea
se
vis
it u
s!)
Cre
ate
d a
We
Ca
re v
ide
o
pro
jec
t to
ca
ptu
re s
tori
es o
f
co
mm
un
ity (o
n w
eb
sit
e)
Ho
ste
d/c
on
ve
ne
d n
um
ero
us
co
nve
rsa
tio
ns w
ith
ca
mp
us
gro
up
s, o
rga
niz
ati
on
s, a
nd
co
mm
itte
es o
n C
om
mu
nit
y
Re
ne
wa
l a
nd
th
e im
po
rta
nce
of
co
mm
un
ity-b
uild
ing
ge
ne
rally.
Co
nsu
lte
d w
ith
a n
um
be
r o
f o
the
r
co
lle
ge
s (a
nd
eve
n lo
ca
l h
igh
sch
oo
ls) a
bo
ut
the
Co
mm
un
ity
Re
ne
wa
l m
ove
me
nt
an
d its
po
ten
tia
l
imp
ac
t o
n o
the
r ca
mp
use
s.
Fo
r m
ore
in
form
ati
on
, co
nta
ct
Da
nie
l
Te
rry, P
rog
ram
Dir
ec
tor
in S
tud
en
t
De
ve
lop
me
nt
Se
rvic
es:
d.t
err
y@
tcu
.ed
u o
r
817
-25
7-7
85
5.
Ma
ck
Mc
Ca
rte
r
Fo
un
de
r a
nd
Dir
ec
tor
of
Co
mm
un
ity
Re
ne
wa
l In
tern
ati
on
al
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y2
8
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ity
pa
ren
t.co
m/t
cu
29
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
TC
U H
isto
ryTe
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y (
TC
U),
bo
rn
on
th
e c
att
le f
ron
tie
r in
th
e t
rou
ble
d
po
st-
Civ
il W
ar
era
, to
da
y s
tan
ds a
mo
ng
the
na
tio
n’s
dis
tin
gu
ish
ed
te
ach
ing
an
d r
ese
arc
h in
sti
tuti
on
s. P
rov
idin
g
the
pe
rso
na
lize
d a
tmo
sp
he
re o
f
a s
ma
ll c
olle
ge
, th
e in
de
pe
nd
en
t,
co
ed
uca
tio
na
l u
niv
ers
ity is a
n in
teg
ral
pa
rt o
f th
e f
orw
ard
-lo
ok
ing
cu
ltu
ral
an
d b
usin
ess f
ocu
s o
f F
ort
Wo
rth
.
In 1
87
3 a
sm
all c
olle
ge
wa
s e
sta
blish
ed
in t
he
villa
ge
of
Th
orp
Sp
rin
gs, so
me
40
mile
s s
ou
thw
est
of
Fo
rt W
ort
h.
Th
e c
ofo
un
din
g t
ea
ch
er/
pre
ach
er
bro
the
rs, A
dd
iso
n a
nd
Ra
nd
olp
h
Cla
rk, b
eg
an
th
e in
sti
tuti
on
as
Ad
dR
an
Ma
le a
nd
Fe
ma
le C
olle
ge
.
In 1
88
9 t
he
sch
oo
l a
ffilia
ted
wit
h t
he
Ch
risti
an
Ch
urc
h (
Dis
cip
les o
f C
hri
st)
of
Te
xa
s a
nd
be
ca
me
kn
ow
n a
s A
dd
Ra
n
Ch
risti
an
Co
lle
ge
. A
s t
he
nu
mb
er
of
stu
de
nts
in
cre
ase
d, th
e c
am
pu
s g
rew
fro
m its
ori
gin
al o
ne
-bu
ild
ing
sit
e in
Th
orp
Sp
rin
gs t
o a
la
rge
r se
ttin
g lo
ca
ted
in W
aco
fro
m 1
89
5 u
nti
l 19
10, w
he
n t
he
bu
ild
ing
s w
ere
de
str
oye
d b
y fi
re.
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y, a
s it
ha
d
be
co
me
kn
ow
n in
19
02
, se
ttle
d in
Fo
rt W
ort
h w
he
n t
he
cit
y d
on
ate
d
52
acre
s o
f la
nd
fo
r th
e c
am
pu
s
an
d $
20
0,0
00
fo
r b
uild
ing
s.
Th
irte
en
stu
de
nts
en
rolle
d in
cla
sse
s
tha
t fi
rst
Se
pte
mb
er.
To
tal e
nro
llm
en
t in
ea
ch
cu
rre
nt
se
me
ste
r is
clo
se
to
8,0
00
stu
de
nts
fro
m t
hro
ug
ho
ut
the
Un
ite
d
Sta
tes a
nd
ap
pro
xim
ate
ly 6
0 f
ore
ign
co
un
trie
s. O
f th
e t
ota
l, a
pp
roxim
ate
ly
6,7
50
are
fu
ll-t
ime
un
de
rgra
du
ate
s. O
f
ab
ou
t 1,
60
0 e
nte
rin
g f
resh
me
n e
ach
ye
ar,
so
me
25
pe
rce
nt
typ
ica
lly c
om
e f
rom
th
e
Fo
rt W
ort
h a
rea
, 4
5 p
erc
en
t fr
om
oth
er
pa
rts o
f Te
xa
s, 2
3 p
erc
en
t fr
om
oth
er
sta
tes a
nd
4 p
erc
en
t fr
om
oth
er
co
un
trie
s.
Th
e o
rig
ina
l sch
oo
l b
oa
ste
d 1
2 in
str
uc
tors
.
To
da
y’s
fa
cu
lty n
um
be
rs a
lmo
st
45
0
me
n a
nd
wo
me
n h
old
ing
th
eir
hig
he
st
de
gre
es f
rom
mo
re t
ha
n 1
25
diff
ere
nt
insti
tuti
on
s. M
ore
th
an
90
pe
rce
nt
of
the
full-t
ime
fa
cu
lty h
as e
arn
ed
do
cto
rate
s
or
oth
er
term
ina
l cre
de
nti
als
in
th
eir
fie
lds. T
he
stu
de
nt-
facu
lty r
ati
o is 1
4:1
.
TC
U is c
om
po
se
d o
f se
ve
n f
ully
accre
dit
ed
sch
oo
ls a
nd
co
lle
ge
s.
Th
e la
rge
st
is A
dd
Ra
n C
olle
ge
of
Hu
ma
nit
ies a
nd
So
cia
l S
cie
nce
s.
Oth
ers
are
th
e M
.J. N
ee
ley S
ch
oo
l o
f
Bu
sin
ess, th
e C
olle
ge
of
Ed
uca
tio
n,
the
Co
lle
ge
of
Fin
e A
rts, th
e C
olle
ge
of
Co
mm
un
ica
tio
n, th
e H
arr
is C
olle
ge
of
Nu
rsin
g a
nd
He
alt
h S
cie
nce
s, a
nd
th
e
Co
lle
ge
of
Scie
nce
an
d E
ng
ine
eri
ng
.
Ba
ch
elo
r’s d
eg
ree
s a
re o
ffe
red
in
ap
pro
xim
ate
ly 6
5 fi
eld
s o
f stu
dy a
lon
g
wit
h m
aste
r’s d
eg
ree
s in
so
me
30
are
as
an
d t
he
Ph
.D. d
eg
ree
in
ch
em
istr
y,
En
glish
, h
isto
ry, p
hysic
s a
nd
psych
olo
gy.
Pre
-pro
fessio
na
l p
rog
ram
s a
re a
va
ila
ble
in
de
nti
str
y, e
ng
ine
eri
ng
, la
w a
nd
me
dic
ine
.
Ch
ap
ters
of
Ph
i B
eta
Ka
pp
a, th
e
mo
st
pre
sti
gio
us h
on
or
so
cie
ty in
the
lib
era
l a
rts, a
nd
Sig
ma
Xi, t
he
rese
arc
h s
ocie
ty in
th
e s
cie
nce
s,
alo
ng
wit
h t
ho
se
of
so
me
35
na
tio
na
lly
reco
gn
ize
d h
on
or
so
cie
tie
s, o
ffe
r b
oth
ch
alle
ng
es a
nd
re
co
gn
itio
n o
f a
ca
de
mic
acco
mp
lish
me
nts
fo
r T
CU
stu
de
nts
.
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y3
0
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ity
pa
ren
t.co
m/t
cu
31
TC
U G
UID
ET
CU
GU
IDE
Pare
nts
Sta
yin
g C
onnecte
dT
CU
kn
ow
s h
ow
im
po
rta
nt
it is f
or
pa
ren
ts t
o s
tay
co
nn
ec
ted
wit
h t
he
sch
oo
l a
nd
th
eir
stu
de
nts
.
To
ma
ke
th
e d
ista
nce
sh
ort
er
an
d t
he
qu
esti
on
s
an
d s
ug
ge
sti
on
s a
va
ila
ble
fo
r e
ve
ryo
ne
, T
CU
off
ers
diff
ere
nt
wa
ys t
o s
tay c
on
ne
cte
d.
Pa
ren
ts A
sso
cia
tio
n: T
he
TC
U
Pa
ren
t’s A
sso
cia
tio
n is o
pe
n t
o
all p
are
nts
an
d g
ua
rdia
ns o
f a
ll
TC
U s
tud
en
ts. T
he
pu
rpo
se
of
the
Asso
cia
tio
n is t
o a
ssis
t a
nd
be
ne
fit
pa
ren
ts a
nd
gu
ard
ian
s in
th
e
follo
win
g w
ays: To
assis
t p
are
nts
wit
h t
he
tra
nsit
ion
al e
xp
eri
en
ce
s
rela
ted
to
th
eir
stu
de
nts
’ b
eg
inn
ing
co
lle
ge
; to
pro
vid
e c
om
mu
nic
ati
on
an
d r
eso
urc
e in
form
ati
on
to
en
co
ura
ge
pa
ren
ts t
o s
tay in
form
ed
ab
ou
t a
nd
in
vo
lve
d w
ith
th
e
Un
ive
rsit
y; to
pro
mo
te a
nd
pro
vid
e
su
pp
ort
fo
r U
niv
ers
ity p
rog
ram
s a
nd
ac
tivit
ies; to
en
ab
le p
are
nts
to
assis
t
the
ir s
tud
en
ts in
to t
he
ir fi
rst
ca
ree
rs;
to c
rea
te a
lif
elo
ng
pa
rtn
ers
hip
be
twe
en
fa
milie
s a
nd
th
e U
niv
ers
ity.
Th
e T
CU
Pa
ren
ts’ A
sso
cia
tio
n
off
ers
an
op
po
rtu
nit
y f
or
pa
ren
ts
to f
orm
ally c
on
ne
ct
wit
h T
CU
as a
pa
ren
t o
r g
ua
rdia
n o
f a
TC
U s
tud
en
t.
Pa
ren
ts W
eb
sit
e: T
he
TC
U P
are
nts
we
bsit
e o
bje
cti
ve
(w
ww
.pa
ren
ts.t
cu
.
ed
u) is
to
in
cre
ase
pa
ren
t a
wa
ren
ess
an
d k
no
wle
dg
e o
f th
e p
rog
ram
s
an
d o
pp
ort
un
itie
s a
va
ila
ble
fo
r
the
m, a
nd
su
bse
qu
en
tly, th
eir
stu
de
nts
. T
he
la
test
ne
ws a
nd
eve
nts
ca
n b
e f
ou
nd
on
th
is s
ite
.
Pa
ren
ts E
-ne
wsle
tte
r: O
nce
a m
on
th p
are
nts
re
ce
ive
an
E-n
ew
sle
tte
r, “
Th
e P
are
nt
Exp
eri
en
ce
,” w
ith
ne
ws, e
ve
nts
an
d im
po
rta
nt
info
rma
tio
n s
pe
cifi
c
to t
he
stu
de
nt’
s c
lassifi
ca
tio
n o
r
pro
jec
ted
gra
du
ati
on
da
te.
Pa
ren
t’s S
ocia
l N
etw
ork
(co
min
g
so
on
): B
eca
use
we
kn
ow
th
at
mo
st
pa
ren
ts e
njo
y a
nd
be
ne
fit
fro
m
the
so
cia
l m
ed
ia p
he
no
me
no
n,
TC
U w
ill so
on
la
un
ch
a s
eri
es
of
so
cia
l m
ed
ia t
oo
ls d
ed
ica
ted
sp
ecifi
ca
lly t
o p
are
nts
. P
are
nts
will b
e a
ble
to
me
et
oth
er
pa
ren
ts
fro
m a
rou
nd
th
e w
orl
d, sh
are
exp
eri
en
ce
s r
eg
ard
ing
stu
de
nts
,
an
d a
sk q
ue
sti
on
s a
nd
ge
t a
dvic
e
on
an
y s
ub
jec
t th
at
co
me
s t
o m
ind
.
TC
U P
are
nt
Co
un
cil: T
he
co
un
cil
wa
s c
rea
ted
in
19
86
wit
h a
gro
up
of
ap
pro
xim
ate
ly 6
0 f
am
ilie
s f
rom
acro
ss t
he
glo
be
. T
he
y m
ee
t
twic
e a
ye
ar
to d
iscu
ss issu
es
su
rro
un
din
g t
he
aca
de
mic
an
d c
o-
cu
rric
ula
r a
cti
vit
ies o
f th
e c
am
pu
s.
In a
dd
itio
n t
o r
ece
ivin
g in
form
ati
on
the
se
pa
ren
ts p
rovid
e f
ee
db
ack
,
ac
t a
s a
mb
assa
do
rs t
o p
are
nts
wit
hin
th
eir
ow
n c
om
mu
nit
ies a
nd
assis
t w
ith
un
ive
rsit
y in
itia
tive
s
on
an
as-n
ee
de
d b
asis
.
32
3
3F
or
mo
re in
fo a
bo
ut
TC
U, vis
it:
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ityp
are
nt.
co
m/t
cu
FO
RT
WO
RT
H G
UID
EF
OR
T W
OR
TH
GU
IDE
On
be
ha
lf o
f th
e F
ort
Wo
rth
Co
nve
nti
on
& V
isit
ors
Bu
rea
u, w
e
we
lco
me
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y
stu
de
nts
an
d t
he
ir f
am
ilie
s t
o F
ort
Wo
rth
! W
e h
op
e t
ha
t yo
u e
njo
y
yo
ur
tim
e h
ere
an
d t
ha
t yo
u h
ave
the
op
po
rtu
nit
y t
o e
xp
eri
en
ce
all t
ha
t F
ort
Wo
rth
ha
s t
o o
ffe
r.
Kn
ow
n a
s “
Th
e C
ity o
f C
ow
bo
ys
an
d C
ult
ure
,” F
ort
Wo
rth
is t
he
on
ly
cit
y w
he
re y
ou
ca
n s
ee
th
e w
orl
d’s
on
ly t
wic
e-d
aily c
att
le d
rive
an
d
take
in
a R
em
bra
nd
t m
aste
rpie
ce
,
all w
ith
in m
inu
tes o
f d
ow
nto
wn
.
In t
he
Sto
ck
ya
rds N
ati
on
al
His
tori
c D
istr
ict
yo
u c
an
vis
it t
he
wo
rld
’s la
rge
st
ho
nk
y-t
on
k, ta
ke
in a
ro
de
o, a
nd
exp
eri
en
ce
th
e
Old
We
st.
N
ea
rby, th
e C
ult
ura
l
Dis
tric
t is
ho
me
to
five
wo
rld
-
cla
ss m
use
um
s, a
s w
ell a
s t
he
Fo
rt W
ort
h B
ota
nic
Ga
rde
ns a
nd
the
to
p-r
an
ke
d F
ort
Wo
rth
Zo
o.
An
d, n
o v
isit
to
Fo
rt W
ort
h w
ou
ld b
e
co
mp
lete
wit
ho
ut
a t
rip
to
Su
nd
an
ce
Sq
ua
re. C
alle
d “
the
ho
tte
st
do
wn
tow
n
in T
exa
s,”
th
is 3
5-b
lock e
nte
rta
inm
en
t
dis
tric
t b
oa
sts
sh
op
s, th
ea
ters
, B
ass
Pe
rfo
rma
nce
Ha
ll, d
inin
g, n
igh
tlif
e,
mu
se
um
s, g
alle
rie
s, a
nd
mo
re. W
ith
all
of
the
se
excit
ing
op
tio
ns, F
ort
Wo
rth
is d
efi
nit
ely
“a
de
sti
na
tio
n r
ed
efi
ne
d.”
Fo
r u
p-t
o-t
he
-min
ute
in
form
ati
on
ab
ou
t F
ort
Wo
rth
att
rac
tio
ns a
nd
eve
nts
, p
lea
se
vis
it w
ww
.Fo
rtW
ort
h.
co
m. P
lea
se
do
no
t h
esit
ate
to
le
t u
s
kn
ow
if
we
ca
n a
ssis
t yo
u in
an
y w
ay.
Be
st
wis
he
s f
or
a w
on
de
rfu
l sta
y in
Fo
rt W
ort
h a
nd
we
lo
ok f
orw
ard
to
we
lco
min
g y
ou
ba
ck in
th
e n
ea
r fu
ture
.
Sin
ce
rely
,
Da
vid
Du
Bo
is,
CM
P, F
AS
AE
, C
AE
, C
TA
Pre
sid
en
t a
nd
CE
O
Welc
om
e t
o
Fort
Wort
h!
Ph
oto
s p
rovi
de
d b
y F
ort
Wo
rth
Co
nve
ntio
n &
Vis
ito
rs B
ure
au
34
3
5F
or
mo
re in
fo a
bo
ut
TC
U, vis
it:
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ityp
are
nt.
co
m/t
cu
FO
RT
WO
RT
H G
UID
EF
OR
T W
OR
TH
GU
IDE
About
Fort
Wort
hT
he
16
th-l
arg
est
cit
y a
nd
sti
ll g
row
ing
ra
pid
ly, F
ort
Wo
rth
is a
de
sti
na
tio
n r
ed
efi
ne
d. N
ew
an
d r
en
ova
ted
ho
tel o
ffe
rin
gs, re
sta
ura
nts
an
d e
xcit
ing
to
uri
sm
ve
nu
es a
re e
nh
an
cin
g t
he
Cit
y’s
re
pu
tati
on
as
on
e o
f th
e p
rem
ier
tra
ve
l d
esti
na
tio
ns in
th
e n
ati
on
. N
am
ed
as p
art
of
the
#1
va
lue
-fri
en
dly
de
sti
na
tio
ns in
th
e U
nit
ed
Sta
tes b
y H
otw
ire
.
co
m, F
ort
Wo
rth
att
rac
ts o
ve
r 5
.5 m
illio
n v
isit
ors
pe
r ye
ar.
he
rd o
f fi
fte
en
Te
xa
s L
on
gh
orn
s,
ea
ch
ste
er
rep
rese
nti
ng
on
e d
eca
de
fro
m F
ort
Wo
rth
’s c
olo
rfu
l p
ast.
Th
e
cit
y a
lso
hir
ed
a d
ive
rse
te
am
of
dro
ve
rs c
lad
in
au
the
nti
c 1
9th
ce
ntu
ry
clo
thin
g a
nd
rid
ing
ho
rse
s m
ou
nte
d
wit
h p
eri
od
co
rre
ct
sa
dd
les.
On
Ju
ne
12
, 19
99
, in
fro
nt
of
15,0
00
sp
ec
tato
rs, th
e F
ort
Wo
rth
He
rd
ma
de
its
firs
t ca
ttle
dri
ve
to
th
e F
ort
Wo
rth
Sto
ck
ya
rds H
isto
ric D
istr
ict.
Sin
ce
th
en
, tw
ice
da
ily, th
e d
rove
rs
dri
ve
th
e lo
ng
ho
rns a
lon
g E
ast
Exch
an
ge
Ave
nu
e, h
ark
ing
ba
ck t
o a
tim
e w
he
n t
he
gre
at
he
rds r
um
ble
d
thro
ug
h t
he
du
sty
str
ee
ts o
f F
ort
Wo
rth
on
th
eir
wa
y t
o m
ark
et.
In o
nly
a f
ew
da
ys, yo
u c
an
en
joy a
n
en
orm
ou
s r
an
ge
of
exp
eri
en
ce
s -
fro
m
art
to
an
ima
ls, fr
om
fa
sh
ion
to
fa
mily
fun
. S
ee
th
e a
rtis
tic m
aste
rpie
ce
s
of
the
Fo
rt W
ort
h C
ult
ura
l D
istr
ict.
Exp
lore
th
e t
rue
Am
eri
ca
n W
est
in
the
Sto
ck
ya
rds N
ati
on
al H
isto
ric
Dis
tric
t. S
ho
p a
nd
din
e in
th
e
35
-blo
ck S
un
da
nce
Sq
ua
re, o
ne
of
the
mo
st
excit
ing
do
wn
tow
n a
rea
s
in t
he
na
tio
n. S
ee
a f
ab
ulo
us s
ho
w
at
Ba
ss P
erf
orm
an
ce
Ha
ll. S
tro
ll
thro
ug
h t
he
bra
nd
ne
w M
use
um
of
Liv
ing
Art
at
the
Fo
rt W
ort
h Z
oo
. S
ee
the
ou
t o
f th
is w
orl
d e
xh
ibit
s a
t th
e
ne
w F
ort
Wo
rth
Mu
se
um
of
Scie
nce
an
d H
isto
ry. O
r se
e lif
e in
th
e f
ast
lan
e a
t Te
xa
s M
oto
r S
pe
ed
wa
y. A
nd
tha
t’s ju
st
the
be
gin
nin
g o
f w
ha
t
yo
u’ll e
xp
eri
en
ce
in
Fo
rt W
ort
h.
Ho
w i
t S
tart
ed
Th
e F
ort
Wo
rth
He
rd w
as c
rea
ted
as
pa
rt o
f th
e c
ity
’s s
esq
uic
en
ten
nia
l
ce
leb
rati
on
. T
he
cit
y a
cq
uir
ed
a
Te
xa
s C
hri
sti
an
Un
ive
rsit
y3
6
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ity
pa
ren
t.co
m/t
cu
37
RE
SO
UR
CE
SR
ES
OU
RC
ES
TC
U n
am
ed
le
ad
er
in s
usta
ina
bilit
y e
ffo
rts
by N
an
cy B
art
ose
k,
Cla
sse
s f
ocu
sin
g o
n s
usta
ina
bilit
y c
an
be
fo
un
d in
ma
ny o
f th
e s
ch
oo
ls a
nd
co
lle
ge
s, su
ch
as t
he
ca
mp
aig
ns c
lass
tau
gh
t b
y a
ssis
tan
t co
mm
un
ica
tio
n
Pro
fesso
r W
en
dy M
acia
s, w
hic
h h
as
cre
ate
d a
co
mp
reh
en
siv
e p
lan
to
co
mm
un
ica
te d
eta
ils o
f th
e T
CU
re
cyclin
g
pro
gra
m t
o t
he
ca
mp
us c
om
mu
nit
y. T
his
sa
me
gro
up
sp
urr
ed
th
e a
dd
itio
n o
f
thre
e
fo
r
rec
yclin
g (se
e n
ex
t p
ag
e/i
nse
t fo
r
de
tails o
n t
his
bra
nd
ne
w in
itia
tive
).
Stu
de
nts
ca
n jo
in t
he
En
vir
on
me
nta
l
Clu
b o
r ta
ke
an
y n
um
be
r o
f cla
sse
s
focu
sin
g o
n s
usta
ina
bilit
y, m
ost
of
wh
ich
in
clu
de
s s
om
e p
roje
ct
or
pra
cti
ca
l a
pp
lica
tio
n.
Fo
r m
ore
in
form
ati
on
ab
ou
t g
ree
n
init
iati
ve
s a
t T
CU
, vis
it w
ww
.su
sta
ina
bilit
y.
tcu
.ed
u o
r ch
eck o
ut
the
Ph
ysic
al
Pla
nt’
s f
ull r
ep
ort
on
su
sta
ina
bilit
y
on
ca
mp
us a
t w
ww
.ph
ysic
alp
lan
t.
tcu
.ed
u/s
usta
ina
bilit
y.a
sp
.
TC
U N
ew
s
TC
U h
as lo
ng
be
en
asso
cia
ted
wit
h
pu
rple
, b
ut
in r
ece
nt
ye
ars
th
e u
niv
ers
ity
ha
s e
mb
race
d g
ree
n in
a b
ig w
ay —
an
d
wa
s r
ew
ard
ed
in
Ap
ril fo
r it
s e
ffo
rts w
ith
inclu
sio
n in
to T
he
Pri
nce
ton
Re
vie
w’s
Gu
ide
to
311
Gre
en
Co
lle
ge
s, 2
011
Ed
itio
n. M
ore
th
an
2,0
00
co
lle
ge
s w
ere
revie
we
d f
or
the
ir e
nvir
on
me
nta
lly
resp
on
sib
le p
rac
tice
s, fr
om
wh
ich
th
e
ma
ga
zin
e’s
ed
ito
rs a
nd
th
eir
pa
rtn
ers
at
the
U.S
. G
ree
n B
uild
ing
Co
un
cil
se
lec
ted
th
e 3
11 b
est
in t
he
na
tio
n.
So
me
sa
y it’
s p
ast
tim
e f
or
su
ch
reco
gn
itio
n. A
fte
r a
ll, T
CU
ha
s b
ee
n
“gre
en
ing
up
” th
e c
am
pu
s f
or
ne
arl
y t
wo
de
ca
de
s, sta
rtin
g in
19
90
wh
en
mo
ne
y-
sa
vin
g e
ffo
rts p
rom
pte
d m
an
y e
co
-fri
en
dly
pra
cti
ce
s, e
sp
ecia
lly in
en
erg
y s
avin
gs.
Ba
ck t
he
n, o
f co
urs
e, th
e t
erm
“ca
rbo
n
foo
tpri
nt”
ha
dn
’t b
ee
n c
oin
ed
, a
nd
few
wo
rrie
d a
bo
ut
thin
gs lik
e u
sin
g
inca
nd
esce
nt
lig
ht
bu
lbs o
r d
rivin
g g
as-
gu
zzlin
g c
ars
. B
ut
uti
lity
co
sts
we
re r
isin
g,
so
Will S
tallw
ort
h, n
ew
ly h
ire
d in
19
89
to o
ve
rse
e t
he
ca
mp
us p
hysic
al p
lan
t,
tack
led
th
ose
exp
en
se
s fi
rst
— a
nd
pu
t
TC
U o
n t
he
su
sta
ina
bilit
y t
rack e
arl
y o
n.
To
da
y, th
e p
hysic
al p
lan
t’s e
ffo
rts s
tre
tch
fro
m e
ne
rgy-e
fficie
nt
lig
hti
ng
an
d h
ea
tin
g
an
d c
oo
lin
g p
lan
ts t
o b
iod
eg
rad
ab
le
cu
tle
ry t
o s
ing
le-s
tre
am
re
cyclin
g t
o
LE
ED
ce
rtifi
ed
bu
ild
ing
s a
nd
“g
ree
n”
cle
an
ing
su
pp
lie
s. C
lick h
ere
to
re
ad
a
co
mp
reh
en
siv
e lis
t o
f th
ose
in
itia
tive
s in
a
20
09
re
po
rt b
y G
ree
n B
ea
n A
na
lysis
LLC
.
Bu
t b
ein
g “
gre
en
” e
xte
nd
s f
ar
be
yo
nd
en
erg
y s
avin
gs a
nd
re
cyclin
g, a
nd
to
da
y’s
stu
de
nts
kn
ow
it:
Acco
rdin
g t
o r
ese
arc
h
do
ne
by T
he
Pri
nce
ton
Re
vie
w, 6
9 p
erc
en
t
of
inco
min
g s
tud
en
ts s
ay t
ha
t a
co
lle
ge
’s
co
mm
itm
en
t to
th
e e
nvir
on
me
nt
infl
ue
nce
s
the
ir d
ecis
ion
ab
ou
t w
he
re t
o a
tte
nd
.
At
TC
U, stu
de
nts
ge
t m
uch
mo
re t
ha
n
a r
esp
on
sib
le p
hysic
al p
lan
t, t
he
y
ge
t th
e c
ha
nce
to
pa
rtic
ipa
te in
a
wid
e v
ari
ety
of
su
sta
ina
ble
pro
gra
ms,
co
urs
es a
nd
ac
tivit
ies. In
fa
ct,
so
me
are
dir
ec
tly in
vo
lve
d in
th
e s
ch
oo
l’s
“gre
en
” a
cco
un
tin
g, w
hic
h is o
ne
of
the
req
uir
em
en
ts o
f th
e A
me
rica
n C
olle
ge
an
d U
niv
ers
ity P
resid
en
t’s C
lim
ate
Co
mm
itm
en
t in
20
08
th
at
Ch
an
ce
llo
r
Vic
tor
J. B
osch
ini Jr.
sig
ne
d in
19
98
.
Mo
st
un
ive
rsit
ies h
ire
a n
ew
sta
ff m
em
be
r
to o
ve
rse
e t
his
re
sp
on
sib
ilit
y, b
ut
at
TC
U,
stu
de
nts
do
th
e w
ork
of
the
pro
fessio
na
ls,
tha
nk
s t
o t
he
“C
ha
sin
g C
arb
on
” cla
ss
tau
gh
t b
y B
eck
y R
ich
ard
s J
oh
nso
n,
pro
fesso
r o
f p
rofe
ssio
na
l p
rac
tice
in
en
vir
on
me
nta
l scie
nce
s. T
he
cla
ss fi
rst
co
nve
ne
d in
20
09
an
d s
oo
n p
ub
lish
ed
the
TC
U G
ree
n H
ou
se
In
ve
nto
ry f
or
Fis
ca
l
Ye
ar
20
08
-20
09
. S
tud
en
ts h
ave
be
en
tra
ck
ing
th
e u
niv
ers
ity
’s e
ffo
rts s
ince
.
In a
dd
itio
n, p
rofe
sso
rs a
re in
clu
din
g
su
sta
ina
bilit
y in
th
e c
ou
rse
wo
rk. O
ne
of
the
mo
st
po
pu
lar
is s
ocio
log
y in
str
uc
tor
Ke
ith
Wh
itw
ort
h’s
“S
usta
ina
bilit
y:
En
vir
on
me
nta
l, E
co
no
mic
& S
ocia
l
Ju
sti
ce
Issu
es,”
wh
ich
wa
s in
itia
lly t
itle
d
“S
usta
ina
bilit
y is S
ex
y.”
Ea
ch
se
me
ste
r, t
he
cla
ss t
ack
les s
om
e p
rac
tica
l a
pp
lica
tio
n o
f
su
sta
ina
bilit
y. M
ost
rece
ntl
y, th
ey e
xp
lore
d
a r
ain
-ha
rve
sti
ng
pro
jec
t th
at
inclu
de
d
cre
ati
ng
an
d in
sta
llin
g r
ain
ba
rre
ls in
a
ho
me
, e
lem
en
tary
sch
oo
l a
nd
ch
urc
h
ga
rde
n. In
20
07, W
hit
wo
rth
’s s
tud
en
ts
sp
urr
ed
th
e d
eve
lop
me
nt
of
the
Pu
rple
, w
hic
h h
as g
ott
en
th
e
un
ive
rsit
y lo
ts o
f p
osit
ive
pu
blicit
y. T
he
re
are
no
w m
ore
th
an
70
bik
es a
va
ila
ble
for
stu
de
nts
to
ch
eck o
ut
for
fre
e.
TC
U s
usta
ina
bilit
y c
lasse
s, S
ch
ieff
er
Sch
oo
l o
f Jo
urn
alism
an
d S
GA
sp
on
so
r R
ec
yclin
g A
wa
ren
ess W
ee
k
in
sta
lle
d in
th
e T
CU
Re
c
Ce
nte
r, S
he
rle
y a
nd
Co
lby r
esid
en
ce
ha
lls
Ima
ge
: b
lue
kio
sk p
ictu
re (a
tta
ch
ed
)
On
Ap
ril 2
5, in
pa
rtn
ers
hip
wit
h P
ep
siC
o
an
d W
aste
Ma
na
ge
me
nt,
TC
U b
rou
gh
t
thre
e s
tate
-of-
the
-art
re
cyclin
g k
iosk
s
to c
am
pu
s. T
he
ma
ch
ine
s a
re p
art
of
the
Gre
en
op
olis R
ec
yclin
g S
yste
m,
an
on
lin
e s
ocia
l co
mm
un
ity t
ha
t
en
co
ura
ge
s in
ce
nti
ve
-ba
se
d r
ec
yclin
g.
A c
ele
bra
tio
n o
f th
eir
arr
iva
l k
icke
d o
ff
TC
U’s
Re
cyclin
g A
wa
ren
ess W
ee
k. T
he
TC
U c
om
mu
nit
y is in
vit
ed
to
bri
ng
a
so
da
ca
n o
r p
lasti
c b
ott
le t
o g
et
a fi
rst-
ha
nd
lo
ok a
t h
ow
th
e m
ach
ine
wo
rks.
Th
e D
rea
m M
ach
ine
re
cyclin
g in
itia
tive
– c
rea
ted
by P
ep
siC
o in
co
lla
bo
rati
on
wit
h W
aste
Ma
na
ge
me
nt,
Ke
ep
Am
eri
ca
Be
au
tifu
l a
nd
Gre
en
op
olis –
is in
tro
du
cin
g
tho
usa
nd
s o
f re
cyclin
g k
iosk
s a
nd
bin
s a
t h
igh
-tra
ffic
, p
ub
lic lo
ca
tio
ns
aro
un
d t
he
co
un
try t
o h
elp
in
cre
ase
the
U.S
. b
eve
rag
e c
on
tain
er
rec
yclin
g
rate
by g
ivin
g A
me
rica
ns c
on
ve
nie
nt
acce
ss t
o r
ec
yclin
g r
ece
pta
cle
s.
“W
e’r
e t
hri
lle
d a
t th
e a
rriv
al o
f th
e
Dre
am
Ma
ch
ine
s o
n c
am
pu
s,”
sa
id
Ke
ith
Wh
itw
ort
h, so
cio
log
y in
str
uc
tor
an
d p
rop
on
en
t o
f T
CU
’s s
usta
ina
bilit
y
eff
ort
s. “T
his
wa
s a
stu
de
nt-
led
init
iati
ve
, a
nd
it
too
k a
lo
t o
f h
ard
wo
rk
to g
et
the
m h
ere
, a
nd
I c
an
’t w
ait
to
se
e w
ha
t th
e r
esp
on
se
will b
e.”
In a
n e
ffo
rt t
o b
rin
g a
wa
ren
ess t
o
the
ca
mp
us c
om
mu
nit
y a
bo
ut
TC
U’s
rec
yclin
g p
rog
ram
, th
e S
ch
ieff
er
Sch
oo
l
of
Jo
urn
alism
an
d S
GA
sp
on
so
red
Re
cyclin
g A
wa
ren
ess W
ee
k.
ww
w.u
niv
ers
ity
pa
ren
t.co
m/t
cu
PR
OU
D S
UP
PO
RT
ER
S
Th
is G
uid
e b
rou
gh
t to
yo
u b
y t
he
se
Pro
ud
Su
pp
ort
ers
of
TC
U
AT
TR
AC
TIO
NS
Mo
un
tain
We
st
Sp
ort
s N
etw
ork
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 3
1.
BA
NK
ING
& F
INA
NC
IAL S
ER
VIC
ES
Ch
ase
Ba
nk
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 4
.
FLO
RIS
TS
TC
U F
lori
st
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 11
.
LE
GA
L S
ER
VIC
ES
Th
e A
lba
nd
Fir
mP
lea
se
se
e a
d o
n p
. 2
3.
SH
OP
PIN
G &
RE
TA
IL
De
llP
lea
se
se
e a
d o
n p
. 18
.
ST
UD
EN
T S
ER
VIC
ES
Un
ive
rsit
y L
au
nd
ry S
erv
ice
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 4
.
TC
U A
lum
ni R
ela
tio
ns
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n f
acin
g p
ag
e.
AC
CO
MM
OD
AT
ION
S
Ma
rrio
tt H
ote
ls F
ort
Wo
rth
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n in
sid
e f
ron
t co
ve
r.
Ho
tel T
rin
ity F
ort
Wo
rth
-In
nS
uit
es
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 12
.
Ho
lid
ay I
nn
Ex
pre
ss H
ote
l &
Su
ite
s F
ort
Wo
rth
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 15
.
Ed
ge
55
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 2
9.
Th
e A
sh
ton
Ho
tel
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 3
0.
Th
e W
ort
hin
gto
n R
en
ais
sa
nce
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 2
6.
Om
ni H
ote
l F
ort
Wo
rth
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 2
7.
Hil
ton
Fo
rt W
ort
hP
lea
se
se
e a
d o
n p
. 3
3.
AP
AR
TM
EN
TS
& H
OU
SIN
G
Gra
nd
ma
rc A
t W
estb
err
y P
lace
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 3
5.
Sk
yro
ck
Co
nd
os
Ple
ase
se
e a
d o
n p
. 2
5.
Fo
r a
dve
rtis
ing
in
qu
irie
s, p
lea
se
co
nta
ct
UP
M S
ale
s C
on
su
lta
nt
Sh
aro
n H
ad
da
d a
t (8
66
) 7
21-
135
7 o
r e
ma
il: a
sk
@u
niv
ers
ityp
are
nt.
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