Stories

Four students share their summer experiences and takeaways in part two of the AddRan internship story series.

Summer 2024 was a season of growth, exploration and achievement for many AddRan College of Liberal Arts students who gained valuable real-world training during internships.

Rhanishka Gibbs, a sophomore majoring in criminology and criminal justice, is the first female swimmer from TCU since 2008 to compete in the Olympic games.

AddRan Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Professor of German Muriel Cormican, Ph.D., has been named the new co-editor of The German Quarterly, a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Association of Teachers of German.

AddRan fosters student research and creative activity to equip future leaders to tackle modern challenges through a liberal arts lens. The college celebrated this type of scholarship at the 18th annual AddRan Student Research and Creativity Symposium (ASRACS) in April.

In an era when cross-disciplinary collaboration is increasingly crucial to affect change, the course Liberal Arts in Action stands out as a groundbreaking initiative at TCU. This innovative course, co-taught during the spring semester by a faculty team from various disciplines, provided students with a unique opportunity to address problems through the lens of the liberal arts.

The AddRan Inclusive Excellence Internship Program provides liberal arts majors and minors with internship opportunities in the broader community by connecting them with local organizations that center on underrepresented populations

The AddRan College of Liberal Arts is adding a class next fall called Transfer Student Success to support all TCU transfer students navigate the campus and find community.

In early April, Tawil learned she was the recipient of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Marwan M. and Ute Kraidy Centennial Fellowship in the Study of the Arab World and Latin America, a position devoted to full-time research and/or writing.