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Thursday,
February 12, 2004
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One
time, at Frog Camp ...
More
students applying for summer leadership roles
Directors
look for good role models when selecting facilitators.
Today is the day for the 214 students
who applied for Frog Camp facilitator.
About 95 will be notified today if they will be leading
a camp this year, said Carrie Zimmerman, director of the
first year experience at TCU.
This year, more Frog Camp facilitator applications were
received than ever before because the program has gained
momentum, Zimmerman said. |
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Courtesy
of TCUs First Year Experience
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Facilitator
Val Lund, a senior communication and Spanish major,
demonstrates the true spirit of Fort Worth during
a Casa Nueva (New Home) Frog Camp trip
to the Stockyards. |
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Search
ends where it began: Donovan hired
The
geology department chairman will attend a provost workshop
at Harvard University to prepare for his new job.
The
universitys nationwide search for the next provost
ended Wednesday after Nowell Donovan, the only in-house
finalist, was named to the position. |
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Schools
plan to hire more faculty soon
Some
of the 16 new faculty planned for fall 2004 are expected
to be hired this semester.
Sixteen new faculty positions will be
divided among seven schools in part to help improve the
student to teacher ratio, university officials said. |
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TCU
hosts reading event for elementary kids
Thousands of elementary school students
from all over north Texas will travel to Daniel-Meyer
Coliseum Saturday for the third annual Fall in Love with
Reading Festival.Nonprofit organization Score a Goal in
the Classroom sponsors the event, which is expected to
bring in about 4,000 children ages 4 to 11, said Ernie
Horn, executive director of Score a Goal in the Classroom. |
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Contest
will decide who makes the best mocktail
Alpha
Delta Pis Mocktails Blend-Off will benefit
Ronald McDonald House charities.
The event has 21 teams of four scheduled to compete, made
up of representatives from sororities, fraternities and
other student organizations. Each team will create an
original non-alcoholic beverage and will be judged according
to taste, presentation, creativity and spirit. |
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