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![TCU Jennifer Watson](/stories/2024/images/Watson-400x420.jpg)
TCU Professor Honored with Distinguished Contribution Award
Jennifer Watson's 42-year career in communication sciences and disorders recognized for exemplary service.
![Harris College tenured and promoted faculty](/stories/2024/images/tenure2.jpg)
Celebrating Academic Excellence
It is with great pride and honor that we announce the tenure, promotion and emeritus milestones achieved by 11 our esteemed faculty members. Their dedication, intellect and scholarly achievements have illuminated our University and enriched the academic community at large.
![2024 Three-Minute Thesis Competition Winners](/stories/2024/images/KRR05708-mobile.jpg)
2024 Three-Minute Thesis Competition
An 80,000 word thesis would take nine hours to present. These graduate students had to do it in three minutes.
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'Chance to Dance' Celebrates 10 Years
Texas Christian University is hosting its 10th Annual Chance to Dance, a free prom-like event for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 2, 2024, in the Brown-Lupton University Union on TCU’s campus.
![Meghan Ruelas ’07 MS, CCC-SLP and Kenneth Ruelas ’07 (’22 MBA) pose in front of their pediatric rehabilitation clinic, Anchor Pediatric Therapy, established in 2012 in Fort Worth, Texas. Photo provided by Meghan Ruelas.](/stories/2024/images/Anchor-sign-scaled.jpg)
Frogpreneur: Kenneth & Meghan Ruelas
This story follows the journey of Meghan Ruelas ’07 MS, CCC-SLP, and Kenneth Ruelas ’07 (’22 MBA), a dynamic couple who discovered their passion for speech-language pathology at TCU who aim to make the therapy experience less transactional and more relational.
![Ahmed Rivera Campos](/images/KRR03941.jpg)
Harris United: An Equity-Based Grading Approach
Ahmed Rivera Campos, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Davies School of Communication Sciences and Disorders spoke about “ungrading,” a form of “grading for growth” and explains the difference between an antiquated teaching approach versus an equity-based teaching approach.
![Jean Rivera Pérez investigates the use of technology in helping children learn a second language and expand their native tongue.](/stories/2023/images/jean-rivera-perez-670x450.jpg)
Harris United: What Inclusive Instructors Do in Harris College
Harris United is hosting a Lunch & Learn series this academic year focusing on what inclusive instructors do in Harris College.
![Kristie Knickerbocker, owner of a tempo Voice Center](/stories/2023/images/Kristie-Knickerbocker-670x450.jpg)
Frogpreneur: Kristie Knickerbocker
Kristie is the owner of a tempo Voice Center, a private practice based in Fort Worth. Her primary focus is assessing and treating people with voice disorders, especially singers.
![graduate speech-language pathology students in Australia holding a TCU flag](/stories/2023/images/communication-sciences-australia-670x450.jpg)
Studying Global Perspectives on Health in Australia
Graduate speech-language pathology students in the Davies School of Communication Sciences & Disorders recently visited Sydney, Australia as part of their summer study abroad course, “Evidence-Based Practice in Speech-Language Pathology: Developing a Global Perspective Through Australian Study.” Learn how their exploration of evidence-based practice, cultural diversity, and issues of health advocacy in the land down under enhanced their learning and growth at Harris College in their own words.