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Horned Frog Foodies: Cooper Neel’s Sparkling Teas - TCU Magazine

Horned Frog alum Cooper Neel turned kitchen experiments in his Philadelphia-area home into Coop NeuroRefreshers, sparkling teas crafted to energize the mind and give back to those with learning differences. Photo by Eric SchaefferIn this new series, TCU Magazine visits with alumni in the food and beverage industry. Send recommendations to tcumagazine@tcu.edu.
The year he graduated, Cooper Neel ’24 launched Coop NeuroRefreshers, a line of sparkling teas crafted with medicinal herbs to fuel the mi...
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Horned Frogs Forever - TCU Magazine

Every spring commencement, alumni celebrating 50 years since their TCU graduation dress in purple caps and gowns and wear medallions commemorating their golden anniversary. They walk into the graduation ceremony for the current class, carrying a banner displaying the year they graduated from TCU, as the crowd applauds.
The 50-year reunion weekend marks their welcome into the Quinq Club alumni group. While the only step to membership is reaching the milestone anniversary, those who have experienc...
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Horned Frog Foodies: Dean Weaver’s Dallas Brewpub - TCU Magazine

In this new series, TCU Magazine visits with alumni in the food and beverage industry. Send recommendations to tcumagazine@tcu.edu.
After earning a degree in TV, radio and film at TCU, Dean Weaver ’89 worked in the film industry for 33 years; a few years into his career, he began homebrewing beer. While Weaver did not originally aspire to brew professionally, after he retired, his hobby inspired a business plan. In 2022, with the support of his wife, Weaver opened Autonomous Society, a brewpub i...
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Screen Studies - TCU Magazine

“Fort Worth has become a place where we can actually get students connected to real productions,” says Kimberly Owczarski. “We’re not LA, we’re not Austin, we’re not New York, but we’re starting to get that more consistently and it’s great for our program.” 
Kimberly Owczarski is an associate professor of film, television and digital media at TCU. She researches the relationships between media companies and has written about the recent growth of the film industry in Fort Worth. Owczarski helps s...
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Horned Frog Foodies: From Barrel to Brew with Evan Sledge - TCU Magazine

The former business student and friends have carved out a niche with whiskey barrel-aged coffee beans.“We’re always doing stuff that other people really look past, or don’t think of or don’t think can be done,” said Whiskey Morning Coffee co-founder Evan Sledge, who calls his group the first to make spiked cold brew. Courtesy of Evan SledgeThe former business student and friends have carved out a niche with whiskey barrel-aged coffee beans.In this new series, TCU Magazine visits with alumni in t...
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Afghan refugees face a long road in America

In 2021, the Taliban, a fundamentalist Islamic militia, recaptured power in Afghanistan. As a result, approximately 76,000  Afghan individuals repopulated to the United States. Roughly 3,000 of them were re-homed in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.  Afghan refugees are provided with many social services upon their arrival; however, a critical question remains: are these services enough for all Afghan refugees adapting to new lives?
When refugees arrive in the U.S., a resettlement agency meets them...

The dark side of the moon

It was slightly cloudy with a breeze and a chance of rain in the evening. But by 11 a.m. people started to fill parks, parking lots and the streets of downtown Ennis, Texas.
Tucked away off Interstate 45, Ennis is some 68 miles, or an hour and a half from Fort Worth.
Known for the bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush wildflowers that explode with color in the fields surrounding the town, Ennis is used to handling a crowd. Its extravagant bluebonnet festival d...
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StuMo hosts transformative discipleship events at TCU

Student Mobilization (StuMo) is an organization that provides college students with community and opportunity to help them grow spiritually and learn to spread the gospel.
“StuMo is a huge reason I am where I am today,” Mia Alexander, a senior kinesiology major, said. “God has challenged me and sought after me in my faith and has shown me parts of His heart I may have never known about in this stage of my life, especially in college.”
“The main goal of StuMo is to raise up the next generation of...
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Baseball head coach Kirk Saarloos notches 100th win at TCU

Kirk Saarloos led TCU baseball to a win over the University of Houston, which was the 100th win as head coach of the program.
His passion for “building his team with integrity” helped them to win the game and “complete a milestone,” said Kirk Saarloos TCU head baseball coach.
Saarloos has been head coach at TCU for three years and focuses his leadership role on “emotional intelligence instead of just coaching.”
“The athletes have a lot on their plate, so we focus on how we can help them be the...
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Total eclipse will appear over Ennis

The city of Ennis will be in the dark April 8 as a total solar eclipse spanning from Mexico to Maine casts its shadows on the northeast Texas city for the longest amount of time.
The sky over Ennis will be in the moon’s shadow for four minutes and 23 seconds.
The city of 21,000 is expecting between 50,000 and 206,000 visitors from Friday, April 5 until Monday, April 8.
Historic Downtown Ennis is hosting a watch party.
There will be food trucks, activities for children and live music, including s...
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Total solar eclipse will darken DFW in April

The last total eclipse that will be visible in the U.S. until 2045 is set to cross the DFW metroplex on April 8.
The moon will pass in front of Earth and completely block the sun in a total eclipse — an alignment that rarely happens.
“Most of the time, the moon is either too high or too low in its orbit to fully align with the sun and Earth,” said Dr. Richard Bonde, an instructor in TCU’s department of physics and astronomy.
There are three different types of solar eclipses. Each covers a differ...