Join with the TCU community as we come together for our annual Opening Luncheon, hosted by Chancellor Victor J. Boschini Jr., Friday in Daniel-Meyer Coliseum. The event traditionally brings together all faculty and staff to celebrate the beginning of a new academic year.  Mayor Betsy Price will be on hand to deliver a personal greeting.

 

Shuttle service to and from the Coliseum will be provided for the east side of campus. Buses will start running at 11:15 a.m. from the library parking lot and will continue throughout and immediately following the luncheon. The standard shuttle service from the visitor's lot on Bellaire will also be available.

 

Buffet lines open at 11:30 a.m. in the lower concourse entrance area. The seated luncheon will be at tables on the Coliseum floor. Everyone is asked to enter the building through the lower level northeast concourse doors on the stadium side.  Rev. Angela Kaufman, minister to the University, will deliver the invocation. Chancellor Boschini will introduce Chair of the Faculty Senate Daniel Williams (TCU Press and professor), Chair of the Staff Assembly Randy Chambers (Physical Plant) and President of the Student Government Association Jackie Wheeler.

 

Dr. Boschini also will present the Chancellor's Staff Award for Outstanding Service to one of the seven nominees chosen from each division of the University. They are Mary Kincannon, Associate Registrar (Academic Affairs);  Janine Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Annual Giving Programs  (University Advancement); Matt Lewis, Athletic Equipment Manager (Athletics); Eilene Theilig, Director of Lay and Continuing Education (Brite Divinity School); Terry Haney, Executive Assistant to Vice Chancellor Brian Gutierrez (Finance & Administration); Jonie Smith, Administrative Assistant, Church Relations and Community Projects (Marketing & Communication); and Shawn Wagner, Director of Events, Brown-Lupton University Union  (Student Affairs). 

 

There are 38 faculty joining the teaching ranks this fall. Those joining AddRan College are Regan Amanda Boxwell (Spanish & Hispanic Studies), Angela Denise Bullard and Nathanael O'Reilly (English), Shawn Michael Crotty (Geography), Richard John Hine (Philosophy), Maximilian Krochmal  and William M. Meier (History), Santiago Ortiz Piñon Jr. (Religion), and Maria Sarigiannido and James M. Scott (Economics).

 

New to the College of Science & Engineering are Milton Bock Enderlin and John Millard Holbrook (School of Geology, Energy and the Environment), Cuiling (Sue) Gong and Efstathios Michaelides (Engineering), Naomi Ekas and Vanessa Marie Miller (Psychology).

      

The Neeley School has hired Layne Colbert Bradley and Carol Joiner Cagle (Information Systems and Supply Chain Management), Michael S. Sherrod (Management), Nancy Sirianni (Marketing) and Patricia Doran Walters (Accounting).

 

New fulltime faculty in the College of Fine Arts are William J. Gibbons, George Gunter III and Jeremy Strickland (School of Music), Sally Packard (School of Art), Sarah Newton (Dance) and Michael S. Shannon (Design, Merchandising & Textiles). Heather Leigh Test has been hired as a part-time lecturer.

 

Harris College of Nursing & Health Sciences welcomes Grace Chi,  (Nursing), Kenneth W. Lowrance ( Doctor of Nursing Practice Program) and James Petrovich (Social Work). Laurel Lynch is a part-time lecturer in Communication Sciences & Disorders.

 

New to the College of Communication is Carrie J. Moore (Communication Studies).

 

Professors joining the College of Education are Robin Renea Griffith, Jo Beth Jimerson, Marla McGhee and John M. Switzer.