by Freshmen Addison Branton and Eileen Mayorga are already acclimating to life on campus at Texas Christian University.
Mayorga is from El Paso, and Branton is from Benton, Louisiana. Their involvement in the Alpha Delta Pi sorority and similar premed majors brought the two together.
According to Branton, it’s quite simple to locate people with whom you click because everyone is so kind.
Just two of the more than 13,000 students who started courses at TCU on Monday were first-year students, which included more than 2,700 of the university’s largest-ever incoming class.
This expansion coincides with TCU’s 10-year strategic plan, which calls for a 5,000-student enrollment increase.
According to Kathy Cavins-Tull, vice chancellor for student affairs, the university intends to preserve a feeling of community while it expands gradually.
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“It will still feel like a community, and we will continue to do all the things we are really good at, which is connecting students with each other, with faculty and staff, and with the Fort Worth community,” she said. “We hope to continue doing that with a few more students each year.”
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In addition, the institution is expanding its faculty and personnel, hoping to hire approximately 1,000 people in the next ten years. According to Chancellor Daniel Pullin, students may be able to directly sense changes from this academic year’s strategic strategy through the new faces on campus.
In order to give our students the best possible one-on-one mentorship and counseling, we have been investing in more academic counselors, more teachers and researchers, and more career and professional development coordinators, he said.
As part of its Campus Master Plan, the institution is also growing its campus, particularly by building new residence halls and retail establishments along Berry Street.
Pullin sees the university’s growth as a means of expanding its role in the city of Fort Worth beyond only providing education.
With its retail, entertainment, food options, and other amenities, we can envision a time when TCU is Fort Worth’s go-to destination for those looking to learn, live, work, play, and form enduring relationships, he said.
Lily Sturtevant, a sophomore studying psychology, traveled from Boston to attend the university. After having a positive experience visiting a Horned Frog family friend, she made the decision to enroll at TCU.
She explained that she was simply searching for a smaller school with a lot of school spirit and large athletics. When I arrived at TCU and saw this, I thought, “This is the dream school I’ve been looking for.”
The Princeton Review recently ranked TCU in 11 of the top 10 nationwide, and Pullin is especially pleased that TCU ranked first among the happiest students.
“You can be your best when you’re happy,” Pullin added. You get results when you work a little bit harder, put a little bit more effort into it, and approach it with the proper mindset.
Mia Wolman, a student studying neuroscience who transferred from Collin College this year, stated that she is most eager to socialize and engage with the community. She repeated Pullin’s observation regarding the students’ contentment.
“The happiness of everyone is one of my favorite things about TCU so far,” she remarked.
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