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Community Outreach / Nursing

TCU Celebrates Marine Creek Trail Extension Opening with Community Walk

Posted on Mar. 25, 2024, by Liliana Green

TCU’s, in partnership with Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District hosts free community event at the Marine Creek Anderson Trail to celebrate the upcoming opening of the Marine Creek Trail Extension in April 2024.

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Fort Worth-area senior citizens participating in Texas Dance, a pilot program designed to assess heart rate through dancing.
Diversity-Equity-Inclusion / Community Outreach / Research / Nursing

Health Literacy: A Catalyst for Change

Posted on Feb. 06, 2024, by Liliana Green

Carol Howe studies racial disparities, diabetes and children. Black, Hispanic and Native American populations suffer significantly higher rates of diabetes than do white people.

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Nursing

Horned Frogs in the News: Nursing Alum Establishes Beacon of Holistic Health

Posted on Jan. 23, 2024, by Liliana Green

TCU Nursing alum Julie Kennedy ’99, (’03 MBA, ’22 DNP), APRN, FNP-C stands as the visionary force behind Seed Wellness Co., a thriving health and wellness establishment in Fort Worth.

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Nursing

TCU Nurse Camp Returns with Two Sessions

Posted on Jan. 17, 2024, by Liliana Green

Harris College’s Discover TCU Nursing summer camp returns offering two sessions. This camp is open to high school juniors and seniors who are interested in learning what a career in nursing is really like. Campers also see what being a student at TCU could be like through its residential experience – an opportunity to live on-campus for five days.

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TCU nursing students in lab
Nursing

Unique Course Makes Semester-Long Debut this Spring

Posted on Dec. 07, 2023, by Liliana Green

This spring, Harris College seized a unique opportunity to form a collaborative partnership with Baylor Scott & White hospitals, Baylor University and the University of Texas at Arlington, uniting their efforts to revive the pre-pandemic “Perioperative Nursing” course through an intensive Maymester session.

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Left to right: Associate Dean for Nursing & Nurse Anesthesia Suzy Lockwood, Ph.D; Director of Graduate Nursing Kimberly Posey, Ph.D., active military member and TCU Nursing student Hope Whitsitt, Mayor of Fort Worth Mattie Parker, and other TCU Nursing students attend the proclamation ceremony at City Hall on Nov. 14 in support of Nurse Practitioner Week.
Harris College / Nursing

City of Fort Worth Recognizes Nurse Practitioner Week With Proclamation

Posted on Nov. 14, 2023, by Liliana Green

The City of Fort Worth recognized TCU Nursing’s nurse practitioner (NP) program with a proclamation in support of National Nurse Practitioner Week.

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Carol Howe
Community Outreach / Research / Nursing / Diversity-Equity-Inclusion

Meet Carol Howe, the Paula R. and Ronald C. Parker Endowed Professor

Posted on Nov. 09, 2023, by Liliana Green

Carol Howe, Ph.D., RN, CDCES, FAAN, director of nursing research and scholarship at TCU, was named the inaugural Paula R. and Ronald C. Parker Endowed Professor.

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Nursing / Diversity-Equity-Inclusion / Nurse Anesthesia / Social Work / Kinesiology / Communication Sciences & Disorders / Harris College

Celebrating Our First-Gen Students

Posted on Nov. 06, 2023, by Liliana Green

TCU has been supporting first-generation college students through its TRIO Student Support Services (SSS) since 1997. Some of Harris College’s First-Gen students share encouragement and advice to others navigating their First-Gen journey.

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Eduardo Salas, Ph.D., presents a lecture to a room full of students
Social Work / Kinesiology / Nursing / Communication Sciences & Disorders / Harris College / Nurse Anesthesia

Effective Teams Lead to Improved Health Care Outcomes

Posted on Oct. 19, 2023, by Liliana Green

During the 2023 Premier Green Honors Chair lecture, Eduardo Salas, Ph.D. expresses that effective teams require defined goals and purpose; role clarity, timely and efficient communication; and a supportive leader set the foundation for effective teamwork.

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