Texas Christian University

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Texas Christian University
logo
motto Disciplina est Facultas (knowledge is power)
founding 1873
Sponsorship Private
place Fort Worth , Texas
president Victor J. Boschini, Jr.
Students 9474
Employee 981
Foundation assets US $ 1.2 billion
University sports Big 12 Conference
Website www.tcu.edu
Frog Fountain
Bailey Building

The Texas Christian University (also TCU called) is a private university in Fort Worth , Texas in the United States , where 10,394 students are currently enrolled. The college is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and was founded in 1873.

history

After their return from the American Civil War , the two brothers Addison and Randolph Clark founded the AddRan Male & Female College together with their father Joseph A. Clark in 1873 in the small town of Thorp Spring in Texas . AddRan, formed from the first names of the two brothers, was the name of Addison's first son, who died of diphtheria in 1872 at the age of three . The name is still part of the humanities and social sciences faculty today.

The brothers were religious scholars of the Campbellite stream within the 19th century Restoration Movement, which was dominant in the American church . The Campbellites were the spiritual forerunners of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) , congregations of Christ and the Independent Christian Churches / Churches of Christ . They stood out as committed advocates of education. From 1869 to 1874, the Clark brothers ran the Male & Female Seminary of Fort Worth , a preparatory course for studies, but had increased interest in a university for women and men that had Christian traits but was not denominational.

The AddRan College was a time when the nation's only 15% of all students were female, one of the first mixed-gender university west of the Mississippi . In the first year, 13 students were enrolled at AddRan College , by the end of the academic year there were already 123. In 1889 the university entered into a partnership with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and was renamed AddRan Christian University .

In the course of further expansion, the college moved to Waco , Texas, where Baylor University was also based in 1895 . In 1902 the university was renamed again, this time to the name Texas Christian University (mostly abbreviated: TCU), which is still today .

In 1910 the main building burned down under unexplained circumstances. To fund the new build and get the college to move to rapidly growing Fort Worth, a group of business people provided the university with $ 200,000 in two acres. TCU started operations at its new location in the same year.

Faculties

  • AddRan College of Liberal Arts (Humanities and Social Sciences)
  • Brite Divinity School (Theology)
  • Bob Schieffer College of Communication (Communication Sciences)
  • College of Fine Arts (visual and performing arts, music)
  • College of Science & Engineering
  • Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
  • MJ Neeley School of Business (Business Administration)
  • College of Education (Pedagogy)

Sports

The Amon G. Carter Stadium on the university campus

TCU is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and a member of the Big 12 Conference (Division I, FBS in American Football ). TCU was a member of the Southwest Conference for many years together with the University of Texas , Texas A&M University , Texas Tech University , Baylor University , Southern Methodist University , University of Houston , University of Arkansas and Rice University , until this league was formed through the formation of the Big 12 Conference broke up. TCU then first joined the Western Athletic Conference , and in 2001 went over to the Conference USA . In 2005 TCU switched to the Mountain West Conference and has been part of the Big 12 Conference since 2012.

The sports teams are named after their mascot Horned Frogs , the common regional name for the desert toad lizard native to Texas .

Personalities

Web links

Commons : Texas Christian University  - Album containing pictures, videos and audio files

Footnotes

  1. ↑ TCU: Our Leadership. Our Chancellor. Accessed November 24, 2019 .
  2. ↑ TCU: Quick Facts. Accessed November 24, 2019 .
Colleges in Texas
State universities

University of Houston System ( University of Houston  • UH – Clear Lake  • UH – Downtown  • UH – Victoria ) • University of North Texas System ( University of North Texas  • UNT Dallas ) • University of Texas System ( Arlington  • Austin  • Dallas  • El Paso  • Permian Basin  • Rio Grande Valley  • San Antonio  • Tyler ) • Texas A&M System ( Prairie View A&M  • Tarleton State  • Texas A&M  • Texas A&M International  • Texas A & M – Central Texas  • Texas A & M – Commerce  • Texas A & M – Corpus Christi  • Texas A & M – Kingsville  • Texas A & M – San Antonio  • Texas A & M – Texarkana  • West Texas A&M ) • Texas State System ( Lamar  • Sam Houston State  • Sul Ross State  • Texas State ) • Texas Tech System ( Angelo State  • Texas Tech ) • Midwestern State  • Stephen F. Austin State  • Texas Southern  • Texas Woman’s

Private universities

Abilene Christian University  • Amberton University  • Arlington Baptist College  • Austin College  • Baylor University  • Concordia University Texas  • Dallas Baptist University  • Dallas Christian College  • East Texas Baptist University  • Fisher More College  • Graduate Institute of Applied Linguistics  • Hardin-Simmons University  • Houston Baptist University  • Howard Payne University  • Huston-Tillotson University  • Jarvis Christian College  • LeTourneau University  • Lubbock Christian University  • McMurry University  • North American College  • Northwood University  • Our Lady of the Lake University  • Paul Quinn College  • Rice University  • St. Edward's University  • St. Mary's University  • Schreiner University  • Southern Methodist University  • Southwestern Adventist University  • Southwestern Assemblies of God University  • Southwestern Christian College  • Southwestern University  • Texas Christian University  • Texas College  • Texas Lutheran University  • Texas Wesleyan University  • Trinity University  • University of Dallas  • University of Mary Hardin-Baylor  • University of St. Thomas  • University of the Incarnate Word  • Wayland Baptist University  • Wiley College

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