NW to promote breast cancer awareness
To support health in women and men during Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Joan Katz Breast Center will present Breast Cancer Awareness Oct. 22 on NW Campus. Sherree Bennett, a nearly 12-year breast cancer survivor and creator of the Joan Katz Breast Center, will serve as guest speaker for the session. “Men and women [need] [...]
Seminar educates on risk factors
By Maria Asprilla/reporter One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, and one in 76 will die from breast cancer, a Fort Worth oncologist told a South Campus audience. These numbers can be improved by knowing how to change factors that can lower a person’s risk of developing the deadly [...]
Seniors keep current, learn new skills in NW program
By Taylor Jensen/nw news editor The senior citizens seen on every campus aren’t just out for a leisurely stroll. They are prolonging their lives as active participants in the TCC senior citizen program. Diane Wood, a student in the program, said that, for her, it has been extremely rewarding. “I am here every day,” she [...]
News Briefs
Students, faculty on NW Campus to discuss election A roundtable discussion of the presidential campaign and other hot topics will be held Oct. 24 on NW Campus. Scandals, Scoundrels and Dirty Tricks will be 12:30-2 p.m. in the Walsh Library (WTLO third floor) and will feature NW government and history instructors Paul Benson, Bryan Calvin, Brian [...]
Safety stressed in NW motorcycle licensing course
By Taylor Jensen/nw news editor Though the issue of motorcycle safety is serious, a NW instructor said he wants his motorcycle-riding course to be enjoyable. Herman Fulford said most course instructors have a minimum of 25 years of riding experience and at least 10 years teaching the course. Fulford himself has taught for 17 years [...]
South mathematician brings humor to classroom
By Joshua Knopp/special assignments editor Part three in a five-part series on winners of the Chancellor’s Award for Exemplary Teaching, an annual recognition of professors who impress and inspire their students. Eight feet of snow covered the ground in Minnesota during the spring break of David Gustafson’s senior year of college. Attending Augustana College in [...]
Group hopes to unify clubs, student voices
By Kenney Kost/ne news editor The NE Student Government Association wants to unite clubs and the student body into one cohesive voice. “What we aim to do is take all of these separate voices and unify them,” said president Annissa Mosher. “Then, we can take that to the administration and say this is what the [...]
College’s first Toro Dash run/walk to commence Dec. 1 near TR Campus
TCC will present its inaugural Toro Dash allowing students, faculty, and even non-TCC students to participate in a race Dec. 1. The race will begin at Trinity Trails in Fort Worth, a flat, steady trail, and end at the zero-mile marker of Trinity Trails (behind TR Campus near Haws Recreation Center and the Fort Worth [...]
30 colleges provide info during transfer week on TR
By Kirsten Mahon/tr news editor Thirty universities will recruit students during Transfer Connections Week on TR Campus Oct. 22-25. Students will find out how much they know about the university of their choice after participating in a speed-recruiting event. The universities will set up tables for students to spend about five minutes with each recruiter [...]
Names & Events
Now-Oct. 22 The NE National Honor Society in Psychology is holding a book drive. Students can drop donations off in any of the Psi Beta book drive boxes located in various buildings on NE Campus. Now-Oct. 31 Students are invited to participate in the South Campus Instagram Challenge. Each day, participants can take a photograph [...]