We are pleased you can accept our invitation to join us for the 2023 Schieffer Symposium. To claim your seat(s), please complete the form below with the name of at least one person who was named on your invitation. Your digital ticket(s) will be sent to your email address within 24 business hours. Thank you!… Read more »
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Schieffer Media Insights Lab Offers Digital Analysis Tools
The Bob Schieffer College of Communication will display the features of its new  Schieffer Media Insights Lab during an open house from 2 to 4 p.m. Nov. 10 in Moudy South 165. Guests are invited to explore the lab, where students and faculty learn to use high-end software tools to track trends and improve digital… Read more »
Schieffer College Celebrates 10 Years with a Schieffer Symposium Encore
To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of its naming, the Bob Schieffer College of Communication hosts an encore of the ever-popular Schieffer Symposium at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, in the Van Cliburn Concert Hall. Bob Schieffer ’59 will moderate a conversation with a panel of national journalists about the climate for news today. The symposium… Read more »
Apply for Schieffer Dean’s Ambassadors
Applications for 2023-24 academic year are now closed. Applications for 2024-25 will open in last spring. For any questions about the program, contact Savannah Horton. Thank you for your interest in the Schieffer Dean’s Ambassadors program! Ambassadors will be selected based on their leadership and interpersonal skills; active participation in student organizations, campus activities or community… Read more »
Schieffer College Welcomes Three New Board of Visitors Members
The Bob Schieffer College of Communication welcomes to its Board of Visitors alumni Omar Villafranca ’00, John Walls ’05 and Tracy Reneé Williams ’04 (’08 M.S.). A Schieffer College’s Journalism major, Omar Villafranca ’00 is a correspondent for CBS News in Dallas, Texas. After working for several local television news stations, he joined CBS News… Read more »
Paul Schrodt Wins Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Teacher and Scholar
The Bob Schieffer College of Communication is proud to recognize Paul Schrodt, Ph.D., as the recipient of the 2023 Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Teacher and Scholar. Dr. Schrodt, the Philip J. and Cheryl C. Burguieres Professor of Communication Studies, exemplifies the teacher-scholar model. He attributes his love for his students and TCU… Read more »
Schieffer Symposium and Celebration
SCHIEFFER SYMPOSIUM AND CELEBRATION Thank you to everyone who joined us Nov. 7! Schieffer Symposium and Celebration: 10 years as a named college Join us in celebrating 10 years as the Bob Schieffer College of Communication. We are honored to bear the name of legendary journalist Bob Schieffer ’59, a first-generation college student who… Read more »
Running the Numbers: Following the Data Flow of Frog Football
Coming off a historic season, the Horned Frogs are likely to command both the football field and the social media world this year. Our new Schieffer Media Insights Lab is poised to make sense of the thousands of trends and topics football watchers will be seeing on social media. The Frogs kick off their season… Read more »
Reconstructing King: Green Honors Chair to Discuss the Life of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Join the Schieffer College for a discussion with Green Honors Chair Jonathan Eig about his latest biography, “King: A Life,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023, at Dee J. Kelly Alumni & Visitors Center. Fort Worth journalist Bob Ray Sanders will lead the discussion about this “monumental” biography that debuted at No. 7 on… Read more »
Kim Owczarski Discusses Disney’s Box Office Woes this Summer
Blockbuster movies brought audiences back to the movie theater this summer—unless you are Disney. Compared to box office hits Barbie and Oppenheimer, Disney’s feature films have surprisingly lacked audience attendance. Kim Owczarski, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Film, Television and Digital Media, spoke with Shannon Powers at Newsweek to discuss what is happing… Read more »