CPC Application

Thank you for your interest in the Certified Public Communicator® Program at TCU for 2026.

All applications will be reviewed together by CPC Board Members in January 2026, with decisions communicated by Feb. 1, 2026, for summer admission. Admitted students will then be given one month to complete registration and arrange payment.

Dates for the next admitted class, Cohort 14, will be July 26-31, 2026, plus a short mid-winter gathering in January 2027 and another week in July 2027 (dates TBD based on TCU academic calendar, available in summer 2026).

If you encounter any difficulties with the application process, please contact CPC program director Jacqueline Lambiase at j.lambiase@tcu.edu.

CPC Application
Name
Name
First
Last
Home address
Home address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal

Education

Do you hold an advanced degree?

Employment

Employer and employer's main address
Employer and employer's main address
City
State/Province
Zip/Postal
I certify that this employer is a public sector, non-partisan position that receives compensation from a public-sector entity such as municipal government (city or county), school district, or public-serving agency such as a water district, county hospital, community college district, or similar public-sector entity.
My current job responsibilities include a majority of communication strategy and tactics.
Applicants should have about four years of public-sector experience before applying to the program. This doesn't all need to be with one employer, but we'd like to know how long you've been working for your current employer:

Are you a member of one of the program's partners?
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Are you aware that this is a 95-hour program that includes one week of in-person instruction at TCU in two different summers, plus a short midwinter session in between?
Are you aware that in order to graduate from this program, you must complete a substantial communication or engagement plan for you and/or your team, by the deadline, to use to communicate more fully and with more strategy for your employer's stakeholders?

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