Welcome back
Council aims for togetherness
By Crystal Forester
Staff Reporter

Photos by Ty Halasz and Stephen Spillman

To help new students meet more people and enhance their TCU experience, Programming Council will focus on activities designed to bring organizations and students together this semester, said Fabian Morice, a PC project director.

“Incoming freshmen are a great way to start to strengthen the community,” Morice said. “That is why we are trying to get them involved.”

Morice said PC wants to get the residents of Fort Worth involved with students to create a bond between the two.

“That’s the ideal goal, but we need to get the community inside TCU together first and then advance to the community outside,” Morice said.

PC has a community council meeting at 8 p.m., Sept. 9 in the Student Center to give students time to voice their opinions and ideas about programs they would like to see, Morice said.

“During community council there is an open floor to get students involved in the programming so we can find out what they want to happen,” Morice said.

PC hosts three major events during the year: Howdy Week, Family Weekend and Homecoming.

Sebastian Moleski, a PC project director, said during Howdy Week planning, organizers evaluated student opinions from last year and made needed improvements, such as moving the activity fair inside the Recreation Center because of the heat.

“I’m biased about Howdy Week, but I think this one was better because we took the feedback from students and expanded on it,” Moleski said.

Freshman Ann Marie Strozier, a nursing major, said she enjoyed meeting new people and getting involved with the events of Howdy Week.

“I recognized faces, but not names, from Frog Camp and other events,” said Strozier. “With time I will get to know a lot of people because they are involved in the activities.”

Family Weekend starts Sept. 19 with a concert featuring a jazz band and closes with a good-bye brunch for the parents Sept. 21, Morice said. The weekend will include a pregame barbecue, the Vanderbilt game, a fashion show, a Chancellor Reception and a shuttle to Sundance Square to allow parents to experience the area surrounding TCU, Morice said.

“Family weekend is for parents to spend time with their kids,” Morice said. “Hopefully, they will have a good experience with the TCU community.”

Smaller events planned throughout this semester include several small lecture series and concerts , Moleski said.

“In the spring there was not a lot of events throughout the semester,” Moleski said. “This semester we want to make sure that does not happen again so we are planning a lot of little events.”