As the semester comes to an end, the release of final grade reports gets closer, leaving some parents curious about the academic performance of their students. However, the Family Educational Rights and...

Just as the university's football players recently played their last home game in Amon G. Carter Stadium before its renovation, students in the dance department will be performing for the last time in their current space on Tuesday and Wednesday.

The show, called "The Dance Studio," will be a showcase of projects by 15 seniors in a choreography class. Each senior has created an entirely new dance work to be presented in a fully-produced concert, Elizabeth Gillaspy, associate professor of ballet, said.

Dust. That's exactly what stray thoughts and worries turn into when cranking the pedals up a steep grade with no end in sight. Your heart's heavy thump pounds in your ears. The fire burning in your legs...

A survey of 50 December graduates revealed what experiences they have shared during their time at the university. Participants were asked to choose from a list of examples in five different categories....

Graduation is a time to reflect on your years at TCU. Although you may have spent many late nights cramming for tests, you don't want to wait until the night before to make sure you are prepared for the ceremony.

Student Graduation Checklist:

- Order your cap, gown and diploma

o A late fee will be assessed on cap, gown and diploma orders that are placed after Nov. 12.

- Pick up your cap and gown at Daniel-Meyer Coliseum

o Dec. 17 9 a.m. &- 4:30 p.m.

o Dec. 18 8 a.m. &- noon

- Send your graduation announcements and invitations

What is your favorite TCU memory?

"Freshman and sophomore year, a bunch of friends and I would go late at night and play Sardines [a game like hide and seek] on the academic side of campus. We'd hide in the most awkward spots in Sid Rich[Sid W. Richardson Building], in the stairwell behind the library and even in a storm drain next to Beasley."

Anthropology major Stefanie Grows from El Dorado Hills, Calif.

As graduation approaches many senior students are left with the startling realization that they are about to enter the real world. Many are afraid or unsure what lies ahead while others already have a job lined up. A select few however, join a program known as Teach for America, which allows college graduates the chance to work in urban and rural schools for two years in low-income communities across the United States.

President Barack Obama recently invited both Democrats and Republicans to the White House to debate the upcoming tax decisions that Congress will have to make. Republicans would like the Bush-era tax...

Congratulations are due for the December 2010 graduates. An estimated 440 undergraduate students will cross the stage Dec. 18, 2010, with degrees from at least one of eight individual colleges. Students...

For Neeley School of Business marketing instructor Bob Akin, graduation is the hardest part of his job.

"It's like giving up your own children," he said. "You want to keep them."

For eight years, Akin has watched his former students walk across the graduation stage and into successful careers.

Although he received both his bachelor's and master's degrees from TCU, Akin never saw himself teaching here 8212; or anywhere, for that matter.