NEWSLETTER FOR MEMBERS OF THE TCU ADD ISON & RANDOLPH CLARK SOC I ETY

ImpactWINTER 2016

In This IssueHaving just graduated 774 students in December and pulled off an incredible comeback victory over Oregon in the Valero Alamo Bowl, 2016 is off to an amazing start for TCU! We are also kicking off an exciting year for the Addison & Randolph Clark Society.

Since 1977 our membership has grown to more than 4,600 generous donors, and that number continues to rise with each passing year. A key component of your Clark Society board’s recent strategic plan was obtaining a better understanding of the breadth and depth of our membership and how to better communicate the impact of your gifts to the University as well as convey our deep appreciation for your tremendous generosity. Thank you to all of you who participated in our online survey and focus groups last year - the �ndings from your participation have been crucial in helping us implement improved communication and recognition going forward.

As part of these new efforts, we are pleased to formally debut brand new logos and an improved format for the Impact newsletter. We also are incorporating your feedback and suggestions into future Clark and Junior Clark events as well as marketing, recognition and programming that will be released in 2016. For now, we hope you like our ‘new look’ and enjoy the updated Impact newsletter. We can’t wait to expand on this progress in the coming months!

As Horned Frogs and Clark and Junior Clark Society members, we have much to celebrate and be thankful for in the year ahead. Thank you for helping to make it all possible. Go Frogs!

DD Burke Alexander ’82 ’86Clark Society Board Chair

Happy New Year!Clark Weekend 2015Pages 2-3

Clark Society ScholarsPage 4

Campus EventsPages 4-7

Featured FacultyPage 8

Featured ScholarPage 8

For Your CalendarPage 9

Contact UsPage 9

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ON THE COVER

Trent Johnson,TCU Men’s Basketball Head Coach, and Ed Schollmaier, Donor and TCU Trustee, after Mr. Schollmaier’s celebratory �rst basket at the Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena Special Preview event on November 12, 2015.

Clark Weekend 2015

A CLARK DAY’S NIGHT

Clark Weekend is a special weekend held each fall to recognize and celebrate our Clark and Junior Clark Society members. The theme changes annually, and members attending this year’s Friday night event enjoyed Beatles-era drinks, food and entertainment by Beatles cover band, Me and My Monkey. The evening kicked off with a welcome from Clark Society Board Chair DD Burke Alexander ’82 and also featured an introduction of the 2015-2016 Clark Society Scholars (also mentioned on Page 4). Thanks to everyone who came to twist and shout the night away!

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Clark Weekend 2015

PREGAME TAILGATE

The Clark Society hosts a pregame tailgate in Frog Alley before the football game taking place on the Saturday of Clark Weekend. It’s a great time to connect with fellow Clark and Junior Clark members before watching the Horned Frogs take the field. This year, more than 300 members and guests enjoyed a Blue Mesa buffet before cheering on the Horned Frogs to a win over the SMU Mustangs.

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Clark Society Scholars

2015-2016 RECIPIENTS OF THECLARK SOCIETY SCHOLARSHIP

Clark Society Scholars are upperclass students who are nominated by TCU faculty and staff as students who represent the University with the highest degree of character, leadership, and sense of service. Clark Scholarships are funded by gifts to the Clark Society Endowed Scholarship. First awarded in 1999, the scholarship has now supported 56 students who continue to represent TCU as they serve their alma mater, professions and communities.

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Maddie Reddick ’16 is a senior political science major from Edmond, Oklahoma. She is the student body president and member of the John V. Roach Honors College and Kappa Alpha Theta.

Bailey Shepherd ’16 is a senior biology major from North Richland Hills, Texas. She is a member of the undergraduate research lab, Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-med honor society, and a Student Ambassador for the University.

Bryan Tony ’16 is a senior political science major from Hurst, Texas. He is involved in the Chancellor’s Leadership Program, Student Government Association and has served as a director for the Connections Program.

Andrew Trinh ’16, from Fort Worth, Texas, is a senior majoring in biology. He is vice president of the Alpha Epsilon Delta pre-health honors society, a member of the Alpha Phi Omega service organization and serves as a TCU Ambassador.

Kacey Williamson ’17, a junior double-majoring in English and writing, is from Foothill Ranch, California. She is a member of Alpha Chi Omega, the Honors Cabinet and Student Foundation.

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to all of our Clark and Junior Clark members who continue to support this important Society initiative. Your generosity allows us to help fund the education and dreams of some of TCU’s brightest, most talented and deserving students!

Campus Events

NATIONAL PHILANTHROPY WEEKTo honor TCU’s long philanthropic tradition and recognize the generous investments of our donors, University Advancement hosted National Philanthropy Week November 2-5, 2015. The week featured four days of events: the week’s Kickoff Celebration, Frog for Life Day, Thank a Donor Day and TCU Gives Day. Throughout the week large purple bows were placed on buildings to represent donor support of facilities, and banners, yard signs and concrete stickers displayed interesting TCU philanthropy facts and information about the week across campus. Web, email and social media were also used to communicate with students, alumni, parents and friends around the world.

The key goals of the week were to:

• Educate students on the importance of giving to TCU and increase awareness of the impact of donor support in their daily lives

• Recognize and appreciate all the donors who give so generously to TCU

• Achieve our fundraising goal of 800 gifts on TCU Gives Day (which we exceeded by 63 gifts!)

NOVEMBER 2 - 5

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK

THANK A DONOR DAY• 482 thank-you notes were written by students to �rst-time

TCU donors.

TCU GIVES DAY• 863 gifts were made to the University during a 24-hour

fundraising challenge for a total of $136,556.• We doubled last year’s number of gifts made to TCU

scholarships.• Clark Society Board members were key to keeping momentum

going throughout TCU Gives Day. Angie Bulaich ’01 (and her husband Nick Bulaich ’01), Kyle Emmons ’05, and DeReall Moore ’06 initiated alumni giving challenges; Deidra Turner ‘96 was featured in a special webinar on academic advising; and Clark Jones ’89 served as an event volunteer. Special thanks to Kyle, Angie, Nick, DeReall, Deidra and Clark for helping make TCU Gives Day a success!

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Campus Events

SUMNER ACADEMIC HERITAGE ROOM DEDICATION AND RIBBON CUTTING

The Sumner Academic Heritage Room in TCU’s renovated Mary Couts Burnett Library, dedicated October 22, 2015, safeguards some of the University’s most significant treasures: TCU’s mace, which symbolizes the strength of the institution; the University’s original Phi Beta Kappa charter, bestowed in 1971; portraits of former chancellors; a display featuring recipients of the Chancellor’s Award for Distinguished Achievement as a Creative Teacher and Scholar; and publications about TCU as well as those written by TCU faculty members.

Accompanied by members of their family, donors Dr. George C. Sumner, TCU MBA Class of 1973, and Mrs. Sue Sumner, Class of 1956, were present at the dedication ceremony and cut the ribbon officially dedicating the new space. Sadly, Dr. Sumner passed away after this event on December 6. His legacy will continue in this space that illustrates his dedication to the Library.

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Campus Events

ED AND RAE SCHOLLMAIER ARENA DEDICATION AND RIBBON CUTTING

On Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015 TCU celebrated the official opening of the new Ed and Rae Schollmaier Arena. Attendees enjoyed tours, including the Jane & John Justin Hall of Fame, Walsh Court, team locker rooms, concession and fan areas, and athletics office suites.

The first games were played December 20 in this state-of-the-art facility that blends the best of 21st century amenities with celebrated Horned Frog traditions. The new arena is named in honor of long-time Horned Frogs basketball fans and TCU supporters Ed Schollmaier and the late Rae Schollmaier.

Mr. Schollmaier is the retired CEO of Alcon Laboratories and has been a TCU Trustee for 20 years. He has been recognized as an Honorary TCU Letterman and Honorary Alumnus. Both he and Mrs. Schollmaier have been honored with TCU’s Horizon Award and Royal Purple Award.

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Featured Scholar

MADY GLENTZ ‘19

Recipient of The Teresa and Luther King Family Endowed Scholarship

Hometown: Mason, Texas

Major: Nursing

Favorite Activity on Campus: I’ve been involved with a Bible study group through TCU Campus Crusade for Christ, and I’ve liked to go to Ignite, a TCU student ministry!

What You will miss most about TCU when you graduate? School spirit and football games

Featured Faculty

DR. KARA DIXON VUIC

Lance Corporal Benjamin Whetstone Schmidt Professor in History

When she read the job description for the Schmidt Professorship in History at TCU, Dr. Kara Dixon Vuic said she felt the job would be perfect for her. “I liked the job description because of the way it allowed for a focus on con�ict

in society, not just military history of wars,” she said. “It is more broadly construed to consider the relationships among wars, con�icts and American society, not just the study of war tactics in a vacuum.”

Vuic is the initial holder of the Schmidt Professorship, established by a generous gift from

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Teresa and David R. Schmidt, M.D., in honor of their son Marine Lance Corporal Benjamin W. Schmidt, a scout sniper who was killed in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on October 6, 2011.

As an historian of the 20th century United States, Vuic’s research bridges the history of wars and militarization, gender and sexuality, as well as social and cultural history. She is the author of Of�cer, Nurse, Woman: The Army Nurse Corps in the Vietnam War and is currently working on her second book, The Girls Next Door: American Women and Military Entertainment.

The Schmidt Professorship allows Vuic to teach about war, society and con�ict in a broader context than typical military history courses. In the spring she plans to teach a graduate readings course on “War, Society and Con�ict,” as well as an undergraduate course, “American Empire,” that will re�ect on the ways Americans’ attitudes about culture, race, gender and religion have shaped the nation’s relationships with the rest of the world.

As the Schmidt Professor, Vuic is in a unique position to in�uence and serve the more than 300 veterans who attend TCU. Her ability to impact students concerning the role of the military in our society is a bene�t of the establishment of the Schmidt Professorship as well as a �tting tribute to the individual for which it is named.

I am thankful for this scholarship

because I wouldn’t be able to attend this amazing school without it! I’m so grateful for this opportunity, and I hope that one day I can give back to TCU because I’ve had such a great experience.

The Teresa and Luther King Family Endowed Scholarship was established in 2011 by the King family and friends and associates of Teresa and Luther King in recognition of Mr. King’s outstanding service as Chairman of the TCU Board of Trustees from 2005-2011. The purpose of the scholarship is to recruit the best and brightest students from West Texas with preference given to McCullouch and neighboring counties.

For Your Calendar

Contact Us

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APRILApril 12 - Chancellor’s Council DinnerThe Chancellor’s Council Dinner honors Clark Society members who give $10,000 or more annually. Members who have reached new Lifetime Giving Levels are also honored at the Chancellor’s Council dinner.

April 20 - Student Donor LuncheonThe Student Donor Luncheon honors all student donors to the University.

MAYMay 31 - End of TCU’s Fiscal Year

Please make your gifts by May 31, 2016 for your giving to be included in TCU’s Fiscal Year 2016.Thank you to all who have already given!

OFFICE OF DONOR RELATIONSTCU Box 297045Fort Worth, Texas 76129817-257-7806donorrelations@tcu.edu

Established in 1991, the TCU Donor Relations Of�ce serves as a link between TCU and its donors. In January 2006, the of�ce instituted a new stewardship plan designed to inform donors about the impact of their giving to the University. Questions and/or comments concerning stewardship, the Addison & Randolph Clark Society or any other TCU-related topic may be directed to the Donor Relations Staff.

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The Clark Society Impact is a digital publication of the Texas Christian University Addison & Randolph Clark Society and is distributed to all Clark and Junior Clark Society members at the conclusion of each semester. Thank you for being a member through giving to TCU!