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for Dr. Barcellona and working in the exercise physiology lab on
various projects with Dr. Joel Mitchell and other faculty, gave us the
knowledge and work ethic needed to begin our careers and continue
our education.”
Meredithwas certified to teach junior high science and taught seventh
grade for three years before becoming amomandmaking the decision
to be home full time with Michael and Leah. Brian continued with his
education at Purdue University, where he earned his doctorate in
exercise physiology in December 2003.
Brian currently is a tenured, associate professor at the University of
Houston, where he mentors undergraduate and graduate students.
Since 2004 he has taught more than 8,000 undergraduates and
developed a“best practices”approach to teaching kinesiology courses
online. He received two College of Education Teaching awards, two
Provost Teaching Excellence Awards, a research mentoring award
and a research excellence award from the University of Houston. He
also received a new investigator award from the American College of
Sports Medicine.
Brian secured $3.5 million in funded research from both federal and
corporate sources since 2004 and has 85 peer-reviewed publications.
He has been featured on local Houston and Austin news for his
research involving heat-related aspects of exercise training and
looking at immune function in athletes and has been featured in
Shape
,
Prevention
and
Runner’s World
magazines. This past summer
Brian was a keynote speaker at the International Society for Exercise
Immunology Symposium held in Oxford, England, where he had
the honor of speaking with other scientists in his field from around
the world.
Meredith says, “We both realize the quality of education we received
and the experiences gained at TCU have led us to find much success
beyond the classroom, and we are proud to be Horned Frogs.”
SocialWork alumni return home
TheDepartmentofSocialWorkhelditsannualSocialWorkHomecoming
Brunch Oct. 22 at the BLUU before the football game. Several senior
social work majors and the social work faculty met with alumni from
the 1990s and 2000s. It was a time to see familiar faces and catch up on
career, family and life experiences.
The group discussed coordinating some future alumni gatherings
and possible fund raising efforts. Contact
Lauren King ’03
(lking@ccdofw.org) or
Kelly Rand ’08
(krand@ccdofw.org) for
more information.
1960s
Linda Nance Marks ’61
and her husband, Grover, spent the summer
of 2011 working in Yellowstone National Park. After retirement from
The University of Texas at Arlington School of Nursing, Linda began
summer work in Yellowstone. This was the eighth summer for them to
work in this wonderful wilderness. During the remainder of the year
they enjoy their five grandchildren, travel and living in their country
home near Wortham, Texas.
Cordelia Nelson Fields (formerly Wetsel) ’62
worked at Harris
Hospital downtown in Labor and Delivery after graduation. She then
worked for a family practice for 25 years as an office nurse until the
doctor retired, then another 2 ½ years for a pediatrician until he retired.
Cordelia thenworked for two insurance companies asmedical advisors,
followed by UNT Health Science Center for 2 ½ years as assistant
nursing supervisor in the internal medicine clinic. In December 1996,
she and her husband retired, bought a motor home and were full-
time RVers for 3 ½ years. They traveled to all the states except Alaska,
Hawaii (no bridge yet), New Jersey and West Virginia. In April 1997
Cordelia was diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer and returned
to Fort Worth for care. It took 10 months for the cure and they were
back on the road. She is still cancer free. They became part-time RVers,
bought a ranch in central west Texas and began raising Registered
Texas Longhorns. Cordelia has three children with degrees from TCU,
and a son-in-law and two daughters-in-law are Horned Frogs as well.
At the present time her oldest grandson has graduated from TCU and
is presently at Brite Divinity School. Their children have earned degrees
in nursing, education, business and religion. In the near future Cordelia
says they plan to sell their ranch and move closer to their children and
grandchildren who live in the Metroplex. Life has been good.
1970s
Evette Kirkpatrick Brazzile ’72
(MLA ’82) recently retired after 35
years fromTarrant College Northwest Campus as the director of Health
Services/Disability Support Services.
Charles Busby ’72
(BSN) received an AD in respiratory therapy in 1979
and worked at Parkland Hospital in Dallas until 1981. He graduated
from nurse anesthesia school in 1983 fromHarris Hospital, and worked
at various hospitals in DFW. Charles moved to Brenham, Texas, in 2001
and lived there for seven years. Since then he has worked locum tenens
and lives in Clifton, Texas, near Waco. Charles writes, “I still think TCU is
a great school and follow it in all things. I have collegiate plates on my
Jeep and a spare tire cover that has TCU and a big Horned Frog on it.”
Karen Bollinger ’78
recently retired after 21 exciting years as an Air
Force nurse, and has met fellow Horned Frog Air Force nurses in her
travels. Karencontinuesworkingfor theAirForceasacivil serviceRN.Her
area of expertise is inpatient obstetrics and also does postpartum and
termnewborns in the hospital where she works. She loves to teach and
has many opportunities to share her knowledge. She is an Association
of Women’s Health, Obstetric and Neonatal Nurses fetal heart rate
monitoring instructor trainer and a Neonatal Resuscitation Program
regional trainer. Karen writes, “I still remember many of the clinicals
and professors I learned from while at TCU and often hear them when
I am preparing medications or talking with my patients. These women
and the words they shared are part of who I am as a nurse, and I thank
them every day. I am proud to tell others I am a graduate of Texas
Christian University.”
Connie Thalas Lowry ’79
recently passed the certified
nurse educator (CNE) exam. She continues to work at
UTA College of Nursing as a lead teacher in two campus-
based senior-level nursing courses and in two senior-
level nursing courses in the online program. She teaches
Nursing Leadership and Management and Transition to
Professional Practice (Capstone).
Alumni
Class Notes
ALUMNI
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