Jakayla Dixon Inspires Through Her Company, Feel the Color

Jakayla Dixon ’23, recipient of the Washington Internship Endowment Fund Scholarship, majored in both political science and economics at TCU, and says her time at the university allowed her to follow her dream of serving the needs of those with disabilities.

Originally from Minden, Louisiana, Dixon is the founder and CEO of Feel the Color, a company that creates embroidered clothing tags for the blind and visually impaired. The inspiration behind this passionate venture is Dixon’s beloved Aunt Cynthia, a constant source of love and support for her. She has been blind for the entirety of Dixon’s life.

“Aunt Cynthia inspired the idea for my company, Feel the Color, by always asking me, ‘What color is this?’ She always liked clothes and fashion and enjoys looking her best. Since becoming blind, it is difficult for her to match her clothing.”

In addition to helping visually impaired individuals gain greater independence and confidence, Dixon works to address other challenges this community and others with disabilities face.

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TCU Celebrates Most Successful Fundraising Year Ever

Thanks to generous support from loyal and committed donors, TCU is celebrating its most successful fundraising year ever! May 31, 2023, marked the end of the final fiscal year of the historic Lead On: A Campaign for TCU, with more than $175 million raised to support the university’s people and programs and to set the foundation for the next 150 years of success at TCU.

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TCU Names Medical School to Honor the Late Anne Burnett Marion

Texas Christian University announced that the School of Medicine will be named the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine in honor of the late Anne Burnett Marion’s lifetime of friendship and support and her extraordinary generosity to the TCU School of Medicine. The estate of the late Anne Burnett Marion and The Burnett Foundation, a charitable foundation based in Fort Worth, have made a second $25 million gift to The Anne W. Marion Endowment in support of the TCU School of Medicine operations in perpetuity.

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TCU Medical Students Receive Transformative Gift of Tuition

A generous anonymous family is covering the tuition bill for the upcoming school year for all 60 students in the TCU School of Medicine Class of 2024. "This gift is meaningful beyond words," said the school's founding dean, Dr. Stuart D. Flynn. "For the students in this class, it is truly powerful and will have a profound effect on their future."

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ELF Scholarship Supports Talented Student Writers

An award rooted in excellence, The Sandra Brown Excellence in Literary Fiction Scholarship (ELF) was established in 2008 to provide a full tuition scholarship to a talented TCU student writer who demonstrates both academic achievement and significant potential as a fiction writer. The scholarship was created in honor of TCU alumna and best-selling novelist Sandra Brown.

TCU’s 2022 ELF Scholarship recipient, Lily Margaret Greenway, is a rising junior who is an English and religion double major, as well as a member of the John V. Roach Honors College. From Little Rock, Arkansas, Greenway is focused on becoming a professional author and hopes to be published before she graduates from the university.

The ELF Scholarship is one of TCU’s most prestigious academic awards, and this past year a large number of applicant portfolios was submitted, making judging quite difficult, said Dan Williams, who helps with the applications process. Ultimately, both the internal and external judges gave Greenway the top ranking. Williams, who is also the TCU Honors Professor of Humanities and director of the TCU Press, said, “A talented and dedicated writer, Lily Margaret is exactly the kind of student Sandra and Michael Brown had in mind when they endowed the scholarship.”

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TCU receives $10 million gift for endowed scholarships in College of Education’s Andrews Institute

The late Paul E. Andrews, Jr., has made a $10 million gift to endow scholarships within TCU’s Andrews Institute of Mathematics & Science Education. As part of Lead On: A Campaign for TCU, the gift bolsters one of its highest priorities, which is increasing the endowment for TCU’s people, programs and progress.

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