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Shomial Ahmad

Fort Worth

Higher Education Reporter at Fort Worth Report

Higher ed reporter at @fortworthreport with @opencampusmedia

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  • UTA alumni play prominent role in design-build of National Juneteenth Museum

    1 week ago | fortworthreport.org | Shomial Ahmad

    For the engineers and architects making the National Juneteenth Museum in Fort Worth’s Historic Southside a reality, it’s a challenge and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Four of the people working on the project graduated from the University of Texas at Arlington’s engineering and architecture schools.

  • TCU prepares for new era of college athletics as $2.8B NCAA settlement finalized

    1 week ago | opencampus.org | Shomial Ahmad

    When TCU athletic director Mike Buddie started his job at the beginning of 2025, he said he was not going to “follow a manual.” He was alluding to the next era of college sports, where members of Power Four, the most prominent athletic conferences, and all Division I colleges were waiting for a federal judge to finalize the terms of a nearly $2.8 billion NCAA settlement. That new era is coming.

  • TCU prepares for the new era of college athletics as $2.8B NCAA settlement finalized

    1 week ago | fortworthreport.org | Shomial Ahmad

    When TCU athletic director Mike Buddie started his job at the beginning of 2025, he said he was not going to “follow a manual.” He was alluding to the next era of college sports, where members of Power Four, the most prominent athletic conferences, and all Division I colleges were waiting for a federal judge to finalize the terms of a nearly $2.8 billion NCAA settlement. That new era is coming.

  • TCC is assembling its 2025-26 academic year budget. Here’s what to expect

    1 week ago | fortworthreport.org | Shomial Ahmad

    At a time when community colleges are dealing with a shifting terrain in funding, Tarrant County College officials anticipate slightly increased revenues in their next budget. Projected revenues for the upcoming 2025-26 academic year budget will increase to $425 million — a $4.4 million bump. Pamela Anglin, the chief financial officer for the six-campus community college system, presented the draft budget at a June 12 TCC board meeting.

  • Higher Ed Footnotes: TCU hires an ‘athlete engineer’ as its next vice provost for research

    1 week ago | fortworthreport.org | Shomial Ahmad

    Editor’s note: Higher Ed Footnotes is a weekly roundup of news about higher education and developments at colleges and universities in Tarrant County. It is published on Tuesdays. Reuben F. Burch V, an engineer and academic from Mississippi State University, will become TCU’s next vice provost for research. He begins work on Aug. 1. “TCU’s strategic plan reminds us that it’s important to ‘keep the main thing the main thing.’ The main thing for TCU is the students,” said Burch in a statement.

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