Are you ready to transform the way students engage in residential life? It’s time to move beyond traditional models and embrace an approach that’s driving real results—Know, Connect, Empower (KCE).
TCU welcomes you to visit our campus and learn about a new model for student housing. Our field has long believed we provide more than just a place for students to sleep, and over the past 30-40 years, we have developed models that focused on wellness, student development, living-learning, and residential curriculums. All of these models can produce a wonderful housing experience for students. However, in the past ten years, TCU has been building a new model, based on theories of belonging and community development and a model that has been used for more than 20 years in a southeastern community. This model focuses on intentional relationship-development within the residential experience. Come and learn about this model, the success we are seeing on our campus – and how to implement this model on your campus! Sessions will focus on history, the KCE model, data, and tangible action items for your Housing and Residence Life team to transform our students and communities.
Join us for an inside look at how this relationship-driven model is reshaping communities, increasing student participation, and improving retention. The impact speaks for itself: –Students are more connected— leading to stronger communities and higher retention rates. –Staff are more motivated—experiencing greater job satisfaction and a renewed sense of purpose.
Through intentional relationship-building, KCE helps teams:
🔹 Know students on a deeper level
🔹 Connect them to resources and peers
🔹 Empower them to take ownership of their experiences
If you’re looking for a proven way to build caring relationships and change our residential experience, attend the KCE Symposium on May 21-23 at TCU in Fort Worth, Texas!
Accommodations/Travel
As a KCE Symposium participant, you will not only learn about the model, you will live it (for three days 😊). We will provide rooms in one of our suite-style halls where you will live with other participants – all in your own private rooms, with an XL Full-sized bed. You are welcome to check in on Tuesday, May 20, the day before the symposium, anytime between 10 am and 10 pm. We will send detailed check-in instructions closer to May. You are also welcome to check out on Saturday, May 24. Once again, there is NO COST for your room, meals, or registration.
It might be warm in late May, but it will be cool and comfortable in the symposium meeting room(s). Please pack accordingly with casual attire and layers for cool air-conditioned spaces inside. If you drive in, we will have parking. If you fly in, we encourage you to consider Uber/Lyft to get to campus. There are also airport shuttles at both DFW and Dallas Love airports. More information on travel is coming closer to May.
The Student Affairs Placement Conference (SAPC) provides candidates and employers opportunities to interview in person at one event.
SAPC will occur in Fort Worth, Texas, on February 17-18, 2025.
For more details, visit the SAPC website.
https://www.saplacementconference.com/
Our Summer 2025 Application is now officially open. Our Collegiate Intern Housing program is specifically designed for non-TCU students doing internships in the DFW area. Please find attached an informational flyer with some further details.
We are looking forward to hosting you for your academic pursuits this summer. If you have any questions or have issues with the application, please do not hesitate to reach out to us at housing@tcu.edu.
