jcates

Senior Director, Graduate Student Success, Neeley School of Business-TCU, Texas raised, Horned Frog by choice.Fueled by passion for my work (and lots of coffee)

[jcates @jcates]

I hate baseball. I love baseball. I hate baseball. I love baseball. Etc.

[SharrellAnne @SharrellAnne2]

Last night, I made a simple request on X. I asked if anybody visiting Arlington National Cemetery for Memorial Day would stop by Alan’s grave and leave a photo for our family.

What happened next honestly caught me off guard.

By this afternoon, dozens of Americans from all walks of life had made the walk to Section 60 to visit SSG Alan W. Shaw. Veterans. Families. Complete strangers. People who had never met Alan, but chose to honor him anyway.

For one day on social media, people put aside the constant noise and negativity and came together for something bigger than themselves. My notifications filled with photos, kind messages, prayers, and stories from people honoring not just Alan, but so many of our fallen heroes.

I don’t think people fully understand what moments like this mean to Gold Star families. The fear is never just losing them. It’s losing them slowly over time as the world moves on and fewer people remember their name.

But today showed me that Alan will never be forgotten.

After years of watching social media reward some of the worst parts of humanity, today gave me a reminder that the good is still out there too.

Thank you to every single person who stopped by to visit Alan today, said his name, shared his story, or took a moment to honor the fallen.

This right here is the America Alan knew and loved enough to fight and die for.

And today, y’all showed us all that it’s still here and it’s still worth fighting for. 🇺🇸

[jcates @jcates]

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[jcates @jcates]

I hate baseball. I love baseball. I hate baseball. I love baseball. Etc.

[jcates @jcates]

@Dom_tcu First pint is on me

[jcates @jcates]

@Dom_tcu @KirkSaarloosTCU Iconic

[jcates @jcates]

@Dom_tcu Torchys on Rosedale will be! God bless the hospitals and night shift workers 🙌🏻

[Stephen Schoch @bigdonkey47]

22,384 tonight for Hogs vs Frogs. College baseball is rad

[TCU Soccer @TCUSoccer]

THE TCU HORNED FROGS ARE HEADED TO THE COLLEGE CUP ‼️🐸

#GoFrogs | #FIGHT

[jcates @jcates]

This A&M vs South Carolina game is one big Aggie joke live on TV 🤣🤣🤣

[Frogs O’ War @FrogsOWar]

SAVION WILLIAMS.

The former #TCU wide receiver scores his FIRST CAREER NFL TD for the @packers 🐸🧀

[Frogs O’ War @FrogsOWar]

*psst, come here: maybe don't ever run the "throw the ball all the way to the other sideline for a loss of 5" play ever again

[TCU Football @TCUFootball]

PonyBatteredCry.mp4

[Kayce Smith @KayceSmith]

Somebody took this baby’s father away from her today because they disagreed with his politics. Absolutely fucking evil.

[TCU Volleyball @TCUvolleyball]

DOWN GOES NO. 5!!!!!!!

[Red Sox @RedSox]

Who's cutting onions in here?

[Jamie Plunkett @FrogPreacher]

Goodness gracious

[J @JayTC53]

A powerful moment of Humanity!

After Detroit Lions player Maurice Norris suffered a brutal neck injury and was taken to the hospital from the field.

Both Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons agreed to snap the ball and let the clock run on out on the game with over 12 minutes left in the 4Q.

The game is officially suspended after the play went on for 6 minutes.

Class act by Dan Campbell and Raheem Morris.

Never seen anything like this before...
Sometimes life is bigger than football. 🙏

[jcates @jcates]

@KirkSaarloosTCU Looking at any of the players from the Aledo State Championship team? Would love to see some of those boys in purple!

[jcates @jcates]

Is Baylor trying to copy TCU’s Frog Horn?

[jcates @jcates]

@TravisHeim Need to hire the entire Aledo staff

[TCU Neeley School of Business @NeeleySchoolTCU]

Congratulations to our Full-time MBA program on being ranked No. 36 in the U.S. by Bloomberg Businessweek, an increase of six spots. The @TCU Neeley Graduate program also ranked No. 8 for Learning, a credit to Neeley's world-class faculty.
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