Know | Connect | Empower
The KCE Symposium - 2026
Wed, Jun 03
|Fort Worth
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).
Time & Location
Jun 03, 2026, 8:00 AM CDT – Jun 05, 2026, 5:00 PM CDT
Fort Worth, 2800 S University Dr, Fort Worth, TX 76109, USA
About the event
About the Event
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 10+ years, TCU has been building a new model, based on theories of belonging and community development. This new model also draws on a community model in use for more than 20 years in a southeastern community. This model focuses on intentional relationship-development within the residential experience. Come and learn about the KCE (Knowing, Connecting, and Empowering) model, the success we are seeing on our campus – and how to implement this model on your campus! Sessions will focus…