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On a warm Friday night in Fort Worth, with spring clinging to the air like a familiar melody, the TCU campus paused to raise a collective glass — figuratively and literally — to a couple whose names have long echoed through its halls. The scene was part tribute, part love letter, part Texas send-off. And at the center of it all: Megan and Victor Boschini.
After 22 years at the helm of TCU, Chancellor Victor Boschini is stepping down from the day-to-day. Come June 1, he’ll assume a new role as chancellor emeritus and continue his work behind the scenes as a chief fundraiser and enrollment guru. But before any titles changed hands, the university made sure to send him and his wife off with something more permanent.
The TCU Music Center — home to the dazzling Van Cliburn Concert Hall, the kind of venue that makes even sound itself stand at attention — will now be known as the Megan and Victor Boschini Music Center. It’s a long name for a building, but a just-right tribute to a long legacy.
The Boschini years at TCU have been transformational by any measure. Enrollment swelled from just over 7,600 to nearly 13,000, according to a release. The university jumped athletic conferences like stepping stones, landing firmly in the Big 12, making history as the only Texas school to play in the College Football Playoff National Championship. Meanwhile, investments nearly quadrupled, and the Anne Burnett Marion School of Medicine was born.
But numbers tell only part of the story. What really set the Boschinis apart — what makes this building naming feel more like a chorus than a swan song — is the way they showed up. Again and again. For the arts. For students. For Fort Worth.
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“The Texas Christian University community that we love and cherish today was made possible by the extraordinary dedication of Megan and Victor Boschini,” said Chancellor-elect Daniel W. Pullin during the event. It was a sentiment echoed by Board of Trustees Chair Kit Moncrief, who called TCU “the nation’s most dynamic university success story.”
Inside the music center, which opened in 2022, the design is as intentional as the legacy it now honors. The Van Cliburn Concert Hall holds 700 seats, every one close enough to the stage to catch a subtle glance between musicians. There are rehearsal spaces for the marching band and the orchestra, soundproofed practice rooms where dreams go to grow, and walls that feature local art. If you’re looking for the university’s soul, this is a good place to start.
Amy Hardison Tully, dean of the College of Fine Arts, summed it up neatly: “The Boschinis have been constant and vocal supporters of the arts at TCU... This is a perfect way to recognize their indelible mark on the culture of TCU.”
