A student’s class project has turned into a club for students from various majors to unite and learn.

The TCU App Club holds meetings where students learn how to create useful apps.

Having members from different majors promotes creativity and the community aspect of the club, said Cedric James, assistant director of TCU’s IdeaFactory and one of the club’s sponsors.

James said the club’s teamwork stands out the most to him. He said students of different backgrounds all work together in one group.

“It’s usually the other way around—creative people stay together, designers stay together, engineers stay together. But we bring them together; if there’s a cool idea, we all jump together,” James said.

Dillon Burns, a founder of the club and TCU alumnus, said app programming connects different people, ideas and specialties.

“It’s a really neat experience to see all different majors come together to work for a common interest,” Burns said. “We were able to see really neat ideas—people were using their degrees in even health sciences to create apps for the club.”

Jared Russell, a junior strategic communication major and App Club member, is proof that anyone from any major is valuable to the club.

“I’m always coming up with cool ideas,” Russell said. “I thought this club would be a great place to bring some of my ideas to life.”

The club also involves a teaching aspect.

Michael Giba, vice president of the club and computer science and finance double major, said the club’s mission is to help everyone learn what it takes to make an app.

“I used to struggle with vocalizing some of the more abstract concepts that pertain to programming, but the App Club has helped me learn to explain them in more simple terms,” Giba said.

James said he sees the club members’ passion for learning.

“Technology is the way of the future and students in the club really see that. They are open to learning anything about initial stages or just the basics of app development,” James said. “The students running the club now are interested in teaching and showing, and everyone just wants to learn and is excited about the opportunity.”

The club holds meetings once every two to three weeks at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays in Rees-Jones Hall. Students interested in joining do not have to be experienced with technology and can sign up through OrgSync.