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cared for the two older children in Laredo. However, the love and support of this family kept their bond strong and united. Now it has been over a year since that difficult time and both Carlos’ older siblings, Alexa and Ismael Jr., embraced him with open arms and are glad to have him home as a full-time baby brother. Today, the family celebrates the regularity of home life and eachother. Kristina returned to work as a teacher at Colonel Santos Benavides Elementary and Carlos attends his therapy sessions everyday. Family time is the most important part of her life and Kristina says she looks forward to the weekend... watching family movies, eating popcorn and snuggling together on the couch. “I’m so blessed with my family,” exclaimed Kristina. By: Jessica Rodriguez ’09 TAMIU alumna Kristina R. Cavazos ’06, along with her family, have been named the 2009 Ambassador Family by the March of Dimes chapter in Laredo. Through this title, they share their miracle story of their youngest child, Carlos, who was born at 23 weeks weighing no more than one pound. The Cavazos Ramirez family was quickly baptized into the world that accompanies preemies, severe health complications with little expectations for survival. For several months, Kristina and her family witnessed Carlos fighting for his life in an incubator. However, like most occurrences in life, the unexpected happened. After first being told that he would not survive more than a day to a week, Carlos pushed through several stormy months. Kristina explained that Carlos “is a little fighter” which has motivated the family to keep looking forward. The long strain also separated the family by distance where Kristina lived in a San Antonio hospital for months while her mother and husband, Ismael, Alumna named Ambassador Family after difficult time JUNE 2009 INSIDE THIS ISSUE: QUICK LINKS Update Your Record Summer/Fall Schedules Enjoy back issues of Alumni E-News Share Your News With Your Classmates The Calvert Book Prize awarded to Jose A. Ramirez Kristina Ramirez Cavazos ’06 1 Jose A. Ramirez ’98,’00 1 Alumni Association News 2 Campus Highlights 3 June Birthdays 4 Jose A. Ramirez ’98, ’00, a history instructor at Laredo Community College, was recently awarded The Calvert Book Prize for his upcoming book, "To the Line of Fire!: Mexican Texans and World War I.” The Calvert Book Prize is an award that was created in honor of Robert A. Calvert, a professor of history, who died on Nov. 30, 2000. The award was created as a $25,000 endowment to the Texas A&M Foundation, One Spirit One Vision. The Calvert Book Prize recognizes the best written manuscript, of the American South, West, or Southwest. The Texas A&M University Press will be releasing Ramirez’s book in October. Picture reprinted from Laredo Morning Times

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cared for the two older

children in Laredo. However,

the love and support of this

family kept their bond strong

and united.

Now it has been over a year

since that difficult time and

both Carlos’ older siblings,

Alexa and Ismael Jr., embraced

him with open arms and are

glad to have him home as a

full-time baby brother.

Today, the family celebrates

the regularity of home life and

eachother. Kristina returned

to work as a teacher at

Colonel Santos Benavides

Elementary and Carlos attends

his therapy sessions everyday.

Family time is the most

important part of her life and

Kristina says she looks

forward to the weekend...

watching family movies, eating

popcorn and snuggling

together on the couch.

“I’m so blessed with my

family,” exclaimed Kristina.

By: Jessica Rodriguez ’09

TAMIU alumna Kristina R.

Cavazos ’06, along with her

family, have been named the

2009 Ambassador Family by the

March of Dimes chapter in

Laredo. Through this title, they

share their miracle story of

their youngest child, Carlos,

who was born at 23 weeks

weighing no more than one

pound.

The Cavazos Ramirez family

was quickly baptized into the

world that accompanies

preemies, severe health

complications with little

expectations for survival. For

several months, Kristina and

her family witnessed Carlos

fighting for his life in an

incubator.

However, like most

occurrences in life, the

unexpected happened. After first

being told that he would not

survive more than a day to a

week, Carlos pushed through

several stormy months. Kristina

explained that Carlos “is a little

fighter” which has motivated the

family to keep looking forward.

The long strain also separated

the family by distance where

Kristina lived in a San Antonio

hospital for months while her

mother and husband, Ismael,

Alumna named Ambassador Family after difficult time

J U N E 2 0 0 9

INSIDE THIS

ISSUE:

QUICK LINKS

Update Your Record

Summer/Fall

Schedules

Enjoy back issues of

Alumni E-News

Share Your

News

With Your

Classmates

The Calvert Book Prize awarded to Jose A. Ramirez

Kristina Ramirez

Cavazos ’06

1

Jose A. Ramirez

’98,’00

1

Alumni

Association News

2

Campus Highlights 3

June Birthdays 4

Jose A. Ramirez ’98, ’00, a history instructor at Laredo Community

College, was recently awarded The Calvert Book Prize for his upcoming book,

"To the Line of Fire!: Mexican Texans and World War I.”

The Calvert Book Prize is an award that was created in honor of Robert A.

Calvert, a professor of history, who died on Nov. 30, 2000. The award was

created as a $25,000 endowment to the Texas A&M Foundation, One Spirit

One Vision.

The Calvert Book Prize recognizes the best written manuscript, of the

American South, West, or Southwest. The Texas A&M University Press will be

releasing Ramirez’s book in October.

Picture reprinted from Laredo Morning Times

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TAMIU is going

GREEN

P A G E 2

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS

Since 2003,

TAMIU has recycled more than 7,225 different kinds of lamps and ballasts.

Since June 16,

2008, TAMIU has recovered and reused 700,000 gallons of water. This equals $10,000 dollars worth of savings.

2009 Senior Class Gift

The Graduating Class of May 2009 shows loyalty

to tradition! Over 310 Spring Grads participated

in the Senior Class Gift.

Class Representatives James Cortez ’09 (left)

and Karina Elizondo ’09 (right) present a check

for $3000 to TAMIU Alumni Association

member Terry Villalon ’07 (center). The

donation will be directed to support future

Dustdevils with academic scholarships.

In MemoriamIn MemoriamIn Memoriam

Sandra Alvarado ’80,’92

Zulema Gutierrez ’84,’93

2009-2010 TAMIU ALUMNI ASSOCIATION BOARD

PRESIDENT - FERNANDO MORALES, JR. ’06

VICE-PRESIDENT - MARY MARTINEZ ’07

TREASURER - ELSY BORGSTEDTE ’08

SECRETARY - SELINA V ILLARREAL ’02

Association members

volunteered during TAMIU’s Spring

Commencement Ceremonies May 8

and 9 at the Bi-Annual Alumni

Rose Sale. The Alumni fundraiser

was a great success netting over $2,000

for student scholarships.

Pictured Above: Association President

Fernando Morales Jr. ’06

Pictured from left to right: Marta Garcia

’86, Mattie Castro ’07, Mary

Martinez ’07.

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TAMIU’s Alternative Certification Program (ACP) Director Elizabeth Greninger was

recently selected as an Emerging Leader by Phi Delta Kappa (PDK) International. This

association of education professionals recognizes top educators for their research,

service and most importantly, their leadership. Greninger along with 23 other honorees,

was selected from a very competitive and exceptional pool of applicants who strive to

make great contributions to the educational profession.

Now Greninger directs the TAMIU Alternative Certification Program which offers

degreed students interested in teaching the ability to experience the profession

first-hand within a structured program. As the ACP director, Greninger strives to

promote change within public education. “My goal is to be a policy advocate for public education and the

children that are served,” explained Greninger.

Recently, Greninger was honored as a Top Educational Leader Under 40 in the Scholastic Administrator

magazine. She also received the Graduate Grand Prize and first place in the doctoral level for her

presentation at the Lamar Bruni Vergara Academic Conference, held at TAMIU this Spring.

TAMIU ACP Director Named Emerging Leader

Dustdevil at Bat with the Broncos United League Laredo Broncos recently

announced that a contract was signed with

TAMIU’s infielder Ryan Flynn. Originally from

Latrobe, PA, Flynn began his baseball career at

Community College of Allegany County.

Throughout his TAMIU

career, Flynn has earned

many honors and awards

for his great talent and sportsmanship

including first team All-Heartland

Conference.

Now everyone, including his coaches and

Broncos General Manager, Jose Melendez,

are excited for him to start playing with

the team. The Broncos fourth season

begins June 2009.

Spend some quality family time

this summer at the Lamar

Burin Vergara Planetarium

The month of June features

$3.00 Thursdays

for alumni, students and faculty

Shows at 3pm, 4pm and 5pm

For a schedule of Thursday and

Saturday screenings, click:

http://www.tamiu.edu/planetarium/

Follow the Planetarium at

twitter.com/LBVPlanetarium

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1st Cynthia A. Alejos, '89 Carla R. Alvarado, '04 Samuel N. Asare, '00 Eva M. Benavides, '07 Ingrid Benavides, '07 Rhonda G. Blair, '08 Claudia A. Botello, '90 Marilu G. Cantú, '02 Adriana G. Chamberlain, '86 Suresh K. S. Chandra-Sekhar, '06 Regina Coronel Luis F. de la Garza, Jr., '86 Carlos A. del Barrio, '07 Christina Dilley Victoria D. Escamilla, '95 José L. Esquivel, '83 María del Carmen Fernández Dominguez, '07 Amanda E. Flores, '07 Victor A. Flores, '78 David A. Garcia, '07 Erica Garcia, '06 The Honorable Ángel Garza, '76 Lydia B. Garza, '08 Óscar H. Garza, Jr., '77 Mildred M. Gilbert, '72 Jackie J. Gonzalez, '01 José G. Gonzalez, '97 Federico Gutierrez, '05 Constance A. Jones, '86 Ries D. Landrum, '98 Ana E. Luna, '97 Jessica J. Martínez, '05 Patricia D. Martínez, '85 Irma Y. Montoya, '97 Gail Palacios, '90 Celina Perez Diane M. Peterson, '72 Sriganesh Puppala, '07 Heberto L. Ramirez, '94 Carlos E. Ramos, '04 Mario J. Renteria, Jr., '94 Martha G. Rodriguez, '01 Jorge L. Romanos, '04 José L. Romanos, Jr., '04 Maria del Carmen Salazar, '92 Javier Solis, Jr., '01 Patti Starnes, '91 Edna Tijerina, '89

José C. Valadez, '99, '05 Michelle Vela Alberto A. Villarreal, '77 Jessica R. Villarreal, '03 Edward M. Woodruff, '91

2nd Zena M. Born, '96 Margarita B. Chavez, '93, '00 Alice L. Garza, '02 Bertha V. Garza, '73, 84 Idalia I. Gonzalez, '84 Mario M. Gonzalez, Jr., '03 Thelma L. Gonzalez, '80 Yadira I. Gonzalez, '03 Juan C. Jaime, '07 Arlene M. Juárez, '08 Michelle G. Madrigal, '04 Manuel Muniz, '81 Clarissa L. Noyola, '97 Sabino Ortiz, '78 Gerardo R. Palacios, '02 Alberto Peña, Jr., '80 Elizabeth Pérez, '91 Gilberto J. Perez, '01 Armandina Ramos, '98 Eduardo D. Reash, '00 Adriana B. Rubio, '03 Vanessa L. Saldana, '02, '06 Hilda B. Soto, '06 Thelma L. Tenorio, '86 Anna D. Urbina, '96 Amelia P. Uribe-Guajardo, '98

3rd Kathleen M. Aldape-Cadena, '95 Bahram Arabpour, '79 Rosa M. Arguindegui, '76, '81 Joseph D. Balli, '94 Maricela Botello, '94, '99 Angélica Caballero, '95 Luz M. Cantú, '07 Tatiana Cortés, '07 Juan P. Cortinas, Jr., '01, '03 Marco A. Falcon, '07 Tze L. Feng, '79 Ana C. Flores, '88 Julisa Garcia, '06 Ana M. García, '77 Enriqueta Granados, '04, '05

Grizelda A. López, '93 Teresa G. López, '82, '94 Reyna V. Martínez, '03 Jorge Martínez, Jr., '99 Melanie McCain, '99, '06 Fernanda S. Medina, '04 Ydalia Nuñez, '00 Ida P. Payle, '80 Rosa I. Perez, '04 Sarma V.S.S. S. Prabhala, '99 Mayra Rodriguez, '03 Srinivas C. Thipparthy, '06 Homero Tijerina, Jr., '06 Adrianna G. Torres, '06 Elisa M. Treviño, '87 Victor M. Villarreal, Jr., '99 Triana A. Volpe, '00 Blanca Yruegas, '93, '04

4th Tomas Aguilar, Jr., '94 Rosa H. Atwell, '04 Russell E. Binning, '81 Gabriela Cano-Luna, '95 Susan D'Haiti Melissa Dimas-Acevedo, '05 Sandra V. Diaz, '02, '05 Robert W. Edwards, '02 Ofilia Flores, '03 Gloria Y. Esquivel, '00, '03 Maria del Rosario Garcia, '96 Miriam A. Garcia, '07 Nayra A. Garza, '08 Leah Y. Gomez, '07 Marisa G. Gonzalez, '01 Vilma J. Gonzalez, '95, '98 Bernabe G. Gutierrez, '98 Henry E. Gutiérrez, '96 Miguel A. Gutierrez, '03 Cindy M. Herrera, '99 Vanessa L. Hinojosa, '03, 06 Alexandra L. López, '08 Jaclyn Claudine Rodriguez, '02 Ave Maria Rubio, '06 Melissa Y. Sánchez, '93 Doris E. Vasquez, '02 Cynthia M. Villarreal, '04 Barbara A. Wherry, '03

June Birthdays

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5th Michele C. Arredondo, '82 Rose M. Brewster, '03 Araceli Briseno, '05 Araceli R. Broussard, '87 Sgt. Juan A. Buyo, '95 Olga L. Cantú, '96, '04 Gerardo Cárdenas, '99 Lora A. Castilleja, '04 Mayra Cervantes, '05 Nidia G. Chapa, '00 Elizabeth A. Chisum, '99 Adriana B. Cisneros, '04 Olivia del Valle, '77, 81 Jessica M. Escamilla, '01 Sylvia E. Espino, '05 Sandra Gallegos, '03 Cindy C. Gelacio, '04 Judith Medina, '98 Paula B. Orr, '80 Jessica K. Rangel, '06 Dolores Rodriguez, '82 Michael L. Sanchez, '04 Claudia M. Sandoval, '03 Maria Teresa Torrez, '04 Deborah J. Uria, '00 Dora E. Villarreal, '97 Martin Warning, '02 Xing Yu, '93 Judith G. Zapata, '04

6th Rita Ancira Moreno, '99, '01 Liza A. Arredondo, '07 Franklin M. Bangurah, '91 Laura I. Bautista, '99 Norma L. Bazan, '08 Carol J. Brochin-Ceballos, '00 Cecilia Cantu, '08 Elva V. Cantú, '03 Guillermo Chapa, '77 Raúl C. Diaz, '81 Alfred E. Din, '81 Marta D. Flores, '96 Marysol Flores, '05 Claudia N. Garcia, '72, '99 José N. García, '72, '79 Yajaira E. García, '03 Maria Del Rosario Garza, '79 Ambrose Gomez, III, '05 Rosa I. Guerra, '97

Francisco Hernández, '03 Luis C. López, '03 Lizette Martinez, '07 Rosario I. Medina, '86 Elsa G. Morales, '91 Swetha Nadiminti, '07 Richard Ngo, '07 Yrasema Orenday, '07 Rosa Portilla-Crespo, '96 San Juana G. Rhoades, '94 Griselda P. Soto, '04 Jinghua Sun, '91 Verónica A. Torres, '00 Juan A. Vargas-Barraza, '97 Verónica G. Vega, '88, '90 Ricardo H. Vichareli, '98 Rogelio Ybarra, '88 Edna Zepeda Héctor Zuñiga, '05

7th Irma L. Alvarado, '95 Carlos A. Bedian-Perez, '99 Alejandro Cárdenas, '03 Linda J. Carr, '98 Celina M. Castillo, '06 Jhoana P. Cayme, '07 Norma A. Ceballos, '03 Rosalia Diaz, '05 Laura E. Diaz-Forno, '00 Jessica D. Flores, '08 Cynthia A. Garza, '91 Renee J. Gutierrez, '06 Erika M. Hernández, '02 Kristie Hilario Frances E. Laurel, '82 Adriana A. Loera, '95 Susana Lopez, '87, '04 Clarice Lozano, '05 Luis G. Lozano, '90 Maritza Martinez, '03 Joe Mata Melissa E. Mendoza, '94, '00 Robert R. Parhizgar, '00 Hector Pedraza Raúl Ramirez, Jr., '86 Raquel E. Ramon, '91 Patricia A. Raymond, '79 Gilberto Rios, '79 Andrei R. Rodriguez, '05

Olga E. Rosas, '05 Olga G. Rubio, '74 Mónica O. York, '97

8th Rodolfo L. Alvarado, '94 Alberto J. Arambula, '93 Guillermo Arevalo, '99, '01, '02 Edith G. Astudillo, '96 Abdelhak Benkerroum, '08 Grizelda Carrillo, '93 Alejandro Costabella, '06 Alejandro de Luna, '78 Gerardo J. Escobedo, '06 Adriana A. Estimbo, '06 Arnoldo J. Flores, '01 Cassandra García, '05 Daniel García, Jr., '04 Anna L. Garza, '95, '07 Laila Garza, '03 Clyde Guerra, Jr., '96 E-Hyuk Jeon, '00 Alejandro Kladis, Jr., '97 José A. Martínez, Jr., '06 Audrey J. Murillo, '01 Miguel A. Murray, '07 Cassandra J. Nieto, '08 Alfredo G. Pérez, '89 Cristina Perez, '01, '02 Mary D. Ramon, '79 Roberta M. Ramos, '92 Javier Rodriguez, '05 Ricardo Salinas, Jr., '03 Fernando A. Silva, '07 Rene Solis, '72 Samuel L. Touchet, '97 Lucia B. Tovar, '07 Carlos R. Treviño, '92, '95 Janet Vela, '02, '06 Lorena R. Vela, '92 Roque Velasco, '06 Lamar G. Villarreal, '81, '90

9th Alfredo Altuna, Jr., '83 Claudia C. Beltran, '01 Manuel del Bosque, Jr., '99 María Guadalupe Garcia, '02, '04 Raymundo Gonzalez, '81

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Maria Belen Gonzalez-Loera, '94 Mariana Salazar, '93, '03 Ramón Hernández, '91 Joanne Jiménez, '06 Leticia M. Leal, '82, '91 Melissa López, '91 Gloria E. Loredo, '05 Juan Maldonado, '93 Elizabeth A. Martínez, '90 María E. Mastee, '79 Eduardo A. Quintero, '05 Ricardo R. Rincón, '06 José Rodriguez, '07 Marco A. Rodriguez, '97 Rosario Sanchez, '90 Norberto Torres, '04 Estela M. Ybanez, '83

10th Cynthia M. Alcorta, '87 Claudia E. Avant, '00 Sylvia C. Canales, '94 Ruben M. Contreras, '79 Amanda A. Crawford, '93 Amalia Cruz, '00 Danny G. Diaz, Jr., '95 Araceli M. Flores, '08 Cindy García, '04 Juan F. Heredia, '07 Margarita Maciel, '80 Daniel Martínez, '06 María L. Martínez, '07 Argelia Martínez, '04 Marcela K. Palapa, '01 María M. Palomo-Nava, '93 Eloy Paredes, Jr., '99 Karla V. Peña, '05 David F. Ramirez, '80 Marcos Ramirez, '06 Cynthia G. Ruffing, '99 Gloria N. Ruiz, '05 Nagalakshmi Shaik, '07 Enrique Stein, '83 Verónica Taboada, '01

11th Laura A. Canales, '94, '97 Gerardo Castellanos, Jr., '08 Ruperto Contreras, III, '01 José L. Flores, Jr., '74, '78 Jennifer L. Garibay, '07

Cynthia M. Godina, '06 Saul Gonzalez, Jr., '82 María T. Gutiérrez, '08 Alváro J. Guzman, '92 Myrna G. Lathum, '03 Melissa A. Martínez, '05 Sandra S. Moncivais, '03 Marisela Morales, '03 Bertha A. Nieto, '93 Ana G. S. Ruiz, '08 Rebecca E. San Miguel, '03 David Sanchez, '03, 07 María D. C. Serna, '07 Anthony Soler, '06 Reveca Zarazua, '02, '04

12th Richard W. Anderson, '95 Héctor M. Cantú, '07 Cristina De Bosquez, '06 Juliet Diong, '07 Boniface Emeremnu, '90 Andrés García, '08 Pedro Gomez, '97 Graciela González, '99 Norma A. Hernández, '05 Berenice Jaime, '00, '04 Antonio Lara, '90 Alváro Lezama, '91 José A. Martínez, '03 Leticia Martínez, '99 Anetra M. Matthews, '06 Carlos E. Ortiz, '04 Yolanda Pérez, '81 Melissa Rangel, '03 Jesús B. Rodríguez, '08 Raúl D. Ruiz, '85 Juan M. Salas, '96 Ignacio Silva Jr., '04, '07 Rosalinda Soliz, '70 Raquel M. Tijerina, '96 Martha E. Treviño, '90 María I. Villagran, '79 Armando Villarreal, Jr., '01 Ruby Yvonne Zamora, '02 Noe Zapata, '06

13th Karthikeya Bandaru, '05 Héctor M. Caballero, '84 Judith A. Cantú, '92 Rosalinda Cuéllar, '98 Eduardo Dávila, '00 Anita Dodier Miguel Fernandez, III, '98 Leticia P. Gallegos, '91, '99 Joanna Garay, '08 Lus C. Gonzalez, '02 Ronald K. Mathis, '99 Lisa A. Medina, '99 Sandeep Patel, '08 David A. Patino, '98 Justin R. Pepper, '07 Marcela Ramos, '05 Ramiro R. Ramos, Jr., '94 Ruben Rangel, '80 Misty A. Rivera, '05 Martha B. Sierra, '03 Yahnira L. Soto, '99

14th Juan M. Chapa, Jr., '02 Eliamar Chávez, '97 Sonia G. Garcia, '08 Sylvia J. Garza, '03 Elsa A. González, '99 Angélica Granado-Gonzalez, '80, '85

Ana Laura Guardiola, '79 Victor D. Gunnoe, III, '99 Denise A. Hale-Lopez, '06 Ismael H. Hinojosa, '99 María I. Ibarra, '08 Lucia E. Juárez, '07 Mary E. Licona, '06 Luis Martínez, Jr., '06 Sandra Martínez, '05 Jesse O. Medina, '01 Manuel D. Menchaca, '03 Katia C. Mondragon, '04 Jessica Murillo, '08 Jorge A. Muro, '04 R. Fernando Palacios-Bruno, '06 Magda Ramírez, '01 Rebecca F. Ramirez, '93 Derly Ramos, '95 Elsa A. Ramos, '91 Priscilla L. Salinas, '95, '97 Juan R. Samaniego, '06

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Daniel J. Simpson, '84 Amparo Treviño, '99 María G. Tristan, '99 Juan M. Villarreal, '06 Erick T. Walker, '02 Nidia E. Zamilpa, '06

15th Thelma Aguero, '04 María R. Aguilar, '81 Dulce M. Berman Tijerina, '06 Samuel E. Bratton, '75 Carlos J. Brewster, '04 Aaron A. Bundoc, '03 Liliana P. Castillo, '07 Rene J. Castillo, '07 Sudheer Devarasetty, '02, 03 Juan J. Flores, '86, '92 Manuel R. Flores, '02, '06 Ana M. Gonzalez, '94 Gerardo Gonzalez, '06 Ruben O. Guadian, '07 Tommy Guerrero, '06 Rita R. Hernández, '04, '08 Diana E. Herrera, '02 Graciela Ibarra, '77 Sylvia Johnson, '93 Barbara A. Matelski, '03, '06 Venkata R. Mundru, '02, '04 Spencer T. Oldham, Jr., '70 Alberto A. Ortiz, '00 Felipe S. Ramirez, III, '06 Sonia Rizo, '02 Maria Rosillo Gilberto Sanchez, Jr., '96, '99 Fidencio J. Treviño, '00 Sai K. Velamuru, '03 Reina C. Villarreal, '79

16th Agustin Alvarado, Jr., '72, '85 Sandra D. Bailey, '89 Rene A. Barrera, '98 Sylvia Bennett, '81 Sylvia N. S. Brewster, '80, '92 Cristobal Casso, '06 Joe A. Cedillo, '03 Dolores G. Flores, '05

Ashwin Reddy Gantareddy Ramathirtham, '08 Sandra L. Gomez-Martinez, '06 Gregorio Hernandez, '93 Natalie Hernández, '08 María I. López, '94 Russell W. Lovell, '04 Gabriel Martínez, '00 Raúl H. Martínez, '06 Ones R. Medina, '01 Juan P. Meza, '78 Priscilla Morales, '05 Christina Morin, '04 Robert L. Ochoa, '72, '76 María d. C. Padilla-Rdz., '06 Esperanza Piña, '03 Aldo L. Retamozo, '07 Long Xie, '94 Eduardo H. Zúñiga, '77

17th Vamsi K. Chavali, '03 Jessica L. Contreras, '04 Claudia S. de Spain, '03 Erick Esquivel, '06 Manuel Gamboa, Jr., '99 Patricia C. García, '97 Sandra Garza, '05 Adolfo Gonzalez, Sr., '72 Anthony Gonzalez, '08 Gloria P. González, '08 Mireya Gonzalez, '04 Seok-Hea Han, '84 Vicki D. Harper, '79 Karl K. L. Ho, '81 John C. Johnson, '94 María M. Juarez, '93 Raquel D. Lirio, '05 Linda Lopez, '01 Olga C. López, '97 Meenambiga Manickam, '05 María L. Meza, '00 Raquel Mohammed, '05 Rebecca D. Montalvo, '08 Joann F. Paz, '94 Alexander H. Ramirez, '98 Luis G. Ramírez, '88 Jessica R. Rodriguez, '07 Priscilla Ruiz, '05 Yvonne D. Sánchez, '80 Haile G. Tensae, '95

Norma V. Valdez, '06 David A. Volpe, '02 Mark D. Wilcox, '97 Paul M. Yerich, '03

18th Héctor Arce, '73 Pamella Arias, '04 Norma S. Barbour, '91 Fekade S. Bekele, '00 Michele A. Beltran, '97 Mary Colene P. Bonilla, '07 Gerard Cantu, '02, '05 Nubia E. Castillo, '07 Mónica C. Cavazos, '01, '08 Guillermo B. Cuéllar, P.E., '06 Verónica Cuellar, '91, '96, '04 Kristina Espinoza Ana M. Fernández, '98 María S. Guevara, '77 Carina Y. Garza, '04 Marissa Garza, '95 Ramón Godines, '03 Anthony Gomez, '97 Juan Carlos Gonzalez Patricia Guajardo, '06 Andrea L. Guerrero, '06 Erica P. Guerrero, '08 Shilpa U. Gupta, '05 Patricia Hale, '05 Fernando Hernández, Jr., '04 José I. Jasso, '99 Melissa A. López, '03 Verónica Lugo, '03 Mary M. Luna, '04 Gerardo Martínez, '97 Melody A. Mendez, '98 Sonia M. Mireles, '98 José R. Morales, '73 José A. Moreno, '81 Leiza Nochebuena, '08 Jessica Ostos, '01 Janet Pescador, '00 Beatriz E. Regules-Guillen, '00 María R. Reyna, '07 Anel C. Rodriguez, '97 Carlos A. Rodriguez, '00 San Juana T. Saenz, '95 Sachin N. Sawant, '04 Arlyn Solis, '05, '08

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June A. Ureste, '07 Vianey Villa, '05 Elma S. Villarreal, '05 Rebecca I. Zapata, '00

19th Roberto Alejandro, III, '05 Mónica E. Benavides, '02 Dinora Cantú, '95 David G. Carranco, '05 Cynthia Carrillo, '01 Ana L. Castillo, '07 Francisco R. Cepeda, '05 Mario A. Chapa, '92 Evangelina Cisneros, '93 Rosalinda Escamilla, '07 Brenda A. Garcia, '07 Anahi García, '96 Ana B. Herrera, '92 Claudia Herrera Caroline A. Lara, '95, '98 Melisa P. Laurel, '06 Leticia Lozano, '01, '08 Brenda A. Martínez, '98 María C. Martínez, '92 Andres E. Medrano, '06 Rebecca C. Morales, '01, '07 Robert L. Morris, Jr., '93 Olga L. Najera, '06 Hipolito Palomo, Jr., '02 Juan L. Pérez, Jr., '07 Jessica A. Porras, '00 Sonia L. Rodulfo, '95 Azucena O. Rosales, '99 Kristen S. Roth, '01 Sofía E. Salinas, '05 Jose Solis Gladys O. Tijerina, '03, '06 Bianira E. Tristan, '08 Javier M. Valenciano, Jr., '99 Verónica Vasquez, '97 Mariely Vela, '07 Clara L. Velasco, '05 Melizza Y. Walter, '05 Jiancheng Wang, '95

20th Laura A. Alvarado, '06 Ivan A. Avila, '99 Isabel Cantú, '87 Leticia C. Cantu, '80, '94 B. Erica Castillo, '04 Eric S. Castillo, '04 Adrianna Y. Chapa, '04 Zeus O. Courtois, '07 Catalina De La Rosa, '06 Rosa E. Duran, '89 Emma C. Garcia, '81 Luis J. García, Jr., '80 Connie Garza, '89, '94 Melva Y. Garza, '98, '06 Nelly Gomez, '04, '06 Rebecca Gonzalez, '04 Valerie M. Haugen, '08 Alma Hernández, '89 Martin L. Hernández, '76 Alma E. Lopez, '96 Sylvia S. Lopez, '97 Dante H. Madrigal, '00 Erika Martínez, '07 Esperanza E. Martínez, '05 Rafael Martínez, '04 Alberto Mendez, '96 Connie R. Muñoz, '05 José C. Narvaez, '85 Ricardo Nuno, '95 Erika R. Ramirez, '96, '05 Amanda Ramos Jessika R. Reyes, '08 Lorena M. Reyes, '00 Aurelio Vargas, '99 Victor H. Wong, '98

21st Vilma C. Arispe, '05 Alice A. Benavides, '01 Cynthia Bustamante, '01 Jacqueline Cabrales, '07 Christina Corona, '00 Marlene De Hoyos, '08 Patricia García, '93 María B. Garza, '03 Nancy N. Garza, '08 Ana L. González, '94, '99 Erika R. Gonzalez, '03 Maria Dolores Guevara-Capello, '85

Julián J. Gutierrez, '07 Kerim Y. Jacaman, '97 Raghavender R. Kura, '06 Ayda I. Martínez, '06 Elma J. Martínez, '91 José G. Martínez, '01 Greg A. Melendez, '87 Montserrat Orozco, '05 Laura C. Peña, '85 Lilly Peña, '95 Melissa M. Ramirez, '04 Nikolai B. Sinilov, '99 María E. Soto, '95 Ramón Trevino Jr., '08 Brenda M. Zapata, '08

22nd Manuel J. Barrera, Jr., '93 Mónica C. Benavidez, '08 Kristina L. Ramírez, '06 Juan G. Diaz, '06 Jo E. Farias, '00 José L. Flores, '93, '96 Norma Y. Flores, '05 Michael J. Garza, '97, '02 Alberto Gonzalez, Jr., '84, '95 Irasema Gutierrez, '92 Narda M. Hernández, '95 Sonia Lara, '05 Karla M. Lozano, '05 Ricardo Mercado, '98 Eloisa V. Moctezuma, '08 Rebecca A. Moreno, '06 Nora E. Norman, '78 Maysa A. Orelli, '03 Maria Luisa Palizo, '71 Olga C. Ramon, '06 Ana L. Rodriguez, '02 Lisa A. Ruiz, '98 Elisa Sifuentes, '84 Erasmo J. Tobias, '02 Maricela P. Treviño, '00 Roberto M. Vela, '01 Virginia M. Villalobos, '08 Chelsea Zepeda

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23rd Rebecca C. Bryand, '99 Irma Contreras, '85 Roberto Diaz, '99 Lorena Reyna, '01, '03 Vanessa Garcia Lesley Garza, '05 Marcos M. Garza, '05 Xochitl Y. Garza, '06 Luis Hernández, '96 Elsa L. Hull, '01 Eduardo Jimenez, '08 Yvonne V. Leal, '97 Ella A. Lopez, '06 Zelma W. Martinez, '79 Yolanda Mendoza, '79 Hilda Negrete, '01 Jorge A. Pérez, '05 Itzamara Pérez, '07 Rosa A. Rendon, '90 Roberto Resendez San Miguel, '83 Gerardo S. Rodriguez, '04 Joaquin Romero, III, '01 Melissa G. Sánchez, '06 Rosalinda Sanchez, '95 Verónica Smalley, '91 Tano E. Tijerina, '02 José A. Tristan, '89 Gustavo Vasquez, '98 Maryann Vasquez, '04, '05 Toni L. Vela, '07 Karla M. Winterroth-Ramirez, '00

24th Ana L. Benavides, '03 Gerardo Botello, '03, 07 Cindy L. Canales, '07 Mariella C. Chaires, '05 Suresh Chinta, '08 Guadalupe Contreras, '95 Rebecca R. Cuellar, '00 Maribel de la Rosa, '06 Patricia Elizondo Luis A. Galvan, '06 Guadalupe A. García, '91 Cordelia Y. Garza, '08 María J. Gonzalez, '06 Lizette Gutierrez, '98 Santiago Gutierrez, Jr., '92 Juan A. Hernández, '76

Mary F. Jones, '04 Fernando R. Martínez, '02 Guadalupe Medina Ortega, '77 Frank A. Meurer, '96 Roberta S. Meza, '06 Viridiana Nevarez, '08 Miguel E. Ortega, '04 Becky L. Pagola, '98 Gilberto Pro, Jr., '79, '97 Juanita G. Ramirez, '91 Belinda Salazar, '06 Raquel O. Salinas, '79 Juana D. Sanchez, '80 Juan R. Sauceda, '99 San Juanita Sierra, '05 Jesus G. Sifuentes, '06 Pavel Terechine, '00 Virgilio Vazquez-García, '96 Karina R. Villarreal, '05

25th Héctor Alejandro, '08 Hugo Cano, '02 Cynthia Chávez, '06 Erika A. García, '08 Veronica Garcia, '07 Leslie P. García, '92, '98 Edgar A. Garza, '00 Susan R. Gomez, '92 Maria T. Gonzalez-Tamez, '99, '06 Nancy Gutiérrez, '06, '08 Rosario I. Jiménez, '95 Abdolrasoul Khaledi Eduardo S. Lopez, '08 Guillermo A. Macias, '02 Gabbriella J. Mancera, '04 Linda T. Martínez, '83 Barbara E. Morales, '92 Sydonia V. Peña, '91 John B. Repetto, '72 Sathiaa Santaramkumar, '04 Supathorn Sontornthanont, '07 Igor A. Tarassenko, '97 Ivan G. Zúñiga, '08

26th Caroline L. Arreola, '82 Manuel A. Benavides, '92 Jennifer I. Camarillo, '07 Lizette Castillo, '98 Nissa R. Cerna, '96

Vanessa E. Charles, '08 Lydia A. Delgadillo, '92 Carlos A. Fernández, '03 Oralia B. Guerra, '75 Frances Guerrero Anna L. Herrera, '88 Maribel Herrera, '02 Agapito Palizo, Jr., '05 Bruno Ramos, Jr., '78 Cordelia Rodriguez, '01, '07 Mario D. J. Ruiz, '06 Mary N. Sanchez, '82 Christina D. Soto, '97 Jazmin Velez, '08

27th Katheleen A. Abed, '84 Josefina Aguilera, '96 Santiago Alvarez, III, '93 Hercilia G. Breton, '80 Margarita Brizuela, '06 Juan M. Cárdenas, '01 Jesus Diaz, '07 Amabeli Fernández, '04 Leslie García, '06 Pablo O. Garza, Jr., '98 Alex J. Gonzales, Jr., '97 Laura A. Gonzalez, '07 Claudia Gutierrez Rebecca J. Harmon, '92 Cynthia M. Hernandez, '07 Frank Idrogo, Jr., '88 Mónica A. Martínez, '08 Aryana R. Martínez, '96 Gabriela S. J. Montes, '03 Juan M. Morales, '82 José I. Muniz, '06 Rosario Muñoz, '01 Ileana Ortiz, '01 María G. Ponce, '72, '76 David O. Ramirez, '81 Imelda A. Salazar, '83 Jo Ann Sanchez, '07 Kenneth W. Small, Jr., '98 Ana M. Treviño, '85 Angelina G. Treviño, '99 Claudia B. Treviño, '00 Elizabeth Treviño, '04 Adelaido Uribe, III, '03 Jessica Valdez, '05 Adrienne R. Vasquez, '03 Sara A. Zuñiga, '92

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28th Belinda S. Alcorta, '97, '04 Elizabeth Alejandro, '08 José E. Baeza, '99 Royal P. Bradley, '98 Robert W. Burrier, '97 Jeffrey Canales Manuel Castañeda, Jr., '76 Roxanne Cavada, '07 Mario A. Compean, '74 Leonardo J. de la Garza, '07 Aurora Domínguez, '03 Phillip W. Dyer, '95 Adrian Fritz Carmen A. Garcia, '03 Cynthia García, '99 Elizabeth R. Gaytan, '06 Irasema Guillen, '06 Rebecca A. Idrogo, '06 Alan W. Lindsey, '94, '98 Konstance C. Mackie, '07 Dale L. Maldonado, '03 Héctor G. Medina-Villarreal, '08 Diana G. Mendoza, '90 Larry W. Miller, '07 Linda L. Mireles, '02, '06 Yaneth Montemayor, '02 José A. Navarro, Jr., '02 Erika L. Ortiz, '08 Cynthia A. Parks, '80 Cheryl C. Pérez, '06 Delia V. Portillo, '03 Roberto A. Ramirez, Jr., '89 Selika Z. Salinas, '95 Friedrich Schaffler, '93

Srinivas U. Tirupati, '99, '01 Ada A. Torres, '80,'82 Maria A. Vasquez, '07

29th Pedro Arispe José A. Becerra, '96 Claudia Beltran, '07 Pablo G. Castillo, '72, '73 Dolores N. Chapa, '76 Belinda Crawford, '05 Maritza M. Cremar, '99, '05 Melissa J. Cuéllar, '96 Pablo H. de la Garza, '06 Jesus C. García, '99 Edgar P. Gomez-Negrete, '96 Leslie A. Lacour, '04 Diana E. Laurel, '07 Sandra A. Lozano, '06 Jacquelyn Lundy, '05 Jesse Madrigal, '03 Abel Martínez, '05 Diana Martínez, '98 Melinda Mendoza, '95, '02 Mariana Millan Mario A. Mireles, Jr., '02 Mauricio Mohrer, '93 Pedro R. Molina, '76 Deborah D. Ortiz, '03 Yolanda Rocha, '85, '96 Cynthia M. Saenz, '91 Adriana G. Salinas, '05 Iliana P. Suárez, '07

Michael A. Tijerina, '07 Argelia A. Treviño, '93 Juan F. Treviño, '93 Maria de Jesus Van Dyke, '98 Barbra L. Zurita, '06

30th Sarah L. S. Appling, '96 Patricia B. Benavides, '08 Mónica D. Canales, '04 Adriana S. Carrizales, '00 Ana P. Clamont, '00, '07 Marisela C. Farias, '03 Jesus A. García, Jr., '04 Ricardo Gonzalez Ludim Guerrero, Jr., '07 Gabriela V. Gutierrez, '06 Gilberto Hinojosa, '88 Norma G. Jaime, '81 María L. Liendo, '01, '08 Celia E. Martínez, '81 Dolores C. Martínez, '75 Elizabeth Martínez, '07 Jesus Mendoza, '07 Eliza Molina-Moncivais, '96 Elvira Morales, '00 Anita R. Pérez, '91 Laurent Pierrard, '98 Kirstin D. Puig, '96 Carlos Rangel, '06 Miguel S. Reyna, Jr., '72 Joel L. Rodriguez, '05 Lucina G. Rodriguez, '06 José M. Salazar, '86, '04 Virginia Torres, '08 Rebecca Villarreal-Soto, '03