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St. Edward’s University Board of Trustees OFFICERS Chair, Myra A. McDaniel Vice Chair, Peter Winstead Treasurer, F. Gary Valdez, MBA ’78 Secretary, Stephen Jones, MBA ’94
MEMBERS Mike Aviles John Bauer, ’62 Brother Donald Blauvelt, CSC, ’67 Roxann Thomas Chargois Manuel Chavez Margaret Crahan Brother Richard Critz, CSC, ’72 Isabella Cunningham Brother Richard Daly, CSC, ’61 Carolyn Lewis Gallagher Timothy F. Gavin, ’76 Brother Richard Gilman, CSC, ’65 Monsignor Elmer Holtman Margie Diaz Kintz Roger Kintzel Gregory A. Kozmetsky, ’70 Edward E. Leyden, ’64 Victor Miramontes John Mooney Patricia Munday, ’97 Kevin O’Connor, ’73 Theodore R. Popp, ’60 J. William Sharman Jr., hs ’58 Jim A. Smith Ian J. Turpin Donna Van Fleet Robert Weiss Melba Whatley
EX OFFICIO George E. Martin James E. Payne Eliseo Elizondo, ’87, MBA ’98 Roy Pequeño, ’05
T RU S T E E S E M E R I T I Charles A. Betts Edward M. Block, ’50 Guy Bodine, hs ’68 Leslie Clement Fred D. George, ’69 Lavon P. Philips, ’74 Bill Renfro
FACULT Y F EAT URED ON HISTORY C H AN N E L Texas starred in a History Channel special that aired in July, and Paula Marks, ’78, professor of American Studies and director of the Master of Liberal Arts program, helped bring the Lone Star State to the world. Texas: Big America, along with Alaska: Big America, premiered as part of a weeklong tribute to the nation’s two largest states, taking viewers through historical re-enactments, archival footage and expert interviews. The Texas special covered two centuries — the 1800s to the present — and featured everything from cowboys to U.S. presidents, oil tycoons to outlaws, Stephen F. Austin to the Bushes. As the camera crew filmed in her on-campus office, Marks discussed 19th-century history, focusing on Anglo frontiers. Marks has served on the Western Writers of America board and authored six books, including Precious Dust, which won a WWA Spur Award. She also has worked as a consultant to the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum and, most recently, co-authored Texas: Crossroads of North America with Jesús F. de la Teja and Ron Tyler. Marks is the second faculty member interviewed by the History Channel in the last year. In December 2003, Kelley Coblentz Bautch, assistant professor of Religious Studies, was interviewed for Banned from the Bible, which examined Christian theological writings not included in the scriptures.
FACULTY PROMOTIONS The university’s continuing efforts to recruit and retain high-quality faculty members were buoyed this fall when nine new tenure-track faculty members joined the university, 13 faculty members were promoted and four faculty members were granted tenure. New tenure-track faculty members: ■ Patricia J. Baynham, Biology ■ Regina Faunes, Spanish ■ Christopher Flynn, English Literature ■ Russell J. Frohardt, Psychology ■ Charles Hauser, Bioinformatics ■ Peter J. King, Biology ■ Vagdevi Meunier, Counseling ■ Cynthia Shirkey, librarian ■ Peter Wake, Philosophy
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Promoted to assistant professor: ■ Anna Stewart, librarian Promoted to associate professor: ■ Dianne Brownlee, ’94, MLA ’03, librarian ■ Mark J. Cherry, Philosophy ■ Elizabeth Katz, Counseling ■ Marsha Kelliher, Business ■ Mary Kopecki-Fjetland, Chemistry and Biology ■ James McGuffee, Computer Science ■ Mary Rist, English Writing and Rhetoric ■ Vicki Totten, Counseling Promoted to professor: ■ Sister Anne Crane, IHM, English ■ Fran Ebbers, MLA ’03, librarian ■ Paula Marks, ’78, American Studies ■ Alan Swinkels, Psychology Faculty members granted tenure: Sue Currey, MBA ’02, associate professor of Communications ■ Helen Just, associate professor of Psychology ■ Paula Marks, ’78, professor of American Studies ■ Fidelma O’Leary, associate professor of Biology ■