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MBA Alumni/Student Annual Luncheon
Tuesday, November 30 noon to 1:30 p.m. Ragsdale Center Mabee Ballroom Festival of Lights
Friday, December 3 6:30 p.m. North Lawn of Main Building Community Service Projects
Saturday, December 11 9 a.m. to noon Dallas and McAllen Locations to be announced. Saturday, December 18 9 a.m. to noon Austin, Houston and San Antonio Locations to be announced. Midnight Mass
Friday, December 24 Our Lady Queen of Peace Chapel Austin Area MBA Alumni/Student Happy Hour
Thursday, January 6 5:30 to 7 p.m. Texas Land and Cattle Company Career Workshop
Wednesday, January 12 6 to 7:30 p.m. Ragsdale Center Mabee Ballroom
90s CONT. College on May 24. She will be entering the doctoral program at Boston College this fall. During her time as a master’s student, she taught freshman writing and was awarded the Donald White Award for Excellence in Teaching.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Rick Ramirez, ’96, is pleased to announce his engagement to Elizabeth (Jeannie) Kendrick, ’97. A March 2000 wedding is planned in Dallas. Rick is an accountant with Comp USA in Dallas and Jeannie is a computer programmer with Mastech Corp., in Pittsburgh, Pa. Geremy L. Sanders, ’96, earned his master’s degree in biochemistry from Louisiana State University. He recently left his job in an experimental radiation oncology research lab at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston to attend LSU Medical School. He said, “Please email me at geremysanders@yahoo.com or visit during Mardi Gras.” Noemi “Mimi” (Villarreal) Madrid, ’96, and husband, Joseph, are awaiting the arrival of their second child, expected on Christmas Day. The family is doing fine in Albuquerque, N.M. Mimi was promoted to director of programs with the National Institute for Professional Development, Inc.’s Project Uplift. Rachel E. Wilson, MAHS ’96, is a crisis counselor with Bluebonnet Trails MHMR and FEMA. She provided counseling services to victims affected by the floods last year in Central Texas. Maureen McConnell, ’97, received her master’s degree in biology from the University of Texas at San Antonio on May 15. Aimee Myers, ’97, is working toward her master’s degree in pastoral counseling at Loyola University in Chicago and is employed at a home for the mentally ill. She said she is “barely surviving the winters.” She’d love to hear from friends at amyers@wpo.it.luc.edu. Marie (Missy) Stagg, ’97, is employed at Snap.com, a web portal from NBC and CNET, as a senior associate producer of entertainment content. She has lived in San
PHOTO COURTESY OF UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES
ALUMNI CHAPTER ACTIVITIES & CAMPUS EVENTS
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Francisco since July 1997 and is enjoying the city and the west coast lifestyle. Perry Pack, ’97, is teaching fourth grade at the Riverside Applied Learning Center in Fort Worth Independent School District. He said, “I think often of my St. Edward’s University friends and mentors, Sunday morning Mass at the chapel and the chicken mole enchiladas at Curra’s.”
Traci Williams, ’97, has begun her studies at the California Institute for Integral Studies in San Francisco in the expressive arts therapy program. It is one of only three schools in the world that offer a creative arts therapy program. Upon completion of the program, she plans to take her training and experience back to Austin to set up a private practice and
Gabriel Michael Padilla, ’97, is planning to attend graduate school to earn a teacher’s certification. Father Emmanual Kawanguzi, ’97, (right) serves as Vicar General of the Catholic Diocese of Jinja, Uganda, Africa. Stephanie A. Wickes, ’97, is graduating with a master’s degree in German and European studies from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. While waiting to enter the Foreign Service, she will spend a year in Germany as a Bosch Fellow and work for the German government and Daimler-Chrysler.
Brother John R. Paige, CSC, assistant professor of education at St. Edward’s, and Father Emmanual Kawanguzi, ’97, in Jinja, Uganda.
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