Holiday ornament sales to fund scholarships Celebrate your holidays with UNT and help students at the same time. The UNT Alumni Association’s 2012 holiday ornament features the “In High Places” Eagle statue in front of the Hurley Administration Building and McConnell Clock Tower. Finished in 24-carat gold, the ornament includes a custom gift box. A portion of the proceeds benefits the association’s scholarship fund. “The ornament is a unique way to remember special moments on campus while helping raise money for a good cause,” says Derrick P. Morgan, executive director of the association. The cost is $20 plus $2.50 shipping and tax for Texas residents. Supplies are limited. To order, email alumni@unt.edu or call 940-565-2834.
1991 Lori Emerson Conrad, Dallas
:: was named Dallas-Fort Worth market communications director for CBS Local Media in April, with properties including television stations CBS 11 and TXA 21 and radio stations KLUV, KRLD and others.
1992 Nick Norwood (M.A.),
Columbus, Ga. :: who teaches
at Columbus State University, wrote Gravel and Hawk (Ohio University Press), the winner of the annual Hollis Summers Poetry Prize. The poems, set in the Texarkana area, focus on a single extended family and its encounters with violent death.
1994 Kimberly Priest-Johnson, Dallas :: opened her own
boutique law firm, Priest Johnson PLLC, representing clients in complex commercial litigation and defending companies and corporate officers in white-collar criminal investigations and prosecutions.
1996 Mary Burke (M.A.), Fort Worth ::
is the new director of the Sid Richardson Museum in Sundance Square. She previously was the museum’s director of education and was a Marcus Fellow at UNT.
Phil Godwin, Richardson :: is global vice president of sales and marketing at Clear Technologies. His story is highlighted in the book What Great Salespeople Do: The Science of Selling Through Emotional Connection and the
Power of Story (McGraw-Hill), by Mike Bosworth and Ben Zoldan.
1999 Gretchen Schermerhorn,
1997 Ken Prouty (M.M.), Lansing, Mich. :: assistant professor of
musicology and jazz studies at Michigan State University, has written a new book, Knowing Jazz: Community, Pedagogy and Canon in the Information Age (University Press of Mississippi).
1998
Silver Spring, Md. :: received a 2012 Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Award. A printmaker and papermaker, she is artistic director at Pyramid Atlantic art center in the Washington, D.C., area. She took her first printmaking class with Judy Youngblood at UNT in 1997 and says it changed her life — and her major.
2000
Mandy Hamilton-O’Neill,
Dallas :: was appointed CEO of Leukemia Texas this spring. She previously led small and large nonprofits, such as the American Heart Association and MADD, focusing on education, health, equality and victim’s rights.
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Heather Ancheta (’02 M.A.),
McKinney :: was named Leader
of the Year at Highland Springs, a retirement community in North Dallas. As health services manager, she oversees the Highland Springs Medical Center and programs related to wellness, rehabilitation and home support services for more than 500 residents.
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