The Word Fall 2019

Fall 2019

FOR UIW ALUMNI ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM Sacred Music Exploring Spanish Songs of Praise Page 12

Homecoming Bound Alumni and friends come home to UIW Page 16

Destination 1969 Celebrating our 50-year graduates Page 18

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ith those words UIW students were welcomed to the Headwaters at Incarnate Word for Meet the Mission 2019.

Pamela Ball, the executive director of the 53-acre nature sanctuary, greeted students, shared the history of the sacred grounds and explained how the sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word contributes to their mission of answering needs. In the spirit of the annual day of service, students set to work deep in the sanctuary, collecting trash and debris and helping keep the lush grounds just off of the Broadway campus as pristine as they were when the Sisters arrived in San Antonio 150 years ago.

THE WORD

IN EVERY ISSUE

4 The Universe

University news, here and abroad

14 Living the Word

Celebrations and reflections on the UIW Mission

22 Class Notes

Happy announcements and life

milestones from our alumni

29 University Collective

Awards, achievements and publications from our faculty and staff

34 Cardinal Athletics

Cheer on your teams, coaches and stellar athletes.

35 Calendar

Mark your datebook for these events.

36 Parting Words

A parting thought from the UIW community

CONTENTS

FEATURES 8 Ready for Impact

Meet UIW alumni who are transforming lives inside and outside of the classroom.

12 Sacred Song

UIW Cardinal Singers bring awareness to sacred music in Spanish as they perform at a national conference.

16 Homecoming Bound

Generations of alumni, fans and friends come home for the annual celebration of school spirit and Incarnate Word community.

18 Crimson and Gold

Graduates of the Class of 1969 celebrate their Golden Anniversary and take a trip down memory lane.

On the Cover: UIW prepared teachers are ready to make an impact on the lives of their students.

Photo by Robin Jerstad

Do you know someone interested in attending UIW? For more information on what UIW has to offer or to schedule a campus visit, go to uiw.edu/admissions

welcome message

From the President

Dear Friends, I like to say that, as president, I am blessed to see the best of UIW every day. While that is certainly true, I am far from the only one so blessed. In San Antonio, and indeed throughout our international community, many families see our Mission in action every day through our graduates who are teachers.

In classrooms from pre-kindergarten through high school, young learners are guided and encouraged, educated and inspired by teachers prepared the Incarnate Word way. Each certainly works to instill critical skills and essential understanding, but they do much more.

Many become mentors, support systems and models of ethical leadership. As the role of the professional educator grows and teachers face challenges that their predecessors did not, each considers every day how to best serve their students and their families.

Many of our alumni and Incarnate Word community members wonder the same as we move forward along our own paths and in our own professions. When we consider how to best respond to the needs of our families, communities, peers, patients, clients, or others who may benefit from our unique gifts or blessings, we become Missionminded. When we intentionally act upon those reflections, we put the Mission into action.

I’d like to invite you, dear alumni and members of our community, to share how you have seen the Mission come alive in your lives and in the lives of those around you. Tell us, how does it serve you and how does it guide you to serve others? Through our collective efforts, we are continuing the work of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word 150 years after their founding and lifting people’s lives in the process.

That truly is UIW at its best.

Praised be the Incarnate Word!

Thomas M. Evans, PhD President

From the Editor About this Issue There isn’t a person I know who hasn’t been changed, or made better, by a teacher. Some of us were challenged to rise above our perceived limits, others inspired us to pursue dreams, and others still made an imprint in our lives so profound that it moves us to this day.

In this issue, we meet four UIW-educated teachers working in the classroom today (p. 8) and get to know their joys, their challenges and their motivations for helping to mold the next generation. We also explore several different ways that members of our community work in service of others. Whether by using sacred music to cross language and cultural barriers (p. 12), helping fellow service members fulfill their academic dreams (p. 14) or maintaining an open-door policy to those in need of guidance (p.

36), UIW students, faculty and staff, and alumni recognize and respond to needs to the best of their ability.

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celebration (p. 16) and meet an alumna who has stayed true to her school for decades (p. 18).

I hope you enjoy the stories you’ll read and the people you’ll meet in the coming pages. I hope they spark wonderful memories of your time at Incarnate Word or motivate you to connect with your alma mater in a new or more meaningful way.

Do you have a story you would like to share with us? We’d love to hear it. Email us at pr@uiwtx.edu and share a treasured memory, how you live the Mission or a happy milestone that we can celebrate with you.

Happy reading,

Marissa Rodriguez Editor

Fall 2019

A publication of the Office of Communications & Brand Marketing

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Director Margaret Garcia Editor Marissa Rodriguez Art Director Michael Hood ’16 MA Graphic Design Marisol Martinez ’14 MAA Photography Lorraine Aguirre Amanda Bennett Robin Jerstad Kaitlyn Hennessey Ed Ornelas Victoria Reyna Contributing Writers Tim Hernandez Kiko Martinez Victoria Reyna Elda Silva Sarah Tanner

Advisory Committee Chief of Staff and Special Assistant to the President for Planning and Development Michael Larkin Vice President of Mission and Ministry Sr. Walter Maher, CCVI Vice President for Development and University Relations Chris M. Gallegos Dean of Alumni & Parent Relations Dr. Lisa McNary ’91 BA ’95 MA Director of Communications & Brand Marketing Margaret Garcia Director of Printing Services and Graphic Design Michael Hood ’16 MA Asst. Director of Communications & Brand Marketing Marissa Rodriguez For correspondence or to change your address: pr@uiwtx.edu

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Golden Harvest

Brainpower Connection Family Expands

Responding to needs Education partnership in the world is at the that offers pathway core of the UIW Misfrom Pre-K to Ph.D. sion. In San Antonio, food insecurity remains adds two new schools a critical issue and every and unveils new logo effort is needed to help reduce hunger. Every The Brainpower Connection is an association of Just before the beginning of the school year, year, students, faculty, Catholic schools that collaborates to promote the UIW welcomed two new Catholic schools to its staff and members of mission and ministry of Catholic education. Students Brainpower Connection program: Blessed Sacrathe community work can benefit from curriculum alignment, integrated ment Catholic School and St. Mary Magdalen to do just that through resources, Brainpower scholarships, reduced tuition School, both of which offer coeducational prethe Golden Harvest, a and access to UIW’s state-of-the-art facilities. kindergarten through eighth grade education.

University-wide food This expansion marks the first time new Catholic They join St. Peter Prince of the Apostles School, drive organized by the schools have been added to the association in 24 St. Anthony Catholic School, Incarnate Word High Student Government years. To commemorate the event, principals of School and St. Anthony Catholic High School as At UIW, opportunities Association.

The two- for global education continue to develop. Earlier this year, President the Brainpower Connection schools gathered for a new members.

Thomas M. benefits Evans, PhD, week drive the traveled to Japan to establish a new agreement with Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (APU). Located in Beppu City in the southernmost island of Ky- welcome luncheon and to sign a Statement of ColleSan Antonio Food Bank ushu, APUraised is a global institution with an international community. Currently, 50 percent giality and Collaboration, that outlines their intent and funds by the of students, and staff are from overseas. The agreement aims to enhance relations to work together and commitment to developing drive benefitfaculty the Society programs, integrating resources and enhancing the and academic of St.further Vincent de Pauland of cultural exchange between the two universities, and may offer such opportunitiesofasSan joint projects, workshops and conferences, and cultural activities, to faith and learning experiences of students, families, the Archdiocese name a few. Many courses are taught in both English and Japanese. In 2014, the university faculties and staffs.

Antonio. was named one of only 37 Top Global University Projects by the Japanese Ministry of Edu- In addition, the program unveiled a new logo cation, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and in 2016, it earned accreditation from representing the schools' and its families' connection to each other and the pathways to higher AACSB, a global nonprofit association. education that the program helps make possible.

Global Connection: Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University

UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine receives a grant from Houston Osteopathic Hospital Foundation Dr. David Armbruster found an important synergy between The Houston Osteopathic Hospital Foundation (HOHF) and the mission of the University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM): Both organizations are deeply invested in the growth of osteopathic medicine, helping the practice expand and sharing its approach to care.

Protecting the heritage of osteopathic medicine, which emphasizes care for the whole person and manual treatments, is a principal reason why the UIWSOM was selected as the recipient of the $200,000 Houston Osteopathic Hospital Foundation Grant.

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board of directors, hoped to support institutions who are teaching osteopathic medicine and all the principles of the profession.

UIWSOM Dean Dr. Robyn Madson aspires for UIWSOM learners to recognize the work their predecessors accomplished in building the profession, and to continue in the philosophy, practice and science throughout their medical careers. The partnership with HOHF will help accomplish this goal by supporting UIWSOM graduates to secure specific residencies for doctors of osteopathy and access to osteopathy training and assessment in their residency programs.

Top: Dr. David Armbruster and his wife.

Right: Faculty and students in the UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine at work.

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Feik School of Pharmacy Hosts Camp Unlike Any Other High school students with dreams of becoming pharmacists got an inside look at the profession during a one-of-a-kind camp held at the Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP). PharmCAMP hosted 30 campers, selected from more than 100 applicants representing 17 different high schools in the Rio Grande Valley area, for the fourday, three-night camp.

Campers listened to lectures surrounding some of the most pressing issues in pharmacy today, such as hypertension and the opioid crisis, took part in activities in a lab and toured the Mays Cancer Center at the UT Health Science Center with Dr. Bradi Frei, FSOP professor of Pharmacy Practice, and the CVS Caremark mail order pharmacy facility. In addition to pharmacy experiences, campers received information on UIW and FSOP undergraduate, direct admit and Pharm.D. admissions.

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Dr. David Maize, dean of the Feik School of Pharmacy, proudly welcomes campers to the program.

The PharmCAMP program was developed by the Office of Student Affairs at the Feik School of Pharmacy and is funded by a five-year, $175,000 CVS Health grant the FSOP received to create the “Strategic Pipeline Development Program.” The program is designed to recruit, develop and mentor students to enter the field of pharmacy with a desire to serve the Hispanic community.

Cardinal Cupboard Finds New Home When students and staff need support, the Cardinal Cupboard offers an open door and critical provisions. This fall, the community food pantry found a new home in Joeris Hall. Formerly a mobile pantry located by the Solar House, its new location in the UIW residence hall is open three to five days a week. To support the pantry, donate nonperishable foods directly or through the Ettling Center for Civic Leadership & Sustainability, located in the Administration Building. H-E-B gift certificates are also welcome. For more information, call (210) 283-6423.

Cardinal Pride and Christmas Spirit on the River There are plenty of opportunities to celebrate the holiday season, Cardinal style. UIW will once again have a dedicated float at the annual Ford Holiday River Parade, so cheer your loudest for the UIW Spirit Team, Red the Cardinal and special members of the UIW community on this year’s entry, themed “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.”

Join In or Tune In: Ford Holiday River Parade San Antonio River Walk Friday, Nov. 29 6 p.m.

Broadcast on KSAT-12

The Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing & Health Professions (SNHP) was ranked ninth in Texas in the Top 10 List of Bachelor’s Degrees by RegisteredNursing.org. Results were based on the pass rates for the NCLEX-RN exam, the state board exam for registered nurses. SNHP has a 97 percent pass rate.

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UIW's Professional MBA program was ranked No. 19 on the list of Top 30 Fastest Online MBAs

by MBACentral.org. The site notes that full-time UIW students need only 10 months to complete the MBA program. They also highlighted UIW’s dedication to stressing technical skills and ethical responsibility.

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U.S. News & World Report released its annual Best Colleges list and ranked UIW 27th in the nation among universities providing Social Mobility for students. This means that economically disadvantaged students are finding the opportunity and support to reach graduation.

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UIW also earned the No. 33 spot in the Top 100 Total Graduate Degrees Granted list published by The Hispanic Outlook In Higher Education in its annual Top 100 Colleges and Universities for Hispanics issue. Additionally, UIW was listed among its Top 100 total enrollment in four-year schools.

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The alumni trip included many biblical destinations, among them were:

THESSALONIKI

St. Paul's letters to the people of Thessaloniki, considered among the first Christians, formed the Bible's First and Second Thessalonians. Now Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki was founded in 315 B.C. and where Paul visited and preached.

PHILIPPI

Flying cardinals Walk in the Footsteps of St. Paul

Alumni visited Philippi, the site where St. Paul delivered his first sermon in Europe. A guided tour led them through the Greek town visiting historic places, archaeological sites and monuments. They also saw the site where St. Paul baptized Lydia, the first person to be baptized in Europe.

Alumni joined Dean of Alumni, Dr. Lisa McNary, for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Greece and Turkey.

Over the course of the 10-day journey, University of the Incarnate Word alumni visited the sites where some of the roots of early Christianity were formed. In cities throughout Greece, St. Paul, the Apostle of Nations, shared the teachings of Jesus and the light of the world with its people. A prolific writer, St. Paul would pen letters to the Philippians, Thessalonians and Corinthians, which would become essential parts of the New Testament. In Greece, UIW alumni followed his route of evangelization, stopping to reflect upon the places St. Paul preached and spoke with the people, sites that were constructed in his honor, well-worn paths that he may have walked, and ultimately, where he would be imprisoned and put on trial.

For these UIW travellers, the trip was a pilgrimage to the earliest days of their faith and an opportunity to continue their pursuit of lifelong learning with their alumni community.

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CORINTH

In Corinth, St. Paul wrote two epistles and preached for two years. Alumni visited the Agora, where St. Paul was put on trial, and the Bema, where St. Paul was brought before the tribunal.

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On Broadway The University of the Incarnate Word campus is set to undergo transformational growth for its historic campus thanks to its recent acquisition of the neighboring property at 4119 Broadway. Formerly a hub for the telecom giant AT&T, 4119 Broadway is a 10-acre property that includes an eight-story building with approximately 350,000 square feet of space, a 500-car parking garage and a surrounding lot.

The acquisition will grow the Broadway campus footprint by approximately 20 percent. While the property is still being occupied

by AT&T, campus master planners and members of President Dr. Thomas Evans’ Strategic Planning Implementation Teams are studying the possibilities the property affords UIW students, faculty and staff.

“Our plan is to be patient and meticulous about the development of this space and take the time to maximize its potential to best serve the entire community,” Evans said.

Welcome to Medical School

UIW’s School of Osteopathic Medicine welcomed 160 incoming students at the Annual White Coat Ceremony. This rite of passage marks a student’s official start to their medical education as they are presented with their first white coat. Among the future physicians is Alec Basterrechea who received his white coat from UIW President Dr. Thomas Evans. Basterrechea was a student at Carroll College where Evans served as president prior to UIW.

33 Medical Students Begin Residency in Laredo Future physicians are training to help address a severe shortage of healthcare professionals in South Texas thanks to the Laredo Medical Center Residency Program created in partnership with the Laredo Medical Center and the University of the Incarnate Word. When it launched in July 2018, the program was the first-ever graduate medical education training program in the region. In its first year, it offered eight residencies in family medicine and nine in internal medicine. Since its launch, residents have had tens of thousands of patient encounters in clinic and hospital settings, including in the emergency department, admitting, surgical assistance and more. Residents work with physicians to provide patient care. Today, 33 residents, two staff members and nine physicians are hard at work expanding clinical knowledge and elevating patient care in the region through the residency program. The 2019 residents were selected from 2,400 applications from medical students all over the country.

$1 million Gift to Establish Largest Endowment for Fine Arts Students The Betty Stieren Kelso Foundation has presented a $1 million gift to the University of the Incarnate Word to establish the Betty Stieren Kelso Endowed Scholarship for Fine Arts, the largest endowment for fine arts students in UIW history.

The scholarship will support art students by allowing them to take advantage of critical opportunities such as professional internships, service-learning initiatives and art exhibitions, while helping them graduate with a minimum amount of debt. UIW is already home to the Kelso Art Gallery and the newly renovated Kelso Art Center, which houses three art galleries, a studio designated for painting, printmaking and photography and classrooms for art history education, among other subjects. The first scholarship recipients could be named as early as Fall 2020.

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READY FOR IMPACT MEET UIW ALUMNI WHO ARE TRANSFORMING LIVES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM.

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By Marissa Rodriguez

aquera Amerson spent the week before the first day of school prepping her classroom and planning lessons.

Amerson, a fourth-grade teacher at Herman Hirsch Elementary School in the San Antonio Independent School District, decorated her classroom in black and white stripes, punctuating the palette with colorful laminated signs outlining class expectations and motivational phrases. A library is staged in a corner (for which her father fashioned small seats out of milk crates), and she transformed a plain closet door into The Fridge, on which the best student works would be taped, like a family refrigerator.

Walls are painted a cool grey, another of her DIY endeavors. Over the door to her room is a sign reminding all who enter that “you can do amazing things.”

“I thought about how I wanted the classroom environment. How do I want to approach my kids? What do I want my room to feel like?,” said Amerson ’17. Preparations for the new school year, only her third as a teacher, actually started the year before. She spent the summer researching for her class, 8

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Taquera Amerson's well-designed classroom welcomes her fourth-grade students.

building on her strengths and working on weaknesses. She also focused on how to best organize her busy, long days that usually begin by 7 a.m. when she writes her students a daily welcome and don’t stop until long after the bell rings at 3:20 p.m. Yet, she says, she loves it.

Amerson is one of many University of the Incarnate Word alumni who are working teachers. While her years as a student may have ended, she continues to receive support and guidance from the UIW Teacher Network. The induction program developed through the Dreeben School of Education provides an extra layer of support for graduates between their UIW education and their first three years as teachers, so that teachers as passionate and dedicated as Amerson stay in the classroom.

“Teaching is a profession that doesn’t phase you in. In medical school, you have a residency. In teaching, the expectations of

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the first year teacher are the same as those of the veteran teacher,” said Dr. Elda Martinez, professor and director of the Teacher Education Program.

For new teachers, the first three to five years in the profession are critical. They are establishing themselves in the classroom, learning to work with administrators, and discovering their approach, among many other things. It’s also when up to 50 percent of teachers leave the profession.

“There are a lot of facets creating pressure on teachers that haven’t always been in place. Accountability with school ratings, standardized testing and external measures, all of that pressure impacts teachers and takes away from their original interest in teaching,” said Martinez. Today’s teachers also deal with increasing family issues, trauma and school safety.

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tension in communities, are all factors that add additional pressure.

“Most first-year teachers struggle with the realities of the classroom. By creating the UIW Induction Program to meet new TEA accreditation requirements for first-year teachers, I also hoped to improve teaching and thus student learning by providing support, encouragement and guidance to our graduates who are new to the teaching profession,” said Dr. Denise Staudt, dean of the Dreeben School of Education, who created the program. “In addition, I wanted to create a program for our graduates that could provide opportunities for professional growth for them in a collegial, non-judgmental environment.”

That’s the work of UIW Induction Coordinator Brandi Coleman. A former fifth grade teacher and assistant principal, Coleman is well versed in the challenges and joys that come with being a teacher and the perspective of an administrator. For the past three years, Coleman has made it a point to visit every newly certified teacher working in a classroom offering advice when

Anna Laura Castello's classroom is set up for success.

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asked and helping to ensure that they have the tools they need to adapt to their new, dynamic profession. In addition, the UIW Teacher Network offers professional development opportunities on topics relevant to novice and experienced teachers which expands the professional learning community.

“Our state is changing, and our nation is changing, as are the requirements needed for a

teacher to be successful. So, they have to be able to be flexible,” said Coleman. “I try to help them with transitions that come up or everyday things that they have to deal with. We don’t ever want to conflict with what the school is telling them to do, but we do want to advise the new teachers toward the most professional and ethical course.”

Coleman has visited about 100 classrooms in recent years and spoken to many more alumni teachers both in the San Antonio area and abroad on an as needed basis, often on evenings and weekends, or whenever busy teachers have a moment.

“I remember my first year, she helped me get set up in my classroom,” said Anna Laura Castello ’16, a sixth grade teacher at Smithson Valley Middle School in Comal Independent School District.

In that first year, Coleman visited Castello two or three times throughout the year, helping her set up a new two-by-two desk configuration and offering suggestions on lesson planning and grading, especially with essays,

which were particularly challenging with more than 180 students coming through her English Language Arts classes. “My first year was kind of tough, but listening to the other teachers that I work with and listening to Brandi’s advice, I was able to change that and improve on my grading.”

Castello is now in her third year of teaching and works hard to inspire her students to love school and share her love of life-long learning, especially as they tackle the transition from elementary school to middle school.

“The first month, they are kind of scared because they are used to elementary school where they had one or a couple of teachers and now they have seven different teachers,” she said. She approaches their nerves and inexperience with patience and support, much like she received, helping them become more responsible and independent. “I always tell them if they have any questions they can come to me, I can help set up their binder and folders. The sixth grade year is their year to learn and (then) do everything better for seventh grade.”

Castello also coaches track and field and soccer, and helps prepare seventh and eighth graders to compete in impromptu public speaking. That dedication earned her the recognition of her peers and a first-year teacher award, just one of the ways Castello has felt supported.

“I am very lucky, this school is amazing,” she said. “It truly makes a difference when you work with people who love their job and are willing to help each other out."

Many teachers have to try working at different institutions before they find a school that is a good match, something Coleman says is common in the early years. “But, once they find their fit, they fly.”

Adriana Moreno ‘13 has faced that challenge firsthand. At the beginning of her career, she accepted a teaching position yet lacked the needed support for professional growth.

“The school that I am in now is amazing, the administration is behind you 100 percent,” said Moreno, now a sixth-grade math teacher at Sul Ross Middle School in Northside Independent School District. “Everyone is there to help you grow … and I am really happy to be where I am now.”

Finding a support structure and a good fit in a working environment are critical to success and longevity in the field, but teaching always comes with challenges. Moreno teaches at a Title I campus, a designation for schools

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Above: Adriana Moreno in class. Right: Robert Anderson sees his students through graduation.

tice, to support new teachers so that they stay, says Martinez. The longer they stay, the greater impact they can have for more students.

For Robert Anderson ’14 that is certainly the plan. This year, he joined O’Connor High School in Northside Independent School District as a biology and pre-AP biology teacher and also coaches football and track. Playing both roles at the school allows him to get to know students inside and outside of the classroom and support many different needs, something he came to understand well at the school where he previously taught.

Anderson’s four science classes are largely made up of freshman. As a science instructor, he communicates at his students’ level, encouraging those intimidated or turned off by the subject. When they succeed, he seizes the opportunity to show them their potential to do even better. As a coach, he offers them guidance on the field and an outlet for their energy while getting to know them on a different level. That also means that students look to him as a trusted adult, especially when they don’t have one they can count on in their home lives, and approach him with personal issues.

“No teaching class ever prepares you for those moments or those questions,” he said. “Sometimes they will come to me in the morning when I am doing paperwork or have some things to do, but I put those things on pause because I need to give that kid the time that they need.”

As they progress throughout the rest of their high school years, they will often come back to check in or jokingly ask to take his course again.

“I teach what I teach,” he tells them, “but I will always be there for you.” He’ll see his students graduate and sometimes after, and they’ll surprise him by what they remember from his class or recall a life lesson he unexpectedly taught.

A sixth-year teacher, Anderson is just out of those trying first five years and fulfilled with the job and the impact it allows him to make. He envisions himself teaching for the rest of his career.

“I have about 38 more years to go,” he said. “I think it’s the perfect job. I don’t think there is anything better than this.”

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where 40 percent or more of the student population are low-income and which receive federal funding to help them meet goals. Many of her students, she said, have experienced hardship or more trauma at 11 or 12 than many adults have ever dealt with.

“I feel like sometimes I am a counselor, sometimes I am a mom, sometimes I am a friend.

I am playing all of these different roles while teaching is my job,” she said. “It’s about teaching these kids that regardless of the environment they come from there will be people they can rely on. You are here to be a role model, to be a light if they need it, to be that teacher that sparks a joy for learning.”

With six sections and 100 students to teach math to, serving each of their needs and instilling a growth mindset is a big job. The success of her students is what motivates Moreno the most, whether that means improving at the STAAR test or growing in responsibility and maturity.

She feels that the job is to be of service to the student, her colleagues and the community around her.

Now, seven years into her profession, she has grown as a teacher and is happy to share what she has learned in her journey. Coleman has reached out to her, and other working professionals, to seek that insight and help future teachers get a sense of new approaches, technology and programs.

“They are constantly looking for input and I really appreciate that,” Moreno said. “They see us as resources, treating us as equals and as professionals.”

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SACRED SONG Cardinal Singers Bring Awareness of Sacred Music in Spanish to National Conference

By Kiko Martinez

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hen University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) senior and Cardinal Singers member Maura Navarrete found out her chamber choir would be singing sacred music in Spanish for an upcoming performance at a conference, she was overjoyed. Although she was born and raised in Mexico City and had sung in her church choir for years, she admits she wasn’t familiar with many of the pieces that Professor William Gokelman, director of choirs, introduced to the group.

“We fell in love with it right away,” said Navarrete, who is a music education major and also a soprano and soloist with the Cardinal Singers. “Some of our singers never had to roll their Rs

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before, but we really worked hard on it. We became invested in the mission to bring awareness about this type of sacred music to as many people as we could.”

The term “sacred music” is difficult to define, but according to the Catholic Education Resource Center, Pope John Paul II repeated the words of Pope Pius X to explain that chant is “the supreme model of sacred music.” He continued: “The more closely a composition for church approaches in its movement, inspiration and savour the Gregorian melodic form, the more sacred and liturgical it becomes.”

Steve Petrunak, president and CEO of the National Association of Pastoral Musicians (NPM), had been looking for new ways to

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inspire his national organization. He wanted to do this by creating more relationships with Spanish-speaking leaders across the country and expand cultural recognition and diversity for its membership. When he heard the Cardinal Singers rehearse during a visit to UIW last year, he extended an invitation to them to perform sacred music in Spanish during the 2019 NPM conference, which took place this past July in Raleigh, North Carolina.

“People who attended were amazed not only at the exquisite, world-class performance, but at the sheer beauty of the music itself,” Petrunak said. “I believe those in attendance gained a new level of respect for the Spanish-speaking culture. I believe they will venture out to embrace sacred music in the Spanish language, and perhaps other languages as well.”

For Gokelman, who has been the director of the Cardinal Singers for the last 27 years, singing sacred music in Spanish, he said, gave his 22-person choir an opportunity to meld notes and harmony to a language many of his students were familiar with. “[Sacred music in Spanish] is not something that is very widely known in the U.S.,” Gokelman said. “It was a learning experience for me. Even among the Spanish-speaking students in the choir, there was debate over how some of the words should be pronounced. But the great thing about music is that it is its own language.”

The concert the Cardinal Singers performed at the NPM conference consisted of nine songs from the 16th, 17th and 20th centuries. Some of the older pieces included “A un Niño Llorando”

by Francisco Guerrero, “Oh, Señora” by Hernando Franco and “Serenissima Una Noche” by Geronimo Gonzalez, who was a Mexican priest and composer in the 17th century.

Some of the contemporary music included “Salmo 150” by Suzette Ortiz, “Esto les Digo” by Kinley Lange and “Hacia Belén (Alegría),” a traditional Puerto Rican hymn, which was arranged by Gokelman himself. Another song, “Dios Te Salve, Maria” by Dominic Dousa, was a favorite of Cardinal Singers’ alto and UIW senior and music therapy major Marisa Castro.

“That song is a real tearjerker,” Castro said. “It was my favorite piece we sang because I remember growing up, that was the prayer

for the Virgin Mary. Being able to share that with others was something beautiful to be a part of. Coming from a Latino family, I felt very proud to be a part of that.”

Proud to be a part of the UIW family, too, was Lena Gokelman, director of music ministries and former board member at NPM. In all her years attending the conference, she doesn’t remember a choir singing sacred music in Spanish before.

“It was a unique offering,” she said. “Hopefully, it’s something that opens the door to more exposure for that type of artform.”

It’s an artform, Navarrete said, that is important to perform with authenticity. Since her first language is Spanish, she was able to share her knowledge with others in the choir, so every accent was articulated as accurately as possible.

“One of the reasons we sang this sacred music was to reach out to Spanish-speaking communities, so we wanted to get it right,” she said.

“The architecture of the music is so thoughtful and the language is so poetic and deep. With a Spanish flare, it brings it into a whole new light.”

Left page: The Cardinal Singers gather after a concert in the Chapel of the Incarnate Word. Top: Gokelman speaks with the performers. Right: Gokelman beams after the Cardinal Singers’ performance at the National Association of Pastoral Music in July. Below right: Members of the chorale in performance.

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Moment for Reflection

Where the Road Leads

By Phillip Rangel ’17 BA ’18 MS UIW Alumni Association Board Member

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Serving in the military is an unselfish act. Like many other service members, I was separated for long periods of time away from my wife and son, leaving my wife to raise our son on her own. I missed out on special occasions such as birthdays, anniversaries, school milestones and watching my son grow and play sports. I was not there to guide him in the physical sense. Though I was many miles away, he knew I was always there for him. I want everyone to know, the military spouse is the key to a successful military career and cannot be emphasized enough. His mom was a mother, father, coach, tutor and best friend.

Upon my retirement from the United States Air Force in 2014, I began a new transformation, which continues to this day. I began contemplating returning to school, and eventually was drawn to the University of the Incarnate Word, thus a new road was discovered. I was a much older student sitting in classrooms with a generation of students much younger than I, but it did not deter my desire to succeed.

After a few months of getting to know my classmates and my professors, I felt myself becoming a piece of the fabric of UIW. Like the values, which I lived by while serving in the Air Force, I adopted the core values of the University, and the two that have guided me the most were faith and service. They still do today. Faith is learning and sharing my education with others, so that the less fortunate can have the same courage that it took me to continue my education so late in life. Service, I truly believe I was born to serve others, either through volunteering or just giving some advice. My education is so that I can serve others in our community and improve lives.

Sergeant is a badge that I proudly wore in the military, which translates into servant, derived from the Latin word

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I truly believe I was born to serve others, either through volunteering or just giving some advice.

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any of us in life do not know where the roads in front of us will lead.

My road began at a very young age. I grew up in a small town located in the San Joaquin Valley of California and began working in the orchards with my father and four brothers picking oranges.

I was a “Picker,” a title I reflect on with pride. At a young age, the value of hard work was instilled in me. This led me to work in a local corner grocery store stocking the shelves and pumping gas at the age of 12. My chosen road has had many pot holes, twists and turns and sometimes unexpected dead ends, however, my faith in God and the value of hard work has always given me strength to keep moving forward.

The majority of my adult life, 28 years to be precise, I had the privilege of serving our great country in the United States Air Force. I enlisted in the Air Force in March of 1986. I did not inform my parents because I did not want to worry my mother. My military career took me many places that I never expected, and in many of these places I had to pinch myself and ask, “What is Phillip Rangel doing here!?”

The Air Force became my family. I felt a strong sense of duty to the country and its people.

“servire,” meaning to serve and protect.

Today, I continue to use my education to serve others by being an active member at UIW and working with the University’s veteran leaders.

Left: Phillip Rangel in front of United States Northern Command while serving in the Air Force.

Above: Rangel upon his graduation from UIW.

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Resounding Voices

Press photo courtesy of Chanticleer

All-male vocal ensemble, Chanticleer, to perform “Faith of Our Fathers” as part of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word 150th Anniversary Jubilee year Celebration.

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his fall, members of the Incarnate Word communities can enjoy a rare treat. As part of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word 150th anniversary celebration, the multiple Grammy-Award winning ensemble Chanticleer will perform at the Chapel of the Incarnate Word.

Founded by the late Incarnate Word College alumnus Louis Botto ’75 in San Francisco in 1978, Chanticleer was formed to create an outlet for the vocal music of the medieval and Renaissance eras, both periods of time that Botto was studying and felt were neglected. The choral group was even named for a character in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.

Today, it has grown to become arguably the world’s premiere men’s vocal ensemble. Often called “an orchestra of voices,” the 12-man troupe is directed by William Fred Scott and performs a repertoire of music that spans centuries from Gregorian chants to Renaissance polyphony to contemporary

CELEBRATING THE SISTERS

Chanticleer Nov. 3

3 p.m., Chapel of the Incarnate Word.

There are still several opportunities to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. The jubilee year has given us many ways to offer our congratulations and show our gratitude.

Morning Prayer and Plaque Unveiling

Eucharist Honoring Passed Sisters

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Morning prayer in the Chapel of the Incarnate Word will be followed by an unveiling of a commemorative plaque in the Incarnate Word Cemetery in honor of deceased Sisters.

8:30 a.m., Chapel of the Incarnate Word

jazz, spiritual and world music.

The Nov. 3 San Antonio performance is part of Chanticleer’s 2019-2020 international tour and will explore the “Faith of Our Fathers” through a selection of sacred music. Concert-goers can expect to hear music from the deepest roots of the faith tradition as well as more contemporary pieces.

“Louis and I were actually classmates, both majoring in music in 1975,” said Sr. Mary Henry, CCVI, who oversees the Chapel.

Chanticleer performs at some of the world’s most beautiful concert halls and churches. It is one of four entries in the 2019-2020 Chapel of the Incarnate Word concert series. For more concert and ticket information, visit CCVIChapel.com/ concerts-1

This special Eucharist honors the “great cloud of witnesses,” our deceased Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. 6 p.m., Chapel of the Incarnate Word

Light the Way Nov. 23 Take part in our community wide festival celebrating the start to the Christmas season. This year, Sisters will “flip the switch” officially turning on the power and helping the whole city light the way to the holy days to come.

3 p.m., University of the Incarnate Word.

Eucharist Honoring the First Mass Dec. 3 Join the community for this Eucharist celebrated with CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, which remembers the first Mass celebrated at Sister’s early sponsored ministry – the Santa Rosa Infirmary – on this day in 1869. 6 p.m., Chapel of the Incarnate Word.

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There’s a lot to look forward to at Homecoming 2019, from band performances (2,3) to dance and cheer (4), to recognizing our military and ROTC (6), to the big game (1,5).

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By Victoria Reyna

Generations of alumni, fans and friends come home for the annual celebration of school spirit and Incarnate Word community.

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MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR A FULL LIST OF EVENTS HAPPENING FOR UIW ALUMNI. THURSDAY, OCT. 24 6

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ride. Love. Loyalty. Some feelings connect generations of alumni, whether they graduated from Incarnate Word College or the University of the Incarnate Word. No matter how long it has been since they’ve been back to the place they called home, one annual event makes all the feelings come rushing back. Every fall, Homecoming provides an opportunity for alumni to connect with the only other people in the world who know just how special it feels to be a graduate.

“Homecoming is returning to a time and place where you felt independence, faced new challenges and experienced growth, comfort and camaraderie,” said Sonya Quarve, vice president of the Alumni Board of Directors. “Every time I’m on campus, I can’t help but smile. The beauty, memories, and feelings of accomplishment get me every time. I love that feeling.”

That sentiment is shared by Dr. Lisa McNary, dean of Alumni & Parent Relations. An alumna herself, McNary looks forward to Homecoming every year.

“Homecoming is my favorite time of year,” she explained. “Time and distance may separate us, but our memories of Incarnate Word keep us close!”

Even recent alumni look forward to returning to “The Nest,” as December 2018 graduate, Natalia Ramon can attest.

“It was wonderful to witness all the people that came back to support our nest at last year’s Homecoming,” said Ramon. “This year, I’m looking forward to returning to my second home to enjoy the stands full of people and experience the tradition of Homecoming as it gets better and better every year!”

This year’s Homecoming promises to be the University’s best yet, with the return of beloved, annual events like the Memorial Mass and Redzone Cardinal Tailgate, and the addition of new events like the first ever UIW Homecoming Block Party.

UIW Homecoming 2019 officially kicks off on Thursday, Oct. 24, with the fun lasting through Sunday, Oct. 27. Visit alumniandfriends.uiw.edu for a full list of this year’s homecoming events and to register.

GET YOUR CARDINAL GEAR What’s Homecoming at the University of the Incarnate Word without a red and black wardrobe to show off your UIW pride?

Alumni are eligible for a special discount at the Cardinal Shoppe in the Student Engagement Center throughout the Homecoming festivities. Can’t make it to campus during regular store hours? Not to worry – the Cardinal Pop-Up Shoppe will make appearances at several of this year’s Homecoming events including the Homecoming Block Party, the RedZone Cardinal Tailgate and the Trunk-or-Treat and Fall Fest!

Join us for a Homecoming Thirsty Thursday from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Student Engagement Center Cardinal Shoppe, where you’ll be able to grab a drink and catch up with your fellow alumni. This exclusive event is the perfect space to network with a group of UIW’s finest graduates. The Cardinal Shoppe will also remain open during event hours with an exclusive sale for UIW alumni and parents.

FRIDAY, OCT. 25

Friday’s Homecoming festivities will begin at noon with the inaugural Women of Faith Luncheon. All UIW women of faith are invited to share in prayer and fellowship at a luncheon featuring Sr. Helena Monahan, CCVI. Later that evening, we’ll celebrate our Class of 1969 graduates at the 50th Reunion Dinner. Finally, join us as we host our very first UIW Homecoming Block Party in front of UIW’s Broadway campus. Enjoy live music, food trucks, kids’ activities, games and more from 6 - 9 p.m.

SATURDAY, OCT. 26

The Class of 1969 will enjoy a golf cart tour of the Broadway campus, but not before catching up at the 50th Reunion Coffee Klatch and Campus Tour. Their tour will take them straight to the RedZone Cardinal Tailgate, where UIW fans will come together for this family-friendly event. Then, support UIW Football as they take on Northwestern State for the Homecoming Game at 4 p.m. at Benson Stadium!

SUNDAY, OCT. 27

The Homecoming Memorial Mass will provide an opportunity for the UIW community to remember alumni and community members who have touched their lives. Immediately following Mass, join us for a special Cardinal Brunch in the CHRISTUS Heritage Hall. Finally, we’ll close out Homecoming 2019 by spending time with our future Cardinals at the Trunk-or-Treat and Fall Fest featuring a haunted house, pumpkin patch and fall crafts.

For more information, contact the Department of Alumni & Parent Relations, alumni@uiwtx.edu or visit alumniandfriends.uiw.edu.

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CRIMSON Mariana Barron Esper reflects on her family’s three generations of Incarnate Word women

By Mariana Barron Esper, president of the Student Government Association

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Look back at Incarnate Word College as it was for the Class of 1969. This year, they celebrate their 50th anniversary.

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n the evenings along the grounds of Incarnate Word College (IWC), Ellen Kennedy Franckowiak ’69 remembers that Sr. Joseph Alphonsus, CCVI, writer and scholar Dr. Amy Freeman Lee and then-dean Sr. Margaret Patrice Slattery, CCVI, would go out walking. At the time, the Sisters were quite strict, she says, but that evening stroll allowed Franckowiak and her friends to get to know them in a different way than when they were in the classroom.

“I was very, very inspired by the nuns,” she said. “The nuns we went to school with, we stayed in contact with.

Because of the spiritual influence of the priests and the nuns, it’s instilled a great, great love – a lifelong love – for the Incarnate Word.”

This year, the Class of 1969 celebrates the 50th anniversary of their graduation.

Alumnae are welcomed back to their campus, now a University, for a reunion, celebration and a look back at what brought them to their alma mater and why they stay true to their school. They are also considered members of a very special group affectionately called the Crimson & Gold.

The freshman class of 1965 was made up of 165 young women. While it made for a tight-knit community, it was also a record number of incoming students at the time. Students also learned from many Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word and other religious.

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STUDENTS

MEET THE ALUMNI BOARD OF DIRECTORS OFFICERS MARTIN PADRON President

SONYA QUARVE

Vice President

WILL BAILEY

President Elect

MARISA ESCOBEDO Secretary

TINA SILLER, PH.D.

The Class of 1969 has much to reflect back upon, the celebrations, traditions and friendships, many of which last to this day. Crimson & Gold alumnae will be honored during the Homecoming Memorial Mass.

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but ultimately chose IWC where her older sister Mary Kate was studying. She remembers attending daily Mass just before lunch in Our Lady’s Chapel whenever she could.

Franckowiak lived in Dubuis residence hall with her roommate, Judy, with whom she remains close friends with today. “Living on campus and attending classes, it was just wonderful,” she remembers. “It was all girls back then, and that was no problem. Except the telephone situation.”

She recalls the traditions that helped make her time at IWC so special. Freshman ladies were given little wool caps called beanies that set them apart from the upper classman. The annual talent show was also a beloved event, and one in which Franckowiak and her friends took part in with a somewhat original song. They rewrote the lyrics to Galveston by Glen Campbell, a hit at the time, to reflect their Incarnate Word experience. “We weren’t The Supremes, exactly,” she said. “None of us could sing, but we ratted our hair and dressed up and went over to the auditorium and had a great time.”

Style shows and luncheons were enjoyed at Marian Hall, where the Student Engagement Center now sits. And, despite strict rules, small adventures were had with trustworthy friends. “We would sneak across to the zoo, but we had to wear trench coats over our shorts or slacks, because we couldn’t wear those on campus,” she said.

A secondary education major, Franckowiak, like many of her peers, went on to become a teacher retiring almost 20 years ago from a career as an educator. Her education and formation at Incarnate Word College helped shape the life that she’s enjoying now.

Franckowiak is eager to return to the place she called home for four years and see friends she hasn’t seen in ages. She also plans to bring some friends and hopes to take a peek at the dorms, now so different from when she resided. There’s much to see at the University of the Incarnate Word. “I will be there in October!” she said.

Immediate Past President

Belinda Bustos Kelly Gallegos Naomi Garcia, Ph.D. Gina Gonzalez Mary Gonzales Ann Islas Rafael Lara Michelle Martin Jennifer Meachum Phillip Rangel William “Bear” Velasquez Ryan Watkins Elizabeth Worley, Ph.D.

PROFESSIONAL SCHOOL APPOINTEES Dr. Aaron McAnelly Dr. Cesar Trevino Dr. Allison (Chinn) Cronin

EX-OFFICIO BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Mercer Andrea Del Valle Soriano Lisa McNary, DSL

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Que Ricos!

Alumna Megan MacDiarmid follows in her family’s (tasty) tradition. By Rudy Arispe

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ver since she was 4, Megan MacDiarmid ’08 was set on her future career.

“In school, teachers would ask what we wanted to be when we grew up. Other kids would say they wanted to be a doctor or astronaut, but I said I wanted to work at Ricos,” she said. “All decisions I made growing up were based on me working here.”

Today, MacDiarmid, 33, is the fifth generation to work for the family company, Ricos, which produces nacho chips, cheese sauces, popcorn, pickles, jalapenos and roasted peanuts sold in 50 states and in 57 countries.

Her uncle, Tony Liberto, is the president and CEO. Ricos was founded in 1909 by Rosario “Frank” Liberto, a Sicilian immigrant.

In her role as manager of marketing services, MacDiarmid manages the marketing department internally and oversees the graphics department. “On top of making sure our team and our departments run smoothly, I also am the go-between for sales and marketing, and manage all of our corporate sponsorships and donations,” she said. “I’m also the brand ambassador, making sure we’re headed in the right direction and maintaining the integrity of Ricos that the family will be proud of.”

She credits her years at the University of the Incarnate Word for helping prepare her for her marketing career at Ricos. “I learned a lot because I was working part time at the office and taking classes at the same time. It was easy for me to take what I was learning in class and apply it at work,” she said.

MacDiarmid has fond memories of her childhood, spending time at the former Ricos warehouse on San Antonio’s South

Flores Street tagging along with her grandmother, Pat. “My brother Preston, and I spent a lot of time running around at Ricos and climbing pallets for fun. We formed relationships with all the employees, who worked there.”

She worked at Ricos during the summers while in high school, and began working for the company full time in 2008. She was happy to be working with her grandfather, Frank Liberto, the inventor of the concession nachos sold at movie theaters and sports stadiums across the U.S. Giving back to the community is also an important part of Ricos’ heritage, she said, and there is one nonprofit organization that MacDiarmid holds dear to her heart: Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation.

Her grandmother, Pat, was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at age 50 and it broke her heart that babies and children also had the disease.

“So as a family, we wanted to do our part to help raise awareness about juvenile diabetes to help find a cure.”

A portion of proceeds from the sale of Ricos products benefits JDRF. To date, Ricos has donated more than $1.2 million to the nonprofit.

MacDiarmid is also proud to be a mom to two children, Wyatt and Scout, whom she shares with her husband, Cameron, as well as working for the family business.

“I’m proud that we’ve kept the reputation of Ricos and all that the company stands for that my grandfather created,” she said. “He built Ricos from scratch, and I want to help carry on his legacy.”

Top left: Megan MacDiarmid by Robert Cordova/Archpoint. Above: MacDiarmid as a child with brother Preston and grandfather, Frank, and with grandmother, Pat, below.

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2000 Adriana Rocha Garcia, Ph.D. ’02 MA ’00 BA is the District 4 representative of San Antonio’s City Council. A lifelong resident of San Antonio, Garcia was raised and continues to reside in Southwest San Antonio.

Garcia has a passion for working with organizations that help San Antonio’s most underrepresented demographics.

Raised in a Spanish-speaking household to parents with a first- and second-grade Mexican education, she became the first in her family with a college degree.

Upon graduation from the University of the Incarnate Word, she was offered a job in the University’s Office of Public Relations and completed her master’s degree one year later. In 2004, she was in a cohort of 12 students accepted into the University of Texas at Austin’s doctoral Advertising program, later becoming one of the first Hispanics to earn a Ph.D. in Advertising from UT’s Moody College of Communication.

In 2018, Garcia was selected as one of San Antonio Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 and was also accepted into Leadership San Antonio 300. She serves as a board member for several local organizations with a commitment to public service. She is a single mom to her son Steve and visits her octogenarian parents daily in the home where she grew up in Southwest San Antonio.

Garcia has held various administrative and consulting communications and marketing positions throughout her life, in organizations like SAMMinistries, Furniture for A Cause, the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the City of San Antonio, Southwest ISD, and Project QUEST. Today, Garcia is an assistant marketing professor at Our Lady of the Lake University, where she teaches in the School of Business and Leadership.

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1960s Eloisa G. Tamez ’68 BSN was awarded the FD200 Award as Diplomat. Held at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., the event was sponsored by the Descendants of Frederick Douglass and The Antiracist Research & Policy Center. Tamez was among 200 Americans honored at the leader’s bicentennial commemoration.

1970s Elvira Puig Barrera ’71 BA received an Outstanding Role Model Award from IMAGE de San Antonio for her leadership in the field of education. She was also commissioned as a Yellow Rose of Texas by Gov. Greg Abbot. The award is the highest award bestowed on women by the governor of Texas.

1980s Jesse Borrego ’84 BA premiered his film Phoenix, Oregon at the 41st CineFestival film festival at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center. He is

also the co-founder of Cine Studios San Antonio, which helps support high school students gain the necessary skills for careers in the arts.

Juan Fresquez ’87 BS has been named the new president of Methodist Mansfield Medical Center by the Methodist Health System. Fresquez began his career at Parkland Hospital in Dallas and has more than 28 years of acute care hospital management experience.

Fresquez and his wife, Carla Fresquez ’87 BM, have been married for 29 years and look forward to relocating to the area.

Harold Oliver ’89 BA has been awarded an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMUSA).

Oliver has worked diligently to establish Texas A&M University-Kingsville System Center San Antonio, which ultimately led to A&M-San Antonio becoming a standalone university.

1990s Criselda I. Castillo ’99 BA was named principal of Fred Sanders Middle School. Castillo is

a Corpus Christi native who has been involved in education for 20 years, 18 of which were spent working with the Corpus Christi Independent School District. Castillo previously served as principal of the Early Childhood Development Center.

William “Bill” Moreno ’99 BA is working in Washington, D.C. as the new CFO for Excelencia in Education.

2000s Lisa Blazer ’01 Ph.D. was appointed senior associate vice president for Academic Innovation at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Dr. Jamie Copeland ’01 M.Ed. was named the principal of Mary Carroll High School in Corpus Christi. Copeland has previously served as the school’s assistant principal.

Arnulfo Hernandez ’01 BA, managing partner of Hernandez & Associates, P.C., was named the 2019 Adult Male Athlete of the Year by the Denver Athletic Club.

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Jenny Carnes ’99 BBA was named the 2019 Alumni of Distinction for Service in Mission. A native of Uvalde, Texas, college basketball lured Carnes to San Antonio in 1995 with a scholarship to the University of the Incarnate Word where she was an All-American for UIW’s nationally ranked basketball team. She was also a member of the tennis team. She graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, specializing in Sports Management. In addition to being named the business school’s Top Management Student and UIW’s Student-Athlete of the Year in 1999, Carnes was inducted into the University’s Athletic Hall of Fame as a member of the 2005 Inaugural Class.

As an alumna, Carnes has supported UIW in many ways, including serving on the UIW Alumni Board of Directors, among others. She also helped to make UIW a co-host member institution for the 2021 Women’s Final Four and the 2025 Men’s Final Four.

Carnes remains rooted to the sports community through her work with San Antonio Sports, as a regular speaker for local university sports management classes, and most recently, by completing a certification program to become a FIBA Technical Delegate to oversee World Qualifiers leading into the 2019 FIBA World Championship.

Wanda Sparks RN ’02 Ph.D. ’01 MSN was named the new director of the nursing program at Schreiner University in Kerrville, Texas.

Vanessa Lopez ’09 BA is the new head of costume crafts at The Guthrie, one of the most well respected regional costume studios outside of New York City. Lopez was formerly at Netflix.

2010s Taina Maya ’10 BA was named chief of communications for the Killeen Independent School District. She was formerly a morning news anchor at KWTX - TV in Waco.

Maria M. Bedia ’13 MBA was appointed as grants administrator for Nueces County, Texas in November. She is responsible for writing and imple-

menting all county projects funded through grants from local, non-profit, state and federal agencies.

Alejandra Zertuche ’13 MS was named to San Antonio’s 40 Under 40 list for 2019 by the San Antonio Business Journal. Zertuche is the CEO of Enflux, a software company that centralizes, integrates and analyzes software for education programs.

Samuel Anderson ’16 BA ’18 MBA has published a book, God’s Audacity: The Logic of God’s Existence, which can now be purchased on Amazon. He hopes his literary success becomes an “encouragement to the UIW students that nothing is impossible.”

Alex Jenkins ’17 BS joined the defensive lineup for the New York Giants. He previously played for the New Orleans Saints.

Yuri Ribeiro ’17 MBA is very involved in community service projects in both San Antonio and his home country of Brazil. He has started his own #giveawaychallenge where he personally donates to those in need and encourages others to do the same. Ribeiro also participates in a number of community services events with his current employers at Broadway Bank.

Ray Rodriguez ’18 BS is a successful MMA fighter.

Since graduating, he has opened his own martial arts academy called the Ultimate Submission Academy.

Tarec Gonzalez ’18 BA graduated from his infantry officer course and left for ranger school in April. His first duty assignment is in Italy.

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Future Cardinals

Engagements and Marriages Gregory Regino ’17 BS and Clarissa Garcia ’18 BA were married at St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Church in San Antonio on March 30, 2019.

Terri ’04 BS and Jason Pfluger ’01 BS ’07 MA have welcomed their third child, a beautiful baby girl named Reese to their growing family of five this past April.

Older brother Ryan, 4, and sister Ruth, 2, are ecstatic to have another future Cardinal join the family.

Gabrielle Alvarado ’11 BA ’14 MAA and her husband Zachariah welcomed their first child, Erin Charlize “Charlie” in May 2019.

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Eric Martinez ’11 BA and Valeria Montalvo were married in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 26, 2019. Martinez is the special events manager at UIW. Montalvo is currently a third-year student at St. Mary’s University School of Law. Lysandra Saldaña ’03 BA ’07 MA and Michael Reyes were married in San Antonio in March 2019. Saldaña is an assistant principal at an elementary school in the San Antonio area.

In Memoriam Vanessa H. Gonzalez-Flores Elaine Marie Sharp ’48 BA Olga Hachar La Vaude ’50 BA Olive “Tucker” Elizabeth Martin Burns ’50 BA Mary Lou Earnest ’55 BSRN Alma De La Cruz Gutierrez ’56 BSRN Sr. Brigid Mollaghan ’56 BS ’68 MA Mary Anne Holick-Thompson ’57 undeclared Josette Campbell Zoghby ’58 BA George H. Foster, Sr. ’61 BA Margaret Stefanagge Coleman ’61 BS Dr. Barbara Ann Wagner Sikes ’62 BM ’65 MA Sr. Catalina Fresquez ’63 BA Jo Ann Copp Aniol ’64 BS Andrea Koelzer Sullivan ’69 BS Ernestine Martinez Cervantes ’69 BA Gertrude “Trudie” Marie Huth ’69 BA Melinda G. Saenz ’70 MBA Erin Gardner Bowman ’72 BA Llewellyn Mori ’72 MA Mark Richter ’74 undeclared Raye Boyer Foster ’79 BA Deborah Lee Chandler ’80 BA Patricia Ann Malone ’87 BA, ’92 MA Patricia Lorraine Klinestiver ’89 Med Sr. Lucille Ann Fritsch “Sr. Mary Cordelia” ’94 MA Adrian Ridgeway ’00 MBA Ruth Eilene Butler Sullivan ’03 Honorary Degree Hazel Catherine Reece ’06 MSN John E. Zanca ’07 MBA Nancy Mackel ’07 MAT Elizabeth “Beth” Fern Schlueter ’07 BBA ’09 MBA

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Farewell

UIW says goodbye to three friends, professors and pillars of the Incarnate Word community.

Donald Ewers A Natural Educator

Dr. Philip Lampe A Heart for Mission

Dr. Ruth Eilene Sullivan A Compassionate Leader

Donald Ewers spent much of his life teaching and instilling in others an appreciation for art and nature. Alumnus of then-Incarnate Word College ’80 BA ’85 MA, Ewers was a senior lecturer in Art and Communication Arts for more than 30 years teaching photography, and spinning, dying and weaving in the Navajo tradition. While a faculty member, he instructed hundreds of students, current faculty members among them, and after his retirement he continued teaching others in his other passion, nature.

Ewers became a Texas Master Naturalist, members of which are dedicated to providing education about natural resource management and preservation of natural areas.

He served as the organization’s liaison with the Headwaters at Incarnate Word, a nature sanctuary and a sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word. In March, he led walks through the Sanctuary in the tradition of Native American storytellers in a program called “The Spirit Among Great Oaks,” one of many nature walks he led.

He also served as vice president of the Native Plant Society of Texas, San Antonio chapter and a field guide for the San Antonio River Authority, SA Parks Natural Area and San Antonio Botanical Gardens Texas Native Trails. For years, he documented his ventures out of doors in photo essays via his website, While on a Walk.

Despite challenges, he became an avid runner completing more than 30 5k runs in a single year. He also competed in and won two silver medals in the Texas Senior Games. His final run was in April.

A professor of Sociology who taught for 49 years, Lampe touched thousands of lives throughout his tenure. As an educator and expert in race relations, Hispanic Americans and the sociology of religion, he challenged his students to explore social problems and social justice.

As a scholar, he published dozens of articles, books and chapters, and encyclopedia entries. He was also co-editor of the Verbum Incarnatum, a national journal focusing on social justice. He would also pen articles for the Logos offering his thoughtful perspective.

Lampe was a man of deep faith, often serving as a Eucharistic minister at Mass and supporting the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word in many endeavors. He spent decades serving others through faith.

In the 1960s while teaching in Morelia, Mexico, Lampe designed a chapel, complete with furnishings and crucifixes for the community’s faithful. He was also dedicated to his family, including his wife, children and grandchildren, and had many friends inside and outside the Incarnate Word community.

Lampe was also an accomplished artist.

He was a painter who worked with oils and lacquers, and he also worked with copper.

His pieces have been shown in Guadalajara and Mexico City, Mexico, New Orleans and San Antonio.

In 2015, he was recognized for his 45 years of full-time service at UIW. Lampe lived the Mission of UIW, led with a servant’s heart and made a positive impact on generations of students and colleagues.

With her humanitarian and charitable heart, Dr. Ruth Eilene Sullivan spent much of her life making things better for the people of San Antonio. Sullivan served on many boards and committees committed to the arts, public television, conservation, medical research and education, to name a few. She was a wife, mother, benefactor, leader, world traveler and friend to many.

As a UIW Trustee and chairman emerita, she served two terms as chair of the Board of Trustees and worked to elevate surroundings and improve opportunities for students. For her efforts on behalf of the University and more, she was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 2003.

In September 2013, UIW officially dedicated the Ruth Eilene Sullivan Ceramic and Sculpture Studios, a state-of-the-art facility.

The Ruth Eilene Sullivan Fashion Design Program was also named in honor of her involvement and generosity to the program. She and her husband were also great baseball fans and watched games from their namesake Sullivan Field.

A member of the Legacy Society, a dedicated giving society, she was a friend and benefactor for many years. In 2015, a new Friendship Garden was dedicated in honor of Sullivan and friends Dr. Peggy Lewis and Tena Gorman. The garden, located off of the Student Engagement Center, was designed as a peaceful gathering place under the shade of an oak tree hundreds of years old. Today, students and community members continue to meet in the garden dedicated to her and benefit from all that she helped make possible at UIW. T H E W O R D | FA L L 2 0 1 9

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Researcher on the Rise Ixtaccihuatl Obregon, a biochemistry and math double major, rises to challenges and earns a coveted national scholarship.

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xtaccihuatl Obregon was waiting in a hallway at Arizona State University (ASU) when she received an unexpected but thrilling email. Along with her five teammates, Obregon had been preparing to present the progress made on her summer research experience when she got the news that she had been selected for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Undergraduate Scholarship Program.

“We were trying not to scream outside the conference room because another group was presenting,” she said. “I had to hold in all my excitement so I could go present to 20 research professors.” After a successful presentation, she was able to exclaim: “Guys, I got it!”

In late January, Obregon had applied for the prestigious scholarship, something she considered a bit of a long shot. For aspiring science researchers, the scholarship offers a pathway from undergraduate studies to the professional world, and offers a scholarship up to $20,000 per year, paid research training at the NIH during the summer, and a guaranteed position as an NIH researcher after graduation. After meeting rigorous application requirements, waiting months during the application review, and taking part in an intense phone interview, she became one of only 10 recipients selected from hundreds of applicants across the nation.

As a double major in mathematics and biochemistry, Obregon is eager to continue her research in both of these areas. Over the summer at ASU, she participated in a select eight-week program at The Mathe-

matical and Theoretical Biology Institute.

She learned advanced math over a fourweek period in preparation for the final four weeks spent in deep research. She and her four teammates from the U.S., China and Mexico, developed their research question on their topic (“Minimizing Drug Resistant Cases of Gonorrhea through Cost - Effective Treatment Plans”), explored various mathematical techniques, formed a model, calculated new estimated

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They really tested you. It made you proud to say ‘Yes, I know what I am doing.’ It kept moving you forward.

parameters based on known research, and formed a system of ordinary differential equations. The team would then have a daily presentation in front of a panel of 20 researchers. As high-pressure as it sounds, Obregon approached it as a growth opportunity.

“It makes you a much more organized person and more driven,” she said. “Coming up with our research question took about a week, and then you had about 20 professors break down the question to see if you knew what you were going to research. They really tested you. It made you proud to say ‘Yes, I know what I am doing.’

It kept moving you forward.”

Now in her senior year at UIW, Obregon continues to rise to challenges she encounters along her path. She is also an officer in the Math Club and president of the Honors Student Board.

“One thing we stress at UIW is community service,” said Dr. Suleyman Tek, associate professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics, who has worked with Obregon in class and through service. Last year, they spent a day helping lead math activities with a group of middle school students during Sonia Kovaleski Math Day. What’s more, she is a San Antonio Math Scholar at UIW, a group funded by a grant by the National Science Foundation.

Tek, who oversees the grant, organizes weekly meetings and opportunities for professional development and conference presentations. The previous academic year, Obregon presented cancer cells modeled through ordinary differential equations ­– a project from Tek’s Math Modeling course ­– at the Mathematical Association of America Texas Sectional Meeting.

As for what comes next, Obregon is considering a gap year after graduation.

But unlike students who may enjoy a pause in their academic pursuits as they travel or rest, her gap will be spent researching for the NIH. At the end of her year-term at NIH, she may stay on or consider a program at Michigan State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine that offers a D.O. and M.D. program. Whatever her choice, she is sure to rise to every challenge.

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Support Structured

dr. Arthur Hernandez advocates for students and helps shape the support they need in Texas schools

By Elda Silva “Because I work with students, and because I’m surrounded by so many amazing faculty persons, there’s always an opportunity to learn something, and I think probably among my most favorite things is learning something new.”

As part of his work with TASP, an organization he has been involved with since the mid-1990s, Hernández is chairing a task force focused on crisis prevention and response in schools. In part a response to school shootings that have occurred in Texas, the task force is focused more broadly on crisis in general.

“One of the ways to minimize risk is by making sure that schools are places that focus on social-emotional development and social-emotional wellness as well as curriculum content,” he said.

Among other projects, he is also working with a collaborative in Puerto Rico created in the wake of Hurricane Maria. Hernández is working with physicians and mental health professionals “to help them start thinking about how to organize and prepare for the next big event, looking at self-care,” he said.

“People who are engaging in helping others, there’s a particular burden on them, so they need to be able to make sure they don’t burn out so they can continue to be of benefit and of service.”

Hernández takes on such projects because they’re of interest to him, but also for the benefit of his students.

“I believe anybody who’s going to be teaching someone else needs to have experience and be actively engaged,” he said. “You don’t want to go to a physician who learned from somebody who went to school but never treated a patient.”

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r. Arthur E. Hernández missed being in a classroom.

That’s why Hernández, a professor in the Dreeben School of Education, joined the faculty at the University of the Incarnate Word in 2016. Immediately prior, he was dean of the college of education at Texas A&M University, Corpus Christi.

“I really appreciate and enjoy the opportunity to be student centered and student focused,” Hernández said.

Over the course of his decades-long career, Hernández’s writing and research has focused on measurement and evaluation, psycho-educational interventions and performance effectiveness.

Adding to a long list of appointments and honors, this year Hernández was elected president of the Texas Association of School Psychologists (TASP).

His term ends in January.

With friendly eyes behind rimless glasses, Hernández has a quiet warmth about him. The shelves in his office are packed with data analysis and research design books. Among Hernández’s favorite mementos are an orange Nerf brain he used to have undergraduates toss around to “get that brain moving” and a stuffed black lamb given to him as a replacement for a beloved childhood toy after he shared the story of its loss with students in a developmental psychology class.

In his work with doctoral students at UIW, Hernández’s focus is on research methodology. Currently, he is the dissertation chair for 10 doctoral students.

He also works with others as a methodologist or consultant.

“I enjoy the ‘Aha!’ moment. I enjoy the collaboration and basically making meaning together,” Hernández said.

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The traditional South Asian celebration offers UIW students an opportunity to celebrate culture

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s a child Dr. Lopita Nath, professor and chair of the Department of History, attended temple and church, praying to Shiva, Ganesh and Jesus with equal faith.

Nath’s father was of Hindu faith and her mother a Baptist, whilst her maternal grandfather, born a Hindu Brahmin, converted first to Baptist and then later to Catholicism. Her paternal grandfather was a Hindu scholar that conferred often with religious scholars from across the world. She encountered Islam as a youth because several family members and close friends were married into the Muslim faith and the family celebrated Idd and other Muslim festivals.

“During my childhood, I did not know the differences and accepted each faith as if it was my own,” said Nath. “Going to the temple was as normal as going to a church or a mosque.

I was always open to it, because we saw our parents do the same.”

Today, she welcomes students to learn more about other faiths and cultures and discover more about the sacred traditions that exist throughout the world. Nath is one of several members of an interfaith initiative through the Ettling Center for Civic Leadership & Sustainability. Along with Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI, 28

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she directed an Interfaith Innovation Grant, which gave 15 faculty members the opportunity to take part in service learning opportunities and learn more about multiple faiths.

Nath has spent much of her own scholarly journey learning about cultures and communities. In 2000, she began a research fellowship working with displaced Nepali immigrants, going into the field, speaking with them and documenting their experiences. Nath spent weeks listening to their heartfelt stories of their treatment, displacement and pending deportation back to Nepal. The Faith is always interexperience allowed her to see a different side of life. Nath said that the people she twined with culture interviewed managed to lift her spirit and interfaith exposes through their generosity, warmth, and people to different openness to her, a stranger.

“It taught me that humans are strong cultures and creates and resilient, that they are stronger than open mindedness and their oppressors and stronger than all the violations of human rights,” she said. understanding.

After the fellowship, she became a migration scholar and went on to teach and research immigration and refugee experiences and their impact on societies. Her research and refugee work created an understanding of people’s need to remain positive despite difficult situations. It also fostered a need to educate people about different religions and cultures, and Nath along with Dr. Ramsinghani decided to bring a Diwali celebration to UIW. The first UIW Diwali Festival was held in 2015 and is now an essential part of UIW’s interfaith activities. Nath said that the true essence of Diwali is the victory of good over evil. To celebrate, people light earthen oil or butter lamps around their houses, though many now use electric string lights as well. They cook delicacies, visit with friends and relatives and light fireworks in the evening. Hindu homes also have a religious festival where they worship Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth, to welcome abundance and prosperity for all. It is a time of goodwill, friendship and camaraderie.

“In this day of strife, conflicting interests and exclusivist tendencies, in every part of the world, I feel we are losing sight of the human element,” said Nath. “We are not seeing people as people, but more as Christians, Hindus, Muslims, Jews or by their skin color and racial identity. Faith is always intertwined with culture and interfaith exposes people to different cultures and creates open mindedness and understanding.”

Top left: Nath during a visit to Taktsang Monastery (Tiger’s Nest) in Paro, Bhutan.

Left: in Golden Temple in Amritsar in Punjab, India. Below: Nath and dancers perform at Diwali 2018.

University Collective News, accomplishments and accolades from our illustrious faculty and staff Dr. Veronica Acosta, professor of Biology, and Dr. Julian Davis, professor of Organic Chemistry, were the inaugural recipients of the Dr. Kathleen Light Outstanding Teaching Award. The award is named for Dr. Kathi Light, provost emerita, in honor of her many years of teaching and recognizes outstanding faculty members.

Dr. David Armstrong, assistant professor of English and Creative Writing, Dr. Paulo Carvalho, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Bridget Ford, assistant professor of Biology, Dr. Julio Lujano-Gutierrez, assistant professor of Nursing, Dr. Brett Richardson, coordinator of Music Education and director of Bands, were each presented with a Provost Legacy Teaching Award.

education article for Pharmacist Times in June. She published “Chapter 8: Women’s Health,” in Principles and Practice of Botanicals as an Integrative Therapy. She presented “Nutrition and Herbal Medications” at Texas Health and Science University. She also coordinated and presented at the UIW Health Fair for the Women’s Month committee and presented the poster “Drugs in Pregnancy and Lactation.”

Dr. Rebekah Benitez, assistant professor of Pharmacy, published “Pioneering Our Way Through Heart Failure Management” in Topics in Evidence-Based Pharmacy Practice in July with co-authors Lennon, B.W. and Snoga, J.L.

Dr. J. Nile Barnes, interprofessional health education coordinator at the Feik School of Pharmacy, presented the webinar “The Opioid Crisis: Trends and Actuarial Perspectives to the Society of Actuaries” with co-presenter Davenport, S. He also presented “Opioids: Are We Still Talking About This?” at the first annual FSOP Summer CE Seminar for alumni and preceptors in San Antonio in July.

Dr. Jessica Bradley, assistant professor of Physiology, was named School of Osteopathic Medicine Basic Science Educator of the Year.

Dr. Renee Bellanger, professor of Pharmacy Practice, was a volunteer reviewer for the AACP recommendation list for pharmacy school libraries. She also published “The Impact and Management of Iron-Deficiency Anemia in Women’s Health” continuing

Dr. Carol Browne, assistant professor of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, is a Level 2 and Level 3 Item Writer and a Level 3 Examination Reviewer; for the National Board of Osteopathic Medical Examiners, and an examiner for the American Osteopathic

Dr. Stefanie Boswell, professor of Psychology, was named Moody Professor, the highest honor faculty can receive from fellow faculty.

The Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing & Health Professions developed the Nursing Cardinal Wellness Center (NCWC) to expand clinical opportunities for students, add an advanced practice faculty site, and extend the tenets of Catholic social teaching within a medically underserved community of San Antonio. The NCWC is a nurse-managed center that offers Texas Health Steps well-child checkups through Texas Medicaid and Head Start physicals in collaboration with the San Antonio Independent School District and Family Services Association of San Antonio.

The Center also provides vaccines through the Texas Vaccines for Children and Adult Safety Net Programs. The NCWC also offers well-women services under the Healthy Texas Women program and through the grant awarded by the CHRISTUS Foundation. The NCWC’s focus is on preventative health for low-income adults and children residing mainly in the Eastside Promise Zone.

Board of Family Practice.

Dr. Alison Buck, Dr. Wanita Mercer, Dr. Sherry Herbers and Dr. Norman St. Clair, Dreeben School of Education faculty and alumni, published “The Joy of Learning: A Case Study of a Transformative Educator and Activist” in Adult Learning. The article is part of a larger endeavor to document Dr. Dorothy Ettling, CCVI’s legacy of learning leadership, utilizing the talents and reflections of current or former students, colleagues, CCVI Sisters and others.

Dr. Darlene Carbajal, assistant professor of Communication Arts, and Dr. Raymond Blanton, assistant professor of Communication Arts, published “Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman: A Critical Case Study on Social Media, Deception, and Lil Miquela” in Handbook of Research on Deception, Fake News, and Misinformation Online. Carbajal also presented “Inclusive Moves: How Well Do We Know Our Students?” at the 2019 Southwest Fulbright Symposium.

UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry (RSO) faculty Dr. James Chapman, Dr. Stephanie Schmiedecke-Barbieri, Dr. Matt Valdes, Dr. Nancy Amir and Dr. Paul Lau established a system to help patients with vision impairment, and in July RSO received an award for “Providing Excellence in Vision Care for Persons Who Have Vision Impairments” at the 29th Annual Americans with Disabilities Act Celebration hosted by San Antonio Independent Living Services (SAILS).

Brandi Coleman, UIW Teacher Network induction coordinator, received a Commitment to Service Award from the Ettling Center for Civic Leadership & Sustainability.

Coleman was recognized for her commitment to service for launching a mentorship program that helps young women in middle and high school to become leaders in the community.

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university collective salvo of University of Texas at Tyler and Dr. Amy Vetter of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro published “Crafting Communities of Writers: Advice from Teens” in the English Journal, the only professional journal in the country for high school English teachers. The article shares findings from Writing Lives of Teens, a research collective of eight researchers in three states who interviewed 78 adolescents about their writing lives.

Sr. Martha Ann Kirk, CCVI, professor emeritus, was included in the PBS series Women, War, and Peace II. According to its website, “The road to peace is built by teachers of peace … Kirk teaches peace based on theology and speaks from her own decades of peace building around the world.” The episode is available via on-demand.wvia.org Jim Collins, assistant professor and interim program coordinator of Computer Information and Cyber Security Systems, established a three-year $18,000 grant scholarship designed to prepare students for careers in the intelligence services. This scholarship is in cooperation with other local universities and $6,000 will be awarded at UIW. Dr. Jeffrey Copeland, professor and assistant dean of Experiential Programs, was re-elected to serve a second two-year term as president of Christian Pharmacists Fellowship International, from 2019-2021. He presented the poster “Introductory Pharmacy Practice Experience Transition” at the TSHP Annual Seminar in Frisco, Texas with co-author Gosser, J. At the seminar, his poster presentation “Experiential Education’s Role in a Successful Residency Interview,” co-authored with Gosser, J. and Long, C., won the competition’s Practitioner-Education Category Award.

Dr. Johnathan Cuevas, MTM coordinator and assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, made a continuing education presentation “A 2019 Update to the ACIP Adult Immunization Schedule” at the first annual FSOP Summer CE Seminar for alumni and preceptors in San Antonio.

Dr. Luella D’Amico, assistant professor of English and co-coordinator of Women’s and Gender Studies, published “The Journey to American Womanhood: Travel and Feminist Christian Rebellion in Susan Warner’s The Wide, Wide World and Martha Finley’s Elsie’s 30

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Girlhood” in Children’s Literature Association Quarterly in Spring 2019. She also published a critical introduction to the Stratemeyer Syndicate’s Honey Bunch Series for a web exhibit created by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She presented at the Association for the Study of Literature and the Environment Conference in Davis, California, where she presented “‘The Ancestor to Every Action is Thought’: Service-Learning and Catholic Social Teaching in a Transcendentalism-Themed Composition Course.”

At the American Literature Association conference in Boston, she presented “‘Who cares?’: Caritas as Salve for the Fallen Mother in Rebecca Harding Davis’ The Promise of the Dawn (1863) and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps’ Hedged In (1870),” and participated in a roundtable about job market strategies for American literature job seekers.

Dr. Tony Dasher, assistant professor and IPPE Coordinator, served at Medication Pass Observation to evaluate medication aides and nurses administering medications to patients at The Village at Incarnate Word Retirement Center. Dasher published “Using Pharmacy Collectibles in Teaching in the History of Pharmacy” in SIG Newsletter, Issue 7. He was elected to serve a two-year term on the Board of Directors of the Central Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacy. He presented “The Opioid Epidemic: Lots of Data, Statistics and Questions but Few Answers” at the American Pharmacy APEX meeting in San Antonio and at the TSHP Annual Meeting, Frisco, Texas.

He also presented a poster “Lab Values Don’t Lie: Pharmacist’s Role in Medication Safety” at the TSHP Annual Meeting with co-authors Copeland, J., Furvey, T.L. Dr. Ann D. David, associate professor in the Dreeben School of Education, along with Dr. Annamary Con-

Dr. Yvonne Davila, assistant professor of Nursing and clinical liaison, was presented with the Ed Zlotkowski Faculty Service Learning Award.

Dr. Amy Diepenbrock, assistant dean for Student Affairs at the Feik School of Pharmacy, planned and oversaw UIW’s first PharmCAMP, for high school students from the Rio Grande Valley. She presented “Evaluating, Disciplining and Supporting Students after a Positive Drug Screen, DUI or Arrest” at the AACP Annual Meeting, Chicago in July with co-presenters Hughes, J. and Jungnickel, P. She was also invited to serve on the PCAT Advisory Board for the 2019-2020 term and is serving a second year as Secretary of Knowledge Management for Student Services SIG, AACP for the 20192020 term.

Teri Lopez, senior instructor and director of the Fashion program, led a study tour to Bajio, San Miguel de Allende, and Oaxaca, Mexico in May, and delivered fabrics to Hormigas Bordadoras de Tanivet, a women’s cooperative in Tanivet, Mexico.

After meeting the artisans and discussing the quilt pieces they are constructing about their families and immigration experiences, the students assisted them in creating a blog to advertise and sell outside of Mexico.

university collective Specialists 2019 Conference in Austin in June. She also presented “Medication Naming” to the Oncology Research interns at the Mays Cancer Center in June.

JoAnne Fazio-Gosser, assistant professor and APPE Coordinator in FSOP, presented “Strategies for Optimizing Work/Life Balance” at the TSHP Annual Meeting in Frisco, Texas in April with co-author Frei, B. Dr. Stephanie Grote-Garcia, Dr. Deepti Kharod, Dr. Ann D. David, Dr. Denise Staudt, Dr. Elda Martinez and other faculty from the Dreeben School of Education attended the Raising Texas Teachers Emerging Partner Convening held by Raise Your Hand Texas in Austin in July.

Teacher Education programs gathered to begin the continuous improvement planning process.

Dr. Holly DiLeo, director of the Nursing Cardinal Wellness Center (NCWC), received a $71,228.71 grant from the CHRISTUS Foundation titled “Mature Women’s Health Services” for the period July 2019 to June 2020. The purpose of the grant is to expand NCWC to include mature women with limited income and limited access to preventive health care. The grant will provide 50 wellness examinations to women between 45 and 64 years old, including pap smears, preventive laboratory screening tests and screening mammograms.

Richard Duran, interim director of Athletics, has been selected to participate in the NCAA Pathway Program, a year-long course designed to elevate high-level administrators in athletics to take the next step in becoming an athletic director.

Dr. Bradi Frei, professor of Pharmacy Practice, took the ASHP/ACCP Oncology Pharmacy Preparatory Review and Recertification course in May. She organized and led the PharmCAMP on a tour of the Mays Cancer Center in the UT Health San Antonio MD Anderson Cancer Center in June.

She presented “Update on Oral Oncology Treatments” at the Texas Clinical Nurse

Dr. Lucretia Fraga, assistant professor in the Dreeben School of Education, received the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) President’s Volunteer Service Award. ISTE is an official certifying organization for the President’s Volunteer Service Award. This award recognizes U.S. citizens who have achieved the required number of service hours over 12 months or cumulative hours over the course of a lifetime. ISTE honors individuals who have volunteered at least 100 hours in ISTE volunteer activities per year.

Dr. Mathew Garber, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, presented the poster “Students’ Perspective on Medical Disaster Preparedness Course” at the TSHP Annual Meeting in Frisco, Texas in April.

Dr. Helmut Gottlieb, assistant professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, presented “Cfos Responses Produced by the Central Microinjection of Salvinorin A in Conscious Rats” at the 2019 Experimental Biology Meeting in Orlando, in April with co-authors Aboozar, A., Franklin, C. and Rangel, Y. Dr. Trey Guinn, program director of Communication Arts, was elected president of Fulbright Association San Antonio.

Dr. Sandra L. Guzman Foster, assistant professor of Graduate Studies in the Dreeben School of Education, with former student, Dr. Stephen J. Fleenor, educational consultant at Seidlitz Education, published “The Power of Praxis: Critical Thinking and Reflection in Teacher Development,” a chapter in the Handbook of Research on Critical Thinking

and Teacher Education Pedagogy.

Dr. Adreain M. Henry, clinical assistant professor of Optometry Instruction, graduated with distinction from the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, with a Doctorate in Higher Education Management (Ed.D.) He is also the 2019 Alumni Hall of Fame recipient for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College – Jackson County Campus.

Dr. Linda Hook, assistant professor of Nursing, established a vaccine program through the NCWC that was recognized as the Top Outreach Provider in San Antonio and Bexar County by the Texas Vaccines for Children Program during the 2019 TVFC/ ASN Provider Conference hosted by the San Antonio Metro Health Immunization Program.

Dr. Linda Hook, Dr. Lorena Paul, Dr. Christina Hernandez and Michael Van Doren all from the Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing & Health Professions were accepted to present a joint podium presentation titled “A Partnership with Head Start to Teach Population-Based Program Management Through Lead Screening” to the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators Annual Conference in May in Phoenix.

Dr. Chad Jackson, director of Professional Practice Education, Dr. Amy Crocker, director of Experiential Learning and Social Accountability, and Dr. Caroline Goulet, dean of the School of Physical Therapy, received $212,000 from the Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program for their proposal “Transformational Learning in Physical Therapy Education: Sustainable Clinical Partnerships to Enhance Student Engagement with Individuals Encountering Health Disparities.” The two-year grant is to increase academic and clinical partnerships in underserved areas; to increase student exposure to and awareness of issues concerning access to healthcare and health disparities; and to positively influence a graduate’s aspirations of working with underserved populations.

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university collective Dr. Lila LaGrange, professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, was named the Piper Professor.

Jingtian Li, assistant professor of Animation and Game Design, has continued developing Udemy video segments that teach Unreal programing, currently he has 15,000 followers.

Dr. Kathleen Lusk, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, published “Effect of Therapeutic Interchange on Medication Changes Between Admission and Discharge” in Hospital Medicine, in May with co-authors Popp, R.A., Glaess, S.S., Burkett, D. and Attridge, R.L. Dr. Anil Mangla, associate professor and director of Public Health, was awarded a Hogg Foundation grant for $425,000 and $50,000 for the Corner Store Project.

Dr. Elda Martinez, director of Teacher Education, served as managing editor for the third volume of TxEP: Texas Educator Preparation, the official journal of the Consortium of State Organizations for Texas Teacher Education.

Along with Dr. Jodi Pilgrim of University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Dr. Christie Bledsoe

of University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, Sheri Vasinda of Oklahoma State University, Martinez published two articles, “Critical Thinking is CRITICAL: Octopuses, Online Sources, and Reliability Reasoning” in The Reading Teacher and “Making Connections: An Analogy Between Traditional and Online Text” in Texas Journal of Literacy Education. The authors will present “Lessons Learned from Octopuses and Online Sources: Modeling Web Literacy and Critical Thinking Skills” at the International Literacy Association 2019 Conference in New Orleans in October.

Tracey E. Mendoza, dean of Libraries, has been asked to serve as Chair of the Texas Council of Academic Libraries, which is the association of all Texas Academic Library deans and directors. She also served as the Texas Library Association representative on the Texas Higher Education Coordinator Board’s feasibility study on open educational resources.

Assistant Chair and Professor of Music Dr. Ken Metz’s composition Clavileño (Sancho Sees the Stars) was selected for inclusion in the 100-note Toy Piano Project. Another piece by Metz for wind ensemble, Calliope, will be performed at the Contemporary Music Festival at Christopher Newport University. Metz is also hosting (in collaboration with Dr. Kevin Salfen) concerts for the National Association of Composers USA at UIW and at the Radius Center in September, and for the Society of Composers at UIW and at Trinity University with

Dr. Kevin Salfen, associate professor of Music, traveled to Japan in December to develop Phoenix Fire, his new intercultural work in honor of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

In June, he returned to Japan for a work-in-progress performance in Tokyo given by international ensemble Theatre Nohgaku, of which he is a member. In May, he was elected president of the American Musicological Society, Southwest Chapter, and in July, he traveled to the U.K. for performances of two of his pieces (New Year Canticles and Is Not This The Fast that I Choose?) in Ripon Cathedral in Yorkshire. With colleague Dr. Ken Metz he co-produced a short film documentary called Made in SA by filmmaker Brian Allen, and he was nominated for a 2019 Artist Foundation of San Antonio People’s Choice Award.

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co-sponsor Dr. Brian Bondari in February.

Dr. William L. Miller, professor and associate dean of Academic Affairs for the Rosenberg School of Optometry, was recently inducted into the National Academies of Practice as a Distinguished Fellow. The National Academies of Practice recognizes and honors the contributions of the nation’s leading healthcare practitioners through its constituent academies, among other things.

Margaret Mitchell, professor of Theatre Arts, contributed a chapter to the book, Performance Costumes: New Perspectives. She continues her work on costume designs for Ballet Idaho’s The Nutcracker, premiering in December.

She wrote the book jacket for Jaroslav Malina in Scenography and Painting, published

by Karolinum, Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy. She also served as general editor for the international journal, Studies in Costume and Performance, and the national journal, Theatre Design and Technology.

Dr. Adam Nash, assistant professor of Interior Design, was awarded as a 2019 ASID Ones to Watch by the American Society of Interior Designers Dr. Lopita Nath, professor and chair of the History department, was presented with the Presidential Teaching Award.

Dr. Monica Ramirez, associate professor of Nursing, was named the 2019 UIW Nurse Imagemaker for her commitment to success and dedication to nursing.

Dr. Adam Ratner, assistant dean of Strategic Initiatives of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, was named president of the Bexar County Medical Society.

Dr. Brett A. Richardson, coordinator of Music Education and director of Bands, served as an invited clinician on score study at the Connecticut and New York music education associations. He will be presenting similar topics on score study for young teachers at The Midwest Clinic: An International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago in December. This will be his third invitation to present at this event.

university collective Dr. Mary Ann Snyder, assistant professor of Family Medicine of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, received a Community Service Award from the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association.

Dr. David Vequist, professor of Management and founder/director of the Center for Medical Tourism Research, is now approved as one of the U.S. representatives for the American National Standards Institute/ International Standards Organization standards board in healthcare management. He will represent the U.S. in Washington, D.C. this November along with representatives of nearly every country to develop quality standards to improve healthcare processes globally. He will also forward the first ISO quality standards for medical tourism and receiving international patients. If accepted, it will become the worldwide standard for hospitals on every continent.

Dr. Brent Sanderlin, associate dean of Clinical Affairs at the School of Osteopathic Medicine, was named president of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association.

Dr. Donald Sikazwe, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, presented “Research Escapades: Metabolism to CNS Drug Discovery” at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Zambia in Lusaka, Zambia in June.

Dr. Jenna Snoga, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, published “Containing generic drug costs” in U.S. Pharmacist in the June 2019 issue with co-authors LaViola, B.A., Sanchez, C.K.

Dr. Tanja Stampfl, associate professor of English and QEP Writing Academy director, won the 2018-19 Sr. Margaret Rose Palmer Award for Education. She published A Century of Encounter: Writing the Other in Arab North Africa (Routledge) in March. Her co-authored textbook Business and Economics Readings for ESL Students 2 with Ondes, T, Agirman, E., Ozcan, M., Trinh, C. was published in February. She also presented with Dr. Sree Nair a workshop on “Enhancing Student Learning in Science Classes through Informal Writing” at the 2019 Lilly Conference.

Teresa Trevino, associate professor of Graphic Design, traveled to the XIV Latin American Design Meeting at the University of Palermo, Argentina to present “Women. Telling a Story of Equitable Graphic Design,” which was the result of four years teaching History of Graphic Design.

Dr. Lucy Wilkening, assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice, had an article “Adverse Outcomes of Abrupt Switch and Discontinuation of Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitors in Dementia with Lewy Bodies: Case Report and Literature Review” accepted for review in Mental Health Clinician in June with co-authors Greiman, T. and Dear, B. Dr. Earlanda Williams, case chair and director of Anatomical Science and associate professor of the School of Osteopathic Medicine, is now a COMLEX-USA Level 1 Reviewer.

Dr. Amy Witte, associate professor of Pharmacy Practice, taught the Immunization Training Program to Lebanon American University APPE rotation students at Houston Methodist Hospital in July.

Dr. Raghunandan Yendapally, associate professor of Pharmaceutical Sciences, wrote the chapter “Drugs Used to Treat Cardiac Disorders” for Foye’s Principles of Medicinal Chemistry, 8th edition in July with co-author Gottlieb, H. and clinical significance contributor Kalich, B.

Matt Tovar, assistant professor of Animation and Game Design, worked with Crystal Dynamics Studios in California this summer on the Avengers game.

Dr. Horacio Vela, assistant professor of Religious Studies, presented the paper “Re-reading Scripture at the Border” at the annual meeting of the Academy of Catholic Hispanic Theologians of the United States (ACHTUS). He was elected to serve as a member of the board of directors of ACHTUS. He has also been invited to present a paper at a gathering of theologians from North and South America marking the 20th anniversary of the apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America.

Dr. Doug Warden, assistant professor of Pathology, was named UIW School of Osteopathic Medicine Clinical Educator of the Year.

Dr. Timothy A. Wingert, dean of the Rosenberg School of Optometry, was named a fellow of the European Academy of Optometry and Optics at their meeting in Rome. Wingert is only the third U.S. optometrist to be awarded the fellowship. The European Academy’s fellowship program awards members of the academy who have made a significant contribution to optometry, optics or vision science at a local, national and/or international level.

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Cardinal Heights

Hometown Showdown

UIW athletics continues to rise

For the first time in San Antonio history, UIW and UTSA football faced off in the Hometown Showdown at the Alamodome on Aug. 31. The game served as a season opener for the Cardinals who fell to the Roadrunners with a score of 357. Nevertheless, with two Division I programs in the same city, this game was a day to be remembered for San Antonio football fans.

Pan American Games Placer

Hector Ruvalcalba Cruz competed for Mexico at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Ruvalcalba swam and placed respectively in the 200-meter butterfly and 400-meter medley events.

A senior at UIW, Ruvalcalba has been an integral member of the UIW Men’s Swim team. The team currently holds two of the past CCSA Men’s Conference Championship titles, and Hector was awarded 2019 Most Outstanding Swimmer for his tremendous performance throughout the season.

A Perfect Duet

This past summer Natalia Vega competed for the United States at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea. Vega was paired with Bill May, a male synchronized swimming legend, to compete in the mixed technical and free duet events. Vega and May placed fourth in the world with their creative and difficult routines. She is currently a junior at UIW and a two-time All-American Athlete for the UIW Synchronized Swimming team.

UIW Track and Field History

Sarea Alexander competed in the 2019 NCAA National Outdoor Track & Field Championships at the University of Texas at Austin. A first in Cardinal program history, Alexander earned First Team All-America Honors and has accumulated seven conference title championships throughout her time at UIW. She also is the current program record-holder in both the long and triple jump.

CHRISTUS Court

Over the summer the new CHRISTUS Court was completed in the McDermott Center. The new 12,000 square-foot floor was made possible through a generous donation from CHRISTUS Santa Rosa.

GameDays Here are just a few games you can’t miss. Find schedules and tickets for all sports at UIWCardinals.Com. October 26

October 25

UIW VOLLEYBALL VS. UIW WOMEN’S SOCCER VS. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA SAM HOUSTON STATE Come out to watch these Cardinals kick their way toward victory.

5 p.m., Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

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Support your Cardinals as they bump, set and spike through the Southland Conference.

11 a.m., McDermott Center

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November 2

UIW FOOTBALL VS. NICHOLLS STATE Cheer for your favorite football team while honoring our military at the UIW Football Frost Bank Military Appreciation Game.

4 p.m., Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

November 9

December 7

UIW MEN’S SOCCER VS. UTRGV

UIW men’s BASKETBALL VS. TRINITY UNIVERSITY

Make some noise and celebrate the men’s soccer team seniors at their last home game.

7 p.m., Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

Pack the stands and bring your Cardinal cheer to the final Men’s Basketball home game of 2019.

7 p.m., McDermott Center

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Special Events Arts & Music Festival Thursday, Oct. 24 The Honors Program presents this free celebration of the arts featuring a variety of performances. Activities will include a poetry slam, onsite visual artists, and the Chorale coffeehouse.

A gallery of visual and wearable art will be for sale with proceeds going to the Honors Program’s Study Abroad Scholarship. 5:307:30 p.m., Student Engagement Center Women of Faith Luncheon Friday, Oct. 25 Sponsored by the Catholic Daughters of The Incarnate Word #2583 and University Mission & Ministry, this inaugural luncheon seeks to recreate the bond between the women of Incarnate Word through faith. Contact Beth Villarreal, villaret@uiwtx.edu, for ticket information. 12 noon, Student Engagement Center Ballroom Light the Way Holiday Festival Saturday, Nov. 23 Our favorite holiday event returns with even more reason to celebrate. For more information, see our back cover and visit LightTheWaySa.com.

3-9:30 p.m., University of the Incarnate Word Light the Way 5k Sunday, Nov. 24 Get your heart pumping

at this annual charity run.

For more information, visit LightTheWaySa.com.

7 a.m., University of the Incarnate Word

Special Services Homecoming Alumni Memorial Mass Sunday, Oct. 27 This annual remembrance of our departed alumni and Sisters concludes with a brief prayer in the Sisters’ cemetery. 10:30 a.m., Chapel of the Incarnate Word Veteran’s Day Ecumenical Prayer Service Monday, Nov. 11 Our UIW community comes together to honor all of our veterans and thank them for dedicated and loyal service to their country during this special service.

12 noon, Student Engagement Center Ballroom Ecumenical Thanksgiving Prayer Service Wednesday, Nov. 20 Join the UIW community as we come together to give prayerful thanks for the abundant blessings that God has given us throughout the year. 12 noon, Our Lady’s Chapel.

Baccalaureate Mass Friday, Dec. 13 Join us as we give thanks for the sacrifices and

paintings explores issues of ethnic identity, culture, and familial and social traditions relating to his Mexican heritage. The exhibit features still life, portraiture and urban landscapes. Opening Reception: Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, 6-8 p.m,. Semmes Gallery

accomplishments of all students graduating this semester. A reception will be held immediately following the Baccalaureate Mass in the Student Engagement Center hosted by the Provost’s Office. RSVP

by Wednesday, Dec. 11 as seating is very limited. A maximum of seven guests per graduate is permitted. 5 p.m., McDermott Convocation Center Christmas Eve Mass Tuesday, Dec. 24 Celebrate Christmas Eve with a beautiful Mass preceded by a special Christmas Eve pre-service concert at 5 p.m. 5:30 p.m., Chapel of the Incarnate Word

Arts & Exhibits Fiber Artists of San Antonio Annual Juried Fiber Art Exhibit Friday, Oct. 11 Friday, Nov. 15 The non-profit art group presents this gallery exhibition featuring the many facets of fiber. It can take many forms, including art quilts, wearable art, fiber sculptures, mixed media, fiber jewelry and more. For more information, visit fiberartistsofsanantonio.org.

Semmes & Condos Galleries Joe Pena: Nightfall Fri., Jan. 17 Fri., Feb. 14, 2020 This exhibition features the work of Joe Pena, whose

Music & Performance Amahl and the Night Visitors Wed. Nov. 20 Thurs. Nov. 21 This one-act opera tells the story of the visit of the Three Kings to a young child and his mother on their way to see the Christ child. The meeting changes the family’s destiny. 7:30 p.m., Concert Hall

choir.org. 8 p.m., Concert Hall Living Out Friday, Nov. 15 Wed, Nov 20 The UIW Theatre Department presents the story of two very different women from very different circumstances brought together in one house. Nancy is a successful lawyer who relies on Ana, her undocumented Salvadoran nanny to care for her own child while Ana’s remains in El Salvador. Times vary by performance, Coates Theatre, (210) 829-3800

Tally’s Folly Friday, Feb. 21 Thursday, Feb 27 An unlikely pair take center stage in this play set in 1940s Missouri about unrequited love, the Jazz Ensemble Concert power of persistence and Thursday, Dec. 5 embracing an unexpectThe UIW Jazz Ensemble ed, but happy-enough, takes the stage to perform destiny. Times vary by selections from its broad performance, Cheever repertoire. 7:30 p.m., Theatre, (210) 829-3800 Concert Hall Orchestra Concert Saturday, Dec. 7 Conducted by Terence Frazor, the ensemble of UIW students, faculty and local musicians perform their final concert of the year. For tickets, call (210) 829-3852. Adults $15, children and students $10. UIW student, faculty and staff free will valid ID. 8 p.m., Concert Hall San Antonio Chamber Choir Presents: LIGHT (Living in Glorious Heavenly Truth) Saturday, Dec. 21 San Antonio’s professional chamber choral company performs a selection of religious music just in time for Christmas. For tickets, visit sachamber-

Alumni Events UIW Homecoming Thursday, Oct. 24 Sunday, Oct. 27 Welcome back to The Nest! See p. 16 for full coverage of Homecoming 2019.

Trunk-or-Treat & Haunted House Sunday, Oct. 27 Celebrate Halloween with this family friendly and not-so-scary celebration.

Children and families can enjoy trick-or-treating, a haunted house and plenty of fall fun in a safe and festive environment. 5 p.m., McCracken House, 102 Mount Erin Pass

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PARTING WORDS

An Open Door Ministry Nothing says welcome like an open door. That’s a sentiment that Bishop Trevor Alexander lives by when it comes to his office on the first floor of the Administration Building.

“One of the things that we strive for is to have an environment of welcoming, where everybody walking by can pop in.” Pop in they do. And, whether they are students seeking guidance from UIW’s protestant chaplain or newcomers simply looking for the admissions office, Alexander makes time for all.

All told, Alexander has worked with UIW for 21 years, having graduated from then-Incarnate Word College and ultimately sending his children through the University.

Yet, his positivity and devotion to its Mission and purpose has not wavered.

“It’s exciting to be part of this movement – it’s a movement, not a moment – where we are going into the future, educating our young men and women to make a difference.

God knows what they are going to be doing when they leave here. If we do our job well and make an impact on their lives here, they will make an impact wherever they go.”

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