About the front cover: The front cover depicts the Terry Foundation’s Four Pillars: Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Community. The Foundation celebrated its 30th Anniversary with a year of SERVICE. This pillar is emphasized with gold as a tribute to Mr. Terry’s service to Texas over the past 30 years and a symbol of each Scholar’s pledge to give back.
About the back cover: Each new Terry Scholar adds to our growing family. The back cover depicts our family tree, grown from the Terrys’ desire for their scholarship to be more than just a check in the mail. The keyhole shape is a reminder that the Terry Scholarship has provided opportunity, but each Scholar holds the key to his or her own future success. The colors of our 13 Terry universities transition to Terry Blue as the tree branches outward – a reminder that we are all part of one large family, regardless of school.
Javier Carmona Jr.
Jodie F. Köszegi
Franco S. Martinez
Amber D. Masso
Nancy L. Miller
Robert L. Parker
Laura L. Sanders
Brandy N. Skillern
Jamie S. Thyssen
Holly N. VanHouten
It has been a great year to look back and celebrate what has been accomplished, and to remember that it all started with the vision of Howard and Nancy Terry.
This year we celebrated a wonderful milestone, reaching our 30th anniversary of providing scholarships to many bright, hardworking and deserving college students in Texas. It has been a great year to look back and celebrate what has been accomplished and to remember that it all started with the vision of Howard and Nancy Terry. They truly believed that if they could help young people to help themselves by achieving a college education with little to no debt, then good things would follow.
As we approached this year of celebration, we contemplated the best way to honor the Terrys and to celebrate their legacy. We knew that Mr. Terry would not want any fuss, but we also realized that every current student, and those yet to come, will never have the opportunity to meet our founders. With that in mind, we embarked on a six-month journey to create a film which would capture their vision.
“Mr. Terry knew every Scholar by name. He would remember things from our interviews. And he took a real interest in what we were doing at school... how things were going. So, here’s Mr. and Mrs. Terry, who founded the Foundation... and they truly had this interest in what was going on in our lives. It was almost as if we were their own children.” -Bob Gabriel, UT 1993
The documentary film Giving provides a glimpse into the motivation that compelled Howard Terry to create an educational foundation and sheds light on what he hoped to accomplish. The result is a story that all Terry Scholars share… that through education, individuals can improve their own lives and therefore be able to impact the lives of others.
We were thrilled to share Giving as the highlight of each of the 13 fall banquets. We joined together as a family on each campus, including our current Scholars and many alumni, members of the Board of Directors and our friends and university partners. The reaction was more than we could have hoped for! Many students said that seeing the film helped them to feel more connected to Mr. Terry and reminded them of their extended family and sense of community.
We hope that our current Scholars were inspired by the stories of some of our featured alumni, who are now out working and serving in their own communities. We were all challenged to carry forward the Terry legacy by honoring the gift we were given and working hard to impact the world around us. Perhaps most importantly, we were reminded that we each have a responsibility to ensure that this same opportunity exists for those who come along behind us.
To honor the amazing generosity of Howard and Nancy Terry, Terry Scholars and alumni around the world dedicated this past year as a “Year of Service.” We asked everyone to remember the Terrys as they performed acts of service throughout the year, and we have enjoyed seeing and hearing your stories. The cumulative results of your efforts were 325 projects and more than 54,000 hours of service. We can only imagine that this is just a fraction of the impact that Terry Scholars have on the world every day as they work, study and serve those around them.
Thank you, Terry Family, for sharing this milestone year with us. Thank you to those who contributed to the making of the film, Giving, and to all those who performed acts of service throughout the year. We look forward to many more years of giving, and to the impact that is yet to be seen. Most of all, thank you Howard and Nancy Terry, for your tremendous generosity and vision, which makes us all want to be worthy to bear your name as Terry Scholars.
Yvonne R. Moody President and Executive Director
Happy Anniversary, Terry Scholars!
The Terry Foundation’s goal is to improve and develop the state of Texas by assisting Texas students to attend the state’s finest public universities.
The Foundation hopes that these students will have a significant impact on the future leadership of the state and nation. To achieve this goal, the Foundation awards scholarships to students who meet the high standards set by the Founders.
What began in 1986 as a small scholarship program at the University of Texas and Texas A&M University is now the largest private source of scholarships for 13 universities across Texas.
The Foundation Program
Our Four Pillars
SCHOLARSHIP. Terry Scholars are chosen based, in part, on their academic achievements, and they are challenged to develop and use their knowledge to their highest potential.
LEADERSHIP. Terry Scholars are also challenged to be leaders and role models on their campuses, in their families, and anywhere else they can make an impact.
SERVICE. Terry Scholars are expected to give back to the Foundation through service – within the Terry network and in the world at large.
COMMUNITY. The Foundation strives to be more than just a “check in the mail” for our Scholars. Activities throughout the year provide an opportunity for Scholars to network with each other, with the Board of Directors and Foundation staff, and the expanding Terry Scholar Alumni Association.
The Selection Process
Formal interviews are conducted by the Foundation, concurrently in several cities around the state, each year in April for the Traditional Scholarship program and in June for the Transfer Scholarship program. Finalists meet with a six-member panel consisting of members of the Foundation Board of Directors, Scholar Alumni, and current Terry Scholars. The interview panels make the final selections, and new Scholars are notified prior to the start of the following academic year.
“Mr. Terry set the criteria early on... academics, financial need, and demonstrated leadership. You’re always going to have people with high academic scores, with some degree of financial need... but you want to focus on those people that have that intangible ability to lead others, to contribute, to give back to society and make us, make the whole economy and the society, better. That’s what we want.”
-Rhett
Campbell, Chief Executive Officer and Board Chairman*
The Stipend
Traditional Program
• Based on the cost of university attendance (tuition, fees, books, on-campus room and board, other expenses)
Criteria:
Terry Scholars are distinguished by...
• a deep-rooted desire to enrich the general welfare of the community
• an established record of leadership
• a demonstrated history of involvement in activities
• outstanding scholastic achievement
• a well-rounded personality marked by a desire to succeed
• Specific amount varies by Scholar depending on their receipt of other scholarship awards and grants
• Average amount may increase each year due to increases in cost-of-living and expenses
• Renewable for eight semesters Transfer Program
• Covers up to 65% of the annual official cost of attendance
• Renewable for up to six semesters.
Study Abroad Option
The Terry Scholarship Program also includes an additional Study Abroad option as an enrichment of the Scholars’ college experience. Scholars are encouraged to study in other countries as an opportunity to enhance their education and gain valuable global perspective.
*Quote taken from the video documentary Giving: The
found here: terryfoundation.org/giving
Funding
The Terry Scholarship Program is funded by the earnings of a substantial endowment that has been provided solely by the Founders and is managed by the Terry Foundation. The Foundation is chartered to exist into perpetuity.
Story of the Terry Foundation and edited for length. Full video can be
Howard L. Terry and Nancy M. Terry
Nancy M. Terry 1927-2012
1927 Born in Ogdensburg, New York
Mrs. Nancy (Myers) Terry, who would later play a primary role in supporting and encouraging the Terry Scholars, was an active student herself, participating in cheerleading, tennis, skiing, and athletics during her school years. Later, she graduated at the top of her class from the School of Nursing at the University of Rochester, completing her training at the Highland Hospital in Rochester.
After relocating to Texas and marrying Howard Terry in 1966, she continued her active lifestyle, but her newer interests skewed toward a more creative angle. She cultivated skills such as gardening, painting, and photography, with which she stayed busy for most of her long life.
“Mrs. Terry took an active interest in the lives of the Scholars and treasured the early gifts given by the graduating seniors. With her love of art, she particularly treasured anything that was made by the Scholars themselves, including drawings, paintings and picture collages.“
-Yvonne Moody (TAMU 1987), Foundation President and Executive Director*
“I learned from Mrs. Terry the importance of voting and civic engagement. I’m proud to say that I’m also involved with this in my own community.”
-Casey Wenmohes (UT 1989)*
Howard L. Terry 1916-2012
“A
30-minute interview that would change Mr. Terry’s life...
Mr. Terry had a science teacher who really thought a lot of him and wanted to see him succeed. This teacher knew a man in Austin with connections to the brand new coach at The University of Texas. One thing led to another, and the man in Austin said he could get Mr. Terry an interview with the new coach if he could get to Austin. Sure enough, the science teacher decided that he would personally drive Mr. Terry, because it was the only way he could get to this interview.
Mr. Terry always thought about that in later times and that’s one of the reasons that we use a 30-minute interview in our selection process – because he knew the impact that it could have on somebody’s life.”
-Ed Cotham, Chief Investment Officer*
1916 Howard Terry was born in Cameron, TX. His family owned a filling station, where young Howard worked during high school. Later, he would work for the county, shoveling gravel.
1938 Graduated from the University of Texas at Austin, which he attended on an athletic scholarship. He then took a position with Procter & Gamble.
1942 Voluntarily enlisted in the U.S. Navy, serving as a P.T. Boat Commander in the Pacific during World War II.
“Mr. Terry knew that he had survived in the war while other people with whom he was close had not. I think that had an impact on his life. He felt a responsibility to do something important with his life because he had managed to survive. This was a motivating factor in his commitment to those around him.”
-Ed Cotham, Chief Investment Officer*
1951 Started first business at age 35
After his military service, Mr. Terry returned to Procter & Gamble, serving as General Manager and setting up several chain stores. He then went to work for the Chambers Range Company.
He eventually went into business for himself, constructing residential subdivisions. He had a natural gift for finance, and over the following years, he gradually built an empire of businesses in the fields of construction, banking, real estate and oil & gas.
1981 Founded the Terry Companies, a multi-state corporation involved in oil & gas exploration and development.
“Mr. Terry basically had to invent his own opportunities... and I think that’s one of the reasons that he always had a regard for people who were trying to improve their situation. He’d been in that position, and he knew how difficult it was. Sometimes it just took a little bit of assistance to help somebody make that leap into the success that they wanted to be.”
-Ed Cotham, Chief Investment Officer*
1986 Howard and Nancy Terry co-founded the Terry Foundation
With profound business success over the decades and their family’s needs met, the Terrys developed a growing desire to give back to the community and, specifically, to help young people to reach their goals in higher education. After evaluating ideas as varied as university campus construction projects and endowed-chair faculty positions, the Terrys were still not satisfied.
Ultimately, the Terrys arrived at a plan to invest in the students of Texas themselves through the Terry Foundation, a scholarship program designed to exist into perpetuity. This plan has not only fulfilled the Terrys’ original dream of improving the state of Texas through its citizens, but also provided a path enabling like-minded individuals, Scholars and others, to continue the mission far into the foreseeable future.
The endowment was established in December 1986, and the first class of Terry Scholars was chosen in the summer of 1987. These 17 Scholars, along with the Terrys and those who had supported the Terrys’ endeavor, would form the base for the close-knit community soon to be known as the Terry Family.
“I remember one particularly funny experience that I had with Mr. Terry late in his life. We were talking about a function we’d been to that involved a whole lot of Terry Scholars, and he said, ‘You know, Ed, something funny happened. I was talking to some of them, and I noticed they were all referring to themselves as ‘Terrys’... Just like they were a member of my family.’
“I said, ‘That’s exactly the way they feel.’
“He thought about it for a minute and said, ‘You know, that’s exactly the way we wanted it.’”
-Ed Cotham, Chief Investment Officer*
FOUNDATION HISTORY
Investing in Students
Howard and Nancy Terry created the Terry Scholarship Program in 1986 to help young people help themselves through education. Knowing that universities are more than buildings and classrooms, Howard Terry had repeatedly declined to allow the universities to honor his previous contributions by placing his name on campus structures:
“Mortar and bricks will eventually be torn down,” he reasoned. The Terrys believed, in the long term, that a state is only as good as the educated citizens it produces. Thus was born a desire to invest in the students who would attend the public colleges and universities in Texas.
The Terry Foundation program was influenced greatly by Howard Terry’s own college experience. His family origins in Cameron, Texas were modest and it was only through the generosity of others that his college education had been made possible. Mr. Terry never forgot the helping hand that he received to attend college and was determined to extend that same help to a new generation of students.
After seeking counsel from sources including UT-Austin coach Darrell K. Royal and Houston attorney Rhett G. Campbell, the Terrys determined their most lasting contribution. They decided on a perpetual endowment that would provide scholarships for college students who demonstrated a capacity for outstanding leadership, and who needed financial assistance to achieve their goals in higher education.
From this simple concept, the Terry Foundation was created in 1986 to be the source of a perpetual scholarship program. The first scholarship recipients, known since then as “Terry Scholars,” were selected at interviews held in the summer of 1987.
Mr. Terry’s appreciation for the actions of those who helped launch his success is evident in his primary request of the Terry Scholars.
“We ask them to give back to the Foundation... through their own time and effort, so that they help other people who come behind them.” -Howard Terry
Growth and Expansion
During the first seventeen years of the Foundation’s history, Scholars attended only the University of Texas at Austin or Texas A&M University. In the fall of 2004, the Foundation Scholarship Program expanded for the first time, when Terry Scholars were named at the University of Houston and at Texas State University. Continued growth provided scholarships over subsequent years to the current total of thirteen universities.
2 Universities
Growth in the Foundation endowment eventually made possible an additional program expansion, when the Board approved a new component to the program: scholarships for students transferring completed college hours to any of the participating Terry universities. Commencing with the selection of 158 Terry Transfer Scholars in 2013, the Terry Transfer Scholarship program is now the largest of its kind in the state.
The Impact
Since its inception, the Terry Scholarship Program has helped over 5,000 college students achieve their goals in higher education. The Foundation Board oversees a large endowment and now includes six members who are Terry Scholar Alumni.
Along the way, Mr. and Mrs. Terry, and the Program itself, have been honored with a number of awards and recognitions, but the true measure of the Program’s worth can be viewed in the success story of every Terry Scholar.
A Growing Legacy
Howard Terry was active in the management of the Foundation up until the very end of his long life. He died in 2012 at age 95. The Foundation lost its second Founder later that same year, when Nancy Terry passed away at the age of 85. The Terry Foundation has become larger than the Terrys ever imagined, fulfilling their dreams of making a difference in the lives of students across the state.
“I’m the oldest of five, and my parents are Mexican immigrants. They wanted all of us to go to college. The Terry Foundation opened the doors that my parents wanted opened for us. This process that once seemed very daunting was actually a wonderful experience for our entire family. It’s motivated my siblings so that one day all of us can say, ‘This is our college degree, Mom and Dad. We did it.’”
-Melissa
Hernandez (UH 2008)
Today, the Terrys’ legacy is carried forward by the thousands of Terry Scholars who bear their name and embody the Foundation’s Four Pillars – Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Community.
All Terry Scholars pledge to give back to the Foundation and to the world with their time, talent, and resources. Terry Scholar Alumni ensure that the Terry Family continues to thrive through their mentorship and service on the Board of Directors, Alumni Advisory Board and through participation in the Terry Scholar Alumni Association.
“The key thing they’ve done is give me a sense of obligation to be the best I can be for the rest of my life; to ask, ‘How can I personally invest in people who need something that I can offer?” -Patrick Frasier (UT 2004)
“I would say, the life I live gives back to the Terry Foundation. Every time I volunteer, every time I take care of a patient, I think of the Terrys. I think of them all the time, because they made my life what it is today.”
-Amanda Donohoe (UT 1987)
2017-18
A year of celebration through Service
One of the Terrys’ greatest hopes for the Program lives in the idea that the Scholars would help others as they themselves had been helped. In so doing, the Scholars would continue to extend the helping hand that had originally enabled Mr. Terry’s academic career and subsequent success.
In honor of that original hope, and of the Foundation’s thirtieth anniversary, the SERVICE pillar of the Program was emphasized during the 2017-2018 school year.
Giving back through service to others has been a hallmark of the Terry Foundation Program since its inception three decades ago.
2017 Orientations
In August 2017, we welcomed 364 new Terry Scholars across our 13 universities.
An event was held on each campus just prior to the start of the fall semester. For new Scholars, the orientation is designed to focus special emphasis on the transition faced by faced by first-year and transferring college students.
Each day’s events included presentations on the Foundation Scholarship Program by Foundation executive management and staff. At the conclusion of the orientation programs, the new Scholars enjoyed networking with each other and with Scholars from the other cohorts.
2017 Stats
1624
244
120 Total Enrolled Scholars Incoming Traditional Scholars Incoming Transfer Scholars 13 Universities
1997
Stats
In 1997, UT Scholars initiated the first Orientation as a way for Scholars to network more than just at picnic and banquet.
2 Universities Incoming Scholars 62
175 Total Enrolled Scholars
Dallas Alumni Luncheon
The 2017 Dallas Alumni Luncheon and Advisory Board Meeting took place on September 14th at The DoubleTree Campbell Centre. The fall Advisory Board Meeting included newly appointed members for 2018. After the meeting, the Advisory Board joined DFW-area Alumni and Foundation staff for lunch and an update on the state of the Foundation. Outgoing Advisory Board Members were recognized before the group.
Fall Banquets
During October 2017, Scholars at each of the thirteen universities were hosted by the Foundation at the annual fall banquets. Members of the Foundation Board of Directors and staff joined the Scholars and university guests in elegant settings on each campus. Scholars enjoyed dinner and networking with the Foundation Directors, Scholar Alumni, fellow Scholars, and representatives of the universities’ administration. The dinner programs included remarks from student leaders of the Terry Student Organizations on each campus and a special viewing of Giving, the Foundation’s 30th Anniversary Documentary.
Statewide Officer Retreat
Terry Student Organization Officers from all 13 universities met in Houston on January 4-6, 2018 to develop their leadership skills and learn best practices from Foundation staff and Terry Alumni. The officers also participated in a service project that made 96 care packages and 35 posters for the Houston Area Women’s Center.
Fredericksburg Day at the Museum
On January 20, 2018, over 50 Terry Alumni brought their families to enjoy a day at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, TX.
Guests visited over lunch before watching a presentation about Mr. Terry’s service as a Patrol Torpedo (PT) Boat Captain in the Philippines during WWII. Ed Cotham, Jr., the Foundation’s Chief Investment Officer, shared Mr. Terry’s harrowing experiences during the battle of Leyte Gulf. After the presentation, Terry Alumni and their families set out to explore the museum and downtown Fredericksburg.
We enjoyed spending the day with Terry Scholars ranging from the class of 1987 to the class of 2016. Thank you for coming together to honor and celebrate Mr. Terry’s military service, which influenced the ideals of leadership and service, on which he built his scholarship foundation.
Fredericksburg Day at the Museum
Austin Alumni Luncheon
The 2018 Austin Alumni Luncheon and Advisory Board Meeting took place on February 13th at the Westwood Country Club in Austin, TX. Alumni joined Foundation staff and Advisory Board Members for lunch and an update on the state of the Foundation.
Howard and Nancy Terry Day
In 2011, Mayor Annise Parker and the city of Houston honored Mr. and Mrs. Terry by declaring March 22nd “Howard and Nancy Terry Day” in honor of their philanthropic efforts and impact on the city.
Terry Day 2018 was celebrated by the Houston Chapter of the Terry Scholar Alumni Association by hosting a volunteer event at Brookdale Senior Living Center. Houston area alumni, local current scholars, and guests interacted with the residents through decorating cookies, playing bingo, and sharing stories over lunch. The Terrys’ presence and interaction brightened the day of all of the seniors in the living community, who enjoyed the opportunity to share stories about their lives.
This event contributed about 100 hours to the Year of Service total.
2018 Traditional Interviews
The Terry Interview process has remained unchanged – every candidate receives an in-person interview with six panelists.
Interviews for the Terry Traditional Scholarship took place March 26th–April 9th in El Paso, Austin, Dallas, and Houston. 100 volunteers sat on 17 interview panels to interview a total of 510 candidates. The Foundation extended 238 scholarship offers across our 13 universities.
Thank you, 2018 Traditional Scholar interview panelists!
We want to thank the Terry Scholars who gave their time to select the Terry Class of 2018. This year, Terry interview panelists put in about 4,000 cumulative hours to review applications and give every candidate a 30-minute in-person interview.
Andrea Abeln (TAMU 2010)
Sam Alders (TAMU 2014)
Garth Beinart (UT 1993)
Sara Bhamani (UT 2011)
Kim Brandl Pekar (TAMU 1998)
Jonathan Brewer (TAMU 2011)
David Brewerton (UT 2003)
Hayley Brownlow (TTU 2014)
Brandy Butler Horton (TAMU 2001)
Baltazar Camacho (UT 2004)
Rhett Campbell, Board Member
Abbie Camero (UTD 2014)
Edwin Cantu (SHSU 2015)
Sara Carden (TTU 2012)
Todd Christian (TAMU 2014)
Kenzie Cocke (TTU 2012)
Bonnie Cole Southerland (TXST 2004)
Ed Cotham, Board Member
Kirsten Cottle (SHSU 2014)
Remington Couts (TAMU 2012)
Kristen Cummings (TAMU 2004)
Leigh Darilek (UT 1996)
JD Davis (UT 1989), Board Member
Aydan Delgado (UH 2014)
Taylor Dillard (TAMU 2014)
Amanda Donohoe (UT 1987)
Tammira Early Philippe (TAMU 1991)
K.K. Eschbach (TAMU 2004)
Ashley Evans (UT 2007)
Kathryn Flowers (UT 2007)
Patrick Frasier (UT 2004)
Kaleb Fulgham (UH 2006)
Noel Fuller (TXST 2008)
Javier Garza (UNT 2014)
Ayana Georges (TWU 2014)
Hannah Gerken (TAMU 2014)
Amanda Ghagar (UT 2001)
Chase Gibson (SHSU 2012)
Sammetria Goodson (UT 2000)
Scott Grass (UH 2006)
Jason Guillemette (UT 2005)
Hayle Hardy (TWU 2014)
Isaiah Harris (UTSA 2014)
Baley Helton (TXST 2014)
Sarah Henze (UT 1997)
Melissa Hernandez (UH 2008)
Christian Hertzberg (UT 1992)
Zehra Hussain (UNT 2014)
Theresa Huth (TAMU 1999)
Brittani Ingram Sallans (UH 2004)
Courtney Jaekel (UTA 2015)
Justin Johnson (UT 2009)
Stephanie Johnson Cook (UT 2003)
Ray Kerlick (UT 1987)
Pat Kinder (UT 1990)
Kyle Knight (UH 2013)
Ciara Knight (TXST 2012)
Maddy Kulkarni (UT 2001)
Milly Lackey (TAMU 2005)
Alba Lala (UT 2005)
Quynh Le Chau (TAMU 2004)
Daeija Lewis (TXST 2014)
Benjamin Lopez (TAMU 2010)
Kathryn Luevano (TXST 2004)
Emily Luth (UTD 2013)
Samantha McMillan (UTD 2008)
Kristen McWatters (TAMU 2004)
Daniel Mendoza (UT 2014)
Nazifa Mim (UT 2014)
Glenda Molina (TXST 2005)
Yvonne Moody (TAMU 1987), Board Member
Brian Mueller (TAMU 2004)
Melissa Murillo-Sanchez (UTEP 2015)
Curtis Neason (TAMU 1992)
Corey Nieman (UT 2007)
Jake O’Kelley (TAMUG 2014)
Omar Olivarez (UT 2014)
Josh O’Mullan (UTSA 2011)
Rebecca Ortiz (UTEP 2015)
Kevin Ortiz (TAMU 2012)
Carter Overton, Board Member
Nimra Pasha (UH 2014)
Mishali Patel (UTD 2014)
Erica Perez (UTSA 2014)
Jake Pringle (UT 1993)
Bryn Ray (TAMUG 2014)
Leann Rego (UT 2014)
Derek Rodriguez (TAMU 2006)
Hannah Shoemaker (UT 2007)
Shah Shripal (UT 2014)
Blane Skiles (UNT 2012)
Steve Strauss (UT 1998)
Steven Thai (TAMU 2003)
Logan Ward (TAMU 2014)
Lorenzo Washington (TAMU 2014)
Cory Whitaker (TAMU 1997)
Nicole White Griffith (UTSA 2006)
Candace Wong (TAMU 2004)
Karen Yang (TTU 2014)
Kasey Yanna (UT 2005)
Brian Yarbrough (UT 1988), Board Member
Ahmed Zidan (UTD 2006)
Statewide Service Projects
The first statewide service project was organized in 2006. Since then, the Foundation has experienced tremendous growth, and Scholars from across the state have joined together to contribute thousands of hours of service to the State of Texas.
A common service project or theme is traditionally selected at the Statewide Officer Retreat in January, and the chosen activity is completed later in the spring. Since the Foundation hosted the retreat in a different format this year, no single initiative was chosen. Instead, a number of Terry Schools shared their spring projects – carrying forward the Terry tradition of service while helping those still recovering months after Hurricane Harvey.
UTD • Hurricane Harvey Relief–Houston/Galveston • March 11-16
Scholars from UT Dallas traveled to Houston and Galveston to assist with the continuing clean up efforts for those affected by Hurricane Harvey. They painted, cleared damaged cabinets and flooring from flooded homes, helped with yardwork, and hung drywall. They also helped in the community garden of a church that assisted many area residents during the hurricane.
UTEP • Hurricane Harvey Relief–Beaumont • March 30–31
Scholars from the University
El
of Texas at
Paso traveled to Beaumont, TX to help clear debris and restore homes damaged by Hurricane Harvey.
TTU, UNT, SHSU • YMCA Day Camp–Katy • April 20th–21st
The Tech Terry Scholars partnered with the United way of Houston and YMCA Cinco Ranch and organized a day of service at the YMCA Cinco Ranch Day Camp in Katy, Texas. They were joined by Scholars from the University of North Texas and Sam Houston State University. Students joined committees for the various projects and drew up plans and supply lists. Projects included leading team building activities with local kids, painting various structures around the camp; moving benches, trash can holders and picnic tables; building some camp games, and constructing a “Ninja Warrior Course.”
UH • The Bread of Life–Houston • April 21
The University of Houston Terry Scholars served a hot meal and provided toiletries to the homeless at The Bread of Life, Inc. in downtown Houston.
The
Picnics El Paso • March 25, 2018
The Foundation hosted five picnics in Spring 2018. Scholars at each location were joined by Foundation Directors and staff, Alumni Scholars and their families, and special guests from the universities. Updates from the student organizations were followed by the presentation of the traditional gold pen gift to the graduating senior Scholars. Following tradition, each senior took the microphone to speak briefly of their future plans.
El Paso Picnic
Central Texas Picnic
Texas Picnic
George Ranch Picnic
George Ranch Picnic George Ranch
Southfork Picnic
Southfork Picnic
The Story Behind the Terry Scholar Pen
A message from Mr. Terry to graduating seniors in his words…
When students graduate from our Terry Scholar Program, we give each of them an engraved gold pen. This pen is not only a symbol of their achievement in graduating from our program, but also reflects our hope that they will keep in touch with us after graduation and let us know how they are doing.
Early in our program, we were looking around for a special gift to give to our graduating seniors. We eventually settled on a gold pen because that had a special meaning to me. On one occasion many years ago, I was involved in a very important business deal. As it turned out, it was one of the biggest deals I ever made and was key to putting together the assets that eventually became the endowment of the Terry Foundation. At the conclusion of that deal, each of the parties received a gold pen to celebrate the closing of that transaction. I have that pen to this day.
Every time I look at that pen I remember the excitement and satisfaction I felt in closing that deal. So, when we decided to give each of our graduating seniors a gift, I suggested a gold pen, hoping that our graduates would look at that pen (as I still do) and remember their achievements as a Terry Scholar. We always say that the Terry Scholar Program is intended to operate like a family and it is our hope that this gold pen will remind our graduates of the Terry Foundation Program and the people here who care about them and will always wish them the best.
Good luck and keep in touch.
Lubbock Picnic
Howard L. Terry
Houston Alumni Luncheon
The annual Houston Alumni Luncheon and Advisory Board Meeting took place on May 17th at the Briar Club. Over 40 Alumni, ranging from the Terry class of 1987 to the class of 2015, enjoyed a networking lunch and presentations from the Foundation and from the Houston chapter of the Terry Scholar Alumni Association.
Houston Alumni Luncheon
2018 Transfer Interviews
Interviews for the Terry Transfer Scholarship took place June 26–June 29 in Dallas and Houston. 35 volunteers sat on 6 interview panels to interview a total of 180 candidates. The Foundation extended 84 scholarship offers across our 13 universities.
Thank you, 2018 Transfer Scholar interview panelists!
We want to thank the Terry Scholars who gave their time to select the Terry Class of 2018. This year, Terry interview panelists put in about 1,300 cumulative hours to review applications and give every candidate a 30-minute in-person interview.
Mandy Ambriz (TWU 2016)
Mohammed Azam (TAMU 2014)
Rhett Campbell, Board Member
Daniel Clarke (UTD 2015)
Carson Curry (UTD 2006)
Alicia Dietrich (UT 2000)
Reagan Froncek (TAMUG 2016)
Lesley Gleason (TAMU 2005)
Gerald Hallford (UH 2016)
Joseph Hartman (TAMU 2014)
Ruth Hernandez (UNT 2014)
Curtis Jeffries (UNT 2015)
Elizabeth Keeler (TAMU 1992), Board Member
Kathryn Laplant-Israel (TXST 2015)
Sara Lloyd (TAMU 1994)
Miriam Magdaleno (TAMU 2002)
Rebekah Mallette (UTD 2009)
Gracie Martinez (UH 2014)
Viviana Martinez (UTSA 2015)
Kelly McCune (TTU 2013)
Adilene Mendino-Estrada (UH 2009)
Aide Meza (UH 2010)
Wesley Migura (TAMU 1988)
Mallory Miner (UNT 2010)
Yvonne Moody (TAMU 1987), Board Member
Cecilia Moreria (TAMU 2015)
Andrea Pinon (TXST 2014)
Connor Rivera (UT 2015)
Jody Rodenberg (TAMU 2003)
Daniel Rodriguez (UT 2013)
Garrett Sloan (TXST 2009)
Jeff Stichler (TAMU 1990), Board Member
John Storms, Board Member
Chris Turner (UNT 2010)
Bruce Wilson (TTU 2015)
Chapter Activities
Austin Chapter. Service at Central Texas Food Bank.
Houston Summer Social.
Austin Chapter Officers.
Austin and San Antonio Officers. Central Texas Picnic.
Austin Holiday Brunch.
Houston Chapter. George Ranch Picnic.
Alumni Chapter Officers
Austin
Kathryn Flowers (UT 2007) President
Ashley Evans (UT 2007) Vice President
Holly Wissmann (UT 1999) Secretary/Communications
Amy Romero (UT 2007) Treasurer/Social Media Manager
Patrick Frasier (UT 2004) UT Liaison
Candace Wong (TAMU 2004) TX State Liaison
Danielle Urban (UT 2005) Advisor
DFW
Bekah Mallette (UTD 2009) President
Sarah Henze (UT 1997) Vice President
Nidia Quezada (UTD 2012) Secretary/Treasurer
Kelly Keyser (UNT 2011) Alumni Communications
Alexis Angell (UT 2003) Alumni Communications
Hollie Shirey (TAMU 1998) Foundation Liaison
Reagan Hobson (TAMU 2007) Event Coordinator
Laurel Mohrman (UTD 2011) TAP Champion
Katie Kellett (TWU 2014) TWU Liaison
Emily Luth (UTD 2013) UTD Liaison
Mallory Miner (UNT 2010) UNT Liaison
Harrison Pierce (UTSA 2008) UTA Liaison
HOUSTON
Charles Luu (UT 1996) President
Blair Abernathy (UT 2001) Vice President
Mitch Moore (TAMU 2002) Treasurer
Kyle Knight (UH 2013) Secretary
Sara Bhamani (UT 2011) University Liaison
Hannah Shoemaker (UT 2007) President
Steven Thai (TAMU 2003) Vice President
Lauren Zimmerer (TAMU 2011) Secretary
Wes Migura (TAMU 1988) Treasurer
Josh O’Mullan (UTSA 2011) Service Chair
Salma Mendez (UTSA 2012) Communications
Justin Cody (UTSA 2014) University Liaison
SAN ANTONIO
Harper Horton. DFW Baseball Social.
San Antonio Zoo Boo Service Event.
Houston Summer Social.
Houston Bowling Social and Officer Elections.
DFW Spring Brunch. San Antonio Spring Social
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“This photo is special because not only does it show a group of mainly first generation students graduating high school, but it also marks the end of my first year teaching.”
Kayla Brown (UNT 2014) Wildlife Biologist, California
Crimsom Hux (TXST 2012) Highway Patrol Trooper. Alexis Johnson (UT 1994), with husband Chad and sons Michael and Drew.
Lovesimrjit “Sunny” Sandhu (UT 2012)
“After graduation, I moved back to El Paso to serve as an Advise Texas College Advisor. During my time there, three students were selected as Terry Scholars, the first ever from Americas High School. I am engaged to my college sweetheart, Bryan Salas, and I now work at UT-Austin as an academic advisor in the C.S. department.”
Nichole Brumley (UT 2006) - 2018 MBA Graduate, McCombs School of Business “Through all the Monday and Tuesday night classes while working full time (evening program), the ‘I can’t do anything this weekend; I have finals...’ every 8 weeks for 2.5 years, juggling cases and 8am meetings, nonstop workweeks juxtaposed against weekend intensives, the group and class workloads, and everything in between – Hook‘em!”
Johnny Garnett (TAMU 2013), Maria Garnett (TAMU 2006), Will Garnett (TAMU 2009) at Machu Picchu in Peru.
Derek Castillo (UT 1988) and family.
Inset photo: Gary Livingston (UNT 2012) and Landon Cowan (UNT 2013) catching up in Austin Large photo: Gary working with Boosterthon, helping to Change The World. “We have fun at work!”
Elizabeth Terrazas (UT 2011) with fiancé Bryan Salas; Large photo: Elizabeth (far right) with Jesus Max Hernandez (UTEP 2017) Jacqueline Jimenez (SHSU 2017), and Julian Franco (UTEP 2016).
Casey Giles (TAMU 2007) and Jennifer Menard Giles (TAMU 2009) with their son, Paxton.
“I am a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps and in flight school. This picture was taken after my first solo flight in the T-6B Texan.”
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Tiffany Shine Mueller (TAMU 2005) and Brian Mueller (TAMU 2004) with their son Daniel.
Ashley Gurney (UNT 2012) received her white coat at Texas Woman’s University School of Occupational Therapy. “Clinicals, here I come!”
Inset: Kathryn Flowers (UT 2007) with student Ride Directors she mentored in 2016 while Program Manager at Texas 4000.
Large photo: Kathryn with fiancé Keith Salas and dog Socks.
Kelli Frealy (UT 1997) and her family, Jason, Daniela, Nicholas, Michael, and Caroline, currently reside in Santiago, Chile, where they work with a Christian organization.
Mallory Miner (UNT 2010) and San Nguyen (UNT 2012) met up at Drill Team Camp.
Brandy Butler Horton (TAMU 2001), her husband Timothy, and their children Parker and Harper.
David Butler (TAMU 2011)
Deana Lisenby (TAMU 2010)
Wellness Coordinator at Presbyterian Village North in Dallas. This was taken after
‘80s themed fitness class on National Senior Fitness Day.”
“We have lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan for a little over two years. I am a Lecturer in Statistics at the University of Michigan and loving every minute!”
Whitney Parra (UT
“Just finished my 2-year commitment with Teach for America! I teach 6th grade bilingual at Truman School in New Haven, CT. This summer, I am working as a policy fellow at the Commission on Equity and Opportunity within the Connecticut State Legislature.”
“Getting ready to start my PhD program in political science at the University of Michigan!”
Jennie Darst Syamken (TXST 2004) and her family.
Jamison Levine (TXST 2013) teaching 4th grade and working on her Masters in Elementary Education.
Tifffany Connors (TXST 2014) pictured front row Masters in Informatics at the Technical University of Munich in Germany.
Elaine Smith Hembree (TXST 2005) and husband Stuart Hembree
2012)
Megan Burt (UNT 2014)
Scott Fisher (UNT 2015) graduated with a Masters in Public Service Administration from the George Bush School of Public Service at Texas A&M University.
Katlyn Delp (TXST
“I have worked with 4th-12th graders and have found my calling in serving students!”
“I just earned my last diploma ever! I finished my Family Medicine Residency in Utah and will join a practice in Washington.”
“On May 7, 2018 I was formally sworn in as a licensed attorney member of the State Bar of Texas. I currently work for the Far West Texas Regional Public Defender’s Office.”
2012)
Andrew Valdez (UT 2013), far right, with his castmates in “American Dreams” at the Cleveland Public Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio.
Clemente Garcia III (UT 2014) teaching in Taiwan before going to the Netherlands to study bilingual education on a Fulbright Award.
Ashley Choi (UT 2013) hosting the annual volunteer awards show for the Trevor Project.
Loura Proske (UT 2007)
Brittany Coop Martin (TTU 2009), teaching Child Passenger Safety in Dallas County (in addition to lots of other fun programs) as a County Extension Agent with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service.
Sabrina Galloway Martin (UH 2013), working on Baytown’s Public Art Initiative.
Alli Gobert Seale (TAMU 2007)
Johnson Brown
“I’m staying at home to take care of our three newest blessings, Elli, Sylvi, and Liza, who were born 3 months premature last September. Their big sister, Lili, 10, and big brother, Luka, 6, are great helpers!”
“I’m currently at training for my second year as a FOCUS (The Fellowship of Catholic University Students) campus missionary. This is my team with whom I’ll be serving with at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO!”
“I’m currently working as Program Coordinator in the Department of Poultry Science at Texas A&M University.”
“After graduating from Texas A&M, my husband Lane and I moved to Austin to start our careers, and I completed my Master’s in Higher Education at UT. We are now in Houston, Texas, where I am a stay-at-home mom raising two girls.”
U.S. Representative Will Hurd (TAMU 1995) visiting with TAMU Scholars at the Terry TAMU vs. Auburn tailgate.
Blane Skiles (UNT 2012) with wife Sarah and their new baby, Margo.
Stacey
(TAMU 2001) with family.
Jessica Martinez (UNT 2013) pictured front row, far right.
Kristen McWatters (TAMU 2004) and husband Conrad.
Tram Nguyen (UT 2013). Iguazu Falls in Argentina.
Lesley Gleason (TAMU 2005) pictured at right with husband Kevin and daughter Avery Grace, and above (far left) with a group of students.
Milly Lackey (TAMU 2005)
Alexandra Starnes (TXST 2013), director and owner of the National League of Junior Cotillion Travis Country Chapters in Austin, with her graduating 8th grade class for the 2018 season.
Katrennah Biernacki (UNT 2010) and Shalene Mixter (UTSA 2011), Physician Assistant students at UT Health Science Center San Antonio.
“I live in the San Fracisco Bay Area now and work for Stantec, a global engineering company, working in water infrastructure and resource management.”
“This picture was taken on the day of my thesis defense at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. As I look back at the relief and joy I felt and the tears in my mother’s eyes, I know that obtaining a PhD in Biostatistics would never have been possible without the Terry Foundation.”
Natalie Harms (UH
“Day job at the Houston Business Journal –moonlighting as a lifestyle and travel blogger with ‘It’s Not Hou It’s Me!’”
Chelsey Caldwell (TXST 2014) graduating with Master’s of Science in Management from the Cox School of Business at SMU. Kayla Salazar (TAMU 2007) lives in the Pacific Northwest with her dog Leche.
Rishun Beasley (TWU 2015), mother of five, graduating from UTA with her Master’s in Social Work.
Andrea Pantoja (TXST 2013), starting her second year of Texas State Physical Therapy Doctorate Program.
LaShawn Washington (UT 2014) graduating with her M.Ed. from UT and headed to a Ph.D. program at the University of Wisconsin.
Therri Usher (UTD 2007) with her mother, and in inset photo with husband Travis Thomas, whom she met during graduate studies at Johns Hopkins.
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Tasmin Brown (UT 1998)
SERVICE
The 2017-2018 school year marked the 30th Anniversary of the Terry Scholarship. Terry Scholars across the globe honored the Terry Legacy and celebrated the growth of our Terry Family by giving back to their communities.
We encouraged everyone to share their stories of service and to add their service hours to our cumulative total.
At the end of June 2018, the Foundation totaled the number of reported service hours for the year. The results were remarkable: 54,561 hours across 325 projects. At least 500 hours were reported for Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
We know this is a fraction of the impact that Terry Scholars make on the world, and we are so proud of everyone in this community.
These are some of the stories and photos shared this year.
David Gutierrez (UTD 2015)
Camp Kesem at UTD
Camp Kesem is a nonprofit organization that hosts a week-long summer camp for children with a parent experiencing cancer. Last year, I founded the chapter with Ryan Townsend (2015)
It has been a full time job for us, with many UTD Terry Scholars participating as well. From 27 kids last summer, enrollment has increased to 50 this summer. Over $100,000 in support has been raised in two years through individual fundraising, galas, 5k’s and grant writing. We lead a team of UTD students who fundraise, plan camp, recruit campers, recruit counselors and more. A number of fellow Terry Scholars also serve in leadership positions.
Blane Skiles (UNT 2012)
KSLA News 12 - MLK Health Center and Food Bank of North Louisiana
I organized several volunteer activities with my coworkers to give the KSLA News 12 staff an opportunity to give back to the Shreveport community. One of our activities included volunteering at the MLK Health Center, a no-cost comprehensive primary health care facility and pharmacy. Our volunteers helped staff in the clinic and pharmacy, as well as in their community garden.
KSLA News 12 Harvey Relief Fundraiser
We raised $38,000 and collected three truckloads of supplies.
Tiffany Baumgartner (TAMU 2002) and Kristen Michael (TAMU 2003) Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo We were both captains of a Rodeo Merchandise Committee and helped raise over $4 million during the 2018 Rodeo season. This money will go toward scholarships awarded by the Rodeo.
Heather Dial (UH 2006)
Black Cross Prisoner Support
• Primarily for queer and trans prisoners in the U.S.
Michelle Metzler (UT 2015)
Global Medical Training Mission Trip to Panama
I traveled to Panama with some fellow students in my Global Medical Training organization to provide health care to those most in need.
Micah 6 Food Pantry
I helped to stock and organize shelves in the food pantry and assisted shoppers with quantity of items and questions about produce, meat etc. Carson Buffet (UT 2016), my Terry mentee, joined me a few of the days.
Inside Books Project
I read letters from Texas inmates about book requests or their reading interests then searched the donated book library to try to fill their request. After finding books and articles to send, I wrote a nice letter to each of them to enclose with their book delivery.
• Services include a quarterly newsletter distributed to prisoners containing writings and art from other prisoners, and a pen-pal program to encourage building of relationships with folks who are not incarcerated.
• Financial assistance provided via fundraising
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The overall impact of the work seems impossible to measure, but on an individual level, we are providing support for some of the most marginalized and forgotten sectors of the US population, those housed within the US prison system.
Stephanie Thomas (TAMU 2016)
Global Dental Brigades Nicaragua
I was able to provide smaller villages with proper dental care and educate them and their children on the importance of dental hygiene. I shadowed/assisted dentists for dental procedures, maintained charting in an online database, prepared and passed out medication to patients, performed fluoride treatments, and taught children about oral hygiene. During our water day, I was able to lend a hand in digging trenches for a future water system to be laid down in a village.
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Camille Francis (TXST 2016)
Hurricane Relief/San Marcos Community Outreach
I volunteered to provide free face painting at the San Marcos Mermaid Parade to raise awareness and recruit skaters for San Marcos River Rollers, an all-women run non-profit roller derby organization built to promote women’s empowerment and fitness in the San Marcos community. Other skaters and I also volunteered in Port Aransas, clearing debris, helping a family rebuild part of their house, and cooking and delivering spaghetti and salads to local victims of Harvey.
I helped pass out candy to the kids in our community and cleaned up the school after the event.
Kelsey Moreland (UT 2016)
Maya Health Alliance Volunteer
I helped find grants for Maya Health Alliance, increased awareness, and prepared thank-you letters.
Buddy Walk
I helped run the face painting table for children with Down syndrome and their siblings.
Inside Books
Austin Triathlon
FRI Picnic
Hannah Schneider (TWU 2016) Boo at the U
Ka’Darius Ross (SHSU 2017)
• Helping Avid freshmen with scholarships
• Outreach at the Tyler Library for Health
• Outreach at the Tyler WIC offices
• Nacogdoches Health Fair
• Health Fair in Kilgore, Texas
• Winona Boys and Girls Club Day in the Park
• Hurricane Relief
• Bearkat Family Weekend
Pranav Desai (UT 2008)
El Buen Samaritano Garden
The El Buen Samaritano organization provides fruits and vegetables from their garden to lowincome families. Our volunteering service helped save them the cost of contractors for Garden Beautification.
Todd Christian (TAMU 2014) Boy Scouts of America
Throughout the year, I volunteer with the Boy Scouts of America and the World Organization of the Scout Movement in a variety of activities. This year included several out-of-state trips and two trips to Ecuador. I worked with the youngest of Cub Scouts to the Secretary General of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, and many things in between. My trips to Ecuador were to lead the fifth course of the Interamerican Leadership Training, which trains young adults with leadership skills for their country, of which every country in the Interamerican Region (from Canada to Chile) were included, as well as several in the Asia-Pacific Region. Perhaps the most exciting opportunity was speaking to 50,000 Scouts and Scouters at the National Scout Jamboree about the World Scout Jamboree coming in 2019!
Grace Mahaffey (TAMU 2016)
Mission UpReach in Honduras
I interned with the group Mission UpReach for 10 weeks. This group is based in Honduras and does medical brigades, has a school for the deaf, and has an early education program in the local elementary schools. I volunteered as an intern and helped guide volunteer groups during their time in Honduras and accompanied the medical brigades and worked with the school group during weeks that medical brigades were not occurring. Overall, we served approximately 500 Hondurans a week, giving them free medical care from professional doctors, dentists, and pharmacists. On the weeks when I helped the educational programs, we would visit 10-13 schools during the week, educating them on everything from grammar to hygiene. This gave me appreciation for the opportunities I have been given.
TAMUG Terry Scholars
Study for Success Service Event
Thirty TAMUG Terry Scholars provided games and study tools for students on campus at the start of the semester. Students learned of all of the on-campus service activities and learned about their own study and learning habits in a fun environment.
Beach Clean Up Galveston Island
Thirty-nine TAMUG Terrys cleaned trash and other man-made debris from one of the main sections of West End Lagoon. We made the environment not only look nicer for the people who come to visit, but we protected the ocean against the addition of more trash.
FCCLA RegionWide Judges
Eleven members of the TAMUG Terry Scholar Family served as judges for the region wide FCCLA Service project.
Cards for Galveston Fire Station #5
We wrote thank you letters to the fire station that serves our campus
Samira Ben Salka (UH 2015)
Volunteer in Methodist Hospital
I volunteer every week in the emergency room at Methodist Hospital, helping patients in many different ways, offering them support and comfort. Mr. Terry was an awesome example, guiding us to help each other without any reward. I feel really happy when I see patients feel better or smile because I did a simple thing to assist them. My volunteer shift at Methodist Hospital has become an important part of my weekly schedule. Nurses know me and appreciate my effort to help them, so they can focus on more important tasks.
Every Wednesday we pack food for students who are a part of the free and reduced meal program. They do not have access to these free meals during the summer or the weekends. During the school year we meet in the evenings to pack the bags for weekend meals. During the summer we meet twice a day. In the morning, we unpack all of the food from boxes and stage it for the evening. In the evening, we pack the bags for Monday-Friday meals and snacks.
The summer program provides over 120,000 meals to over 1000 students on the free and reduced lunch program.
Corey Nieman (UT 2007) Feed the Kids of Mansfield
Kathy LaPlant Israel (TXST 2015)
San Marcos Housing Authority: PODER Center
I have spent my time serving the community by starting a support group for caregivers of children with ADHD. I also participated in the after school program, community wide events, and senior resident activities.
UTD Terry Scholars
The Texas Ramp Project
The UTD Terry Scholars partnered with The Texas Ramp Build Project to assist in building wheelchair ramps for disabled or elderly persons who cannot afford to buy one.
24 Terry Scholars assisted in building 5 ramps with a total of 116 volunteer hours contributed.
Jade Garza (UNT 2012)
Court Appointed Special Advocate
Over the last year I have volunteered as a Court Appointed Special Advocate for CASA of Denton County, Inc. As an Advocate, a Denton County Judge appoints me to serve on a case involving a child, or group of siblings, who have been placed in foster care. My job is to advocate for the children in my case, and make sure that all of their needs are met by their caregivers, as well as the court.
Since July of 2017, I have put over 80 hours into speaking with the parents of my kids, speaking with their foster placements, observing parent-child visits, visiting my kids in their foster placements, researching case issues on my own, writing court reports and attending court hearings.
Lindsay Collins (TAMU 2016)
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
At Texas A&M, the Residential Housing Association spearheaded the movement of student leaders to bring awareness to Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). We planned several events to raise money for the Sexual Assault Resource Center (SARC) in Bryan, and distributed flyers and teal painted rocks.
Big Event
We helped a family stain their deck and clear an old garden and flowerbed.
UTA Terry Scholars
Family Day
We helped run Family Day at a local retirement home by setting up, managing and cleaning up after the event.
Santa Cop Toy Drive
Scholars ran a booth on campus for four consecutive days to collect donations to buy toys for the Arlington Santa Cop Program. We raised nearly $1000 and donated all the toys to needy families in the area.
Taylor Johnson (TAMU 2014)
Canine Companions For Independence
I helped socialize service dogs from the Bryan Federal Prison Camp. We brought the dogs with us everywhere to familiarize them to the sounds and distractions of everyday life, as well as helped them in their training and commands.
I was assigned a dog named Brahms, and he graduated to become someone’s service dog.
Samantha Moore Whitten (TAMU 2012)
Dentistry from the Heart
I assisted dentists offering free dental care to San Antonio residents in need.
Our team saw over 190 patients and delivered over $80,000 worth of dental care for free.
Israel Gutierrez (UH
Houston Food Bank
Viva Technology
Champs
I assisted students, promoting STEM majors to middle school students.
Wheeler Baptist Church
I assisted families affected by Hurricane Harvey.
2017)
Tammira Philippe (TAMU 1991)
Prison Entrepreneurship Program (PEP)
A group of nine of us served PEP at Pitch Day. We listened to presentations of business ideas and provided feedback. We encouraged, built relationships, and helped the PEP men prepare for their business plan competition. We sharpened our skills, too
Houston Food Bank
My family (Nicolas, Chloe, and Max plus our neighbor Ethan) and I helped set up cereal to be packed for the Backpack Buddies program at the Houston Food Bank. On Fridays, participating schools give identified children a food sack to take home containing child-friendly, nonperishable, and easily consumed food to last through the weekend. My children, Chloe and Max, and I then joined many of my Bridgeway colleagues to pack food for Backpack Buddies. We were part of 200 people that packed 40,500 meals! We contributed to the Houston Food Bank’s distributing over 350,000 backpacks to children in over 600 schools through the Backpack Buddies program.
Genevieve McDonald (UT 2015)
UT Student Food Bank
Start-Up, Food Collection
I raised money and collected food to help establish a food bank for students at UT Austin. A large percentage of college students have food and financial insecurities, and don’t have the means to eat well and remain healthy for their studies. After our efforts to raise money and canned goods, a permanent food bank was established on campus to give free food to students in need.
Tristessa Richard (UT 2014)
Global Business Brigades
Five other UT business students and I traveled to the rural province of Hato Mayor in the Dominican Republic for a week to provide nonprofit business consulting for a women-run cooperative. In between meetings with the co-op’s leaders, we helped them to build a garden in front of their store, which mostly involved mixing concrete and laying cinderblocks. On the last day, we visited a local high school to give a presentation on innovation and entrepreneurship, and on the differences between businesses in the US and DR. In the end, we made valuable business recommendations to the local women and helped them to understand more about how to stimulate long-term growth for their community’s cooperative.
Kathryn Flowers (UT 2007)
Chapter President – Terry Scholar Alumni Association
Member – Terry Alumni Advisory Board
Vice Chair – City of Austin
Bicycle Advisory Council
Reader – Gates Foundation Scholarship
Vegetation Monitor – Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Foundation Communities Holiday Assistance Program
Isabella Bortolussi (TXST 2014)
Operation Identification We recovered the remains of unidentified migrants who died crossing the US-Mexico border so that they can be identified and repatriated to their loved ones, wherever they may be.
Delaney Community Farm/Project Worthmore
I organized a volunteer event for my residency program in which we worked at Delaney Community Farm. DeLaney is a refugee-training farm that seeks to provide the space, support, resources, and expertise for refugees to grow healthy, organically-produced food for themselves and their broader community. We helped maintain the farm’s fields, which yield fresh crops that feed the local refugee community and provide training and jobs for local refugees who work on the farm. We interacted with refugees from Somalia, Burma, Afghanistan and Nepal.
Mariana Guerrero (UH 2005)
Kristen Baker (UTSA 2014)
Autism Speaks & Center for Autism and Related Disorders
My role as a volunteer:
• Raise awareness of the unique challenges faced by parents of children with autism and related disorders
• Educate both parents and the community about how to get help for their child who may be struggling with varying aspects of autism
• Participate in fund-raising activities that included both cash and item donations that would be used to benefit families of children with special needs (such as haircuts, school supplies, etc.)
Emily Galbraith (TWU 2016)
Swim lessons for the hearing-impaired
I taught deaf and hard-of-hearing preschoolers how to swim, impacting their lives for years to come.
Cross Timbers Community Church
McNair Elementary School
Leann Rego (UT 2014)
Mount Nebo AustinGiving underserved kids dinner
We go to governmentsubsidized housing communities and give the kids their dinner and play games with them. We also provide programming that teaches them a moral lesson and encourages them to work hard in school and go to college.
Colton Hattersley (UTD 2013)
Stevie Cornett (UNT 2014)
Nana’s Pit Stop
I cleaned rescue dogs’ kennels, fed and watered dogs, trimmed dogs’ nails, bathed puppies.
Habitat for Humanity of Denton County
I helped build a new home for a family in need.
Out of the Darkness Walk (American Foundation for Suicide Prevention)
The Out of the Darkness Walk was hosted by the Washington Chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. I started out the morning at the Honor Beads table, interacting with the over 1,500 participants in the walk as they shared stories of those who they were walking for. I later was stationed along the route, cheering on walkers and directing traffic around participants. The impact was immediately recognizable as I built connections with people who were experiencing a wide variety of emotions. The event is, in its very nature, equal parts celebratory and somber. That I could bring a smile to people’s faces was incredibly important. On the macro-scale, the event had approximately 1,500 participants and raised over $160,000.
Kelsee Smith (TTU 2015)
Migrant Learning Center/BEAM Education Foundation
For the fall semester of 2017, I had the opportunity to study abroad in Chiang Mai, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. In Chiang Mai, my service placement was teaching English at the Migrant Learning Center and teaching math and science at BEAM Education Foundation, which is an organization that helps students obtain their GED. Both organizations targeted Burmese refugees specifically. These students are very dedicated to their studies and hard working, attending an additional two hour class every night in order to improve their English skills on top of going to school or work all day. The students at BEAM Education Foundation showed a deeper understanding, specifically in the topics of chemistry and in their foundation of math concepts.
These students all have very rough pasts regarding the history of their country, and many are separated from their family. I was so encouraged by my time with them and the strength that they possessed and the work that they put in every day. Overall, I feel as if they impacted me more than I impacted them.
Blair Abernathy (UT 2001)
Hair donation–Wigs for Kids
I had 11 inches of hair cut off to donate to Wigs for Kids. My mother had cancer as a child and lost her hair due to the chemotherapy, so ever since I was young, I have cut my hair every 5+ years and donated it to a similar organization that provides wigs for people suffering from an illness that causes hair loss.
Houston Pets Alive
I volunteered with Houston Pets Alive to clean crates, feed animals and walk about 200 dogs at the temporary shelter after Harvey. I was able to volunteer with the vet techs and even assisted with splinting a puppy’s broken leg. A friend also volunteered with me, and we were able to help bottle-feed a litter of puppies.
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Gabriella Webster (TAMU 2017)
Global Medical Brigades: Nicaragua
I was able to provide smaller villages with proper dental care and educate them and their children on the importance of dental hygiene. I shadowed/assisted dentists for dental procedures, maintained charting in online database, prepared and passed out medication to patients, performed fluoride treatments, and taught children about oral hygiene. During our water day, I was able to lend a hand in digging trenches for a future water system to be laid down in a village.
Jack Hodges (UH 2017)
My fiance and I drove bottled water from Corpus Christi to Rockport and nearby Refugio after Harvey. We assisted with efforts to remove houses and debris from roadways, working eight hours per day through Thanksgiving break.
We were able to move, with the help of other volunteers, two entire houses blocking US 59 in Refugio and the main roads in Rockport. We helped clear debris that was blocking the Maritime Museum in Rockport. With assistance from the Food Bank of Corpus Christi, we delivered approximately 2,600 pounds of bottled water and canned goods to the citizens of Rockport and Refugio.
Claire Gilmore (TAMU 2017)
Thetafest and Rock the CASA 5K
My sorority, Kappa Alpha Theta, was able to raise over $150,000 for Scotty’s House and CASA of the Brazos Valley to help kids in foster care and their families get the advocacy and care they need. I painted banners, educated myself and others about Scotty’s House and CASA of the Brazos Valley, worked the events, held banners, created decorations, painted name tags, and painted the train in front of Scotty’s House.
Jeff Stichler (TAMU 1990)
Hurricane Harvey Recovery
We held a food distribution for the community in the immediate days following Harvey. We had over 200 volunteers from the Caney Creek feeder zone (teachers, students, parents) show up, sort and box over 40 pallets of food from eight box trucks and two goose-neck trailers. We distributed food to over 900 families!
Omama Qureshi (UT 2016)
It’s My Park Day
We went to Mount Bonnell to clean up the surrounding areas. We weeded and planted new flowers and picked up litter. It was humbling to take part in this activity, but it was also disappointing to see how little people care about keeping their parks clean, as illustrated by the amount of trash we collected.
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Rebeca Lallave (UTA 2017)
Puerto Rico Disaster Relief Efforts
My daughters and I collected donations and mailed a total of 16 Care Packages to Puerto Rico after the island was completely devastated by Hurricane Maria. The packages provided essential items not found on the island while the stores were still closed- batteries, flashlights, candles, canned goods, cleaning supplies and others.
UNT Terry Scholars Cards for Kids
Kim Le (UH 2010)
I contributed to Harvey relief efforts in Houston, and I also served with my company at:
Houston Food Bank (on two occassions) to sort donated items, and to create and pack boxes filled with food items to be delivered to the elderly across Houston.
Habitat for Humanity to help paint a home built for a family in La Porte, TX.
Junior Achievement Day at Treasure Forest Elementary School. We taught kindergarten through second grade students about entrepreneurship.
Hannah Shoemaker (UT 2007)
Therapy Dog Hospital Visits
Mesa, a therapy dog, and I regularly visit patients at the Acute Rehab Unit (ARU). Patients typically stay for 10-21 days, keeping them away from home, loved ones, and pets when they are sick and in pain. We bring them comfort when they need it most.
UNT Terry Scholars created hand-made cards and delivered them to children suffering from illnesses in the hospital, with the hope of brightening their day.
Adopt a Block
We helped clean up around Sage Hall, picking up trash and beautifying the area.
Operation Christmas Child
We helped sort shoe box presents to send out from Samaritan’s Purse Foundation for children in third world countries.
Noelle Brooks (TXST 2010)
FaunaFocus Charity Host Train
I organized and participated in a Charity Host Train, a fundraiser event hosted by FaunaFocus and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - Australia in order to raise funds to help save the endangered tiger (Panthera tigris) species of Asia.
Terry Scholar Alumni Association –Houston Chapter
Shriners Hospitals for Children –Houston Holiday Service Project
Terrys, guests and alumni sorted several hundred toys and contributed a combined 38 hours of service on the morning of Saturday December 16th from 10-12 p.m. for Shriners staff.
TAMUG Terry Scholars
Hurricane Harvey Recovery
TAMUG Terry Scholars teamed up with Christ Together Galveston to work with other members of the community to help people clean up and demo parts of homes after Hurricane Harvey.
SHSU Terry Scholars
Community Garden
SHSU Terry Scholars cleared old garden sections and picked weeds from rows of crops.
Diana De La Torre (UT 2017)
AIDS Services of Austin
I assisted with making condom packages for underprivileged areas in Austin to reduce the amount of STDs.
Camp Blessing
I assisted children with intellectual and physical disabilities at camp.
Candace Wong (TAMU 2004)
Alumni Day of SCervice Park cleanup with USC Alumni for national day of SCervice
Alyssa Douglas (TAMU 2010)
Operation Blessing–Hurricane Harvey Recovery (Rockport) Activities ranged from physical labor to administrative tasks, assisting with the organization of relief efforts to get the greatest number of people the help they needed – over 600 families in one weekend.
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Brazos Valley Food Bank
Charity Ball to aid women and children
Stuff the Bus (school supply donations)
Book Us Up
Angel Tree
UH Scholars and Houston Alumni Chapter
Houston Pets Alive
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Houston Pets Alive set up a temporary shelter to intake animals at risk of euthanasia. The housing serves as a safe place for them to stay until transferred to other no-kill rescue groups. UH Scholars collaborated with Houston Terry Alumni to help take care of the dogs and cats by feeding, watering, walking and cleaning kennels. The Terrys were able to walk almost all of the dogs and ensure that the shelter animals received some personal attention.
Carol Painter (TAMUG 2016) Moody Gardens
I volunteered my time throughout the week for three months to help biologists with the penguins and seals that they take care of at the aquarium.
Lauren Miller (UT 2014)
St. David’s Medical Center Volunteer
I helped doctors and nurses, assisted patients, and stocked items. I helped to alleviate the stress that many nurses face during their busy hospital shifts, as well as make the day a little brighter for many patients.
Glenda Molina (TXST 2005)
Junior League of Austin –Breakthrough Central Texas
I volunteered as a College and Scholarship Application Coach and as a 9th Grade Program Saturday volunteer.
The 9th-Grade Program’s goal is to help students envision their path towards college acceptance and get a preview of high school programming. The students were able to understand that it’s important to find a cause that they care about and give back to their community.
UNT Terrys BIG Event
UNT Terrys cleaned up litter around Denton and sorted donations at the Salvation Army.
Justin Animal Alliance Trusted World Food Donation
Angelica Frazer (TAMU 2016)
Memorial Student Center Hospitality Events
I volunteered for various events through MSC Hospitality. I ran Open House with over 1,000 student organizations in participation, did the organization’s banner recruitment, volunteered with Sticker Assistance for Aggie Ring Day, filed paperwork for Salvation Army Angel Tree, worked the Lost and Found Sale, worked the Halloween Community Party for Bryan/College Station, packed books for Kindergarten Book Reading Tour, and worked the Chancellor’s Picnic. Polo Team Horse Care
Dining in the Dark
Kyle Field Day
UT Terrys, TXST Terrys, Austin Alumni Chapter Central Texas Food Bank
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UT and TXST Scholar volunteers joined joined members of the Terry Scholar Alumni Association–Austin Chapter to sort and package food at the Central Texas Food Bank. In the end, they packed 14,795 lbs. of food, which equals 12,479 meals for needy families.
Miranda Peterson (TAMU 2017)
2017 Lake Travis Clean-up
We sorted through the piles of trash gathered from the bottom of Lake Travis, picking out recyclables. It was crazy to see how much trash had accumulated there, but with so many volunteers, removing it and recycling it was a breeze.
2017 Stream Clean
Allison Readinger (UT 1994)
Trinity River Trash Bash
As parent of the kids in Cub Scout Pack 720, we participated in the Trinity River Trash Bash, cleaning up a segment of the river in the back alley of the Fort Worth Stockyards to protect the wildlife in the Trinity River and downstream.
Ostomy Support Group
Hurricane Harvey Recovery
Ashley StClair (UT 2001)
English as a Second Language (ESL) classes for Austin’s refugees
I assisted in adult ESL classrooms, helping teachers conduct lessons and answer questions and helping students through the course work. I believe the most useful overall impact my presence in these classes had was in helping individuals feel welcome and accepted.
Melissa Hernandez (UT 2008)
Scholarship Mentoring
I met with seven first-generation college students and showed them how to look for and apply to scholarships.
Matthew Luong (UT 2017)
Samaritan’s Purse–Hurricane Harvey Recovery
We removed moldy dry wall and insulation as well as a ceiling from a Harvey afflicted house in the Houston area, making it much safer to live inside the house.
Bojan Babic (UT 2006)
Books Between Kids
Books Between Kids is an organization in Houston that provides Houston’s at-risk children books to start their own home libraries. Throughout the past year, my wife and I have volunteered at the BBK warehouse organizing and packing books to give to elementary school-aged kids in our area. We were also invited to join the Book Brigade and become volunteer leaders assisting other volunteers during their tasks in the warehouse.
This past year BBK gave out more than 300,000 books to children in over 69 schools throughout the Houston area, helping foster a love of reading in children who might not have had that opportunity. This year, after Harvey, we also had extra volunteering shifts to send extra books to elementary schools affected by the flooding.
Joseph Dowd (TAMU 1995)
First Congregational Church of Camden, Maine Pastoral Search Committee
I am participating in a small group of church members to find and select a new minister for our church. We have screened approximately 100 applications, conducted about a dozen phone interviews, prepared for and participated in 10 in-person interviews, and held weekly meetings for a year in order to establish and execute our process.
Christen Barron (UH 2007)
Hurricane Harvey Recovery
I served at the Toyota Center emergency shelter after Harvey, helping those in need of support and immediate assistance.
Kaylie Hartman (UTD 2014)
Neighborhood Senior Grocery Shopping
I volunteered with a local community outreach to buy groceries for seniors and take those unable to drive to the grocery store, ensuring that seniors in my community have access to fresh and healthy food.
My family started a mission church with a friend and his family in Third Ward in Houston five years ago. One of the first things we did was open a food pantry and clothing closet for the community. Each week, we open up and provide a bag of perishable items, including a piece of meat and fruits and vegetables, and a bag of nonperishable items, including canned fruits and vegetables and ramen noodles. This is especially useful for the outdoor people who come to our pantry. At the same time, they come in and are able to select clothes for themselves and family members.
Paul Willmon (TAMU 1991) Houston Church of Christ Food Pantry
in Memoriam
We were deeply saddened by the loss of three members of our Terry Family this year. We will celebrate and remember Fallyn, Raul and Bailey by continuing to pave the way for others, while always treasuring the memory of each of them, as we do all of our lost Terry Family members.
Fallyn Marie (UTSA 2007)
Raul Hernandez (UTSA 2014)
Bailey Sikorski (UT 2014)
Ming Han (TAMU 1991)
Carmela Izaguirre (TAMU 1998)
Jessica Fertitta (UT 2003)
Kaylee Platz-Panico (TAMU 2012)
Travis Green (TXST 2013)
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University
Sam Houston State University
George Ranch Picnic.
Statewide Service Project in Katy. Kaitlyn Reyes (2016). Taco night.
Care packages for Harvey.
SHSU Officers and Javier Carmona at Statewide Officer Retreat.
Bethany Leander (2017), Lindsey Akridge (2015), and Emma Berthelsen (2017). Fall Banquet.
2015 scholars
Charlie R. Herrera III Pasadena, TX Music
Lindsey J. Akridge Lufkin, TX Biology
Emily A. Bowman Humble, TX Criminal Justice
Ibeth P. Caceres Trinity, TX Biology
Esther E. Do Houston, TX Mgmt. Info. Systems Accounting
Yasmyn M. Sumiyoshi San Antonio, TX Theatre Arts
Kristen R. Johns Houston, TX Organizational Leadership & Supervision
Megan L. Whitworth Trinity, TX Biomedical Science
Mariah N. Tarkington Fort Worth, TX Interdisc. Studies
Peiting Liu Brownsville, TX International Business
Yanci A. Yeater Big Spring, TX Food Science & Nutrition
Emily R. Urbin League City, TX Interdisc. Studies
Bradon J. Parr Helotes, TX Computer Science
Kiana D. Veliz El Paso, TX Psychology
Laura M. Spoonire Katy, TX Biology
John G. Vindiola Spring, TX Mass Comm.
Haley E. Stockman Kirbyville, TX Nursing
Corian Allen Houston, TX Marketing
Jacob E. Sinclair Huntington, TX Criminal Justice
Veronica R. Gonzalez Houston, TX Forensic Chemistry
Naomi Hall Broussard Huntsville, TX Psychology
Crystal M. Taylor Mesquite, TX Nursing
Brianna L. Jutson Conroe, TX Nursing
Will R. Burson Garland, TX Music
Jack M. Zellar Rice, TX Music
Hayley A. Lubojasky Huntsville, TX Family & Consumer Sciences
Edwin Cantu Baytown, TX Entrepreneurship
Jose B. Luna Groveton, TX Accounting
Kirsten M. Cottle Houston, TX Music Therapy
Brackston J. McKnight Gallatin, TX Agribusiness
Serving at the Community Garden.
2016 scholars
Sam Houston State University
Kaitlyn L. Reyes Sugar Land, TX Forensic Chemistry
Nick J. Martin Splendora, TX Human Resource Mgmt.
Alexis L. Meyer Conroe, TX History
Leandra J. Miller Conroe, TX Nutrition
Joy K. Ogunlana Dallas, TX Pre-Medicine
Clayton J. Vesely Ganado, TX Engineering Tech.
Kerry D. West Houston, TX Business Mgmt.
Sam Houston State University
Connor R. Alvarez Hutto, TX Criminal Justice
Tyler J. Hardy-Crosky Humble, TX History
Brittany N. Dean Houston, TX Fashion Merchandising
Skylar M. Jones Houston, TX Theatre Arts
Elizabeth L. Anderson Spring, TX Animal Science
Brianna N. Hickman Round Top, TX Human Resources
Zach R. Dickens Livingston, TX Comm. Studies
Karley M. Kasmiersky Fayette, TX Interdisc. Studies
Julie M. Archer Conroe, TX Nursing
Rayne L. Horton Spring, TX Psychology
Mikey J. Drake Galveston, TX Education
Reagan N. King Trinity, TX Biology
Cassidy B. Bean Rosenberg, TX Animal Science
Natasha B. Escareno Robstown, TX Criminal Justice
Donald D. Coffen Huntsville, TX General Studies
Teagan B. Fortune Baird, TX Criminal Justice Psychology
2017 Scholars Ka’Darius Ross and Jason Silvey.
George Ranch Picnic.
Rayne Horton (2016), center, and the SHSU Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Orientation.
2017 scholars
Sam Houston State University
Bethany A. Leander Taylor, TX Cedar Ridge HS Interior Design
Aurora Hernandez Houston, TX Carl Wunsche Sr. HS Accounting
Kaitlyn M. Janczak Krum, TX Krum HS Kinesiology
Jacqueline Jimenez El Paso, TX Americas HS Forensic Chemistry
Lauren N. Konecny Channelview, TX Channelview HS Kinesiology
Katherine M. Watkins Cedar Hill, TX Cedar Hill Collegiate HS Nursing
Melody H. Mott Mount Pleasant, TX Northeast Texas CC Mathematics Ka’Darius R. Ross Tyler, TX John Tyler HS Business
Tiffany A. Silvas Spring, TX Lone Star College Forensic Chemistry
Jason G. Silvey Athens, TX Cross Roads HS Criminal Justice
Bianca L. Vela Edinburg, TX UT-Rio Grande Valley Criminal Justice
Sam Houston State University
Emma C. Berthelsen New Waverly, TX New Waverly HS Elementary Education
Isabelle C. Frakey Magnolia, TX Magnolia West HS Music Education
Lane G. Bertrand Winnie, TX Galveston College Computer Animation
Ruben A. Garzoria San Benito, TX Veterans Memorial Early HS Criminal Justice
Jessica N. Caceres Trinity, TX Trinity HS Biology
Tra’Von C. Green Pearland, TX Mirabeau B. Lamar HS Accounting
Janeth D. Castellanos Magnolia, TX Lone Star College Criminal Justice
Allura J. Guerra San Antonio, TX Young Women’s Leadership Academy Forensic Chemistry
Leslie J. Eaves Weimar, TX Weimar HS Criminal Justice
Erika Guzman Edinburg, TX South Texas College Criminal Justice
2017 Scholars Janeth Castellanos and Tiffany Silva. George Ranch Picnic.
Jacob Sinclair (2014). George Ranch Picnic.
Texas A&M University
Shay Coplin (2015), Jace Skalicky (2015), and Shanti Israni (2014). George Ranch Picnic.
Lorenzo Washington (2014). George Ranch Picnic.
Claudia Norman (2016). Statewide Officer Retreat.
February Highway Cleanup.
2016 Scholars Rachel Hicks and Nadia Whitehouse. Fall Banquet.
Carly Farmer (2013). Big Event.
Spring Alumni Panel.
2014 scholars
Kevin L. Campbell Midland, TX Engineering
Sam H. Alders Nacogdoches, TX Business Mgmt.
Michelle M. Alvarez Corpus Christi, TX Civil Engr.
Chisom C. Amanchukwu Richmond, TX Economics
Elizabeth G. Bradford Fairview, TX Industrial Dist.
Sam P. Hurley Seabrook, TX Engineering
J. Matthew Day Texarkana, TX Industrial Dist.
Lauren A. Carpenter College Station, TX Anthropology
J. Jill Harrell Plainview, TX Horticulture
Taylor R. Dillard Little River, TX Biomedical Engr.
Todd A. Christian Huntsville, TX Computer Engr.
Clayton A. Hess Muenster, TX Mechanical Engr.
Tyson F. Duncan Orange Grove, TX Biomedical Science
Allison E. Clement Bowie, TX Allied Health
Sheila A. Horak Caldwell, TX Business
Hannah E. Gerken Gainesville, TX English
Nick K. Cook Irving, TX Business
Shelly L. Horak Caldwell, TX Nursing
JG D. Haflich Texarkana, TX Mechanical Engr.
Cody W. Culp Midway, TX Technology Mgmt.
Luis A. Banuelos Palestine, TX
Health Promotion and Community Health Neuroscience
Johnna D. Knight Winnsboro, TX Mechanical Engr.
Esteban Garces Austin, TX Psychology Spanish
Aaron R. Catlin San Antonio, TX Mechanical Engr.
Bridget A. O’Brien Boerne, TX Agribusiness Animal Science
Nina E. Gavos Richardson, TX Accounting
Cullen R. Eckert Fredericksburg, TX Aerospace Engr.
Jesus I. Tonche Ochoa Waco, TX Computer Engr.
DeForest M. Gordy Lindale, TX Political Science Economics
Shelby L. Eckhardt Seguin, TX Agricultural Dev.
Brittany N. Witt Mineola, TX Medicine
John Paul Hesse Muenster, TX Mechanical Engr.
Shane Finney Hughes Springs, TX Industrial Dist.
Kleg E. Kennedy Lampasas, TX Animal Science
No 2017 Banquet Photo
2018 George Ranch Picnic.
2014 scholars
Nate M. Shorman Coppell, TX Industrial Dist.
Dalton J. Prihoda Sealy, TX Petroleum Engr.
T. Chance Redwine New Braunfels, TX Mechanical Engr.
Jonathan A. Richter Houston, TX Agricultural Comm.
Patrick J. Sheridan Corpus Christi, TX Communications
Lorenzo J. Washington Seguin, TX Bioenvironmental Sci. Animal Science
Cason B. Smith College Station, TX Mechanical Engr.
Josh P. Worthington Humble, TX Industrial Dist.
Sarah N. Steinmann Flower Mound, TX Business Mgmt.
Austin L. Sutton Conroe, TX Industrial Dist.
Eli E. Tiffin Llano, TX Electrical Engr.
Logan M. Ward Boerne, TX Comm. Studies
Melissa A. Potts Austin, TX Chemical Engr.
Elissa L. Irvin Gilmer, TX Agribusiness
R. Nathan Monger Vidor, TX Business
Jacob R. Mathis Lorena, TX Engineering
Kameron C. Page Weimar, TX Agricultural Dev.
A. Shanti Israni Los Fresnos, TX Communications
Josh J. Myers Spring, TX Education
Brylee J. Matschek Rowena, TX Accounting Finance
Corey B. Parish Conroe, TX Agricultural Economics
Taylor L. Johnson Tomball, TX Psychology
Hank R. Nelson Ore City, TX Agricultural Economics
Bob J. McAdams Hico, TX Genetics
Shelby K. Pesek Yoakum, TX Nursing
Tyler N. Johnson Coppell, TX Engineering
Elizabeth A. Nevins Plano, TX Biomedical Science
S. Paige McDaniel Jarrell, TX Wildlife & Fisheries
Sara A. Pnacek Victoria, TX Marketing
Lindsay E. Lucas Carrollton, TX Health Education
Bailey M. O’Campo Bryan, TX Animal Science
Kaamil Z. Mitha Carrollton, TX Radiological Health Engr.
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
2015 Scholars Rebecca Seigman and Elizabeth Barnes Jones. Fall Banquet.
2015 scholars
Business
Aerospace Engr.
Resources Forestry
Julian B. Ciarella Spring, TX Construction Sci.
Katelin L. Bailey Jacksboro, TX Kinesiology
Kyle M. Coleman Cibolo, TX Civil Engr.
Jacob Canter Longview, TX History
Ty A. Crenshaw Canyon, TX Mathematics
Marco W. Balletto Houston, TX Kinesiology
Allyson L. Cook Houston, TX
Jennifer N. Castleberry Ballinger, TX
David H. Dareing Mertzon, TX Renewable Natural
Caleb A. Bardin Caldwell, TX Construction Science
Shay M. Coplin Baytown, TX Forensic & Investigative Sci.
Isabelle A. Chapman Dallas, TX International Studies
Sean M. Dempsey Flint, TX Business Mgmt.
Elizabeth Barnes Jones Bryan, TX Biomedical Engr.
Kayla N. Corey Krum, TX Biomedical Science
Brandy S. Chelette College Station, TX Bioenvironmental Sci.
Kristi A. Dickinson Dripping Springs, TX Political Science
Miranda R. Barrios Sugar Land, TX International Studies
Caleb A. Cortimilia Garland, TX Construction Science
Emily C. Edwards Palestine, TX Visualization Track
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Megan Romeo (2012) and Autumn Ridge (2017). Fall Banquet. Hannah Gerken (2014) and Luis Banuelos (2013).
2017 Terrys and their snowman!
Sheila Horak (2014). Semester Service Winner.
2016 Scholars Claudia Norman, Johnny Amar-Martinez, Erin Prause, and Tenley Lehman. Fall Banquet.
2015 scholars
2015 scholars
Chase A. Fietsam La Grange, TX Manufacturing Engr. Tech.
Kassi A. Edwards Mount Pleasant, TX Public Health
Jose L. Elizondo Brownsville, TX Computer Science
Ethan M. Ellis Graham, TX Biology
Sarah E. Elmer Pleasanton, TX Biomedical Science
Lorin D. Heller Kingsbury, TX Kinesiology
M. Benjamin Hergert Pearland, TX Environmental Design
Luis A. Flores Porter, TX Civil Engr.
Kathryn E. Klumb Jourdanton, TX Community Health
Madison W. Jacobs Woden, TX Industrial Dist.
Chelsea D. Gonzales Waco, TX Accounting
Stephen M. Kocmoud College Station, TX Electronics Eng Tech.
2017 Scholars Cabrina Becker and Brittney Colbath.
Richard Madrigal (2017) and Carson Buffett (2016).
Angelique Bautista Mesquite, TX BioMedical Engr.
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Niki Iranpour Katy, TX Chemical Engr.
Lauren E. Miller Austin, TX Neuroscience Psychology
S. Karely Martinez Houston, TX Nursing
Jose A. Negrete El Paso, TX Public Health
Mackenzie JohnsonBishop Dallas, TX Public Relations
Nazifa Z. Mim Houston, TX Marketing
Peter J. Mauldin Austin, TX Computer Science
Rachel N. Obimah Houston, TX Biochemistry
Sharon M. Jones Austin, TX Applied Learning & Dev.
Ty A. Morris Austin, TX Computer Science
Patrick K. McDermott Murphy, TX Sports Mgmt.
Omar Olivarez La Blanca, TX Mgmt. Info. Systems Government
Sam Karimaghaei Spring, TX Chemical Engr.
Dante J. Munoz McAllen, TX Mgmt. Info. Systems
Daniel P. Mendoza Sugar Land, TX Nutrition
Abby Lopez Laredo, TX Human & Family Dev.
Rachel G. Munson Austin, TX Chemical Engr.
Charlie H. Meriwether Dallas, TX Supply Chain Mgmt.
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Andrew Riali (2014), Matthew Luong (2017), and Jared Vochoska (2017). College Game Day.
Faysia Green (2017) and Jarie Nabors (2016). Central Texas Picnic.2017 Scholars Arvin Farangi, Feliciano Velazquez, An Nguyen, Stephanie Nguyen. Central Texas Picnic.
Jennifer T. Huynh Sugar Land, TX Supply Chain Mgmt. Biochemistry
Drew L. Heilman Fort Worth, TX Chemical Engr.
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Derrik N. Robinson Kyle, TX Supply Chain Mgmt.
John T. Pesek Odem, TX
Leann E. Rego Arlington, TX Marketing
Andrew V. Riali Canyon Lake, TX Aerospace Engr.
Tessa C. Richard Houston, TX Supply Chain Mgmt.
Cindy M. Turner
Joseph M. Voss
Shelby I. Scott
Zhang
Lexi R. Wahlen Robstown, TX Nursing
Michael A. Seay Liberty, TX Radio/Television/Film
Laura Zhang Plano, TX
Matthew D. Webb Plano, TX
Shripal R. Shah Sugar Land, TX
Drew A. Williams
Colony, TX Government
Alejandro StevensonDuran
No 2017 Banquet Photo
David E. Aghado Houston, TX
Jasmine M. Chaij Gainesville, TX Neuroscience
Olivia A. Berger Sugar Land, TX Nursing
Mamadou Balde Beaumont, TX Chemical Engr.
Jessica J. Cui Plano, TX Advertising
Anna I. Anya Dallas, TX Biomedical Engr.
Kelly Chang Stafford, TX Corporate Comm.
Brianca D. Berry Houston, TX Business Mgmt.
Anne E. Dattilo Cedar Park, TX Physics Astronomy
David Ares San Antonio, TX Computer Science
Kristie T. Chau San Marcos, TX Radio/Television/Film
Jonathan A. Castaneda Eagle Lake, TX Public Health
Hunter K. Dugie Kemah, TX Comm. Studies
Connor M. Argentieri Frisco, TX Chemistry
Kristine Chen Cedar Park, TX Biochemistry
Ruben A. Castilla Edinburg, TX Civil Engr.
Holly M. Ekas Cedar Park, TX Chemical Engr.
Delawer M. Armaghani Austin, TX Electrical Engr.
James P. Collins Buda, TX Government
Camila C. Castro Rodriguez The Woodlands, TX Mechanical Engr.
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Haley D. Parsa Dallas, TX Studio Art
Amy H. Parekh McKinney, TX Corporate Comm.
2015 scholars
Physics
Computer Science
Tatiana P.
Lewisville, TX Government Latin American Studies
Quimberly
International Relations
Austin
Kate N. Grobowsky Houston, TX Environmental Science
Javi Garcia McAllen, TX Accounting
Gracie Gomez Harlingen, TX Mgmt. Info. Systems
Bianca A. Gonzales Yoakum, TX Radio/Television/Film
Summer D. Gregurek Victoria, TX Electrical Engr.
Harold A. Jackson Tyler, TX
Connor K. Groff Houston, TX
Candace Kosted Pflugerville, TX Sociology
A. Jasso Cypress, TX
Guevara
Isaac C. Kresta El Campo, TX Theatre & Dance Psychology
Taylor Y. Johnson Pflugerville, TX Biomedical Engr.
Logan D. Hageman Georgetown, TX Chemical Engr. Government
Amogh P. Krishnagiri Allen, TX Biomedical Engr.
Iann R. Karamali Austin, TX Mechanical Engr.
Andrew N. Hansen San Marcos, TX International Business
Betheny E. La Bone Magnolia, TX English
Joshua C. Kitterman Bay City, TX Chemistry
Richard A. Henke Seguin, TX Biology
The University of Texas at Austin
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Fall Terry Alumni Panel. Liem Tran (2015). Central Texas Picnic.
Terry Alumni Tailgate.
Terry Turtles.
Yvonne Moody (TAMU 1987) and Julianne Lacsina (2016). Central Texas Picnic.
Terry Boat Trip.
Oscar R. Fernandez San Antonio, TX Architectural Engr.
2015 scholars
A. Cade Richardson Houston, TX
Hannah D. Phillips Arlington, TX Nursing
Brittany L. Pierce Arlington, TX Marketing
Bekah A. Preissinger Pflugerville, TX Chemistry
Ascencion L. Ramirez Dallas, TX Chemistry
Krishma J. Shah
Connor L. Rivera Austin, TX
Nancy T. Trinh Fort Worth, TX
Shanna M. Shetler
Grant P. Roach
Joshua Valdez Richardson, TX
Lauren M. Taylor Cedar Park, TX Interdisc. Studies
Emily H. Rogers San Antonio, TX Nutrition
Briana L. Vargas Cedar Park, TX Computer Science
Liem T. Tran Austin, TX Petroleum Engr.
Kevin Sauceda San Juan, TX History Linguistics
Jocelyn A. Whistler Pflugerville, TX Civil Engr.
Megan T. Tran-Olmsted Lucas, TX Finance Business Honors
Srija Seenivasan Carrollton, TX Biochemistry
Honors
Kamal N. Phelps Southlake, TX Biology
Cameron N. Le Houston, TX Public Health
Catie I. Mott Allen, TX Classics
Nalleli Cornejo Martinez Austin, TX Social Work
Araceli G. Pacheco Hockley, TX Finance
Rebecca Lopez Dallas, TX International Relations Anthropology
Alexis N. Nguyen Houston, TX Biochemistry
Genevieve N. McDonald Valley Mills, TX Philosophy English
Keonnie S. Parrilla Houston, TX Psychology
Giovanna A. Loredo Sugar Land, TX Biochemistry
JP H. Nguyen Dallas, TX Accounting
Michelle R. Metzler Austin, TX Nutrition Biology
Heny Patel San Marcos, TX Chemical Engr.
Valorie D. Marks Beaumont, TX Biology
Valerie E. Nguyen Houston, TX Business
Joann L. Min Austin, TX International Relations Journalism
Kevin K. Phan Grand Prairie, TX Nursing
Callahan C. Martin Wylie, TX Marketing
Kristal Okeke Irving, TX Nursing
Cynthia Moreno Pasadena, TX Biology
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Kelsey T. Lammons Abilene, TX Social Work
Joseph W. Fryer Corpus Christi, TX Chemistry
Juan Alvarez Mathis, TX Journalism
Jonathan J. Choi Flower Mound, TX Biology
Lydia D. Breedlove Houston, TX Athletic Training
Prajwal Dhakal Austin, TX Electrical Engr.
Shafin R. Amin Houston, TX Electrical Engr.
Saul Cornejo Bravo Waco, TX Economics
Carson C. Buffett Round Rock, TX Rhetoric & Writing
Pascual R. Diaz San Benito, TX Aerospace Engr.
Gonzalo E. Astudillo Laredo, TX Biology
Danielle E. Del Bosque Harlingen, TX Public Relations
Sydney R. Burnham San Angelo, TX Philosophy
Will B. Ferguson Bellville, TX Middle Eastern Studies
Mona S. Azzo Plano, TX Civil Engr.
Miguel A. Del Rio McAllen, TX Business
Noe A. Calderon El Paso, TX Nutrition
Esther Flores Willis, TX English
Cory J. Beck Boerne, TX Aerospace Engr.
Jayson M. Delgado Port Isabel, TX Biology
Eduardo Charles Houston, TX Astronomy
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Levi Lopez (2016), Nathan Souder (2016), and Logan Lopez (2011). Central Texas Picnic.
Catherine Mott (2015), Diamond Marroquin (2017), and Chaznee Wyrick (2017). Micah 6 Service Project.
Aaron Burroughs (2014), Laura Zhang (2014), Kristie Chau (2015), Niki Iranpour (2014), Conner Argentieri (2015), and Ascencion Ramirez (2015). Central Texas Picnic.
Eugene Han Lewisville, TX Mgmt. Info. Systems
Sammy R. Gonzales San Antonio, TX Marketing Javier Granados Corpus Christi, TX Biology
Skylar S. Guignon Coppell, TX Neuroscience
Danielle D. Hall Arlington, TX Business
Yamelli Y. Puente Houston, TX Neuroscience
Julianne D. Lacsina Magnolia, TX Government
Zariah R. Hedge Pasadena, TX Sociology
Jarie B. Nabors Mesquite, TX Government
Thao N. Le Sugar Land, TX Business
Bobi Huh Austin, TX Finance
Dae J. Needom Cedar Hill, TX Accounting
Levi R. Lopez Alice, TX Advertising
Lucas A. Kabela Victoria, TX Computer Science
Mason G. Ouren College Station, TX Biology
Armando A. Medina Edinburg, TX Nursing
Angela H. Kang Austin, TX Biology
Michaela R. Priess Fredericksburg, TX Biology Psychology
Kelsey N. Moreland Houston, TX Genetics
Cattie Khoury Dallas, TX Comm. Studies
Nasa Y. Xu Katy, TX Biology Psychology
Omama Qureshi Tyler, TX Marketing
Kennedy C. Stidham Duncanville, TX Human & Family Dev.
Rena R. Rubit Houston, TX Human and Family Dev.
Rachel M. Thompson Frisco, TX Psychology
Josh R. Ragusin Corpus Christi, TX Electrical Engr.
Ben S. Strope Friendswood, TX Biochemistry
Gabriella N. Sanchez San Antonio, TX Biology
Paulina Vazquez Pena San Antonio, TX Electrical Engr.
Rachel D. Ramirez Flower Mound, TX Journalism
David A. Strube San Antonio, TX Computer Science
Ian L. Slingsby Austin, TX Government
Jocelyne V. Walker League City, TX Business Honors Mgmt. Info. Systems
Max Ramos Laredo, TX Business
Maria V. Tangarova Cedar Park, TX Business
Nathan A. Souder Snyder, TX Mechanical Engr.
Laney B. Wicker Paradise, TX Astronomy
Aaron I. Riojas Edinburg, TX Mechanical Engr.
Allegra D. Thomas Cooper, TX Electrical Engr.
Blake B. Stephens Leander, TX Advertising
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2017 scholars
Kevin H. Caballero El Paso, TX Cathedral HS Biomedical Engr.
Janet M. Abou Elias Pasadena, TX Deer Park HS South Neuroscience
Manolo Alvarez Rancho Viejo, TX Veterans Memorial HS Petroleum Engr.
Cabrina I. Becker Dallas, TX Woodrow Wilson HS Biology
Angel B. Bierce San Antonio, TX John Jay HS Psychology
Christopher B. Hall Dallas, TX Duncanville HS Business
Mahima J. Desai San Antonio, TX Brooks Academy of Science English
Michelle Cajero Houston, TX Pasadena Memorial HS Public Health
Arvin Farangi Houston, TX Westside HS Applied Movement Science
Ana F. Duran Saavedra Magnolia, TX Lone Star College Psychology
Brittney E. Colbath Copperas Cove, TX Copperas Cove HS Business
Kathryn A. Foshee McKinney, TX Collin College Psychology
Bradley C. Ehler Pflugerville, TX Hendrickson HS Business
Gloria M. Contreras Baytown, TX Impact Early College HS Biochemistry
Faysia J. Green Dallas, TX School For The Talented And Gifted Journalism
Justin Eng Spring, TX Lone Star College International Relations & Global Studies
Damaris Cortes El Paso, TX Clint ISD Early College Chemistry
Ramsey D. Green Port Isabel, TX Port Isabel HS Mechanical Engr.
Melanie A. Enriquez Alamo, TX PSJA Memorial HS Government
Diana De La Torre Houston, TX Victory Early College HS Biochemistry Latin American Studies
242 The University of Texas at Austin
Terry Turtles Basketball.
Top Golf Social.
Harold Jackson (2015). Central Texas Picnic. Upperclassman Study Panel.
Central Texas Food Bank Service.
2017 scholars
J.
Manvel, TX Manvel HS Radio/Television/Film
Matthew M. Luong Wichita Falls, TX S H Rider HS Civil Engr.
An X.
Palacios, TX Palacios HS Electrical Engr.
Stephanie H.
League City, TX Clear Springs HS Business
& Global Studies
Richard
Mercedes, TX Mercedes HS History
Lake Dallas HS Radio/Television/Film
Alief Taylor HS Journalism
Elizabeth R. Savercool Austin, TX Austin CC Physics
Travis J. Hand Houston, TX Lone Star College Social Work
Nguyen
Nancy A. Licona Kingwood, TX Lone Star College Electrical Engr.
Ruth E. Pineda Little Elm, TX Collin College International Relations
Michah
Harrison
Nguyen
Temoore A. Raja Tomball, TX Klein HS Business
Farhan K. Kassam Ali Garland, TX Richardson HS Business
Pollyanna L. Ohair Lake Dallas, TX
A. Madrigal
Estefania Rodriguez Houston, TX
Morgan L. Kunde Seguin, TX Marion HS Human & Family Dev.
Adriann M. Oommen San Antonio, TX John Marshall HS Civil Engr.
Diamond Marroquin San Juan, TX Hidalgo HS Psychology
Jack H. Rouse Richardson, TX Lloyd V Berkner HS Business
Maniv Lamichhane Fort Worth, TX Tarrant County College Mathematics
Jesus Y. Patino Houston, TX Lone Star College International Relations & Global Studies
James R. Mismash Waxahachie, TX Waxahachie HS Government
2014 Scholars Eduardo Charles, Peter Zhang, Jay Yoon, and Daniel Mendoza. Central Texas Picnic.
Candace Wong (TAMU 2004) and Gonzalo Astudillo (2016). Central Texas Picnic.
Will Ferguson (2016) and Emily Rogers (2015). Central Texas Picnic.
Norman L. Torres Harlingen, TX Harlingen HS Exercise Science
A. Olivia Speed Corpus Christi, TX
W B Ray HS International Relations & Global Studies
Silver O. Spirit Austin, TX Austin CC Social Work
Asia L. Taylor Fulton, TX Rockport-Fulton HS Medical Laboratory Science
Alexander Tekle Plano, TX Plano Senior HS Electrical Engr.
Lexus D. Wilson San Antonio, TX
Earl Warren HS Biology
Kevin W. Turner Houston, TX Jersey Village HS Computer Science
Ralph S. Wiser Garland, TX Dallas County CC Mechanical Engr.
Daniela Valladares McAllen, TX Sharyland HS Business
Chaznee R. Wyrick Mesquite, TX Mesquite HS Biology
J. Feliciano Velazquez Edinburg, TX Early College HS Biology
Mireya J. Zamora Dallas, TX Dallas County CC Public Health
Jared I. Vochoska Houston, TX Clear Lake Christian Electrical Engr.
Paul Q. Vu Houston, TX Carver Magnet HS Biology
Central Texas Picnic.
Quimberly Jasso (2015). Study Abroad in Spain.
The University of Texas at Dallas
2014 Scholars Brooklynne Palmer and Hailey Gage.Ifra Ali (2015) and Rida Fatima (2016). Orientation.
Fall Banquet.
Cori Weaver (2016). Terry Family Dinner. Broderick Johnson (2016). Terry Family Dinner.
Erik Omogbehin (2017). Fall Banquet.
Mindy Chokpapone (2014). Southfork Picnic.
Volunteering at The Main Place. Intramural Basketball.
Maria Muhammad-Brown (2014) and Iman Zidan (2016). Orientation.
UTD Terry Formal.
Kamali Adelwale (2014). Terry Family Dinner.
2014 scholars
Brooklynne P. Palmer Cedar Park, TX Neuroscience Biology
McKinley A. Haney Wylie, TX Art & Performance
J. Luke Huebner Katy, TX Mechanical Engr.
Maria L. MuhammadBrown Plano, TX Psychology
Carolyn M. Nguyen Houston, TX Healthcare Studies
Hailey E. Gage Leander, TX Computer Science
Pamela G. Arguelles Grand Prairie, TX International Political Econ.
Payam Zohdi Frisco, TX Dental
Mishali H. Patel Allen, TX Healthcare Studies
Sohyun Cho Lewisville, TX Accounting Finance
Abbie L. Camero Cedar Hill, TX Healthcare Studies
Yesenia Barrios Fort Worth, TX Healthcare Studies
Joselyn R. Quiros Masis Richardson, TX Finance International Business
Adrienne J. Hudson Hamilton, TX Art History
Y. Mindy Chokpapone Houston, TX Neuroscience
Alexis P. Bernal Sachse, TX Biology
Consuelo Y. Rojas Dallas, TX Supply Chain Mgmt.
Lucille E. Reddic Dallas, TX Interdisciplinary Studies
Manpreet K. Dhot Wylie, TX Computer Engr.
LeeAnn K. Blaylock Gun Barrel City, TX Sociology
Brittany L. Tiemann Lufkin, TX Geospatial Info. Sciences
Trang P. Dinh Garland, TX Chemistry
Ben P. Borst Bulverde, TX Arts & Tech.
Deryl F. Tschoerner Garland, TX Mathematics 250 The University of Texas at Dallas
Ryan W. Clanton North Richland Hills, TX Electrical Engr.
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2016 scholars
Kaitlyn S. Killian Tyler, TX Speech Path. & Audiology
Elianna S. Paek Lucas, TX Psychology
Jake D. Wade Dallas, TX Biomedical Engr.
Dallas, TX Healthcare
Chrisi D. Mantchev Arlington, TX Speech Lang. Pathology
Angel M. Roberson Floresville, TX Biochemistry
Bill C.
McKinney, TX Accounting
G. Hulon Sherard Longview, TX Cognitive Science Mathematics
Cori A. Weaver Saginaw, TX Molecular Biology
Molecular Biology
Nabors
Iman N. Zidan
Amber Nguyen Rowlett, TX
Emma K. Tharp Spring Branch, TX Neuroscience
Tina T. Nguyen Dallas, TX Interdisc. Studies
Matthew L. Vazquez Dallas, TX Actuarial Science Finance
The University of Texas at Dallas
UTD Terrys in Washington D.C.
2017 Scholars Abby Flores and Afza Mohammed. Southfork Picnic.
UTD Alternative Spring Break Houston.
Escape Room Social.
Ben Borst (2014) and Priscilla Ukhuakhua (2015). Orientation.
Benjamin Ditlevson (2015), Chase Bosley (2015), Kang Choi (2015), and Salvador de Leon (2014). Southfork Picnic.
2017 scholars
Andrew S. Newman Mesquite, TX Richland College Mechanical Engr.
Jessie-Anne McCoy Fort Worth, TX Fort Worth Academy of Fine Arts Accounting
Francisco A. Miranda Mesquite, TX Richland College Computer Science
Afza L. Mohammed Irving, TX Jack E. Singley Academy Molecular Biology
Trenton I. Moore Allen, TX Allen HS Information Tech.
Temesgen H. Zerom Garland, TX Richland College Mechanical Engr.
Martin H. Nguyen Allen, TX Allen HS Mathematics
Erik O. Omogbehin Richwood, TX Brazosport College Computer Engr.
Rita J. Phinyawatana Dallas, TX The Westwood School Business Admin.
Ramzi A. Taim Arlington, TX Juan Seguin HS Healthcare Studies
Jake E. Waller Allen, TX Allen HS Computer Science
258 The University of Texas at Dallas
Alexia A. Alexander Lewisville, TX Lewisville HS Healthcare Studies
Sam W. Grader Plano, TX Collin College Business Admin.
Abby Flores Dallas, TX
Trinidad Garza Early College HS Business Admin.
Ambarina Z. Hasta Irving, TX
Uplift North Hills Prep. Art & Performance
Nilisha A. Gajera Irving, TX
Jack E Singley Academy Finance
Abby L. Lewis Denton, TX
John H. Guyer HS Biochemistry
Kirstyn C. Gonzalez Brownsville, TX Veterans Memorial Early College HS Neuroscience
Kendall J. Lloyd Mesquite, TX El Centro College Business Admin.
Katia A. Gounou Dallas, TX El Centro College Mechanical Engr.
Emily Lomas Dallas, TX Trinidad Garza Early College HS Biomedical Engr.
2014 Scholars Carolyn Nguyen, Mishali Patel, Manpreet Dhot, Trang Dinh, and Mindy Chokpapone. Fall Banquet.
Stephanie Gilyard (2016). Southfork Picnic. Brittany Tiemann (2014) and Savannah Lee (2013). Fall Banquet.
The University of Texas at El Paso
University of Texas at El Paso
The University of Texas at El Paso
New 2018-2019 Officer Team.
Officers with Christen Barron at Statewide Officer Retreat.
Fall Banquet.
2017 UTEP Scholars
Beaumont Harvey Relief.
Cutline.
Terry Volleyball.
Alejandra Sandoval-Montanez (2017) - Ópera en la Frontera.
Scholars with University President Dr. Diana Natalicio and Foundation President Yvonne Moody (TAMU 1987). Fall Banquet.
Mariah Alvarez El Paso, TX Sociology Psychology
Melissa MurilloSanchez El Paso, TX Elementary Education
Carlos E. Diaz El Paso, TX Engineering
Leanna Peru El Paso, TX Speech Lang. Pathology
Andrea A. Arizpe El Paso, TX Veterinary Medicine
Tori Nevarez El Paso, TX Nursing
Danny Garcia El Paso, TX Engineering
Angel Rodriguez El Paso, TX Environmental Geosciences
Joselyn Contreras El Paso, TX Accounting
Rebecca E. Ortiz El Paso, TX Mathematics
Marcel Gilley El Paso, TX Mechanical Engr.
Yessica Delgado El Paso, TX Nursing
Fernanda Guerra El Paso, TX Nursing
Alejandro Diaz El Paso, TX Computer Science
Elizabeth Martinez El Paso, TX Mechanical Engr.
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
Benjamin Cervantes (2016). Harvey Relief Trip.
Officers Joselyn Contreras (2015), Jocelyne Madrid (2015), Nohemi Lopez-Valdez (2016), and Benjamin Cervantes (2016). Spring Picnic.
Briana A. Diaz El Paso, TX Business
Andrea Aguirre El Paso, TX Music Bryn I. Birdwell El Paso, TX Education
Sophia L. Bond El Paso, TX Nursing
Benjamin T. Cervantes El Paso, TX Kinesiology
Jocelyne I. Madrid El Paso, TX Nursing
Aibhlin A. Esparza El Paso, TX Mechanical Engr.
Sergio Nogami El Paso, TX Computer Science
Johnathan M. Muniz Becerra El Paso, TX Science
Joseph M. Flores El Paso, TX Business
Aiyana M. Ponce El Paso, TX Science
Julian Franco El Paso, TX Science
Manuel Galindo El Paso, TX Engineering
Nohemi LopezValdez El Paso, TX Biology
Spring Ceremony.
Nicole Roldan (TAMU 2002), Andrea Aguirre (2016), Bryn Birdwell (2016). Spring Picnic.
Elizabeth Martinez (2015).
Leanna Peru (2015), Joseph Flores (2016), Aibhlin Esparza (2016), Sophia Bond (2016), Sergio Nogami (2016). Fall Banquet.
Paso
Alejandra I. Nevarez El Paso, TX Bel Air HS Psychology
Adriana C. Mares
Paso, TX
Early College HS Cellular & Molecular Biochemistry
Alessandra Merino
Paso,
Jovanna N. Morales El Paso, TX
Paso CC Kinesiology
Diana L. Moreno
Paso, TX Maxine L. Silva Health
Idalis M. Ramirez El Paso, TX
Paso CC Science Ana A. Rico El Paso, TX
Paso HS Business Admin.
Carlos Rocha El Paso, TX Montwood HS Mechanical Engr.
Alejandra SandovalMontanez El Paso, TX Franklin HS Music Performance
Adriana S. Villegas El Paso, TX J.M. Hanks HS Finance
The University of Texas at El Paso
Alejandro G. BeltranAlvarez El Paso, TX Da Vinci School Mechanical Engr.
Aleli D. Fernandez
El Paso, TX El Paso CC Nursing
Lupita Carrillo El Paso, TX Bel Air HS Forensic & Investigative Sciences
Francesca J. Hernandez El Paso, TX TransMountain Early College HS Social Work
Alexis G. Castanon El Paso, TX Andress HS Nursing
Max M. Hernandez El Paso, TX Americas HS Computer Science
Sarah A. Daioub El Paso, TX Coronado HS Pre-Nursing
David Huerta San Antonio, TX St. Philips College Kinesiology
Kyra L. Delgado El Paso, TX Jefferson HS Civil Engr.
Susana Y. Lopez El Paso, TX
Paso CC Biological Sciences
Terrys host annual Lee & Beulah Moor Children’s Home Fall Festival.
2015 Scholars Tori Nevarez and Melissa Murillo Sanchez.
Susana Lopez (2017), Mariah Alvarez (2015), Aleli Fernandez (2017), and Jovanna Morales (2017). Fall Banquet
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Kaboom Playground Project.
Crista Cerda-Garcia (2017): “Low Impact Development Soil Media Column Experiments to Test Removal of Stormwater Pollution.”
2017 Traditional Scholars. Fall Banquet. Marissa Bingham (2016), Christa Patterson (2014), and Diego Hernandez (2015). Fall Banquet.
2015 Scholars Ashley Richardson and Sydnee Garcia. Central Texas Picnic.
Jonathan De La Garza (2015). Central Texas Picnic.Orientation.
Central Texas Picnic.
Diana Reyes (2016). Photoshoot in Japan.
2017 Scholars Meikala Hester, Reynaldo Ramirez, and Sammy Russell. Central Texas Picnic.
2015 Transfer Scholars Garrett Frazier, Matthew Randal, and Viviana Martinez. Orientation.
2015 scholars
Jonathan M. De La Garza San Antonio, TX Electrical Engr.
Victor A. Alaniz San Antonio, TX Physics
Olumayowa S. Amu Richmond, TX Biology
D.J. Betancis El Paso, TX Kinesiology
Matthew B. Burgess Friendswood, TX Biomedical Engr.
Janette K. Lopez Brownsville, TX Multidisc. Studies
Sydnee E. Garcia Carrollton, TX Psychology
Keaton R. Dear Boerne, TX Psychology Nursing
Diego Hernandez San Antonio, TX Accounting
Kimberly L. Gilson San Antonio, TX Mathematics
Kyle E. DeStefano San Antonio, TX History
Natalie C. Ibarra San Antonio, TX Communications
Miguel C. Gonzalez San Antonio, TX Psychology
Max J. Edman San Antonio, TX Communications
Natachi G. Iheanacho Houston, TX Kinesiology
Sarah Hakimuddin Cibolo, TX Psychology
Kimberly Errisuriz Brownsville, TX Biology
Rose M. Kelly San Antonio, TX Communications
Alexis A. Heath Houston, TX Finance Business Mgmt.
Garrett A. Frazier San Antonio, TX Kinesiology 270 The University of Texas at San Antonio
Devon M. Gorse Round Rock, TX Mgmt. Info. Systems
David Olivera Spring, TX Civil Engr.
Sara G. Knowles San Antonio, TX Accounting
Shakira L. Wingate Killeen, TX Public Health
Isaiah K. Harris Garland, TX Psychology
Christa L. Patterson Cibolo, TX Accounting
Ruben A. Lara Edinburg, TX Biology
Jessica T. Honkomp Wichita Falls, TX Biology
Erica V. Perez Menard, TX Accounting
Lindsey R. Muenchow Kingsbury, TX Biology
Aaron A. Jahns Castroville, TX International Affairs
Trevor A. Sommer Brownsville, TX Sport, Event, & Tourism Mgmt.
Madeline M. Oebel San Antonio, TX Comm. Studies
Sarah E. Kelton San Antonio, TX Mechanical Engr.
Jasmine Valadez San Antonio, TX Public Health
Savanna A. Offutt San Antonio, TX Accounting
No 2017 Banquet Photo
No 2017 Banquet Photo
2016 scholars
Arlene O. Campos Tyler, TX Biology
Edgar M. AcevedoBanuelos Converse, TX Engineering
Henry C. Araiza San Antonio, TX Mechanical Engr.
Hallie E. Barr San Antonio, TX Psychology
Marissa L. Bingham San Angelo, TX Psychology
Gilbert G. Linscott San Antonio, TX Music Education
Mitchell R. Gresham Amarillo, TX Biology
Ashlee R. Davison San Antonio, TX Civil Engr.
Annie F. Herrera New Braunfels, TX Business
Rodrigo Guerrero Mejia San Antonio, TX Biology
Leah N. Faron San Antonio, TX Biology
Kathleen M. Hillner San Antonio, TX Business
Logan O. Haney Pflugerville, TX Mechanical Engr.
Brittany M. Fonseca Castroville, TX Early Childhood Education
Sukhwinder Kaur San Antonio, TX Biomedical Engr.
Zachary D. Harbin New Braunfels, TX Biology
Jonathan A. Gonzalez San Antonio, TX Cybersecurity
Kevin D. Khuc Windcrest, TX Biology
Seth G. Harris Tuleta, TX Kinesiology
Pedro E. Gonzalez Channelview, TX Marketing
Javi A. Love San Marcos, TX Biomedical Engr.
Shruti V. Sinkar Houston, TX Biology
Laura A. Orth San Antonio, TX Business Mgmt.
Thad C. Wilson San Antonio, TX Mechanical Engr.
Viviana Martinez San Antonio, TX Business
Sarah E. Smith Austin, TX Psychology
Matthew M. Randal San Antonio, TX Biochemistry
Aaiden N. Witten San Antonio, TX Music
Thomas F. Mullins San Antonio, TX Music
Sierra L. Trevino Rio Grande City, TX Public Health
Ashley M. Richardson Dallas, TX Psychology Studio Art
Stephanie T. Nguyen Corpus Christi, TX Business Mgmt.
Victoria L. Wahlen Robstown, TX Mechanical Engr.
Mehand Samer San Antonio, TX Chemistry
Miguel Olivares San Antonio, TX Biology
Lauren N. Wickwar San Antonio, TX Interdisc. Studies
Gabriela E. Sanchez Killorin San Antonio, TX Education
Andrew N. Lozano San Antonio, TX Business Mgmt.
Alejandra Rodriguez San Antonio, TX Accounting
Ben A. Perez San Antonio, TX Engineering
Sophia M. Rodriguez Walter San Antonio, TX Finance
Malena L. Mejia-Abad Converse, TX Interdisc. Studies
Maegan N. Springer San Antonio, TX Interdisc. Studies
Jaime C. Perez Laredo, TX Interior Design
Marissa R. Young New Braunfels, TX Public Health
Samantha Mendoza Laredo, TX Marketing
Alexis T. Tackett Paris, TX English
Alan J. Quiles San Antonio, TX Sociology
Amber N. Miller San Antonio, TX Anthropology
Hector R. Tenorio Laredo, TX Engineering
Diana L. Reyes Brownsville, TX Psychology
Lysandra A. Mireles Roma, TX Biology
Karli A. Tirapelle San Antonio, TX Art
Bobby J. Robertson Corpus Christi, TX Anthropology
Orientation.
Natalie Ibarra (2015), Stephanie Nguyen (2015), and Kathleen Hillner (2016). Spring Banquet.
Terrys at the UTSA vs. TXST Tailgate.
Matthew Burgess (2015): “Development of a Vascularized Tissue Engineered Skeletal Muscle Model.”
Volunteering at Haven for Hope.
University of Texas at San Antonio
Grace P. Rojas San Antonio, TX San Antonio College Biology
Reynaldo Ramirez Eagle Pass, TX C C Winn HS Cybersecurity
Kevin P. Ramirez Espinosa San Antonio, TX San Antonio College Finance
Lucas S. Rivas Harlingen, TX Harlingen HS South Biology
Cristina N. Rodriguez Zapata, TX Zapata HS Biomedical Engr.
Sammy T. Russell Fort Worth, TX Trinity Valley School Biology
Cheyenne R. Sanchez Rockport, TX Rockport-Fulton HS Architecture
Jake T. Torres San Antonio, TX San Antonio College Business Mgmt.
Gisell Vela Laredo, TX Lyndon B Johnson HS Accounting
University of Texas at San Antonio
Leonard O. Aigbokhaevbo Irving, TX North Lake College Cybersecurity
Meikala N. Hester Meadowlakes, TX Marble Falls HS Interior Design
Ethan A. Frie McKinney, TX Collin College Business Admin.
Brenda P. Lizaola San Antonio, TX Northwest Vista College Interdisc. Studies
Moses J. Arocha San Antonio, TX Business Careers HS Computer Science
Taylor Kotzur San Antonio, TX Douglas MacArthur HS Biology
Kimberly A. Garza Mission, TX Veterans Memorial HS Biochemistry
Cristian A. Munoz El Paso, TX El Paso CC Cybersecurity
Crista G. Cerda-Garcia Converse, TX San Antonio College Civil Engr.
Gisele A. George Frisco, TX Lone Star HS Physics
Tristan M. Crosby Bastrop, TX Bastrop HS Cybersecurity Mgmt. Info. Systems
Bradley P. Griffin Corpus Christi, TX Mary Carroll HS Mechanical Engr.
Karen M. Elliot San Antonio, TX San Antonio College Spanish Russian
Marla D. Gutierrez Zapata, TX Zapata HS Public Health
Central Texas Picnic.
Graduating Seniors. Central Texas Picnic.
Board of DIR ECTORS
Rhett G. Campbell Board Chairman
&
Chief Executive Officer
Rhett Campbell served on the original Board of Directors of the Terry Foundation and worked closely with Howard and Nancy Terry in the creation and management of the Foundation from its inception in 1986 until today. He was named Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2000 and Chief Executive Officer in 2013.
Rhett has lived in Houston since 1977 and retired from the practice of law in 2012 from the firm of Thompson & Knight LLC. He holds both a B.A. (with high honors) and J.D. (with honors) from Southern Methodist University, where he was a Hatton Sumners Scholar and a member of Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, and Order of Barristers.
Rhett is married to Houston native Susie Seybold. They have three children, four grandchildren, and reside in Houston.
Edward T. Cotham Jr. Chief Investment Officer
Ed Cotham serves as Chief Investment Officer of the Terry Foundation, where he manages the Foundation’s endowment portfolio. In 1993, he was named President of Terry Petroleum Company. Prior to joining Terry Petroleum, Ed practiced law with the Morris & Campbell law firm in Houston.
Ed holds an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Houston and a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Chicago. A native Texan, Ed returned to complete a law degree from the University of Texas at Austin.
Ed is a nationally recognized expert on Civil War history and has authored three books on military history. He and his wife, Candy, have one son and reside in Houston.
R. Moody (TAMU
Foundation President & Executive Director
Yvonne Rode Moody was named as the Foundation’s first Executive Director in August of 2012. She was named Foundation President in 2015. Originally, she was selected as one of the first 17 Terry Scholars as part of the inaugural class in 1987. She joined the Foundation Board of Directors in 2000, one of the first Alumni Scholars to be named to the Board.
A native of Fredericksburg, Yvonne received a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Texas A&M in 1991. Her professional experience includes working for Chevron as a Retail Construction Project Manager. Her volunteer interests include a variety of church, school and civic organizations, but her passion has always remained with the Terry Foundation and its growing number of Terry Scholars and Alumni.
Yvonne was married for 23 years to her late husband Ted Moody. Their two daughters both attend Texas A&M in College Station and are studying education and engineering. She lives in Houston and is an active member of Faith Lutheran Church in Bellaire.
Inset photo: (Back) Brian Yarbrough, Jeff Stichler, Ed Cotham, John Storms. (Front) Elizabeth Keeler, Carter Overton, Yvonne Moody, Gayle Stinson, Rhett Campbell, J.D. Davis.
Yvonne
1987)
John W. Storms Board Member
John Storms has served on the Foundation Board of Directors since its inception in 1986. John is the owner of John W. Storms CPA, of Houston. John also serves on the boards of other business entities and is an active advisory board member of Child Advocates, Inc. of Houston.
John is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a B.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and an M.B.A. in taxation from the City University of New York.
J.D. Davis (UT 1989)
Alumni Board Member
John and his wife, Charlene, reside in Houston and have two daughters and five grandchildren.
J.D. Davis, FSA was named to the Foundation Board of Directors in 2000. He is the managing principal and an actuary for Milliman’s southern United States employee benefits practice.
A native of Quitman, Texas, JD became a Terry Scholar in 1989. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1993, where he received a B.A. in Economics (with highest honors). He also holds a master’s degree from SMU.
In addition to his professional and executive roles, JD is also a best-selling author and entrepreneur, involved in a wide variety of pursuits. He has three daughters and lives near Dallas.
R. Carter Overton III Board Member
Carter Overton has served on the Foundation Board of Directors since its inception in 1986. Carter is EVP Business Development of Valence Operating Company, a domestic onshore exploration and production company. He worked previously for Terry Petroleum Company, where he served as Vice President of Operations.
Carter is a past Chairman of the Texas Business Hall of Fame Foundation and is actively involved in his community and the River Oaks Baptist Church. A native Houstonian, Carter received both his B.B.A. and his M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin. Carter and his wife, Elaine, reside in Houston, and have six children and two grandchildren.
Gayle Stinson (UT 1987) Alumni Board Member
Gayle Stinson was named to the Foundation Board in 2006, one of two new Scholar Alumni members named to the Board that year. Gayle is Superintendent of Schools for the Lake Dallas ISD in north Texas. She served for seven years in administration for the Texarkana School District, where her outstanding tenure as principal of Texas High School resulted in her selection as Principal of the Year by the Texas Association of Secondary School Principals.
A native of Redwater, Gayle was one of the first Terry Scholars at the University of Texas, a member of the original class of 1987. She completed her B.S. in 1991 and subsequently earned an M.S. in Education from Texas A&M at Texarkana and a Doctor of Education in 2013 from Lamar University.
Gayle and her husband, Trent, reside in the north Texas area and are the parents of three children.
Jeffrey C. Stichler (TAMU 1990) Alumni Board Member
Jeff Stichler is the Principal of Caney Creek High School in Conroe ISD. He was named to the Foundation Board in 2006, one of two Scholar Alumni members named to the Board that year.
A native of Fort Stockton, Texas, Jeff was named a Terry Scholar at Texas A&M in 1990, where he graduated in 1995 with a B.S. in Kinesiology and a minor in History. He holds a Masters of
Brian G. Yarbrough (UT 1988) Alumni Board Member
Education degree from Sam Houston State University and a Doctorate of Educational Leadership from the University of Houston.
Prior to becoming a school administrator, Jeff taught advanced mathematics and coached for 11 years, seven years of which were at Caney Creek High School, where he was named Teacher of the Year and District Swim Coach of the Year. Recently, Jeff was named 2017 Texas Association of Secondary School Principals’ Region 6 Outstanding Principal of the Year.
Brian Garrett Yarbrough is a member of the 1988 class of Terry Scholars and joined the Terry Foundation Board in 2012. Brian is a principal with the law firm Erben & Yarbrough in Austin, where he is engaged in legislative and regulatory advocacy before Texas government and state administrative agencies.
Brian is a 1997 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, a 1992 graduate of The University of Texas at Austin (PLAN II Honors Program) and a 1988 graduate of Canyon High School in New Braunfels.
He is married to Wendy Wagner Yarbrough, from San Antonio. They have three children, Garrett, Wyatt and Lily. They are active members of Covenant Presbyterian Church, Rodeo Austin, and other local civic and charitable activities.
Jeff lives in Conroe with his wife, Melanie, and their two children, Cullen and Kylie. They are active members of the Ark Family Church, and Jeff is involved in a number of local civic and charitable activities.
Elizabeth R. Keeler (TAMU 1992) Alumni Board Member
Elizabeth Riley Keeler is a 1992 Terry Scholar. She was named to the Foundation Board in 2012.
Elizabeth is a native Houstonian. She attended Texas A&M University where she graduated with a B.S. in Nutritional Science in 1996. She went on to attend medical school at the University of Texas in Houston. She completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology in 2005 and joined the faculty at MD Anderson Cancer Center. Elizabeth’s practice specializes in caring for women with malignancies.
Elizabeth married a fellow Aggie, John Keeler, in 1998 and, together with their six children, they reside in Houston. She is an active volunteer at the children’s schools and at the Houston Pregnancy Help Centers. She credits the Terry Scholarship for opening the door of opportunity to a happy life.
advisory board
The Terry Scholar Alumni Advisory Board is comprised of Terry Scholar Alumni who have distinguished themselves in their service to the Foundation and to their fellow Terry Scholars.
This year, the Advisory Board collectively dedicated over 1,000 hours to representing the Foundation at events as well as serving on Terry Scholarship Interview Panels, responding to Scholar Self Evaluation Letters, and holding leadership positions in local Alumni Chapters.
September 2017 Meeting, Dallas.
February 2018 Meeting, Austin.
Adilene Mendino (UH 2009) presenting the Terry Scholarship to Kyle Schroeder (TAMUG 2018).
Outgoing Members
Charles Cliff (UTD 2006)
Portal Finance
Kristen Cummings (TAMU 2004)
Parkland Hospital
Christian De la Cruz (TXST 2006) Northeast ISD
Scott Grass (UH 2006)
Main Street Capital Corporation
Hollie Shirey Gray (TAMU 1998)
Infinity Dental Care
Melissa Hernandez (UH 2008)
Deloitte Tax LLP
Pat Kinder (UT 1990)
Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.
Lucy Fuhrmann Krahl (TAMU 1988)
Select Energy Services
Jonathan Miller (TAMU 1993)
USAA Real Estate Company
Kimberly Brandl Pekar (TAMU 1988)
Capital Farm Credit
Kristen Hanel
McWatters (TAMU 2004)
Goodrich Petroleum
Michael Reynolds (TXST 2004) Round Rock McNeil High School
Enrique Segura (UTSA 2007) Ernst & Young LLP
Jacob Setterbo (UT 2001) HIREtech
Bonnie Cole
Southerland (TXST 2004)
M.Ed., Full-Time Parent
Justin Thompson (UT 1997) Beacon Law
Christopher Wurtz (TAMU 1997) JP Morgan
Incoming Members
Adilene Mendino Estrada (UH 2009) Stantec
Kathryn Flowers (UT 2007) Department of Psychiatry, UT Austin
Nicole White Griffith (UTSA 2006)
Achieve Connection Counseling PLLC
Continuing Members
Blair Abernathy (UT 2001)
Terry Foundation Staff
Carson Curry (UTD 2006)
Phillips 66
Leigh Darilek (UT 1996)
CPS Energy
Alicia Dietrich (UT 2000) College of Fine Arts, UT-Austin
K.K. Eschbach (TAMU 2004) USD Group LLC
Ashley Evans (UT 2007) Arcadis
Patrick Frasier (UT 2004) Civitas Learning
Kaleb Fulgham (UH 2006) FloSports
Noel Fuller (TXST 2008)
Texas State University
Maria Garnett (TAMU 2006)
Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission
Amanda Ghagar (UT 2001)
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Lesley Vaculin Gleason (TAMU 2005)
Texas A&M University
Danielle Urban Hammett (UT 2005) Pierpont Communications, Inc.
Christian Hertzberg (UT 1992) Texas Department of Insurance
Silas Jones (TAMU 2001)
Bury + Partners, Inc. Engineering Solutions
Theresa Hunter Jones (UNT 2010) ASPIRE – Innovative Language Interventions, PLLC
Milly Sordo Lackey (TAMU 2005)
M.Ed., Full-Time Parent
Sara Lloyd (TAMU 1994) ExxonMobil
Kathryn Ellis Luevano (TXST 2004) Veritas Academy
Mallory Miner (UNT 2010)
Plano Independent School District, Shepton High School
Hannah Shoemaker (UT 2007)
Monarch Physical Therapy
Cory Whitaker (TAMU 1997)
Bowie Capital
(UT 2009)
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Christopher Turner (UNT 2010)
Kasey Ruedas Yanna (UT 2005)
Independent School District Ahmed Zidan (UTD 2006)
2017–2018 Alumni Advisory Board
Mallory Miner (UNT 2010) at the TWU Fall Banquet.
Kathryn Flowers (UT 2007) and Alicia Dietrich (UT 2000) at the TAMU Fall Banquet.
May 2018 Meeting, Houston.
Brandy Butler Horton (TAMU 2001) presenting the Terry Scholarship to to John Beck (TAMU 2018).
Foundation STAFF
The Terry Foundation staff is comprised of dedicated professionals who bring exceptional skills and genuine enthusiasm to their efforts in support of Foundation operations. Each member of our staff takes great pride in carrying out the Foundation’s mission to develop future leaders of Texas through access to education.
Yvonne R. Moody President & Executive Director
Jodie F. Köszegi Scholarship Program Director
Robert L. Parker Vice President–Administration
Laura L. Sanders Office Manager
Blair Abernathy Director of Finance and Assistant VP of Administration
Amber D. Masso Director of Communications & Alumni Engagement
Javier Carmona Jr. Scholar Relations Coordinator
Holly N. VanHouten Scholar Relations Coordinator
Christen L. Barron Scholar Relations Coordinator
Franco S. Martinez Scholar Relations Coordinator
Becky J. Adams Analyst Nancy L. Miller Administrative Assistant
Brandy N. Skillern Program Analyst
Jamie S. Thyssen Program Analyst
Terry Campus Partners
To our Campus Partners:
Over the past 30 years, the Terry Foundation has supported thousands of young Texans in achieving their dreams, enabling them to graduate debt-free and to begin independent lives free of financial burden. But the pictures here represent and remind us of an even more important aspect of the Foundation’s support for our Scholars: YOU.
While the faces have changed over time, the tremendous support for the Scholars at our university campuses has never wavered. Because you genuinely care for and about students, the Terry Foundation Scholarship is “more than a check in the mail.”
We at the Foundation express our heartfelt gratitude to you, our campus partners. No job description or career ladder or pay grade recognizes or acknowledges the priceless work you do every single day. But we hope that the smiles on these pages communicate the inestimable value you bring to the Terry Scholars, and to the Foundation.
Thank you.
Jodie Koszegi, Scholarship Program Director August 2018
2017–2018 Campus Partners
SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Maria Holmes – Associate Dean, Elliott T. Bowers Honors College
Dr. Kimberly Bell – Dean, Elliott T. Bowers Honors College
Lisa Namken – Scholarship Coordinator, Financial Aid & Scholarships
Amy Wilson – Assistant Director, Financial Aid & Scholarships
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Casey Gros – Assistant Director, Scholarships & Financial Aid
Bonnie Davila – Program Coordinator, ASPIRE Learning Community
Delisa Falks – Assistant Vice President, Scholarships & Financial Aid
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY AT GALVESTON
Dr. Todd Sutherland – Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs
Courtney Blincow – Administrative Coordinator, Enrollment Services
