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LINO CONTINUED insurance it was about $600. So again, completely wiped out any savings I had, which is fine,” Anunciacion said. “Obviously I prioritize my family’s safety over everything. I’m glad that I was in a situation where I could help with that.” Aryan Safi, member of Mic Check and civil engineering junior, said he was surprised Anunciacion rejoined a protest he had been participating in when he learned the news. “I asked him if he wanted to go, and he said it was all fine,” Safi said. “Despite what he had just heard about … He knew where he was and he felt compelled to stay. In the short amount of time that I’ve known, him he’s demonstrated some qualities that some people don’t express in a lifetime.” After the protest, Anunciacion, Safi and Austyn Degelman, Mic Check vice president, went to Denny’s. While eating, the three talked for hours. Anunciacion’s recent struggles,
most notably his house, gave Degelman an idea to help her friend. “I realized that we’re in this community together. The poetry community is about family and taking care of each other, so I just really wanted to do something for him,” Degelman said. “He does everything for everyone else. All of his savings went to his mother that night. He just emptied his bank account for her.” Degelman started a private Facebook event, created a private GoFundMe and invited anyone she thought might donate money for Anunciacion, all in secret. Within a short amount of time, more than enough money was raised through donations. Although the original limit was $500, Degelman increased it at the request of donors. “I posted in that group like 20 times a day,” Degelman said. “It got to over $1,200 in two days. I was just blown away.” At Anunciacion’s last poetry show in Houston the audience members and his friends gathered around him at the end of his set when
he was getting ready to head back to College Station. “Everyone just kind of gathers around me and I’m like, ‘What’s going on?’” Anunciacion said. “Camera lights are on and Austyn walks up to me and is like, ‘Hey, so on Monday you told us everything that happened and we all grouped together to get $1,200 for you.’” As a result of the generosity of his friends, Anunciacion was able to afford his Aggie Ring right before the spring deadline, but he decided to give the money to his mother for their home instead. But there was yet another surprise for him around the corner. “I was going to give that money to my mom. While the insurance had covered the house, we still had to replace things,” Anunciacion said. “She said the church was helping us with the house and taking care of it, so she told me to take the money and order the ring ... Then I got to order my ring. The deadline was that Friday.” Degelman said the event is still overwhelm-
ing to think about. “You just never really understand how good people actually are. I had no idea. Some people donated everything from $1 to $100. I had people trying to hand me money the night of and I told them to give it to him themselves,” Degelman said. “Getting to witness that happen and watching your friends take care of each other is really wonderful.” Anunciacion said he is thankful for the donation from his fellow Aggies that he has known from the many organizations he has been in and looks forward to getting his ring this weekend. “A lot of my careers in college kind of just converged in this one moment where everyone that I had ever interacted with came and supported me in this moment,” Anunciacion said. “In a weird way it was like everything was kind of coming back full circle as far as all the time and dedication and commitment I’ve had to Texas A&M, the Bryan-College Station community at large and all the volunteer hours I put in.”
“Let the love of learning rule humanity”
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and the Office of Undergraduate Studies Proudly Announces Our New Members for 2017 Induction Ceremony & Introduction of the Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Juniors for Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University at Galveston, and Texas A&M University at Qatar. Sunday, April 9, 2017 at 2:00 PM Rudder Theatre Complex The mission of Phi Kappa Phi is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education & to engage the community of scholars in service to others. www.phikappaphi.org FACULTY
David A. Bessler Richard H. Gomer
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND LIFE SCIENCES Kasey Heath, Outstanding Junior Katheryn Victoria Bailey Blaine Balliett Virgilia Adele Beyer-Junfin Catherine Bogdan Jennifer Morgan Borski Jason Burow Sara Camille Casas Brittany R. Clark Chase Curtis Collins William S. Craddock Madeline Nicole Davis Luke DeVille Brittany Nicole Dworaczyk Dillon Casey Elder Mason M. Elgin Marlee Madison Garland Ashley Halfmann Rachal Hittson-Smith Sean M. Jankowski Hector Leyva Jimenez Montanna Jones Arthur J. Knowles Anh Kim Le Gabrielle Lessen Crystal Martinez Katelyn N. McLeod Keefer Blake Patterson Logan Perry Alexandra Danielle Phoenix Jessica L. Puente Morgan Elizabeth Rogers Eric Wayne Saathoff Paul S. Smith Haley Amelia-Anne Turner Kelsey White McKenzie Kay Wilkinson Kelsey Williams Isabelle Yang
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
Kolby M. Broussard, Outstanding Junior Michelle A. Davis Matthew Espurvoa Alex Fontenot Austin Garner Monica D. Garza Madeline Meekins Griselda Montenegro Sarah Nicole Waronoff
MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOL
Rachel Keathley, Outstanding Junior Madeline Bitting Katie Blackford Evelyn Camille Bose Michael Jia-fwu Chen Victoria Ellen Gerald Travis C. Klein Anthony Konop Mike Lai Deodath Mahase Kenneth Andrew Martin, Jr. Savannah Holle Schmidt Karin Furubotn Sesiano Haley Sheffield Steven E. Upshaw
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Hannah Smith, Outstanding Junior Taylor Alcorn Gabrielle Balcar
Paige M. Berger Joel Berrien, Jr. Sarah Malec Biehunko Emily Bishop Casi Blackmon Lillian Brannen Cassandra Brawner Emily Brooks Elizabeth Capone Catherine Carr Tien Quynh Davis Ashley Edgar Kyle Elliott Sharon Riegel Fernandez Julia Gann Kristen Celine Gregory Jessica Hall Brittany Hickerson Olivia Johnson Michelle Kathryn Krezinski Martha Sue Kuhn Anna Grace Ledbetter Leslie K. Lowry Sherri Rose MacWillie Isabella C. Manuel Alison Tierney McGuire Mary Catherine McIntyre Justin Donald Mullinnix Ronald J. Nail Kimberly Peters Lora Elizabeth Pippin Victoria Quinonez Grace Roeder Staci Rougas Jessica Shugart Bianca Monique Soliz D’Nesha Strait Kellie E. Taylor Brittney Thoede Abigail P. Turner Cristina Vargas Brent Tyler Wallingford Alie Watson Gang Zhu
DWIGHT LOOK COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Kendal Paige Ezell, Outstanding Junior Grayson Aldrich Ogbonnaya Bassey Hannah Bratton Savannah Jule Bryce Willie D. Caraway IV Joseph D. Carlson Joseph Ramon Clegg Carlo De Guzman Aaron W. DePaolo Mark Michael Richards Douglass Elvis de Jesus Duran Sierra Swapnil Chandrakant Dusane Loic Tenandjo Feujio Rachel Fowler Brennan Gaber Shubhankar Goswami Maria Alejandra Hernandez Saenz Zachary Kitowski Han Li Yangyi Liu Drew Mills Kelly Mullen Lucas M. Nesbitt Charles Zachary Ransome Michelle Rhodes Katherine Grace Ruff Timothy Christian Sitorus Andrew Garret Sivon Alvin Teh Ashley Tucker Rachel M. Unruh Matthew A. Walck Samuel Watson Brian Scot Welborn II Lauren Whitney
Ying Zhang Yupeng Zhang Isaac David Zhukovsky
Magdalene Sykes Alexander Haron Vidal Alyson Lianne Yee
COLLEGE OF GEOSCIENCES
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: GALVESTON
Chimnaz Nadiri, Outstanding Junior Victoria Bartlett Andréa Darrh Brennan Kacie Flannery Harrison R. Hastings Andres Montalvo
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Loraine Maxwell, Outstanding Junior Rebecca Albers Hayley Hansen Clary Lisa Adelia Coryell Carlee Crocker Samantha Escobedo Nicole R. Ethier Madeline Flanagan
Krystal A. Fogle Hannah Guyton April Hill-Jackson Hannah Hoskins Clay Johnson Rebekah Michelle Jones Sapphire M. Jones Brandon William Lentz Maria Laura Massimo Lauren Mathews Maria Moore Adam Mousselli Thomas Ochoa McKenna O’Donnell Miquelle Ann Perez Sarah Porter Kayla Jade Potter Grant A. Rodgers Benjamin L. Sheppard Madeline Steck Rylie Steppick Kristen Stubblefield Cecelia Estelle Swanson Victoria Elizabeth White Brittany Wyman Joohee Yang
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Lindsey Ray, Outstanding Junior Patrick McLean Bibb Jr. Karissa Renee Chastain Mary-Catherine Clark Yitong Dong Lindsey Kessel Brinda Krishnaswamy Diego Regalado Sherdina E. Romney Thomas E. Settlemyre Emily Shives Patricia Stanton Matthew Wey
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Sarah Lin Speights, Outstanding Junior Alana Leigh Carrasco Dylan Alexander Black Marshal Akiva Covin Sebastian Garcia Victor Garcia Paulina Ketcham Kathryn Kientzy Gabrielle Marie Lester Delanie Faith Moses Usman I. Nazeer Leah Poffenberger Abigail C. Spiegelman Christina Beth Sumners
Samuel E. Rieta, Outstanding Junior Katherine Adams Erica Atkins Alexis Becker Taylor Jamail Benson Bjorn C. Briggs David E. Butschek Dayton A. Corbiere Cody Cumba Michelle Christen Day Jesus M. Duran Ramirez Samantha Ray Gaudet Kayla E. Godwin Nicole A. Halder Emma Halter-Mann Christena Hoelscher Thomas Paul Johns Haley R. Lawson Ella McIntire John McIntyre James Payne Kylie Samantha Reinert Shari Marijani Rohret Katharine Elizabeth Spratt Linda L. Stevens Blake A. Swaney Laura Toungate John P. Weldon
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: QATAR Shaikha Al-Qahtani, Outstanding Junior Mohamad Abdul Ghani Neil Alvin Adia Mariam Al-Awadi Mohammed Al-Boinin Abdulla Al-Sulaiti Abouelkassim Becetti Nikolayevich Dela Rosa Jamileh Fouladi Mohammad Hasiri Wafa Imran ElSherif Mahmoud Mohamed Mohamed Neeraja Renganathan Wuzhou Wan Muhammad Zia
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY: SCHOOL OF LAW Gregory Butz Gregory Franklin Traci Phipps
GEORGE BUSH SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC SERVICES David Fujimoto Mark A. Ruth
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH Raul Guillermo Lopez Valle Mahmoud Yakub Ma’aruf Micaela Sandoval
COLLEGE OF NURSING Carolyn Elizabeth Mobley Michelle Nighswander
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Lindsey Leann Kennedy