ALUMNI NEWS Lalani
Yaccino
Buchholz
Thorne
Freeman
Hollingsworth
Trinity welcomes four alumni leaders to its Board of Trustees by Sharon Jones Schweitzer ’75
Alumni Association Honors Outstanding Seniors Two Tigers recognized for volunteer service to school, community by Isaiah Mora ’18 The Trinity University Alumni Association recognized two members of the class of 2016, Sabina Lalani and Sarah Yaccino, for their outstanding service to the University and to San Antonio. The students received certificates and $250 at the Honor Awards Convocation in April. To receive the awards, exemplary seniors with service over an extended period of time were nominated by students, faculty, and staff. A panel of Trinity alumni interviewed finalists and selected the winners. Lalani, a neuroscience major with a pre-med track from Sugar Land, Texas, was a hospital volunteer at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio where she worked with nurses in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), and the Newborn Nursery with infants. She also served as a program head for the Trinity University Volunteer Action Community (TUVAC) and the Stand Against AIDS program. In doing so she organized volunteer visits to the San Antonio AIDS Foundation as well as raised awareness about HIV and AIDS on the University campus. Lalani also served on the Trinity University Student Government Association planning events for students to promote diversity including Diwali and Mabuhay. She also spearheaded the spirit committee to improve student participation on campus. Yaccino, from Helotes, Texas, worked as a teacher’s aide and student teacher in the Dual Language Summer School Enrichment program at Jim G. Martin Elementary in San Antonio, in the summer of 2014. She also attended two alternative spring break trips to Dominica, serving as a student leader in the spring of 2016. Yaccino, a member of HOPE Hall (Homeless Outreach Pursuing Education) and of the University’s Residential life office was a peer facilitator for the program Reflections in 2013. On campus she was also a part of the Trinity Chamber Choir, Trinity Swing Bums, and the Mu Phi Epsilon music service fraternity. Majoring in Spanish and human communication, Yaccino plans to return to Ecuador where she studied abroad in the spring of 2015, to teach English with a grant from the Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
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Four Trinity University alumni have been named to serve on the University’s Board of Trustees. Clifford Buchholz ’65 and Jessica Whitacre Thorne ’91 have been elected as Trustees to the Board. The Rev. Dr. James (Jim) Freeman ’83 and Leslie Hollingsworth ’88 have been named Synod and alumni advisers, respectively. Cliff Buchholz ’65 of Fort Collins, Colo., owns and operates Miramont Lifestyle Fitness, comprised of five health and wellness facilities serving Northern Colorado. He is also senior adviser and a member of the Board of Directors of St. Renatus LLC, a dental pharmaceutical company. An All-American tennis player at Trinity, he played at Wimbledon twice and in the U.S. Open. Buchholz received a bachelor’s in sociology from Trinity in 1965 and a law degree from Washington University, St. Louis in 1970. He was inducted into Trinity’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2005. Jessica Whitacre Thorne ’91 of Dallas is an attorney and partner with Estes Okon Thorne & Carr PLLC. She has a diverse trial practice that focuses on family law and business litigation, and is active in the Dallas civic community. A member of the Sigma Theta Tau sorority and a former member of Trinity’s National Alumni Board, she currently serves on Trinity’s Greek Alumni Advisory Council. Thorne received a bachelor’s in economics and speech from Trinity in 1991 and a law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law in 1995. The Rev. James (Jim) Freeman ’83 will serve as a representative of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Synod of the Sun. He is pastor of the Broadmoor Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La. Freeman graduated from Trinity in 1983 with a bachelor of arts in communication and political science. He received a master’s in divinity from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, Va. in 1990 and a doctorate of ministry from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. He supports those in need through Solar Under the Sun and FaithWorks. Leslie Hollingsworth ’88, president of Trinity’s Alumni Association and chair of the National Alumni Board, will serve on the Board as an alumni adviser. A resident of Houston, she is director of digital operations and consulting for Friedkin Automotive Group. Hollingsworth graduated from Trinity in 1988 with a bachelor’s in business administration and sociology and an MBA from Texas Christian University’s Neeley School. While at Trinity, she was a member of the Zeta Chi sorority and TUVAC.