Trinity Magazine | Winter 2016

THE MAGAZINE OF TRINITY UNIVERSITY WINTER 2016

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TRINITY GRADUATES FEED STUDENTS’ APPETITES AND NOURISH THEIR MINDS BODY PROJECT RESEARCH TEAM REDEFINES BODY IMAGE ALUMNI CHART FOOD AND WELLNESS ADVENTURES ACROSS AMERICA

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE TRINITY Winter 2016 Editor Jeanna Goodrich Balreira ’08

Some of my fondest memories growing up return to my family’s

tradition of sitting around the table over a Sunday meal and telling stories. The dinner table was the place where we would listen and laugh with each other. We shared a deep sense of connection as a family. As Naomi Remen writes in her book Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories that Heal, “Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way wisdom gets passed along.”

While the stories in this issue of Trinity magazine cover a wide range of food- and wellnessrelated topics, I immediately thought about the pleasures of eating, family meals, and especially the sense of connection that emerges when stories are told over food.

Since my first days as president, I have had many opportunities to build connections with the Trinity University family.

There have been dinners and receptions, which are wonderful occasions when alumni have shared stories with me about their Trinity experiences. From our most senior alumni to the most recent graduates, it has been a banquet of Trinity wisdom, and I am honored to sit at the table and learn. Many have recounted their versions of a shared story: how a professor influenced them because of a personal understanding of their interests, their talents, and the challenges they sought to address. Other times, they have described the influence of classmates, peers who inspired them to achieve even more than they had imagined possible.

As you read this issue of the Trinity magazine, listen for the inspiration that sparked the ideas of our contributors and fueled a passion that shaped their lives. Our alumni are exceedingly proud of their stories and the experiences that energized them. As a reader, imagine yourself sitting at the table and listening to the stories that transmit the wisdom of our Trinity family. Trinity University’s integrated educational experience, intentional space for living and learning, and intensely personalized approach to education empower students to become successful, to become their best selves.

Best wishes,

Danny J. Anderson, Ph.D. President Trinity University

Writers Carlos Anchondo ’14, R. Douglas Brackenridge, Sarah Farrell ’17, Susie P. Gonzalez, James Hill ’76, Isaiah Mora ’18, Justin Parker ’99, Mariah Wahl ’16 Photographers Scott Aleman, Nash Baker, Jeanna Goodrich Balreira, Anh-Viet Dinh ’15, Jody Horton, Josh Huskin, Joshua Moczygemba ’05, Javier Pierini, M. J. Wickham Illustrator Vee DuBose Copy Editor Ashley Festa Assistant Vice President for External Relations Sharon Jones Schweitzer ’75 President Danny J. Anderson Board of Trustees Sharon J. Bell, Ted W. Beneski, Walter F. Brown Jr., Clifford Buchholz ‘65, Miles C. Cortez ’64, Douglas D. Hawthorne ’69, ’72, Gen. James T. Hill ’68, George C. Hixon ’64, Walter R. Huntley Jr. ’71, ’73, John R. Hurd,, E. Carey Joullian IV ’82, The Rev. Dr. Richard R. Kannwischer ’95, Richard M. Kleberg III ’65, Dr. Katherine W. Klinger ’72, John C. Korbell, Oliver T. W. Lee ’93, Steven P. Mach ’92, Robert S. McClane ’61, Melody Boone Meyer ’79, Marshall B. Miller Jr., Michael F. Neidorff ’65, Thomas R. Semmes, Paul H. Smith, L. Herbert Stumberg Jr. ’81, Jessica Whitacre Thorne ‘91, Lissa Walls ’80

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Instagram A brilliant sunset illuminates Margarite B. Parker Chapel, a #tbt to 1999.

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Trinity Online Web Extras Interact with videos, slideshows, and other content through the magazine’s web extras. A “gotu.us” URL at the end of a story signifies there’s more to experience online—just type the URL as printed directly into your web browser.

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22 Hungry for Learning 30 Food Matters

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34 Campus Dining: Then & Now

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36 Combating the Thin Ideal

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42 Alumni Food & Wellness Adventures Across America

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48 A Shared Table

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Editor’s Note 6 Trinity Today 12 Trinity Press 13 Tiger Pride 18 Where Are They Now? 20 In Memoriam

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The Food Issue 54 Alumni Profiles 62 Class Notes 73 Chapter Activities 78 Alumni News 79 Trinity Travels 81 Déjà View

Making the Cover Playing with food: The magazine team brings food out of the cafeteria and into the studio for Trinity’s “Making the Cover” feature: gotu.us/makingthecover

EDITOR’S NOTE

For as long as I can remember, I have loved vegetables. I grew up in the

country on a farm with a gigantic vegetable garden and grandparents with green thumbs. Grandmother’s rules included having to wear shoes in the garden, but didn’t mention anything about other clothes, so as soon as I learned how to slip on Dad’s size-10 rubber boots, I’d waddle down to the garden and, barely tall enough to flip the latch on the gate, I would look around to see who was watching and then sneak inside.

When the latch softly shut behind me, I found myself in another world: I was Alice, and this was my Wonderland. Sunflowers rose out of the ground like yellow, smiling faces, welcoming me to their luscious playground. Towering okra trees jutted spiky leaves out in all directions; mint spread out over a corner patch of dirt and beckoned to be trampled upon—oh, such glorious smells! Up and down the rows, I weaved my way through giant cabbage leaves, prickly squash vines, and camouflaged watermelons until I found a cool spot to sit down, say the blessing, and slowly devour the juiciest of pickings from the day. This, my friends, was heaven.

It wasn’t long before my brother was old enough to join me; together, we reigned most high over the cucumbers and the kohlrabi, the beets and the black-eyed peas. We were both prosperous rulers and master chefs—for what could taste better than a dirty, caterpillar-hole-filled tomato, picked straight off the vine?

As we grew older, our garden adventures turned into chores: We had to get the spinach picked before the freeze or the potatoes out before they rotted or the soil tilled before the spring. Yet when Mom turned her back or Grandaddy went to the shed to get more tools, I still reached for those too-ripe dewberries and sucked them down before the grown-ups returned. (Didn’t I realize that I couldn’t try to hide it? The blue lips and teeth always instantly gave me away!)

How many of my childhood memories revolve around food? The first time Dad took us to eat sushi; the first time I cleaned my own fish; the first time I didn’t burn the cookies. I suppose I’m a grownup now, but my own garden remains a place of wonder. I am forever grateful for the values about food, about wellness, and about nature that my family instilled within me. I still sneak bites of my backyard harvest and am still a frequent member of the Clean Plate Club.

What would it be like, then, to have a childhood where a next meal isn’t guaranteed? With gratitude and passion, I am grateful for the contributions Trinity alumni are making to address this issue, as teachers, leaders, and mentors in our community and our world.

Send comments, ideas, or suggestions to jgoodri1@trinity.edu or

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR I loved the article on Florence Weinberg in the summer magazine! I was a student of Dr. Weinberg’s in 16th-century French Literature, and she was an inspiration to me.

As a chemistry major and French minor, I thank Dr. Weinberg for being so encouraging and patient! After I left Trinity, I went to the Peace Corps in francophone West Africa (Bénin). I taught physics and chemistry in French—what a challenge! I am now an eye surgeon in Marble Falls, Texas.

- Kelly Green ’96

The magazine has done a remarkable job in presenting Trinity’s liberal arts and sciences tradition in a variety of ways. The theme is neatly woven throughout the issue without intruding on other types of information. The in-depth introduction of the new president is excellent. Rather than being a bit of journalistic puff, it gives readers insight into his thinking processes and personality. I also liked the use of “A University of the Highest Order” as a recurring title. The institutional founders would be proud that a statement they made in 1869 still has relevance today.

- Doug Brackenridge, University Historian and Professor Emeritus of Religion

JUST A REMINDER You won’t find the “Faculty & Staff Spotlight” in this issue, as these honors will soon find another home in IMPACT: Scholarship, Creativity, and Community Engagement at Trinity University in September 2016. This new publication will feature the academic and creative works of faculty and staff at Trinity.

Jeanna Goodrich Balreira, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212.

Letters may be edited for style and space considerations.

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Learn more at magazine.trinity.edu/impact

CONTRIBUTORS

Jeanna is a writer, designer, and coder for Trinity’s creative services and a proud English major, class of 2008. When she’s not gardening or trying new foods, Jeanna is probably watching Star Wars, singing with the ladies in the Beethoven Damenchor, or working on writing a book on programming as a second language.

Follow Jeanna at @jeannabalreira.

Carlos is a writer and editor for university marketing and communications at Trinity University. Carlos graduated from Trinity in 2014 where he double majored in communication and international studies. He is a runner, reader, and collector of as many stamps as possible to fill his passport.

Follow Carlos at @cjanchondo.

Susie started her career as a newspaper reporter but changed the “channel” to Trinity when she realized she is a lifelong learner who thrives in an academic setting. Susie loves to share stories about Trinity people and programs with local, regional, and national media outlets and appreciates picturesque sunsets while walking her dog. Follow Susie at @susiegonz.

Jeanna Goodrich Balreira words + photos

Carlos Anchondo words

Susie Gonzalez words

Anh-Viet Dinh photos

Joshua Moczygemba words + photos

Doug Brackenridge words

Anh-Viet is the digital content producer for university marketing and communications. He has taken more than one million photographs, enjoys playing piano, exploring nature, and hopes to travel the world. He graduated from Trinity in 2015 as a biology major and feels blessed to have experienced music, art, and science during his time at Trinity.

Joshua is the sports marketing coordinator at Trinity, a post he’s held since 2013. Joshua helps run Tiger Network, maintains and updates trinitytigers.com, and captures action and still sports photography. He graduated from Trinity in 2005 as a business administration major, with concentrations in marketing and communication.

Doug served on the Trinity faculty in the Department of Religion from 1962 to 2000 where he taught courses in the Bible, history of Christianity, and American religion. A volunteer in the University archives, he regularly visits the Bell Center to exercise with fellow retiree Ken Hummel.

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The Big Picture Daniel Lubetzky ’90, founder and CEO of KIND, conceived KIND after traveling extensively and becoming frustrated with his own snacking options. Today, he remains committed to creating products that are healthy and tasty, while building a company that is economically sustainable and socially impactful. See a map of more alumni food and wellness adventures on page 42.

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Chew on This Entrepreneurs win $25,000 at Trinity’s inaugural Stumberg Competition

by Mariah Wahl With only eight minutes to pitch their product, Cole Evans ’18, Thayer Selleck ’18, and Vikram Patel ’18 demonstrate a remarkable amount of calm for three people with $25,000 on the line. When President Danny Anderson announces their win, however, excited cheers break through that cool demeanor.

Their start-up, Plova Chewing Gum, won the Stumberg Competition’s $25,000 grand prize with their “onthe-go” complement to regular oral hygiene. The circular blue gum contains Cetylpyridium chloride, the active ingredient found in most mouthwashes. This patented use of CPC is what sets Plova apart from other gums

The Plova team secures a $25,000 check after the Stumberg Competition pitch night at the Center for the Sciences and Innovation in November 2015.

that claim to whiten teeth. According to their sales pitch, chewing Plova can whiten your smile as well as reduce plaque and bacteria in between daily tooth brushing.

Trinity University hosted the inaugural Stumberg Business Plan Competition Finals in the Center for the Sciences and Innovation (CSI) Cube. Four teams of students presented final versions of their entrepreneurial endeavors in the hope of walking away with $25,000 to continue building their businesses.

Similar to popular pitch shows, such as Shark Tank on ABC, a panel of judges determined Trinity’s winner s.

The five judges were a gathering of successful business people, and two were Trinity alumni: Bert Jones ’78, investor, and Jenna Fagnan ’95, president of Tequila Avión.

In a last-minute surprise decision, finalists Denify and the Laundry Crew LLC were each awarded $5,000 of free business consulting from James Brehm, competition judge and founder of James Brehm & Associates.

Noso Pockets, Denify Health Solutions App, the Laundry Crew LLC, VHT, and Plova Chewing Gum were finalists from the preliminary round last April. Each finalist won $5,000 and a free stay at Trinity over the summer to develop their initial business plans. More than just an award of capital, these students had the opportunity to be mentored in their business plans and seek expert advice from Trinity’s entrepreneurs-in-residence, Mark Hill ’77 and Chris Warren ’78.

Plova focused their marketing on the hospitality industry. Currently, they have several pre-sale agreements in place with hotels that plan to make their chewing gum available to busy travelers. They are planning talks with Southwest Airlines to expand their reach.

For their next step, Plova set their sights on San Antonio’s military community. With money from the Stumberg Competition, the team plans to run clinical trials with Plova and approach dentists about putting the gum in their offices.

“It feels indescribable to win. It’s rewarding to have our team effort recognized,” says Evans. “Next, I guess we’ll stop by the bank to cash this check! Then we’ll place a new order of gum and focus on future goals as a team.”

Mariah Wahl is an intern in the Office of University Marketing & Communications who writes and edits for Trinity’s Undergraduate Research Blog and the Trinity Perspective. She is an English major from Longmont, Colo.

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Michael Bacon Returns Home to Trinity Bacon becomes the vice president for Alumni Relations and Development

Madrid Summer Program Celebrates 10 years Trinity’s flagship faculty-led program introduces students to Spanish life and culture Summer 2015 marked the 10th anniversary of the Trinity University Madrid Summer Program, where students spend six weeks in Spain’s capital city. Students earn six hours of course credit through an internship, or práctica, and a course on the economy and culture of Spain taught by Trinity faculty.

Only Spanish is spoken during the internship and course.

On weekends Bladimir Ruiz, program director and associate professor of Spanish, and one other Trinity faculty member, normally a business or economics professor, travel with students to cities like Toledo, Segovia, and the historical royal residence El Escorial. Aside from the internship and course components, students also participate in cultural activities, from plays, tapas crawls, and the ballet to movies, wine tastings, and the famed Madrid nightlife.

One reason that Ruiz is so passionate about the program is the progress students make, both professionally and emotionally, in just six weeks.

“What you see is a more mature, professional person who is conveying many things at once,” Ruiz says. “You see a student who has been tested on a daily basis and has learned to adapt, to negotiate, and what you see at the end is almost magical.”

Michael Bacon ’89, CFRE, began serving as vice president for Alumni Relations and Development in August 2015. Bacon returned to Trinity after almost 15 years at Bacon Lee & Associates, a fundraising consulting firm that he co-founded with Marion Lee ’78. At Bacon Lee & Associates, Bacon offered expertise in board training, fund development, and long-term planning for San Antonio and Central Texas nonprofits. A certified fundraising executive and a graduate of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin, Bacon now oversees University fundraising and overall alumni engagement. Bacon is a former chairman of the Trinity National Alumni Board and is a member of the Trinity Board of Visitors.

24 Years as No. 1 in the West U.S. News & World Report’s 2016 college guide rates Trinity high in ranking For the 24th consecutive year, the U.S News & World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges” guide has awarded Trinity a No.1 ranking in the category of institutions that offer a full range of undergraduate programs, in addition to select master’s programs, in the Western region of the United States. Trinity also received a No.1 ranking in the best value category, “Great Schools, Great Prices,”

Educating the Whole Student Student Success Center integrates wellness initiatives with new coordinator

by Susie P. Gonzalez Every institution of higher learning should foster student success, and Trinity University has put an exclamation point on that goal by launching a new wellness program within the Student Success Center. Katherine Hewitt is Trinity’s first wellness coordinator, a position that was considered key to a comprehensive education of the “whole student.”

The concept of the program is to develop, implement, and evaluate holistic educational outreach projects related to student wellness and success, with emphasis on issues such as the prevention of sexual assault, alcohol and other drug use, mental health promotion, nutrition, fitness, sexual health, healthy relationships, stress management, financial literacy, sleep, and resilience.

Hewitt has more than four years of experience coordinating health and wellness programs in a nonprofit setting. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York College at Cortland in upstate N.Y., and a Master of Public Health from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health with a concentration in Behavioral Community Health Science.

Leading the Student Success Center is Stacy L. Davidson, director for academic support. Davidson is working to implement theories and practices that support deep, lasting, and meaningful learning, and she is providing leadership and advocacy for strategies that will support the academic success of Trinity students.

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and for having a “Strong Commitment to Undergraduate Teaching.” The guide determined value based on a college’s overall score in the 2015 rankings and by the net cost of a student receiving the average need-based grant or scholarship.

Residence Hall, the designated first-year entrepreneurship hall where students receive personalized mentoring from business, engineering, economics, and entrepreneurship faculty. First-years on the hall gain experiential learning opportunities through compa-

Trinity has a “strong commitment to undergraduate teaching.”

Trinity is included in a category of regional universities that offer a full range of undergraduate majors and master’s programs while providing few, if any, doctoral programs. More than 600 universities were ranked nationally in four geographic sectors, with Trinity prevailing as the top college out of 87 similar colleges in the West.

Trinity Designated as the No. 8 Most Entrepreneurial College in America Forbes magazine names Trinity a “modern day startup incubator” In August, Forbes magazine named Trinity the No. 8 most entrepreneurial college in the United States for 2015. Trinity was listed alongside institutions such as Colorado College, Middlebury College, Vassar College, and Wesleyan University. Forbes acknowledged Trinity’s dedication to entrepreneurial excellence by identifying Albert Herff-Beze

nies like 3 Day Startup and Geekdom.

The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation also helps students realize their creative business potential. A minor in entrepreneurship builds skills in strategy, marketing, finance, design, new venture development, and more. Students typically begin their entrepreneurship journey by taking Introduction to Entrepreneurial Opportunities, which challenges them to come up with a business idea that will be turned into a real-life business opportunity.

Trinity Names Associate Vice President for Enrollment and Retention Eric Maloof assumes top leadership post in Office of Admissions Eric Maloof was named the associate vice president for Enrollment and Retention by Michael Fischer, vice president for Faculty

A Legendary Bite to Eat: A group of Trinity Professors Emeriti met in the Skyline Room in October 2015 to enjoy lunch with President Anderson.

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and Student Affairs, in September. Maloof has been with the Trinity admissions team since 2003. He is the former director of international admissions, and in that role, he increased Trinity’s international student population from 1.5 to 10 percent and developed specific marketing strategies that targeted an international demographic. Maloof has also organized the president’s annual international trip, which has taken former presidents to Singapore, China, Ecuador, and other foreign locations. Maloof is a member of several college admissions counseling associations, both in Texas and at the national and international levels.

Tiger Network Connects Online Users to Trinity Real-time streaming brings athletics, lectures and concerts to the public Trinity launched the Tiger Network in September, bringing a live-stream of athletics events, lectures, and special events to the public at live.trinity.edu. Sports events feature replays and an announcer who commentates on game action in real time. All high-resolution streaming through the Tiger Network is free and accessible to the public.

Users are able to view a schedule of upcoming events shown on the network, in addition to archived athletics events, lectures, and special events.

Joshua Moczygemba, sports marketing coordinator at Trinity, is the executive producer of the Tiger Network and has assembled a team of announcers, camera technicians, and computer operators. Moczygemba has also recruited students who wish to gain practical video and announcing experience. Since its launch, the Tiger Network has not only streamed athletics games, but also events such as Winter Commencement, the Christmas Concert, and notable speakers such as Jane Goodall, Andrew J. Bacevich, and Mark W. Kline ’79.

Fischer says Farewell to Vice Presidency Chief academic officer will return to teaching and research in 2017

Sowing Seeds of Hope Primatologist Jane Goodall shares her life’s work with Trinity On Sept. 24, renowned primatologist and ethologist Jane Goodall, Ph.D., DBE, spoke at Trinity University as part of the 2015 DeCoursey Lecture Series. Goodall captivated her Laurie Auditorium audience with recollections about life in Gombe Stream, the unwavering support of her mother, and her conservation efforts to protect not just chimpanzees, but all animals and the environment. In addition to the filled-to-capacity 2,700 seat Laurie Auditorium, 500 overflow seats were available in Trinity’s Stieren Theater. Goodall’s visit was sponsored by the Trinity University Press, which published The Jane Effect: Celebrating Jane Goodall, a collection of more than 100 testimonies by Goodall’s colleagues, friends, and mentees about her spirit and contributions as a scholar. For almost two hours after her talk, Goodall signed copies of The Jane Effect.

Goodall’s lecture was also viewed via the Tiger Network, Trinity’s online live-streaming service, and was archived as well.

Goodall’s talk was viewed more 3,600 times in more than 40 countries. Social media messaging from Trinity reached upwards of 40,000 individuals and more than 10,000 on Trinity news and events websites. Goodall’s speech, “Sowing the Seeds of Hope,” inspired many members of the Trinity community and encouraged listeners to be good stewards of the Earth, both today and in future generations.

After 16 years at the helm of faculty and student affairs at Trinity University, Vice President for Faculty and Student Affairs Michael Fischer has announced his decision to make this his last year as vice president and devote the next phase of his career to his teaching, research, and writing. Fischer will continue service as the vice president through Aug. 2, when he will take a much-deferred academic leave in 2016-17 and return to Trinity in fall 2017 as a professor of English.

“Although I continue to enjoy my administrative work, I am also excited about turning to the research projects I have been postponing and the classes I want to teach,” Fischer says. “I have found my leadership role to be enlightening, challenging, and rewarding. I have always intended at some point to return to full-time teaching and research—my first love and my reasons for becoming a professor—and to move on to other forms of university service.”

Fischer, who has served as the University’s chief academic officer since 2000, streamlined academic affairs and created more direct communication to department chairs; he played a central role in the development of the Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan, of which he serves as co-chair; and he provided leadership for intercollegiate athletics and undergraduate recruitment and retention. Fischer also served as interim president of Trinity University in spring 2015.

Each year, in addition to his adminis-

trative role, Fischer also teaches a HUMA course, Trinity’s flagship course in the history of Western ideas.

“My wife, Kim, and I have enjoyed the many opportunities that have come with this position, especially the chance to meet so many dedicated and talented people and to host so many visitors at our University home,” Fischer says. “We will continue to be active members of the Trinity community and the San Antonio community, both of which we love and care so much about.”

Prior to joining the Trinity administration, Fischer was dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and professor of English at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s in English from Princeton University and earned a master’s and doctorate in English from Northwestern University. His son Josh Fischer ’02 and three nephews have graduated from Trinity.

“It has been a privilege to get to know the many people who make Trinity such an exceptional university,” Fischer says. “I am proud of what the University has accomplished during my time here and excited about what lies ahead.”

Contributing to the vision of Trinity Tomorrow, Fischer consolidated the operations of academic affairs and student affairs into one division. While the University has experienced gains by integrating academic affairs and student affairs, next steps in University leadership have led to the reconfiguration of the portfolio of responsibilities for a vice president for academic affairs and a vice president for student affairs. The search for a vice president for academic affairs is currently underway, led by a University committee and assisted by Academic Search Inc., which assisted in the search for the 19th president and the vice president for advancement and alumni relations.

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Inauguration of Trinity University’s 19th President to be Held Feb. 19 “Inspiring Learning” theme celebrates the inauguration of Danny J. Anderson and showcases the University The inauguration celebration of Danny J. Anderson as the 19th president of Trinity

University will take place Feb. 13-19, 2016, and will showcase Trinity as a place that inspires learning.

Festivities kick off at 7:30 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 13 with “Trinity Gives Back,” a volunteer day of service in honor of the inauguration. Faculty, staff, students, and alumni will provide community service at more than a dozen social service agencies, schools, and parks in the San Antonio area.

On Thursday, Feb. 18, the Trinity community will participate in the “Great Trinity Experiment,” an event that will flip the script with learners becoming the teachers. Students, faculty, and staff will mark the inauguration by engaging in the creative, collective, and forward-looking thinking that has long been the hallmark of Trinity University.

Anderson will be formally installed as the 19th president of Trinity University during the investiture ceremony, set for 3 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19 in Laurie Auditorium. Trinity extends the inauguration celebration to all alumni, parents, and friends unable to participate on campus by streaming the ceremony live on the Tiger Network at live.trinity.edu, and by promoting a world-wide Tiger Pride Day. Everywhere in the world, Tigers are encouraged to wear Trinity maroon to show their #TigerPride and share it on social media.

For more, visit gotu.us/inspiringlearning.

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Trinity Embarks on Campus Master Planning Process Plan aims to celebrate O’Neil Ford’s legacy and continue innovation

Trinity’s Health Care Department Turns 50 Program commemorates a halfcentury with anniversary gala

The Trinity Tomorrow strategic plan calls for the development of a campus master plan that will embody the values and goals of our strategic roadmap, while establishing criteria to guide decisions for renovations, space usage, and new construction in the coming decades.

Trinity’s campus master plan will honor the past and look toward the future, celebrating O’Neil Ford’s architectural legacy as well as continuing his commitment to innovation.

In his 1967 commencement speech, Ford said he designed the Trinity campus to foster “tolerance for change and creativeness and inventiveness in the best possible sense.”

Trinity is partnering with Page, an Austin-based architectural and planning group, to assist in the development of a campus master plan. Page is a national firm with a strong track record in higher education and a deep understanding of Ford’s architectural legacy. The year-long planning process kicked off in late September, providing the first of many opportunities for faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community neighbors to offer feedback that will help inform the plan’s development.

Trinity’s campus master plan will ensure that its actions serve faculty needs and integrate academic programs. As a result, each renovation or new building project will be an opportunity to make efforts to redefine a liberal arts and sciences education in the 21st century and to demonstrate the many ways in which Trinity excels.

The Health Care Administration (HCAD) program at Trinity celebrated 50 years this past fall. From its founding, the graduate program has produced almost 2,000 master’s degree candidates. The program has been continuously accredited since 1969 by the Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Management Education (CAHME). It

The program prides itself on integrating academics with experiential learning. welcomes an average of 40 students each year, divided between two curricular tracks: the 23-month executive program and the 28-month on-campus program. The Trinity HCAD program prides itself on the integration of academic preparation with applied and experiential learning opportunities.

Ed Schumacher, professor and chair of the Trinity HCAD program, says that students are “prepared for jobs that do not exist today” and have all the “competencies they need for tomorrow’s industry.”

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Greek Life Celebrates Milestones Sigma Theta Tau and Triniteers mark anniversaries during Alumni Weekend Over Alumni Weekend 2015, the Sigma Theta Tau social sorority and Triniteers social fraternity commemorated their 60th and 70th anniversaries, respectively.

Sigma alumni adviser Amy McGee ’92 and alumni chair Whitney Ball ’16 organized the Sigma 60th Anniversary Celebration at The Quarry Golf Club on Saturday, Oct. 10.

More than 200 people attended the event.

Earlier that day, Sigmas participated in the Greek Alumni Advisory Council (GAAC) Carnival, where a silent auction was held to raise funds for the Fisher House, an organization that provides free or low-cost lodging to veterans and military families receiving treatment at military medical centers.

More than 60 attendees came together on Saturday, Oct. 10 to observe 70 years of Triniteers on the fourth floor of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation, with President Danny Anderson and Trinity Board of Trustees Chairman Doug Hawthorne ’69, ’72 joining the festivities. Martin Froeble ’56 was the eldest Triniteer in attendance, and the men reminisced about their college days.

Coates Library Obtains Grants $10K in funding provides an in-depth look at Latino American history Trinity’s Coates Library was awarded a $10,000 cash grant by the American Library Association (ALA) and National Endowment

for the Humanities (NEH) to host public programming surrounding the 2013 PBS documentary Latino Americans: 500 Years of History. Beginning with the 16th century, the film explores the rich history of Latinos, who are now the largest minority group in the U.S. at more than 50 million individuals.

Coates was one of 54 institutions to receive the $10,000 grant, which requires the Library to hold a minimum of six events, two of which must be film screenings, and to team up with at least two outside organizations.

The Library has partnered with community organizations such as the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, the Hispanic Heritage Cultural Center, Our Lady of the Lake University, and the Southwest School of Art to hold film screenings and discussions with the documentary’s producers and local university professors. Programming began in November and will continue through March.

Trinity Debate Dominates Fall Season Students compete nationally in NDTCEDA policy debate The Trinity University Debate Team finished an award-winning fall tournament season in November at Wake Forest University. In a tournament featuring 146 teams, Trinity finished 17th, beating out universities such as Georgia State, Wichita State, Wyoming, West Georgia, and North Texas. A tournament in late October at Harvard University, widely regarded as the most competitive tournament of the fall semester, also yielded impressive results for Trinity. Maggie Solice ’16 and Nathan Rothenbaum ’16 led the Trinity delegation to an 11th place finish. The team defeated Dartmouth, Georgetown, Cal-Berkeley, and George Mason, among others.

Other season highlights include a first place finish for Solice and Rothenbaum at an elite tournament at the University of Kentucky where the duo defeated the previous number one team from the University of Michigan. In September, Daniel Conrad ’18 and Cathy Terrace ’19 won the Junior Varsity championship at Georgia State, taking down teams from Vanderbilt, Liberty, Michigan and George Mason.

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Tigers Feed the Hungry Trinity community contributes food and donations through the Kayla Mire Food Drive As a student, Kayla Mire ’10 hit a rough patch. She felt unable to fulfill her duties as a student government senator and tendered her resignation. Leadership wouldn’t accept it. They liked her and told her: “simply give what you can.” That was unprecedented. ​ In 2010, just months after graduating, Mire died in a car accident. She was an advocate for the homeless and those in need, so with the permission and blessing of her family, Trinity named the Dean of Students Half Marathon Challenge Kayla Mire Food Drive in her honor. Half marathon challenge runners participating in the Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in December raised money and collected food donations for the San Antonio Food Bank, inviting the entire campus community to contribute to the Kayla Mire Food Drive​, simply asking others to give​what they can.

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Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex Cappy Lawton and Chris Waters Dunn The enchilada is more than an everyday Mexican food.

It is a history of Mexico— rolled, folded, and flat—that embodies thousands of years of Mexican life. The evolving ingredients in enchiladas, from pre-Columbian to modern times, reveal the internal and external forces that have shaped Mexico’s cuisine and culture. Enchiladas: Aztec to Tex-Mex is a comprehensive exploration of one of Mexico’s most historic and popular foods. Illustrated with sumptuous photography, the collection showcases more than 60 traditional and contemporary recipes for enchiladas, as well as recipes for the salsas, salads, and sides that accompany them.

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Crossing the Plains with Bruno Annick Smith Writer and filmmaker Annick Smith weaves together a memoir of travel and relationships, western and family history, human tenderness, and animal love. A road trip across the Great Plains with her chocolate lab, Bruno, takes Smith from her rural homestead in Montana to pick up her nearly 100-yearold mother from her senior residence on Chicago’s north side and a beach house on a dune overlooking Lake Michigan. This is a story narrated by a woman living with the imminent reality of a parent’s death, but it is the dog riding shotgun, like Sancho Panza to Don Quixote, that becomes the reminder of the physical realities outside our own imaginations.

Getting to Grey Owl Kurt Caswell Writer, teacher, and adventurer Kurt Caswell has spent his life canoeing, hiking, and pedaling his way toward a deeper understanding of our vast and varied world. Getting to Grey Owl chronicles more than 20 years of his travels as he engages with merchants in Morocco, riverboats in China, and bullfights in Spain. Caswell climbs four mountains in the United Kingdom and backpacks through Iceland’s wild Hornstrandir Peninsula.

He explores the meaning of roads and pathways, the story of Cain and Abel, nomadic life and the evolution of the human animal, and the fragility of love.

The World According to Coleen Coleen Grissom The World According to Coleen is as much historical record as it is memoir. In her latest collection of musings, Coleen Grissom provides a unique view of life on and off an American university campus. As an administrator and faculty member at Trinity University for more than five decades, Grissom has seen the feminist movement take hold, the sexual revolution take off, and the tragic deaths of students, friends, and family. Her honest, witty, and acerbic words have urged students, their parents, and the community at large to become lifelong readers and to aspire to a life well lived.

TIGER PRIDE

Impressing Dr. Grissom

To the Tune of #TigerPride Trinity unveils new music for its University fight song

by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira

by Haley Mathis ’11 It seems unfair that I get to write about

Coleen Grissom for Trinity magazine when thousands of us recognize her as one of those truly transformative teachers. But let me assure you alumni who wish you were writing this instead of me: I wish you were, too. It is a privilege yet strangely terrifying!

Do you remember what it felt like writing a paper for Dr. Grissom’s class (possibly the night before it was due), desperately worrying about using the passive voice too much (and for Dr. Grissom, once is too many times), or wondering whether what seems like a thoughtful insight into Margaret Atwood’s The Year of the Flood at 4 a.m. and with seven cups of coffee in your system will still seem insightful tomorrow? Do you remember how much Dr. Grissom’s class challenged you to grow, and to evolve in your writing and your thinking?

Remember how if she knew you were capable of better, she accepted nothing less?

Well, do not envy me. All of those feelings are flooding back as I write about her latest book, The World According to Coleen, hoping I can possibly illuminate how insightful, witty, humorous, challenging, and caring Dr. Grissom was as a teacher and is as a writer.

It turns out that you don’t grow out of the wish, even as an alumna, to impress Dr. Grissom. But this is, of course, her magic.

It’s no coincidence, after all, that the section “Admonishing and Challenging Trinity University Students” is the longest in the book. Read The World According to Coleen and reconnect with the insights that helped shape so many of us.

The crowd is roaring, and fans are on their feet. The Tigers have just scored a Maroon and White touchdown, and the Stand Band is trumpeting an Come on Tigers, hit that line, increasingly familiar tune: a new musical rendition Beat them to the ground. of the Trinity University Trinity’s maroon and white, fight song.

Best team to be found.

With words that were written during Trinity’s Waxahachie years, when FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT the Tiger mascot was for Trinity, selected for the UniversiGlorify her name. ty’s football team, music professor Brian Bondari composed a new, modern The maroon and white tune, which he titled “Mawill win the fight, roon and White.”

So play the game “The melody is far with all your might, more accessible than the song’s original ragtime For TRINITY’S lasting fame. rendition,” Bondari says.

“I was excited to hear this project come to life.”

The Tiger Stand Band first performed “Maroon and White” at the inaugural Tiger Rally during New Student Orientation on Aug. 22. Since then, it has been brought to life across campus, and has become a staple at athletics events, group activities, and Happy Fridays.

Listen to a recording of “Maroon and White,” performed by Trinity University’s Wind Ensemble and Chamber Singers, at

Haley Mathis graduated from Trinity in 2011 with a degree in philosophy. She is currently a graduate student in philosophy at the University of Miami.

gotu.us/MaroonAndWhite

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Trinity Athletics Highlights Men’s Soccer

Austin College Berry College Birmingham-Southern Centre College Hendrix College Millsaps College Rhodes College Sewanee University Trinity University

Trinity to Join SAA as Affiliate Member Tiger football joins eight other teams in a new conference Trinity University football will become an affiliate member of the Southern Athletic Association (SAA) beginning in the 2017 season.

Trinity currently competes in football in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), and the Tigers will continue their outstanding relationship with the SCAC in the rest of the University’s 17 intercollegiate sports.

“Our main reason for pursuing this affiliation is scheduling,” says Bob King, Trinity’s athletics director.

“This will give our football team eight games guaranteed every year, leaving us just two non-conference games to fill a complete schedule. This is crucial to the success of our program moving forward.”

Trinity and Austin College will join seven other members of the SAA for football, including Berry (GA) College, Birmingham-Southern (AL) College, Hendrix (AR) College, Millsaps (MS) College, Rhodes (TN) College, and Sewanee: University of the South (TN). Most of these schools are also former members of the SCAC, so the new partnership provides a

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chance to build on old relationships.

“Being able to renew old friendships and rivalries in football was just an added bonus in this partnership,” says King. “We couldn’t be more excited about the future of Trinity football in the SAA.” Trinity has an affinity with many of the SAA institutions in that they share similar missions and educational approaches. “As we sought opportunities to expand beyond SCAC, the SAA is a natural fit for Trinity football, as these institutions share our student-athlete philosophy,” says Trinity President Danny Anderson.

“I am absolutely ecstatic about the opportunity to be an affiliate member of the SAA for football, and the chance to be aligned with these prestigious universities again,” says Head Coach Jerheme Urban ’03. “We will be able to provide a college football experience unique to most small school programs. As an alumnus of the Trinity football program, I can personally attest to the valuable learning experiences that I was afforded because of our trips throughout the southern United States. I look forward to our young men taking multiple flight trips a year to many of those same tradition-rich universities, and building bonds and memories that will last a lifetime.”

The Tigers advanced to the NCAA Division III quarterfinals for the third straight campaign, while competing in the playoffs for the 14th consecutive year. Led by 25-year head coach Paul McGinlay, Trinity completed the season with a 22-3-0 record, and was ranked fifth in the nation by NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) and d3soccer.com. Seniors Tom Carwile and Chad Margotta, along with first-year Christian Sakshaug, were elected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America Team. Senior Derrick Horvath and firstyear player Laurence Wyke joined Carwile, Margotta, and Sakshaug on the All-West Region Team. Horvath was also elected to the NSCAA Scholar All-South Region Team. The Trinity men’s soccer team won its 18th SCAC Championship, its fourth in a row. McGinlay was elected the SCAC Men’s Coach of the Year for the 13th time. Carwile was selected as the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year, and Sakshaug was voted the SCAC Newcomer of the Year. A total of 10 Tiger men’s soccer players earned All-SCAC honors.

Women’s Soccer

The Tigers completed the season with a 19-12 record, and advanced to the NCAA second round. Twelfth-year head coach Lance Key ’00 led the team to the NCAA playoffs for the 11th time during his tenure. Seniors Emily Donnan and Kimberly Polasek were elected to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America Team. Donnan, Polasek, junior Janie Thompson, and sophomores Hannah Booher and Colleen Markey were also tabbed for the All-West Region Team. Additionally, Donnan, Polasek, and Thompson were selected as NSCAA Scholar All-Americans. They were joined on the Scholar All-South Region Team by juniors Brigitte Taylor and Yasmeen Farra. The Tiger women’s soccer team captured their seventh consecutive SCAC Championship, and the 10th under Key’s leadership. Eleven Trinity women’s soccer players were elected to the All-SCAC Team.

Seventh-year Head Men’s Tennis Coach Russell McMindes ‘02 has now guided his Trinity players to a fourth national title.

Earlier, Krull and Tyer won the ITA Southwest Regional Doubles Championship, held at the Butch Newman Tennis Center. Senior Paxton Deuel won the Singles title and also qualified for the National Small College Championships. Trinity’s men and women tennis players have won a total of 12 ITA National Singles and Doubles Championships since 1997.

Cross Country

The Tiger men won the SCAC Championship with a perfect score of 15 points. Senior Taylor Piske won the men’s championship, and was named SCAC Men’s Runner of the Year. First-year Oliver Langselius logged the best time of the newcomers, and was tabbed as the SCAC Freshman of the Year.

Nine Tiger men earned All-SCAC accolades.

Trinity’s women’s team came in second with third-place finisher sophomore Emma MacEachern pacing the Tigers. Five Tiger women garnered All-SCAC honors. Emily Daum ’09 received the SCAC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year award.

Piske and MacEachern advanced to nationals after strong finishes at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional. Joining Piske and Langselius on the men’s All-Region Team were junior Austin Brown and sophomore Michael Erickson. MacEachern headed the women’s All-Region Team, which included sophomore Melissa Whitman and first-year Molly McCullough. Trinity’s men placed third as a team, their second-highest finish in Tiger history while the women finished fourth overall.

Trinity sent three runners to the NCAA Division III Championships at Winneconne, Wis. Langselius led the Tigers and became only the second Trinity first-year runner to qualify for nationals. Langselius’ performance was the sixth-best in the Trinity record books and was tops for a Tiger men’s runner since 2008.

Men’s Tennis

Senior Adam Krull and sophomore Matt Tyer captured the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Division III National Small College Men’s Doubles Championship. The Tiger duo won the title at Sumter, S.C. It marked the second consecutive year a Trinity tandem brought home the championship.

Women’s Tennis

Junior Liza Southwick and sophomore Marie Lutz won the United States Tennis Association/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Southwest Women’s Doubles Championship for the second straight year. The tournament was held in Georgetown, Texas.

Southwick and Lutz advanced to the USTA/

Football

Second-year head coach Jerheme Urban ’03 guided the Tigers to their most successful season in recent years. Trinity football completed the campaign with a record of 8-2, double the number of victories from the 2014 season. Junior linebacker Julian Turner was elected to the d3football.com All-South Region Team and chosen as the SCAC Defensive Player of the Year for the second consecutive time. Senior defensive back Jai Boatman was also selected for the d3football. com All-South Region Team. A total of 16 Tiger football players earned recognition on the All-SCAC Team.

The Class of 2015 Trinity University Athletics

Front row (left to right): Miles Cortez ’64,

Hall of Fame was inducted on Oct. 3 during

men’s tennis; Ashley Farrimond ’04, volleyball;

halftime of the Tigers’ football game versus

Desiree Pratt Gosselink, ’01, ’02, volleyball.

Hardin-Simmons University. It marked the

Back row (left to right): Scott Mury ’00, men’s

ninth class to be inducted since the Hall of

soccer; Lance Key ’00, men’s soccer; Butch

Fame was initiated in 1999. Michael Fischer,

Newman ’65 (accepting for Al G. Hill Jr. ’67,

vice president for Faculty and Student Affairs,

men’s tennis, who was presented his certificate

and Bob King, director of athletics and chair of

at a later time); Steve Mohr, football coach,

the selection committee, presented the hon-

1990-2013; and Pat Cunningham (accepting

orees with commemorative certificates.

for the late Jim Bowles ’69, men’s basketball).

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ITA Division III National Small College Championship at Sumter, S.C. The Tiger tandem finished in sixth place at the event.

Trinity women’s tennis is led by second-year head coach Gretchen Rush ‘86.

Volleyball

Trinity University Expands Tailgating Policy Guidelines designed to ensure football fans a safe game-day experience

by Susie P. Gonzalez What would game day for Trinity Ti-

ger football fans be without a tailgate event?

The football fan experience at Trinity has involved tailgating in recent years, but the policy was updated for the 2015 season, according to Trinity officials.

“The University is excited to announce an increase in tailgate opportunities for the upcoming Tiger football season,” says Bob King, Trinity’s athletic director, adding that the new policy evolved from feedback from students, alumni, and parents of current football student-athletes.

Alcohol consumption during tailgating will be allowed for three hours before kickoff and during halftime but must end 15 minutes after the opening kickoff and the second-half kickoff. The designated area, located in the Prassel Lawn area off Shook Avenue, will be patrolled

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regularly by the Trinity University Police Department. Not allowed are glass containers, hard liquor, mass quantities of beer or wine, underage drinking, disorderly conduct, or any other unlawful conduct.

“The policy will allow Tiger fans to have more time to enjoy a full game-day experience while cheering the Tigers on to victory,” King says.

Head Coach Jerheme Urban ’03 says he is “excited to be leading (his) alma mater.”

“Not only are there athletic facility upgrades happening, but we are experiencing a surge in campus pride and spirit that has everyone on the edge of their seats,” Urban says.

Urban noted that the tailgating game-day event will allow students, parents, and alumni to spend time together before, during, and after each home game as they support the Tigers on the field. Urban says, “I urge you all to come out and experience some Tiger Tailgates and root on your Tigers to victory!”

The complete Tiger Tailgate Policy for football, including a map, can be found online at gotu.us/tailgating.

The Tiger volleyball team completed its season with a record of 24-13 and advanced to the SCAC Championship for the third consecutive year. Head coach Julie Jenkins completed her 31st year at the Tigers helm, and now stands at 827-370 (.671) since taking over the program in 1985. Jenkins has amassed a 32-season mark of 856-391 (.686), including a year at the NCAA Division I Virginia Commonwealth University. Junior setter Erika Edrington was elected to the All-SCAC First Team. Edrington became the 12th player in Trinity history to reach at least 1,200 assists in a season. Sophomore outside hitter Kirby Smith was selected for the AllSCAC Second Team.

Golf

Trinity’s women’s golf team, led by head coach Carla Spenkoch, captured the championship of the University of Houston-Victoria (Texas) Classic. Junior Hanna Niner tied for first place and was edged in a one-hole playoff. Trinity finished as runner-up at the Alamo City Classic, held at The Quarry Golf Club in San Antonio. The Tiger men, led by coach Sean Etheredge, placed as runners-up at the Alamo City Classic and at UMHB (University of Mary Hardin-Baylor) in Killeen, Texas.

TIGER PRIDE Men’s Soccer Special 25 Years: A Remarkable Coach Paul McGinlay leads Trinity men’s soccer for a quarter of a century and counting

Paul McGinlay in action, from 1990 to 2015.

by Mariah Wahl It is impossible to talk about soccer at Trinity University without talking about Paul McGinlay. During his 25-year tenure, the numbers speak for themselves: 18 SCAC championships, 28 All-American student-athletes, and nine elections as National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) Regional Coach of the Year. The Trinity men’s soccer team won the National title in 2003, posting a perfect 24-0-0 record. With a winning percentage of .837, McGinlay is the winningest active soccer coach across all NCAA divisions.

Describing himself as a deeply competitive person, McGinlay is proud of his record.

But more than the wins he has experienced, he values his career at Trinity because of the student-athletes he has coached.

“The highlight for me is training student-athletes on a daily basis, getting to travel with them and watching them compete all across the country. A few years ago, we were 49-0 away—we ruined quite a few family and alumni weekends for other schools,” McGinley says. “That was a lot of fun.”

McGinlay’s current team is talented and diverse, boasting athletes from six different countries. Many had offers from Division I schools as recruits. When asked how he manages to recruit excellent student-athletes from all over the world, year after year, McGinlay looks at the Trinity experience.

“I’m with them two hours every day,

and Trinity has them the other 22,” he says.

“Even after they graduate these athletes continue to return to campus. I think that’s a testament to their experience here.”

McGinlay speaks fondly about decades of Trinity student-athletes, many with whom he still speaks on a regular basis.

Numerous alumni return to celebrate the program annually. Many look up to McGinlay, and credit him as a force in their lives during and after their time at Trinity.

“As a young man arriving on campus, [McGinlay] helped me realize that I didn’t know what I didn’t know...a phrase he likes to use and remind young men in the program,” shares Lance Key ’00, head coach of the Trinity women’s soccer team.

“I was one of the players that McGinlay inherited upon his arrival at TU. His arrival infused a sense of passion and commitment into a program that hadn’t received much attention from the University,” says former soccer player Chris Gaffney ’92. “His infectious enthusiasm and unwavering quest for excellence, coupled with optimism and humanity, are personal characteristics that many of his players try to emulate. There is always much more than football going on when Paul’s teams train or take the field.”

When asked if there are 25 more years of Paul McGinlay in store for Trinity, McGinlay laughs. “I don’t know about that,” he says, “but if we could have a few more national championships before my time is up… that’s the goal. That’s always where we’re looking.”

50 Years: A Remarkable Program Ron Pritz ’69 shares memories of Trinity soccer’s earliest days It all began on a mid-fall day in September 1965. I was a first-year at Trinity, just starting out on my university adventure. I was walking from the upper campus to the Sam’s Center for a P.E. class and happened to be walking with another first-year named Charlie. We were pleasantly surprised to find out that we both had played soccer at Department of Defense high schools in Germany, and had actually played against each other a time or two. That conversation spurred us to see if there might be other guys at Trinity who played and loved the sport.

Turns out, there were about a dozen other men at Trinity interested. Some had prepschool backgrounds, some had military school backgrounds, and three or four guys had never played before but were eager to learn.

We began by scheduling a few practices, and I scouted around for teams we might play against. There were no soccer goals at Trinity, so we played most of our games that year at Olmos Park. We had our first match with the Pearl International team in a dimly lit field on the south side of San Antonio.

The next challenge was to see if we could get some competition with other universities in the state. I’ll never forget our first game with the University of Texas at Austin. To everyone’s amazement, we scored the opening goal a few minutes into the game, but went on to lose the game 10-1. If my memory serves me correctly, we didn’t win a single game that first year.

The 1966 season got off to a better start, and we finally had our first wins—three or four games out of a dozen or more that year. In 1967 our team was continuing to improve, and we ended the season with a winning record and knocked off some of the bigger schools in the state. The 1968 season was the last for the core group that had started the team back in 1965. We only lost one or two matches at the college level all season long.

What we did back in those early days to form and run the earliest Trinity soccer team was a forerunner of the current intercollegiate athletic philosophy at Trinity – the studentathlete playing for the love of the game.

– Ron Pritz, Ph.D.

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John Brantley Professor Emeritus, English

by R. Douglas Brackenridge

Except for three years of military service, John Brantley never wandered far from his family roots in Texas. His intellectual journey, however, was continuous, wide-ranging, and characterized by sustained efforts to be an effective communicator, motivator, and mentor. Born in Yancey, Texas, and raised in San Antonio, Brantley graduated from Harlandale High School in 1946. He later earned three degrees, all with a major in English: a bachelor’s at Texas State Teachers College in San Marcos, a master’s from Trinity University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

After teaching positions in San Antonio high schools and at San Antonio College, Brantley joined the Trinity University Department of English in 1965 and served as chair from 1968 until he retired in 1992. During years of major curricular changes at Trinity, Brantley worked collegially with department members to adapt to new assignments. One former department member described Brantley as “one of those kinds of leaders who encouraged people to find their own way to contribute to the department and grow as persons.” He also mentioned that Brantley’s sense of humor, fairness, and community were hallmarks of his chairmanship.

In addition to departmental responsibilities, Brantley served on a number of committees including chair of the University Curriculum Council and the Faculty Research and Development Committee. Beyond the University, Brantley read papers at various regional and national educational societies, wrote articles and book reviews, and published a book, The Fiction of John Dos Passos.

Brantley derived his greatest enjoyment, however, from interaction with undergraduate and graduate students in classrooms and informal settings. He told a Trinitonian reporter, “I love teaching and being able to talk about literature with people. It’s not a teaching device; it’s more a part of me.” One of his favorite authors was Thomas Pynchon, then a rising literary star. His style of writing was a challenge to teach, but Brantley found the effort rewarding because it generated discussion and encouraged reflection. According to Naomi Shihab Nye ’74, former student and a student assistant in the English department office, Brantley earned his students’ respect “through his tremendous wisdom and insight about American literature, always treated us with great dignity and care, was open to our thoughts and ideas, and inspired many of us to read books and consider voices which would have landmark effects on our thinking.”

In retirement, Brantley and his spouse, Jaynet Fajkus ’51, enjoyed life at a leisurely pace in their comfortable home on the south side of San Antonio. They had known each other since grade school days in San Antonio and had a serendipitous reunion in adulthood. Their daily routine consisted primarily of reading, writing, and gardening. The couple has two sons, John David, a scientist in Syracuse, N.Y., and Peter ’84, a digital archivist in San Francisco, and one granddaughter. Jaynet died in 2009, and Brantley now lives by himself in the family home. He does not do much gardening these days, but reading is still a major pastime. Above all, his love of conversation and keen sense of humor remain undiminished by time.

Brantley welcomes e-mail at dbrantley28@sbcglobal.net.

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Karen Waldron Professor Emerita, Education

by R. Douglas Brackenridge

Karen Waldron’s early life and professional career can be summed up in a few words: “The greatest thing in my life is that I love children and want to make a difference in their lives.” Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and raised on Long Island, at the age of 7 she started babysitting children. By 12, Waldron and a friend had a day care center in her backyard and developed their own educational curriculum. Initially anticipating becoming a journalist, Waldron was dissuaded by a New York Times reporter who informed her that journalism was not a viable field for women. Instead, he advised her to become a teacher.

That misguided advice led her into a personally fulfilling life of service to others. A pivotal moment in her vocational quest came in 1971 at Syracuse University, where subsequently she received her doctorate. Attending an elective seminar on special education, Waldron was deeply moved by viewing the dignity afforded a young woman in the midst of a seizure. From that moment forward, she dedicated her life to caring for children with special needs.

Waldron came to Trinity in 1977 as a professor and director of special education, a position she held until her retirement in 2005. She loved the diversity of San Antonio and collaborative interactions between the University and regional professionals. Her primary task was to teach graduate and undergraduate classes preparing educators to work with children and teens with special needs or disabilities.

Outside of class, her activities included the founding and development of numerous innovative programs locally, nationally, and internationally to support families and educators of at-risk children, especially from low-income, diverse populations. Waldron traveled to Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and the Czech Republic to assist educators in their efforts to develop programs for students with special needs. She also appeared regularly on television and radio, engaging media to promote public awareness of special education, especially to break down erroneous preconceptions about student limitations.

Waldron has written five books as well as research articles and handbooks, and she has made numerous presentations at professional meetings. Her most recent book, with Janet Brazil and Laura Labatt, Risk, Courage, and Women: Contemporary Voices in Prose and Poetry, received several national awards.

Retirement, when used in association with Waldron, is an oxymoron. She continues to be actively involved in community service. Currently she is working on a collection of writings dealing with women’s personal journeys throughout their lives. She studies Spanish, consults with families of at-risk children, and is a certified mediator. Traveling remains her passion, with frequent visits to family in Ireland. Upcoming trips include Cuba, Shanghai, and Vietnam, where she plans to visit orphanages and schools for the disabled.

The death of her husband, Mike Kutchins, in 2014 was a great loss, but Waldron enjoys time with her extended family. She frequently cites the words of Elie Wiesel, “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference.” Waldron’s Trinity legacy is her student graduates who love children and want to make a difference.

Karen welcomes e-mail at kwaldron@trinity.edu.

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IN MEMORIAM

MARY ANN TÉTREAULT Mary Ann Tétreault, the emeritus Una Chapman Cox Distinguished Professor of International Affairs, passed away on Nov. 11, 2015, in Newport, Vt. She was 73.

Tétreault came to Trinity in 2000 and immediately fell in love with her political science students. She developed a reputation for listening without judgment and being open to a range of ideas.

A social fraternity selected her as “Professor of the Year” in 2009, and the University bestowed an advising award on her the same year. Students often gave glowing testimonials of how Tétreault helped them gain self-confidence to reach their fullest potential and spoke of “her patience, energy, enthusiasm, and sage advice.” She retired from Trinity in 2012.

Tétreault began in academia as a chemist and historian. As an undergrad at Sarah Lawrence, her roommate was Linda Hardberger, wife of former San Antonio Mayor Phil Hardberger. Tétreault won a National Science Foundation scholarship to study politics after several years as a community activist.

Tétreault also found a curiosity about the oil industry and America’s love-hate relationship with the Middle East because of oil.

After writing her dissertation about the Arab oil exporters of the Persian Gulf, she earned a doctorate from Rice University.

In retirement, she returned to her home in Vermont. She continued to travel to Kuwait and was honored as the Distinguished Senior Scholar in Political Economy by the International Studies Association.

Tétreault is survived by her husband, Richard Tétreault, and two sons, Charles and Paul. Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Dr. Michael C. Kearl Endowed Scholarship Fund for Aspiring Sociologists Help keep the legacy of sociology professor Michael Kearl alive by donating to the Kearl Endowed Scholarship Fund. To honor his outstanding teaching and advising, this scholarship will be awarded to one talented sociology student each year.

Kearl, a professor at Trinity since 1977, passed away in March 2015. Contribute in his memory by mailing a check with “Kearl Scholarship” on the memo line to Trinity University, One Trinity Place #49, San Antonio, TX 78212.

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The Right Notes An organ designed to be as distinctive as its chapel

by Carlos Anchondo When architect O’Neil Ford designed the Margarite B. Parker Chapel, he did so with a vision of a large pipe organ as a part of the project. Regional builder Otto Hofmann crafted the Hofmann-Ballard-Kegg-Bobsin Organ that has been in the chapel since it opened in 1966. Nearly 7,000 wood, metal, and reed pipes compose the electric action pipe organ, which is the largest pipe organ in South Texas.

Through an endowment, the organ has been in a revoicing and rescaling project since 1988. A new console, added in 2007, and a microprocessor with MidiPlay has brought the organ into the 21st century. The organ is primarily used as a teaching and performing instrument for students, as well as for recitals and worship services.

In 2016, the Margarite B. Parker Chapel celebrates 50 years on Trinity’s campus. Read an article on its history by James Hill online at gotu.us/chapel50.

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22 Hungry for Learning 30 Food Matters 34 Campus Dining: Then & Now 36 Combating the Thin Ideal 42 Alumni Food & Wellness Adventures Across America 48 A Shared Table

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Hungry for

Learning One in five children in the United States begins the school day with an empty stomach. One classroom at a time, Trinity graduates are finding ways to feed students’ appetites and nourish their minds.

words by Carlos Anchondo photos by Anh-Viet Dinh

Abraham Maslow was an American psychologist who

believed that all humans are motivated by needs. Maslow contended that our most basic needs are innate, the consequence of thousands of years of evolution, and must be satisfied before all other human needs. These physiological needs, such as air, water, sleep, sex, homeostasis, excretion, and food, come before needs like safety, love and belonging, esteem, and ultimately, self-actualization.

Maslow believed that when the most rudimentary needs are unfulfilled, all higher needs become unattainable.

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In 2014, more than 15.3 million children in the United States lived in food insecure households where they lacked consistent access to adequate food needed to maintain an active and healthy lifestyle.1 These children constitute a sizeable minority that is forced to compromise on nutrition, skip meals, and turn to emergency food sources. Fourteen states, including Texas, had a higher prevalence of food insecurity than the national average.1 For one in every five U.S. children, this basic need goes unmet before they enter the classroom.1 In a struggle for the minds of students, educators compete against an almost invisible enemy.

Unfortunately, Jacobs says, this is the only food some of those students consume between Friday afternoon and Monday morning. Malnourishment in turn affects academics, where the work of even the most capable student negatively suffers.

“It is just not a priority,” Jacobs laments. “It has nothing to do with their cognitive ability.”

Education professor Heather Haynes Smith ’97, ’98, a humanities and elementary education major, is a former elementary teacher and literacy coach who has always provided snacks for her pupils, a habit she continues even now with her Trinity students. For Haynes Smith, the Trinity Master of Arts and Teaching taught her to make her classroom a safe place for students with a culture where students could come to the teacher for support.

Haynes Smith says that food insecurity was a topic rarely addressed during her days as an elementary school teacher, with no simple, uniform way to identify students who were suffering.

“You have to meet your kids where they are,” Haynes Smith says. “My biggest concern now is assessment and how we determine who gets what, because a lack of food undoubtedly affects students developmentally and cognitively.”

A National Conversation

Trinity adjunct education professor Alicia Thomas ’72, ’74 has spent her life dedicated to the students of Texas. These days, Thomas gives back as a Snack Pak 4 Kids volunteer, filling backpacks with food for students in need. Thomas says her goal is for all students to “feel secure and loved.” She volunteers to “invest in kids,” so that they “have every opportunity and choice ahead of them in their lives.”

Meeting Students Where They Are

“Food is a basic need,” says Amy Jacobs ’98, ’99, ’05, principal of Forest North Elementary in Austin, Texas.

“When it is not met, there is really no point in doing anything else: math, reading, writing. Anything. We have to make sure those basic needs are met.”

Jacobs, in her seventh year at Forest North, says that student malnutrition is a constant concern. She came to Forest North with degrees in the humanities, elementary education, and school administration. In addition to the federally funded National School Lunch Program, Forest North partners with a local church to send backpacks filled with food home to 55 children each weekend. With church financing, students are given granola bars, juice boxes, cheese, crackers, and other snack foods designed to supplement their weekend meals.

1 Coleman-Jensen, Alisha, Matthew Rabbitt, Christian Gregory, and Anita Singh. “USDA ERS - Household Food Security in the United States in 2014.” Sept. 1, 2015. Accessed Nov. 15, 2015. http://www.ers.usda.gov/publications/err-economic-research-report/err194.aspx

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Autumn Kervella ’15 is a Teach for America Corps member teaching kindergarten, first grade, and second grade in New Orleans. Her charter school classifies as 100 percent free and reduced lunch, and thus qualifies to provide two meals and a snack each school day. Yet, only in her first year teaching, Kervella says she can already recognize the signs of a hungry child. A common occurrence is a child asking to see the nurse because they are “sick,” only to ask for something to eat once there.

Kervella, a communication major, says that the majority of the time students will not directly say they are hungry, but will instead be sleepy, irritable, unfocused, or burst into tears. The situation is heartbreaking to watch, and Kervella has witnessed how strongly hunger affects the classroom dynamic. She says teachers a vital line of defense to combat food insecurity.

“Whenever you are a teacher, first you have to be a nurse, a parent, a caretaker. You have to do all these things and meet the students’ needs before you even try to teach them,” Kervella says. “If a student is distraught, whether it is because they haven’t eaten or maybe they haven’t slept, you address that before you teach them.”

Kervella’s school uses Revolution Foods, which aims to provide students with healthy dining options and foster nourishing eating habits. With plans to launch a “healthy food revolution,” the company is at the crux of a national conversation about U.S. school breakfasts and lunches.

With the 2010 passage of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move initiative,

First-graders in the Lamar Elementary Gardening Club use a tablet to photograph native Texas wildflowers.

some students claim that a more nutritious meal means a sacrifice in flavor or a satisfying quantity.

The hashtag #thanksMichelleObama has dominated Twitter as images of unsavory school meals popularize newsfeeds. In 2012, students from Wallace County High School in Sharon Springs, Kan., debuted a parody video of their school meals to highlight insufficient portions.

As recently as 2015, students in Chicago boycotted their cafeteria food, calling for improved options.

Lucy Cevallos ’13, a biology major, is the dean of student and staff culture at ReNEW Accelerated High School in New Orleans, where she oversees everything from the school-wide behavior system to student enrichment programming to campus pride. A fellow Teach for America Corps member, Cevallos also teaches a bioethics course that discusses ethical issues brought about by scientific advances. Cevallos’ school, a charter, also employs Revolution Foods, a provider that has not resonated with students in the school and her bioethics course.

Frustrated with dining options on campus, Cevallos’ students decided to act. They surveyed 60 percent of the campus about food satisfaction and are in the process of

comparing the data with Revolution Food testimonials and advertising. Since the school is classified as being almost 100 percent free and reduced lunch, Cevallos says it is regrettable that the “healthy” campus food is nothing but and is not having its intended effect.

“You are shaped by your experiences, which then affect your perception of what students need.”

“When we give our students an option that no one is eating and they are instead choosing unhealthy foods, we are doing the opposite of providing affordable and healthy food,” Cevallos says. “It makes me proud that my students are able to use their voices as a strength and their power as a community to professionally present this data.”

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Cevallos surmises that it was never ReNEW’s intention to provide unappetizing food, but says that for many students the school meals are a constant in their lives that they cannot sacrifice to poor taste or indistinguishable meal items. Polling her bioethics course, Cevallos asked her pupils what happens to their focus when they are hungry. Similar to Jacobs and Kervella, the responses ranged from “sleepy” to “headaches” to a “negative effect on overall morale.”

Both Cevallos and Kervella have observed how food insecurity changes a student’s priorities in the classroom, an issue they themselves did not confront as students.

This is a topic broached in Haynes Smith’s urban education course, where students are tasked with reflecting on how their own educational upbringing impacts their insights into the education system. Empathy is just as much a part of her classroom as any material that she teaches.

“You are shaped by your experiences, which then affect your perception of what students need,” Haynes Smith says. “Trinity offers a holistic understanding of the student where we face our own misunderstandings and realize where we are situated.”

The National School Lunch Program, which began in 1946, reaches more than 31 million students every day in 83 percent of private schools and 99 percent of U.S. public schools.4 Nevertheless, while school meals may be becoming healthier for students, the fact remains that a great deal of a child’s diet is influenced by food options outside of school.

Ricardo “Rick” Trevino teaches U.S. history to 11th graders at Sam Houston High School on San Antonio’s Eastside. Trevino is currently a candidate for the Master’s of Education in School Leadership at Trinity and plans to graduate in 2016. Before switching to history, Trevino taught 9th grade world geography, where his class discussed urban geography and the realities of food deserts, an urban area where a majority of residents have inadequate access to a supermarket or grocery store. Trevino’s students realized that Sam Houston’s zip code, 78220, had been classified as a food desert by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Determined to make a difference, the students began researching and made a formal presentation to the San Antonio Eastside Promise Neighborhood (EPN) to institute a farmers market at Sam Houston. The EPN’s Health and Wellness Commit-

“Hopefully I am helping to create students who will eventually become advocates for themselves and for their neighbors and families.”

Serving a Community in Need

Across the U.S., food insecurity manifests for a variety of reasons, primarily related to a household’s ability to access and afford food. Factors such as unemployment, low wages, substance abuse, mental health problems, and reduced government benefits can partially explain why households fight to put adequate food on the table.2 Encouragingly, a recent study published in January 2016 in the Journal of American Medical Association Pediatrics indicates that school lunches have actually gotten healthier since the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act was passed, and a similar number of students are partaking in the school lunch program.3 In the five years since the act passed, schools have been required to serve more whole grains, fruits, and vegetables with a greater overall variety.

2 Haering SA, Syed SB. Community Food Security in United States Cities. Baltimore, MD; 2009.

tee then allocated $25,000 to a grant that was quickly picked up by the San Antonio Food Bank. The first farmers market kicked off in April 2015 and continued every third Saturday of each month.

Trevino says that it is important to have the farmers market at Sam Houston, as the school is a lifeblood to the community. He credits the market, run by the Food Bank, with enlightening students about the harsh truths of their community, turning passive students into informed citizens who are aware of how local families, even their own, struggle to access food.

“We now have students who are 14, 15, and 16 thinking about the decisions their community makes,” Trevino says. “Hopefully I am helping to create students who will eventually become advocates for themselves and for their neighbors and families.”

Originally from Laredo, Texas, he is fiercely passionate about giving Sam Houston students every opportunity. In a neighborhood where more than 40 percent of

3 Hager ER, Turner L. Successes of the Healthy Hunger-Free Kids Act. JAMA Pediatrics. 2016; 170(1):e154268. doi:10.1001/jamapedi-

4 Sifferlin, A. “Healthier School Lunch Rules Are Working, Study

atrics.2015.4268.

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Students take notes during a lecture by Brian C. Sparks, principal of Lamar Elementary. Horticulture is incorporated into the curriculum of first-grade students.

people or families have income below the poverty line,5 Trevino knows that some of his students are coming to school hungry, but says that can be hard to identify, especially since his interactions with students often yields little about their home lives. Instead, he says, he tries to educate them about buying healthier foods and exposing them to different options than the local convenience store or gas station.

Another problem plaguing the 78220 and 78202 zip codes is vehicle insecurity, where residents rely heavily on public transit and less on private vehicles. Trevino asked his students to identify those most at risk and, through a concept similar to Meals on Wheels, found five homebound citizens to supply food to through bicycle delivery.

Although the initial objective was to provide food from the market, students hand-delivered food from H-E-B to 5 White, T. (2014, Dec. 29). “San Antonio’s high-poverty ZIP codes fall closer to downtown, south Bexar County,� San Antonio Express-News.

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those in need. Bikes donated by Cristian Sandoval, president and founder of Earn-A-Bike, made deliveries possible. Trevino plans to expand the program in the future to include produce from the school’s gardening club.

“With these kind of experiences, students are able to understand that they are not the only person in the world,” Trevino says. “Our community is more important as a whole than the individual.”

Establishing a Healthy Reality

Trinity alumna and neuroscience major Christina Velazquez Olson ’12 studied the unhealthy food environments around elementary schools in San Diego’s low socioeconomic areas as a master’s student at San Diego State University. Olson, who recently completed her Master of Public Health, launched her study of the obesogenic environment around elementary schools after learning that childhood obesity rates in the U.S. have tripled since 1980.6 Olson compared the display of unhealthy food items, like salty snacks and sugary beverages, versus the display of healthy items like vegetables and fruits. Examining neighborhoods similar to Trevino’s, Olson looked at promotions outside of a main location in the store for both unhealthy and healthy items. She found that stores closer to elementary schools had fewer healthy displays and more unhealthy displays than stores located further from elementary schools.

Moving forward, Olson says that patience is necessary when studying public health and disease prevention, as eating habits do not change overnight. Whether at school or at home, Olson says that everyone has a different definition of what it means to be healthy. Curbing obesity will take time and depends on continuing a national conversation about nutrition and how food is grown.

At Lamar Elementary in San Antonio, Principal Brian Sparks ’04, ’05, ’11 is attempting to do just that. Sparks holds degrees in the humanities, early childhood and elementary education, as well as school administration.

A gardening club for first grade students teaches children about horticulture, what time of the year various crops are grown, and how that produce is incorporated into meals. Ninety percent of Lamar’s students are enrolled in the free and reduced lunch program. All the more reason, Sparks says, to start the conversation about sustainable food at a young age.

“The chief focus of this program is to educate kids about how food is grown and to discourage some of the quicker and easier options that are not as healthy,” Sparks says.

In his third year at Lamar, Sparks works actively with the Parent Teacher Association to operate the club and maintain the gardening beds. he gardening club met on Wednesdays, and the fall harvest included peppers, artichokes, cilantro, and basil. Harvested produce, although

“Whenever you are a teacher, first you have to be a nurse, a parent, a caretaker before you even try to teach them.”

Avoiding supermarkets, Olson surveyed small convenience and food stores, which typically have fewer healthy options available for purchase. Olson said that a compounding problem in low socioeconomic areas, in addition to food deserts, are food swamps, where there is an overabundance of unhealthy eating options, like fast food, that are high-energy but lack nutrients. Parents or guardians of students in these areas are regularly forced to make decisions for their children based on cost-effectiveness.

“I chose to focus on the elementary level because it is so important for forming those healthy habits and food choices,” Olson says. “So many research studies have been dedicated to trying to increase healthy consumption, but we are also starting to realize that you also need a counter-message that tells people they need to decrease unhealthy food consumption as well.”

6 “Obesity Rates & Trends Overview.” The State of Obesity. 2014. Accessed Dec. 9, 2015. stateofobesity.org/obesity-rates-trends-overview.

small in yield, was sent home with the children. Like Jacobs, Sparks is grateful for programs like the National School Lunch Program and Breakfast in the Classroom, initiatives he says make a difference when serving a disadvantaged community.

As 2016 dawns, the campaign to feed America’s children and students will continue to be fought in the hallways, classrooms, and cafeterias of U.S. schools.

Maslow’s need for food endures as a constant priority that often stands in the way of academic excellence. Yet, as the battle lingers on, Trinity alumni remain leaders in the fray. They are the educators, administrators, nurses, counselors, and volunteers who fight each day to make sure that all children have equal opportunity in and out of America’s classrooms. They are champions in the battle against hunger, against an enemy they will not allow to impede a student’s potential. With every lesson, gardening club, and student-led survey, Trinity educators continue to teach and inspire America’s students in the face of one of the world’s most basic needs.

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Food Matters. words by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira photos by Balreira and Anh-Viet Dinh

When economics professor

Nels Christiansen was handed a reflective essay titled “Why I Eat Meat,” written unapologetically, he wasn’t quite sure what to make of it.

Hadn’t the point of the assignment been for students to evaluate their food decisions? Hadn’t they just finished reading articles arguing against mass production, and listened to guest speakers discuss harmful ranching practices?

Hadn’t the student learned?

“By studying food in this way, students are making connections and being able to apply them in whatever field they choose.”

It was in his blood, the student argued. It was a part of his family. He grew up with it; he needed it as an athlete; and frankly, he thought it was downright delicious.

For classmate Hannah-Elyse Konyecsni, a first-year from Austin, Texas, family food culture couldn’t have been more different. Growing up vegetarian and spending time as a vegan, Konyecsni’s interest was piqued by one course in particular on the first-year experience lineup.

“Food Matters.” Two words, many meanings.

Konyecsni selected the course as her first choice, and by the time classes began in August, she was excited to share her point of view on food. What she didn’t anticipate, however, is how much the course would affect this point of view and steer her down an academic path she would not have otherwise imagined.

As part of the Pathways curriculum, Trinity University’s first-year experience (FYE) has been redesigned to introduce students to a topic of widespread or enduring significance through extensive engagement. Six-hour courses are co-taught by a pair of professors; each class meets five days a week to hone written and oral communication skills as well as evaluate a diverse array of information from sources across disciplines.

For Food Matters, the array of information spanned nonfiction books, journal articles, documentaries, and guest lecturers—not to mention the unique perspectives each student brought to class. The course began with The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan before moving through Salt, Sugar, Fat; Tomatoland; Sweetness and Power; and Closing the Food Gap. Each book brought an opportunity to discuss topics from target marketing to agricultural economics to social justice.

“There’s something about being able to say we’re going to spend an entire semester talking about a four-letter word that interacts with your personal life on a day-

to-day basis that can also be studied from virtually any academic discipline,” says psychology professor Carolyn Becker, one of six professors who co-taught the Food Matters FYE. “It makes for a unique experience at Trinity, especially among other liberal arts colleges.”

Konyecsni’s experience went from “wanting to be a forensic pathologist since fourth grade” to a better, more holistic understanding of how significantly food impacts her life and the lives of others. “After reading the books in this course and spending time with my classmates, I’m leaning more toward environmental studies and working with environmental policy, conservation, and animal rights,” she says. “These kinds of things are right up my alley.”

In the spirit of productive collisions, students weren’t the only ones evaluating their perspectives. Librarian Jeremy Donald, who co-taught a section of Food Matters with history professor Anene Ejikeme, came to the course curious about how society gets its information about food.

“We identify ourselves as ‘foodies’ or people who have a niche interest in food, but it isn’t until we see what people from other cultures or other regions are doing with food that we start to question the information that’s all around us,” Donald says. “Information literacy is about asking questions you hadn’t originally thought to ask.”

Christiana Ellard, a first-year student-athlete from San Antonio, began asking questions almost immediately. Describing her upbringing as sheltered—“a meat and carbs type”—Ellard was struck by the diversity in the course, both in the reading material and among her classmates.

“Going into the course, I was curious how the debates would happen and how the conversations would take place, we all came from so many different backgrounds,”

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Ellard says. “I started to see so many different global aspects of food and how food affects our country’s government and other countries around the world politically and economically.”

Ellard kept a food blog as part of course requirements, and she used it to express her thoughts on food matters.

“As a first-year, all of this new information can be a bit overwhelming,” Ellard says, “but after learning it all, nothing is the same any more. Now, when I look at a package I see the marketing tactics, or when I eat a tomato I wonder if it was grown or harvested by slaves.

“I’m going to look for organically grown, local products instead of eating something shipped from across the

political science professor Keesha Middlemass. “Most people make well over 200.”

Becker’s hope was for students to begin understanding food decisions and their connections to a complicated world. “As students go through this course, they begin to see the complexity of food across time and place,” she says. “They’re reading material from psychology, history, economics, political science, sociology, and biology, and as the class moves on, you can see the light bulbs going off.

They’re saying, ‘Wait a minute. There’s a connection here.’”

Zoheb Hirani, a first-year from Missouri City, Texas, knew these connections would play a major part in his Trinity education. Coming to the University with

“We’re going to spend an entire semester talking about a four letter word that interacts with your personal life on a day-to-day basis that can also be studied from virtually any academic discipline.”

nation or produced in a way that harms animals,” Ellard continues. “My opinion about the types of food I eat hasn’t changed, but I am definitely a lot more educated.”

Ellard’s experience aligned perfectly with the goals of the course, which included building awareness of how decisions about food concern local, regional, national, and global issues. “People grossly underestimate the number of food decisions they make in the day,” says Becker, who taught one section of the course alongside

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an interest in biochemistry and pre-medical studies, Hirani was eager to expand his horizons. “Pretty much every topic has surprised me so far,” Hirani says. “To understand food from a biochemistry perspective, I have to branch out and understand other things as well, like psychology, anthropology, and politics.”

Take corn, for example. Food Matters opened students’ eyes to the fact that more than 60 percent of the food Americans consume contains corn or a product of corn; for Hirani, this knowledge sparked concerns in biology, chemistry, and environmental ethics. “I had never looked at corn as being such a big part of life. It’s a part of our cultural environment. We manipulate genetics so that corn can be shipped thousands of miles away, or last longer than it should,” Hirani says. “We’re pretty much messing with nature.”

Nels Christiansen, professor of economics, is drawn to these concerns. Fueled by an appetite for health and wellness issues—as well as a passion for cooking—Christiansen jumped feet first into Food Matters with a unique industry perspective.

“There is interesting government policy about agriculture in general,” Christiansen says. “We’ve had conversations about the government subsidizing our food culture, especially when it comes to corn. We look at government policies and how they incentivize our farmers or consumers to behave.”

Essentially, if food is cheaper, we as a society can spend our money elsewhere. “But are we paying these costs down the road?” Christiansen asks. “There are ethical consequences for raising animals inhumanely, or mass-farming produce.”

“I like to call it the economics of food,” says Christiansen, who co-taught with theater professor Jody Karjala.

“We introduce supply and demand, but we’re also talking about topics that aren’t conventional economics.

“But this is what Trinity is all about, right?” he adds. “By studying food in this way, students are making connections and being able to apply them in whatever field they choose.”

Fast-forward to the end of the fall semester, and the reflective essay Christiansen originally read had drastically changed its tone. “Why I Eat Meat—Sustainably and Responsibly,” the student wrote, citing “ah-ha” moments from a guest lecture by Tony Koch, owner of Koch Ranch in San Antonio, and passages from The Omnivore’s Dilemma and Closing the Food Gap. In a course full of “ah-ha” moments, students valued their introduction to the concepts around, ideas about, and methods to study food. “This course has made such an impact on my life in the way that I tackle the thought process behind food,” Ellard says. “The integration of disciplines from professors with so many different backgrounds, along with the literature and the discussions in class, have shown me that the things I’m doing today might seem small, but they could have drastic effects on countries around the globe.

“Food really does matter,” Ellard concludes. “I could not have picked a better title for this course.”

left Ellard listens to discus-

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Local Sprout, presents a guest lecture on hydroponic

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words by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira photos by Anh-Viet Dinh and Josh Huskin

Ah, college students. Smart. Creative. Ambitious. Hungry.

For generations, Tigers have dined together in Mabee Dining Hall between classes, after practices, and before exams. Memories made in Mabee have woven their way into commencement speeches and autobiographies, as students have gathered year after year to celebrate their most common bond: food.

Mabee Dining Hall is now an all-you-care-to-eat facility serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with an attached Provisions on Demand convenience store and grill. After conducting on-campus surveys and researching other university models, Trinity’s dining services adopted this approach to not only help students save money, but to also provide more options.

“Mabee had pretty much been in the same format since 1984, so we knew it was time to do something,” says Miguel Ardid, Trinity’s dining services director. The dining hall switched from the a la carte format in 2011, and over the past five years, Ardid has expanded Mabee’s services to add more vegetarian and gluten-free options, a build-your-own-pasta line, and themed dining nights throughout the semester.

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ent family and food cultures. We talk to the students to see what kinds of food they may want as part of a themed dining night, such as Vietnamese, Indian, or Chinese,” says Rachel Hernandez, marketing specialist for Aramark on Trinity’s campus. As part of a recent Chinese theme night, the dining services team created an authentic Chinese menu, down to a roasted suckling pig.

“The more students talk with friends about their countries’ foods, the more fascinating theme nights become,” Hernandez says.

Changes have also climbed Cardiac Hill to the Coates University Center. Gone are the days of “Coates Pizza” delivery to the dorm rooms: The Commons now features Einstein’s Bagels, Freshii, and Taco Taco Cafe—yes, that Taco Taco, bringing the No. 1 tacos in America straight to Trinity’s campus.

Recently remodeled, the Skyline Bistro continues to serve lunch for faculty, staff, and students who enjoy a downtown view.

With a chef-curated menu and sandwiches named after faculty members (try the Reuben Dupertuis or the Richard Burr-ger), Skyline has become an increasingly popular place for many across campus. Can’t make it for lunch? Stop by Skyline on the first Saturday night of every month for KRTU’s “Skyline Swing”

Favorite Foods of Trinity Students Tigers dish on their favorite campus foods and what keeps them coming back for more.

Charles Clark Business Analytics Stillwater, Okla.

Class of 2018

“I like the meatloaf from Mabee.

It is usually my favorite thing they have because it is their most consistent protein dish.”

Corina Mendez Neuroscience Austin, Texas Class of 2019

featuring the world-famous Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

Every other night of the week, Java City Cafe is open for business, serving ecoGrounds coffee, smoothies, and late-night-study snacks. Nestled in a corner by the Coates Library entrance, Java City remains the go-to destination to relax or recharge.

One thing that won’t change? The incredible hospitality with which the dining services staff continues to greet students, faculty, and staff each and every day.

Aramark has been a part of Trinity’s campus since 1972, and its staff continues to inspire memories for Tigers. “We’re basically in the people business,” Ardid says. “We have people in the kitchen who have been here close to 40 years.”

“We’ve had students tell us that they were having a bad day, but when they walked into Mabee Dining Hall, an employee turned it around for them.” Hernandez adds. “Our warm, open environment keeps students coming back. Food is definitely something special on the Trinity campus.”

“My favorite food on Trinity’s campus would be the pasta in Mabee because they serve it very warm. They make it full of love.

They will customize it for you no matter what. I usually put bowties and then mushrooms and broccoli and use marinara.”

Inka Boehm Political Science St. Louis, Mo. Class of 2018

“The pizza bagel from Einstein’s is consistently good. It is easy to get and carry around, which is important, especially when it’s still warm.”

Alex Perkowski Political Science Spring, Texas Class of 2018

“I like the coffee here. It’s the only way that I stay awake during finals.”

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Combating the

Thin Ideal

words by Carlos Anchondo photos by Jeanna Goodrich Balreira & Anh-Viet Dinh

What do you see when you look in the mirror? Are you satisfied with the reflection? Maybe your arms could be thinner or your nose could be straighter. Maybe your lips could be slightly fuller or your ears might not protrude as far from your head.

Maybe you could have less around your stomach or a smaller chin.

Or maybe your body is perfect just the way it is.

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or nearly 15 years, the Body Project has combated the societal pressures that force adolescent girls and young women to conform to the thin ideal. To decrease body dissatisfaction, negative dieting habits, bulimic symptoms, and the internalization of the thin ideal, the Body Project has operated based on the theory of cognitive dissonance, or a situation in which a person’s beliefs and actions are misaligned resulting in a psychological feeling of discomfort. To restore balance, the Body Project asks participants to act against society’s perception of the ideal body.

In 2001, psychology professor Carolyn Becker had been on the faculty at Trinity University for just less than two years. At the time, she considered herself more of a treatment researcher and was heavily involved in the study of post-traumatic stress disorder in collaboration

“A lot of times, people assume that because they do not look like society’s ideal, then they aren’t healthy or aren’t the way they are supposed to be.” with a colleague at Dartmouth Medical School. Becker also searched for a meaningful research topic closer to her Trinity home. One day, sitting with student Katie Jilka ’01, the pair discussed body image and eating disorder prevention programs. They decided the subject matter would make an interesting topic for Jilka’s thesis. Diving into the literature, Becker and Jilka found an article written by Eric Stice, now a senior research scientist at the Oregon Research Institute, that tested a dissonance-based, targeted preventive intervention.

To replicate Stice’s study, Becker and Jilka turned to the local sororities at Trinity. In the first year, the study included just 25 women. At the program’s end, participants were asked what they thought of the experience and the response was unanimous: Offer the program to more sorority members. After a second study, published in the journal Behavioral Therapy, participation grew, and sorority members asked that the program become a mandatory part of their orientation calendar for new actives.

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“I want to be the person who can help people love themselves now.�

“Many people think that I started working with local sororities because they had body image problems, but that’s not true at all,” Becker says. “I started working with the local sororities because together they represent the largest body of organized women on campus and that gives them power.”

Demand meant administering the Body Project to more than 100 sorority members at one time. Confronted with scalability concerns, Becker and her psychology undergraduate researchers adopted a “peer leaders” model where students became the group facilitators.

Becker and her students became the first to demonstrate that it was feasible to task-shift Body Project delivery from either a doctoral provider or graduate student to an undergraduate.

As an undergraduate, psychology major Lisa Smith-Kilpela ’04 helped Becker develop the peer leader approach. A co-leader, she

marveled at how the Body Project brought the sororities, each with its own distinct personality, together to stand up against the thin ideal.

“It was an extraordinarily empowering experience to see so many women thinking critically about the message society is sending and to challenge it in a way that is really beneficial,” says Smith-Kilpela, now an assistant professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.

Since the initial Body Project study in 2001, sorority women at Trinity have given an estimated 26,000 hours of unpaid, volunteer time. Thus far, 19 students have co-authored publications related to the Body Project. With Trinity as the testing laboratory, Becker expanded the Body Project to a national scale in 2005.

Approached by Delta Delta Delta, or Tri Delta, for a pilot partnership, the Body Project evolved into the Reflections: Body Image Program. To promote Reflections, a 2008 launch of Fat Talk Free Week dissuaded people from talking negatively about anyone’s body, including their own. From 2008 to 2012, Becker and the Reflections program reached 100 universities nationwide and distributed more than 2,000 manuals and 15,000 workbooks. In this partnership, Becker created a train-the-trainers model that enables newly educated trainers to go out and teach future leaders. After an amicable parting of ways with Tri Delta in 2012, Becker says her relationship with that organization succeeded because of the lessons learned through the Trinity sororities.

above Carolyn Becker (left, middle) presents with Trinity students at the initial sorority orientation to the Body Project circa 2004. Shirts for that year read, “Perfection is being happy with who you are.” left Trinity undergraduates Samantha Mohun ’16 (top) and Juan Hernandez ’16 (bottom) conduct research in the psychology laboratory.

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left Becker gives a “Tiger Talk” about the Body Project during the grand opening of the Center for the Sciences and Innovation. right Christina Verzijl works with Zachary Speer on BP4HS research material.

“With our local sororities we used community participatory research, which includes things like recognizing communities as entities with identities and values,” Becker says. “You work with a community’s strengths as opposed to highlighting its weaknesses.”

When Becker’s partnership with Tri Delta ended, she and Stice co-founded the Body Project Collaborative, a social entrepreneurship firm. They designed the business to be sustainable, with trainers deployed to colleges nationwide to teach even more trainers, thus eliminating the need to rehire the Body Project Collaborative in the future. A trainer spends two full days at each campus training campus staff and students to run the evidence-based peer educator program. A partnership with The Eating Recovery Center Foundation allows the Body Project Collaborative to offer its program to universities for as little as $500. Acutely involved in Becker’s clinical psychology lab as an undergraduate, Christina Verzijl ’14 believed so adamantly in the Body Project mission that she established the Body Project 4 High Schools (BP4HS) to combat the thin ideal in San Antonio high schools. To facilitate the program and to pay her own salary, Verzijl began fundraising and has raised over $32,000 to date.

Verzijl’s goal is to create a more accepting environment on high school campuses and decrease body dissatisfaction.

“A lot of times, people assume that because they do not look like society’s ideal, then they aren’t healthy or aren’t the way they are supposed to be,” Verzijl says. “In fact, every person’s body is different, and so ‘healthy’ for each body is going to look different.”

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Free of charge to the high schools, BP4HS currently operates locally in San Antonio at Alamo Heights, St. Mary’s Hall, Keystone, Judson, Lee, and the International School of the Americas. Since its inception, Verzijl has had 298 students, female and male, participate in the program. Six 45-minute sessions or four 1-hour sessions are incorporated into students’ schedules. BP4HS uses the same materials as the standard Body Project, with specific language designed for high schoolers. Each group session is a safe space for participants to discuss body-related insecurities and to think of behavioral changes that will improve their body image, like refraining from using negative “body talk” to describe their own or someone else’s body.

For Verzijl, who plans to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology, one of the reasons she founded BP4HS was to be a role model for young women. Verzijl says that every time she leads a session she is inspired by participants.

“I want to be the person who can help people love themselves now,” Verzijl says. “I wanted to take all that I had learned at Trinity and bring it to the community that made me the human that I am today.”

Zachary Speer ’15 served as Verzijl’s practicum student and facilitated the male-only groups for BP4HS. Now a part-time employee who fundraises to support his position, Speer was originally a participant. He later became involved as a peer leader because the program made him realize the consequences each gender’s actions can have on the other and because he believes in a safe space where “all of those issues can be put on the table.”

“It was an extraordinarily empowering experience to see so many women thinking critically about the message society is sending and to challenge it in a way that is really beneficial.”

“It all comes down to respect and having a conversation about the unrealistic appearance ideal,” Speer says. “Leading this program, I feel like I am doing something on campus that is truly good for a lot of people.”

As BP4HS focuses on body image acceptance on the local level, the Body Project Collaborative is leaving a global footprint. In 2011, the Dove Self-Esteem Project, in cooperation with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS), partnered for a body confidence program known as Free Being Me. Using the Body Project as the basis for their program, the Dove variant ran its first global WAGGGS training in 2013 with Becker and Phillippa Diedrichs, University of the West of England Bristol, at the helm. So far, Free Being Me

has been translated into 17 languages and has been implemented in 120 countries, reaching 2.3 million girls directly and indirectly.

Becker says it has been amazing to watch the Body Project grow and admits that she never thought it would be this successful. And while she says that none of this was ever planned, she credits the Body Project’s success to the power of the local Trinity sororities. A beloved mentor to her undergraduate researchers, Becker does believe that she is moving the needle on society’s thin ideal and, although it may seem an unattainable goal, Becker relishes the challenge.

“I like impossible,” Becker says. “I’m not a create-the-wheel person, but I’ll drive it through the muck and the mud to see if it falls apart.”

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TRINITY ALUMNI

food &

wellness adventures

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2 3 4

Basalt, Colo.

Smoke Modern Barbeque

ACROSS

America

Santa Rosa, Calif.

Siduri Wines

Napa, Calif.

Palmaz Vineyards

Tiger alumni know their way around kitchens, vineyards, and yoga studios. As you plan your next roadtrip across the U.S., don’t forget to mark your maps with these culinary and wellness destinations.

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San Francisco, Calif.

A.G. Ferrari CampEats Mason Pacific

10 New York City Area KIND Tequila Avión YO BK

Crozet, Va. King Family Vineyards

Dallas, Texas

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Community Beer Co.

Houston, Texas

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Back Pew Brewing BIG

8 Austin, Texas Miss Mae’s Bar-B-Que Spatula Dad

San Antonio, Texas Annie’s Petite Treats Break Fast & Launch Bombay Bicycle Club Cookie Cab Local Sprout The Union

DISCOVER MORE

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food& wellness ADVENTURES ACROSS AMERICA

Siduri Wines Adam Lee ’87 B.A., History 981 Airway Ct., Ste E-F, Santa Rosa, CA 95403

2 Napa, Calif.

www.siduri.com

Siduri Wines is a dream realized for Texas transplants Adam and Dianna Lee, who, spurred by a mutual love of pinot noir, set out for California to become winemakers.

In the 20 years since, they have built one of California’s most critically acclaimed portfolios of single vineyard pinot noir showcasing premier vineyards located from Santa Barbara north to Oregon’s Willamette Valley.

Siduri Wines also developed a Trinity University zinfandel, vintage 2011.

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Florencia Palmaz ’99 B.S., Biology

Christian ’07 and Jessica ’07 Palmaz B.S., Business Administration and B.S., Business Administration 4029 Hagen Rd., Napa, CA 94558 www.palmazvineyards.com

Two generations of the Palmaz family have sought to bring innovation and invention to the ancient art of wine making. Their background in the sciences, passion for living life to the fullest and years of backbreaking work have resulted in a unique winery situated inside an 18-story cave that combines cutting-edge technology with a respect for winemaking tradition.

Read more about the Palmaz family on page 48.

A.G. Ferrari & Mason Pacific Jay ’93 and Shannon ’96 Thomson B.A., English and B.A., Art History www.agferrari.com

1358 Mason Street, at Pacific Avenue

@agferrarifoods

San Francisco, CA 94133 www.masonpacific.com

A.G. Ferrari Foods is a purveyor and importer of specialty and Italian foods. With a 95-year heritage in the Bay Area and recognizable brand, A.G. Ferrari was acquired in 2009 by the Murano Group, a private equity firm founded by Jay, with an eye to revitalize its retail locations and to expand its wholesale and ecommerce businesses.

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CampEats

@masonpacific

Jay and Shannon started Mason Pacific in 2013 with Shannon’s brother, executive chef Sean McTiernan.

Jay had a personal interest in restaurants and is an avid wine collector, and believed the Nob Hill neighborhood would be a great spot for an elegant restaurant with a well-curated wine program. Shannon is an interior designer who created a welcoming dining room and bar. Chef Sean has created a menu that offers a French-inspired, new American take on classic neighborhood dining.

Johanna Stein ’03 B.S., Business Administration & Communication 333 1st Street 402N San Francisco, CA 94105 www.campeats.com

CampEats was founded with a simple mission, to connect families with nature using food. CampEats provides weekend provision packs filled with gourmet dry ingredients and instructions so busy families can easily enjoy delicious fireside meals without the work.

4 5 Basalt, Colo.

Dallas, Texas

Willits Town Center, 241 Harris Street, Basalt, CO 81621 www.smokemodernbbq.com (see website for other locations)

Modern Barbeque Jamie Theriot ’92 B.A., English & Political Science

Smoke Modern Barbeque, established in 2007, is a unique neighborhood restaurant, blending barbecue traditions, Southern comfort foods and Cajun/Creole-inspired dishes. Smoke Modern Barbeque is a casual, full-service restaurant featuring true American cuisines.

Community Beer Co. Jamie Fulton ’03 B.A., Art History 1530 Inspiration Dr. #200, Dallas, TX 75207 www.communitybeer.com

Following his passion for both food and crafting beer, Jamie started down the brewing path more than a decade ago. Community Beer Co. offers world-class beers—having won national and international acclaim—crafted right in the heart of downtown Dallas.

Miss Mae’s Bar-B-Que

7 Austin, Texas

Steve P. Dunks ’86 B.S., Business Administration 419 FM 2325, Wimberley, TX 78676 www.missmaesbbq.com

6 Houston, Texas

Back Pew Brewing Bobby Harl ’09 B.S., Engineering Science

Miss Mae’s Bar-B-Que was inspired by Steve’s grandmother, Miss Mae, and her tradition of serving barbecue for ranch hands and at family gatherings. Steve opened Miss Mae’s Bar-B-Que after her passing in 1997 and carried on the tradition with his grandmother’s original recipes.

26452 Sorters McClellan Rd., Porter, TX 77365 www.backpewbrewing.com

Bobby spent a long time in academia, but he always knew he wanted to go into a business where he could apply his scientific background. Starting a brewery offered Bobby that opportunity and has allowed him to turn a long-time passion into a career.

Spatula Dad Stephen Ames ’89 B.A., History & Political Science www.spatuladad.com mobile app: search “Spatula Dad”

BIG Laura Rust ’08, ’09 B.S., Business Administration M.S., Accounting 1014 Wirt Rd and 3115 Allen Parkway Houston, TX www.bigpoweryoga.com

Laura founded BIG in 2012 as a two-room yoga studio, and in less than four years it has transformed into a multi-location business that includes juice bars, a stand up paddle yoga program, a kids yoga program, and offers retreats abroad. BIG was created to empower people as to live their biggest lives possible through the practice of yoga.

As a busy father of three boys living in Austin, Texas, Stephen encounters the same issues that challenge most parents: getting the kids to eat healthy things that taste good. As the Spatula Dad, Stephen demonstrates his culinary adventures for viewers of bi-monthly webisodes.

Together with local Austin foodie-types, the Spatula Dad cooks fun, easy-to-follow recipes that everyone will enjoy.

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San Antonio, Texas

Annie’s Petite Treats

Break Fast & Launch

Annie Vu ’07

Peter French ’98

B.A., Speech Communication

B.S., Business Administration

www.anniespetitetreats.com

Cafe Commerce at the San Antonio Central Library

@PetiteTreatsTX

600 Soledad St., San Antonio, TX 78205 www.breakfastlaunch.com

Annie’s Petite Treats specializes in cake balls, cake pops, and other creative, bite-sized sweets. What started as a hobby blossomed into a career that allows Annie to do what she loves everyday, express herself creatively, and share something with the world that makes people laugh, smile, and feel loved.

Break Fast & Launch is the culinary business accelerator in San Antonio, with a curriculum that helps bridge the gap between startup and sustainable. Hatched in January 2015, the mission of Break Fast & Launch is to help entrepreneurs launch sustainable food concepts by providing hands-on mentoring, training, and experiential learning.

Cookie Cab Bombay Bicycle Club

Lauren Swoboda Pepping ’06 B.S., Business Administration

Bill Leighton ’75 B.S., Business Administration

www.cookiecab.com @cookiecab

3506 N. St. Mary’s, San Antonio, TX 78212 www.bombaybicycleclubsa.com

A staple of many a Tiger’s days at Trinity, Bombay Bicycle Club was established in the mid-’70s a few blocks from campus. CEOs, elephant handlers, movers and shakers, old folks and college kids, the brilliant and the pleasantly bizarre, have all rubbed shoulders at this classic American bar and grill. Bill continues to support “all things Trinity” and Tiger athletics.

Local Sprout Mitch Hagney ’13 B.A. Human Communication & International Studies

Cookie Cab delivers warm, freshly baked cookies straight from the oven to customers’ doorsteps. They bake the classics, such as chocolate chip and sugar cookies, and deliver them to homes and businesses in and around San Antonio. Lauren and her business partner Molly Rodenberg had always wanted to start a business they were passionate about and that gave them the flexibility to be with their children. Plus, who doesn’t like warm cookies!

The Union Yoga & Strength Steve Falk ’98, ’99

503 Chestnut St., San Antonio, TX 78202 www.localsprout.com

Local Sprout grows sustainable greens in the heart of San Antonio, selling to wholesalers, restaurants, and through farmers markets. Hydroponic production techniques allow Local Sprout to avoid using pesticides or herbicides with a tiny amount of water, space, and distance from the consumer.

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B.S., Business Administration M.S., Accounting

Lisa Ingle-Stevens ’99 B.S., Business Administration 3 locations, San Antonio, TX www.theunionsa.com

While at Trinity, Lisa and Steve were good friends and training partners.

They opened The Union together in 2004, adding two locations in 2005 and 2010 and CrossFit in 2014 and 2015. Their passion for fitness, helping people, and being part of the San Antonio community keeps them excited to go to work every day.

ALUMNI

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food& wellness ADVENTURES ACROSS AMERICA

King Family Vineyards David ’77 and Ellen ’76 King B.A., Biology and B.A., History 6550 Roseland Farm, Crozet, VA 22932 www.kingfamilyvineyards.com

10 New York City Area

King Family Vineyards specializes in the production of ultra premium wines and offers year-round wine tours and tastings in a rustically elegant setting overlooking the Blue Ridge Mountains just outside Charlottesville, Va. The King family manages the entire operation, from the vineyard site selection and grape growing to the harvest, winemaking, bottling, and providing hospitable service to visitors.

KIND Daniel Lubetzky ’90 B.A., International Studies & Economics www.kindsnacks.com @kindsnacks

Since its founding in 2004, KIND has been on a mission to make the world a little kinder ,one snack and one act at a time. KIND’s snacks are made from delicious, wholesome ingredients, and through its social mission, the company is committed to inspiring and celebrating kindness. Daniel, the founder and CEO, conceived KIND after traveling extensively and becoming frustrated with his own snacking options. Today, he remains committed to creating products that are healthy and tasty, while also building a company that is economically sustainable and socially impactful.

Tequila Avión

YO BK

Jenna Fagnan ’95

Kate Davies ’08

B.S., Business Administration

B.A., Ancient Mediterranean Studies & Spanish

210 East 49th St., New York, NY 10011 www.tequilaavion.com

20 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249

@TequilaAvion

www.yo-bk.com

President of Tequila Avión, Jenna helped launch the company in 2010. After its role in a storyline on the hit HBO show Entourage, Avión was voted the World’s Best Tasting Tequila in 2012. Avión agave is estate-grown in the highest elevations of Jalisco, Mexico, and the process of distillation is painstakingly detailed.

Kate opened YO BK Hot Yoga in October 2015, marking the 11-year anniversary of her first Bikram Yoga class at The Union in San Antonio. After being dragged to her first class during her first semester at Trinity, Kate met co-owners Lisa and Steve (opposite page), who taught her not only about yoga, but also how to run a successful business. Kate is excited to bring the entrepreneurial spirit of San Antonio to her hometown.

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Table

A SHARED

For almost nine decades, the Henry Hagen House in Napa, Calif., lay

in a state of neglect. Nestled at the foot of Mt. George, the old Victorian

manor sat abandoned, presiding over an equally forsaken estate where the old Cedar Knoll Vineyard once operated. Turn-of-the-century farming equipment rusted away, lifeless in the middle of a field of vines. A time

capsule of the Great American West, the estate’s future seemed bleak–until the Palmaz family discovered and unearthed its beauty. words by Carlos Anchondo photos by M. J. Wickham

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he Palmaz family learned of the property when its patriarch, Dr. Julio Palmaz, was completing his residency at the University of California, Davis. Julio, the inventor of the Palmaz Coronary Stent, and his wife, Amalia, soon fell in love with the Napa Valley and dreamt of one day opening their own winery in the area. Research for the stent and patent approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration brought the family to San Antonio and the University of Texas Health Science Center.

Four years after FDA approval was secured, Julio and Amalia once again set their sights on California and were able to realize their dream of becoming winemakers, opening Palmaz Vineyards in 1996.

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Florencia Palmaz ’99, Julio and Amalia’s daughter, remembers the vineyard’s formative years and learning the industry from the ground up.

“Here was this fascinating treasure trove of history that we began to renovate with sensitivity and respect,” says Florencia, director of marketing.

“Our approach to the wine industry has always been to understand things technically as well as possible and then translate that knowledge into execution.”

A biology major who once aspired to enter the medical field like her father, Florencia was drawn to every aspect of the winemaking process, particularly production and sales, where she worked tirelessly to establish a place for Palmaz Vineyards. As the winery grew, producing its first vintage in 2001,

On private tours, guests at Palmaz Vineyards sample wines in the tasting room, where the vintages are paired with chef-prepared hors d’oeurves.

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Amalia Julio

Co-founder

In addition to Palmaz Vineyards, Julio created Palmaz Scientific in 2008 to provide a technology platform that revolutionizes medical device science.

Florencia

Director of marketing

Jessica

Director of hospitality

CEO and co-founder

Prior to the creation of Palmaz Vineyards, Amalia served as president of Cristamine S.A., her family’s Argentine mining company.

In addition to Palmaz Vineyards, Florencia is president of GoodHeart Brand Specialty Foods Co., a company she established with her mother.

Jessica says that 2007 is her favorite vintage because not only was that a good year for wine in Napa Valley, but it was also when she married Christian and celebrated her first harvest.

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Christian

President

Christian believes that Palmaz Vineyards differentiates itself from other Napa Valley wineries through its exceptional customer service.

Florencia says the openness of industry colleagues played a major role in how she and her family learned and improved their craft.

To absorb everything they could about the industry, they employed a charm offensive. Home-cooked meals and shared bottles of wine created the perfect opportunity to invite other vintners and owners to the vineyard, where the dinner table turned competitors into mentors and friends.

Younger brother Christian Palmaz ’07 became involved at the winery at age 13 and always knew that he would one day take a greater role in the family business. In his college search, Christian learned of Trinity geosciences professor Glenn Kroeger and his research with geographic information systems (GIS). Even as a business major, Christian worked closely with Kroeger and applied GIS to the world of wine, measuring the inside of a fermenter through mathematical regression analysis and creating a technology that intimately monitors every moment in the fermentation process. Christian’s fermentation intelligent logic control system (FILCS) is the next generation of his proprietary algorithmic fermentation control system (AFCS).

“Love the land, know the grape, and make a wine that honors both.” Palmaz company slogan

“FILCS is an extremely advanced computer system that allows our winemakers to have a much broader picture of what is happening with our wine,” Christian says. “We are making a product at the highest level of its ability, the most expensive food product anyone buys, as true to form as possible, and with the best artistic talent in the world.”

Christian is referring to winemakers Tina Mitchell and Mia Klein, who “put their element of art” on the wine. Although he has been criticized by some for sacrificing art in lieu of technology, Christian contends the Palmaz Vineyards uses technology to elevate art. He believes that FILCS allows his winemakers to spend less time with the mundane details and more time infusing their artistic talent into the wine.

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As president of Palmaz Vineyards, Christian is in charge of all farming and winemaking operations. He oversees the 64 acres cultivated to grow Palmaz grapes, with three elevations planted to take advantage of each unique microclimate and terroir. An 18-story underground gravity-flow winery, nicknamed “the Cave,” transports these wines through the bedrock of Mt. George.

Moving the wine without any contact with pumps does not agitate the wine and thus creates a smoother, silkier, and more mature wine.

“In wine, you really have to marry the subjective and the technical seamlessly,” Florencia says. “Technical knowledge built on a solid foundation allows you to execute the subtleties, textures, and expressions of a truly beautiful wine.”

Every tour at Palmaz Vineyards is private and includes a guided visit of the winery that follows the journey of the grape from harvest to bottle. Ambassadors then bring guests, normally in groups of two to four, to a tasting with a food and wine pairing.

“Palmaz gives the guest the experience that they are most interested in,” Jessica says. “We treat guests who come to the winery as if they were guests in our home.”

All members of the Palmaz family – Julio, Amalia, Florencia, Christian, Jessica, and their children – live on the 610 acre estate. Every day at noon, Amalia, co-founder and CEO, brings the family together for lunch at the main house, where the family “talks shop” and checks in.

Family dinners happen four to five nights per week, and no business is permitted—only quality time.

“We are making a product at the highest level of its ability, as true to form as possible and with the best artistic talent in the world.”

With almost 20 years of industry experience, Florencia says that she is incredibly impressed with the level of knowledge and sophistication consumers have today.

She says that collectors have a great interdisciplinary capacity for taking what they know from their own careers and applying it to both the processes and product aspects of wine. She credits the success of Palmaz Vineyards to always respecting the consumer and being forthright on the deeper subjects of wine.

Customer experience is the chief priority for Jessica Callanan Palmaz ’07, director of hospitality, who met Christian during their first year at Trinity. She went on to earn a marketing degree and joined the winery after their marriage in June 2007. Responsible for all tours, the management of the tasting room, and the Brasas Wine Club operations, Jessica says every guest at the winery comes for a different experience, whether it is to immerse themselves in the deeply technical or simply enjoy a relaxed wine-tasting experience.

Florencia, who is co-authoring a two-volume book with Christian titled Tradition, Terroir & Technology and At the Table and Around the Fire, says that bringing the family together around the table is what has made the business and relationships a success. The Palmaz slogan reads, “Love the land, know the grape, and make a wine that honors both.” This has become a mantra for Florencia that makes all the hard work and long days worthwhile.

“It is hard not to love a place that has brought your family together,” Florencia says.

Christian echoes that sentiment, saying that in the grand scheme of things, his family has been able to accomplish what he considers the “ultimate goal.”

“We are able to live, work, be creative, and produce something with family around us,” he says. “It has not always been easy, but the beauty is that we have been working this way my whole life and this is something we can hopefully impart to the third generation. That is the true reward.”

At the heart of the winery is the fermentation dome. It is lined with 24 fermentation tanks that accommodate grapes from individual vineyards across the estate. Each tank’s sophisticated monitoring system allows winery team members to project a broad range of data (including thermal imaging) onto the ceiling of the dome.

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Hugh Daschbach ’95 Culinary Community

by Carlos Anchondo

Hugh Daschbach quotes Mark Twain when he says, “There are only four unique cities in America: Boston, New Orleans, San Francisco, and San Antonio.”

A southern Louisiana native, Daschbach has had the great pleasure of calling two of Twain’s favorites home. Since 1991, Daschbach has witnessed San Antonio’s growth and affectionately dubs the Alamo City a “slow reveal” that feels authentic and natural. He now shines as the culinary concierge at Hotel Emma, the luxury boutique hotel of The Historic Pearl. In this post, dreamt up by hotel owner Christopher Goldsbury, Daschbach helps guests realize whatever food experience they desire, whether that includes restaurant recommendations, chef-prepared picnics, or bringing food alive in the hotel’s demo kitchen.

in a period of unprecedented growth and interest driven by talented chefs who are in control of their own kitchens.

Whether it is at the tiniest dive or one of the 15 restaurants at the Pearl complex, Daschbach is always on the hunt for good food, especially when it is locally grown. Chef Brand designs his menus to feature area vendors and nothing but the freshest ingredients.

“Things are really happening in San Antonio,” Daschbach says.

“You can meet the people building your menu and executing it as well.

You have the rare possibility of connecting to those people.”

Since graduating with a double major in business and religion, Daschbach’s path to Hotel Emma has included positions as the assistant director of Trinity University’s Office of Conferences and Special Programs, the national sales manager at Cinco Solar, and the co-owner

“Things are happening in San Antonio. You can meet the people building your menu and executing it as well. You have the rare possibility of connecting to those people.”

Daschbach believes his job is to listen to the guests and have a conversation about what type of food and cultural experience they are seeking in San Antonio. Working closely with Chef John Brand, the hotel’s culinary director, Daschbach aims to please, employing personalized touches like a guided tour into the Pearl’s Farmers Market or incorporating selected produce into a guest’s menu.

“We are an independent hotel, which means that there is no rulebook,” Daschbach says. “Our job is to have a dialogue and find out what the guests really want.”

Growing up in a family of cooks, Daschbach believes that a good meal has the ability to create emotional connections between diners.

He asserts that certain foods, such as a crawfish boil – his favorite meal – connect a community in a special way and that every place has a food that is the local equivalent.

Pointing to San Antonio’s Tex-Mex flair, Daschbach says that it is impossible to separate the city’s identity from the Hispanic culture.

He maintains that the best time to eat Tex-Mex is from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. at taquerias like Maria’s Café on Nogalitos or Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant on Fredericksburg Road. Daschbach acknowledges that Tex-Mex is just one slice of San Antonio’s food scene, which he says is

and managing partner of Ascent Recycling and Consulting. Thus far, Daschbach says that being on the team building Hotel Emma from the ground up has been “the most exciting project, hands down” of his life.

“This job gets to do the best of all the things that I’ve done,” Daschbach says. “It has brought me back to the hospitality industry and has satisfied my entrepreneurial appetite. This project and I found each other in a lot of ways.”

As a brand ambassador for the Pearl campus, Daschbach feels privilege, not pressure, to promote the Pearl as an emerging San Antonio destination. He says that hotel guests who only experience Hotel Emma or the Pearl complex have not truly engaged with San Antonio. He ultimately feels that a deeper exploration of the city will keep guests coming back for years to come.

“We want our visitors to see the whole picture and to see San Antonio for what it is,” Daschbach says. “At Hotel Emma, we don’t pretend that we have it all, but we have a pretty good start.”

Practically buoyant from the luxury of deciding what type of destination Hotel Emma wants to be and the service philosophy the hotel wants to have, Daschbach’s effervescence is almost as energizing as sharing a good meal with the people you love.

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Michelle Mudge-Riley ’99 Healthy Heart

by Carlos Anchondo Michelle Mudge-Riley knows what it’s like to experience career

burnout. The frustration. The anxiety. The uncertainty of what step comes next.

Ten years ago, Mudge-Riley did not know where her career was headed. After graduating from Des Moines University Osteopathic Medical School in 2003, she became a medical resident at Virginia Commonwealth University and quickly observed a high level of discontent among her older colleagues. To avoid becoming an unfulfilled doctor, Mudge-Riley earned a master’s degree in health administration from VCU and decided to dedicate her career to empowering her fellow physicians to achieve career success and personal happiness.

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“I love helping doctors become happy with their lives again, and that’s really what drives me.”

In 2008, Mudge-Riley created Physicians Helping Physicians to alleviate career dissatisfaction among doctors and to help physicians transition to non-clinical careers. Her goal is to help all doctors find purpose in their work through mentorship, personal development, and connections with others on a similar journey.

Mudge-Riley says that many physicians become unhappy and burned out because of long hours, a lack of control, displeased or noncompliant patients, or a seemingly monotonous routine. In this company, she guides doctors through the same obstacles she once faced.

“Most doctors do not fit into that round hole that everyone thinks all physicians fit into,” Mudge-Riley says. “I talk with the physicians and help them to understand that they are not alone in the way they think and that I am there to support them through hard times.”

Working with individual doctors, medical practices, and hospitals, Mudge-Riley offers counsel to physicians in all stages of their careers. She brainstorms with that person and determines a strategy that will make medicine come alive again, maybe as a concierge doctor or by simply changing how their practice is run.

She might also help them to transition to careers in totally different fields, in positions such as chefs, consultants, or pharmaceutical representatives.

As a doctor, Mudge-Riley began to notice gaps in her own education and decided to become a licensed and registered dietitian.

In 2014, she founded DocRD to bring physicians and dietitians together to best serve a shared patient. This business is divided into a consulting branch and a clinical wing, bringing nutrition science to doctors, corporate organizations, medical practices, and more.

Mudge-Riley says that, as someone with both backgrounds, she is immediately trusted by doctors and can effectively articulate the benefits of a dietitian’s expertise. She adds that the proper nutri-

tional strategy can help many patients address chronic diseases, low energy levels, and often ambiguous symptoms that can be cured through a modified or healthier diet.

“As a doctor, I really did not know how great a partner a dietitian can be when taking care of a patient,” Mudge-Riley says. “I believe that more partnerships would lead to less burnout, happier doctors, and patients with better outcomes.”

As an active member of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Mudge-Riley speaks regularly on the topic of physician and dietitian collaboration and its benefits for the patient. She says that while there is no magic formula that will automatically make one party realize the value of the other, she continues to believe in a patient-centered, integrative approach grounded in wellness.

A chemistry major who ran on the cross country team at Trinity, Mudge-Riley maintains an active lifestyle, still exercising daily and training for half marathons. Her personal best for a full marathon was a three-hour time in Virginia in 2006, and she recently clocked a 3:22 time at the Houston Marathon earlier in 2015. Training, however, sometimes takes a backseat to 80-hour work weeks spent maintaining both businesses.

“I am always working, but I am motivated by that excitement and passion that gets me out of bed each morning,” Mudge-Riley says. “I love helping doctors become happy with their lives again, and that’s really what drives me.”

For someone who always knew she wanted to become a doctor and to help others, Mudge-Riley says it was Trinity that helped forge her “entrepreneurial mindset” and introduced her to leadership opportunities and the chance to try new things. Ardently committed to improving the lives of others and helping them become the best versions of themselves, Mudge-Riley has found a career path that suits her, with no burnout in sight.

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Whalin Harter-Leahy ’03 Rice and Shine

by Susie P. Gonzalez Growing up on a 900-acre family rice farm in northern California, Whalin Harter-Leahy ’03 learned to drive a tractor at age six or seven.

“We were expected to work hard on the farm and take an active role,” she says, adding that she not only learned how to operate equipment on the family’s farm, Cherokee Ranch in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, but she also developed an appreciation for the value of food.

“My earliest memories come from working the earth with my grandfather and parents on the farm. Those are the happiest memories I have: the smell of the dirt, the feel of the earth in my hands, the sun shining,” Harter-Leahy says.

Farming imbued in her a sense of continuity and history, knowing that five generations of her family before her were stewards of the

not be the seventh generation growing rice in California, but we are finding a way for him to be active in farming.”

Back in California, the farm is run on a daily basis by her cousins, the Lundbergs, known for producing a complete line of healthy rice, rice cakes, and rice crackers. Harter-Leahy recalled receiving 50-pound sacks of rice from them as a Trinity student, a commodity she used to barter with roommates and professors.

She speaks fondly of the late John Donahue, professor emeritus of sociology and anthropology, who was the first person she met as a prospective Trinity student. She says he was “profoundly important” in her life, helping to cement sociology and anthropology as her major and teaching her lessons – along with professor Richard Reed – that she used all over the world. After graduating, she worked in Morocco

“My earliest memories come from working the earth with my grandfather and parents on the farm – those are the happiest memories I have.” same land. She is the sixth generation of her family to be part of Cherokee Ranch, and although she lives in Houston with her family, she is still connected to the farm by overseeing its account management and corporate structure. “There is a sense of being part of a larger whole,” she says. “It’s easy to get distracted by walking on concrete and buying things from grocery stores without having any idea of what’s behind that perfect apple you just bought.”

That sense of connectedness prompts her to eat rice every day, and it is her two-year-old son’s favorite food. Rice was even incorporated into her wedding bouquet and in some of the decorations at her marriage ceremony held at Rice University. The caterer even offered a “grower’s discount” because of her rice-farming background.

In Houston, her family lives just north of the reawakening Heights area on an acre and half of land that was a plant nursery for 40 years and still grows pines, oaks, and lush greenery. “I keep threatening to turn the back half of it into a rice paddy,” she jokes.

On a more serious note, she has created a garden to teach her son, John, the value of growing plants. “He digs with me. We spend most of our afternoons in the garden, and he knows the names of the plants.

He knows what to harvest and what not to harvest,” she says. “He may

developing organic agriculture and later moved to Qatar to manage an educational enterprise. She met her husband while working in the Middle East, where, in addition to her other jobs, she was developing a market for organic rice.

When it came time to plan her wedding, Harter-Leahy says there was no hesitation to ask Donahue to perform the ceremony. “Dr. Donahue was phenomenal and exhibited such a culmination of humanity and humor,” she says. “He married my husband and me, and my son is named John after several people, including him.”

She credits Donahue with imparting a sense of service and philanthropy that she continues to uphold. Since Harter-Leahy attended Trinity on a scholarship, she feels compelled to “pay it forward” by sponsoring a student from Ethiopia with a scholarship to attend community college. She also is branching out with involvement in an organization named Plant it Forward, which promotes urban farms for Houston while providing small businesses for refugees. The nonprofit’s slogan is “a farm in every neighborhood,” a philosophy that Harter-Leahy fully embraces.

Get Harter-Leahy’s favorite rice recipe at gotu.us/riceandshine.

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David Carlisle ’09 Buen Provecho

by Carlos Anchondo When David Carlisle travels, his priority is not to see as many museums, historical sites, or churches as he can. Instead, he would much rather experience a place’s food culture, savoring a delectable meal and accompanying bottle of wine. Throughout his entire life, Carlisle has fed a love for authentic food and homemade cooking that was instilled in him by family.

As the co-founder of Parrilla Tour in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Carlisle has made it his mission to bring genuine Argentine food to tourists looking to quench a culinary curiosity. Established in 2011, the company teaches participants about traditional Argentine cui-

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“Here in Argentina, food brings people together... it is family centered and meant to be shared.” sine and its role in the country’s culture, exposing them to hidden restaurants off the tourist path.

“Food is a great way to discover a local culture,” Carlisle says.

“Here in Argentina, food brings people together. It is not something you eat simply for survival, but is very family centered and meant to be shared.”

An immigrant city, Buenos Aires is heavily influenced by Italian and Spanish cuisine and reflects staples such as beef from Spain and pasta and pizza from Italy. Carlisle says you can learn a lot about history through food. Two routes offer similar food experiences and take clients through either the historic San Telmo neighborhood or the more modern Palermo district.

All tours are conducted in English, visit multiple restaurants, and last an average of two and a half hours. Carlisle and his business partner, Santiago Palermo, have worked hard to institute a rapport with restaurant owners who sometimes worry about tourism affecting their relationship with porteños, or Buenos Aires locals. Carlisle notes that another interesting challenge has been to introduce restaurateurs to the concept of only sampling one dish per establishment, as it is customary in Buenos Aires to enjoy a meal over two to three hours.

A compact operation, Parrilla Tour employs only three guides, although occasionally Carlisle likes to take a break from managing the business’ finances and meetings with investors to lead a tour himself.

“Tours are a lot of fun because people are always so interested in learning,” Carlisle says. “I often leave tours with more energy than I came with because of how excited people get as they experience new foods.”

Over the 2014-15 season, Parrilla Tour welcomed more than 10,000 guests, including the Forbes family and bands such as Ar-

cade Fire, Muse, and Portugal the Man. Participants try dishes such as empanadas, slow-cooked steaks, and choripán, a sausage sandwich served with a chimichurri sauce. No tour is complete without Argentine wine or a closing stop at the local heladeria, or ice cream shop, a nod to Italian gelato.

Originally from Portland, Ore., Carlisle moved to Argentina in 2010 to escape the U.S. economic collapse and to use his international business major and Spanish minor. He began working as the business director at a company that exports Argentine wine to the U.S. After meeting Palermo at an asado, or barbecue, the pair realized there was a niche to be filled and a business was born.

“A challenge for me was just starting,” Carlisle says. “It is great to have an idea, but at some point you have to take a risk. This is something that I think about now in other parts of my life because I was successful at this tour.”

Regularly featured by websites like TripAdvisor and the Lonely Planet guidebooks, Parrilla Tour is now working with major cruise lines and international travel companies. With leading markets like the U.S., the U.K., and Australia, Carlisle is exhilarated by how popular food tourism has become and the opportunity to expand his business to countries like Brazil and Spain. In addition to the Parrilla Tour, Carlisle also co-founded a Buenos Aires wine tour and a food tour called Eat Mendoza in Argentina’s wine capital.

Embracing a global perspective he says he learned at Trinity, Carlisle finds satisfaction in a hard day’s work and the happiness of his customers.

“It is very gratifying to know that I have created a product that people love,” Carlisle says. “It is rewarding to know that when I work hard, the company grows, and that we have become a tour people say is one of the best experiences in all of South America.”

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Alumni Corner I am honored to represent our 29,000 alumni

worldwide for the next two years as your Trinity University Alumni Association President.

I graduated in 1988 with a double major in business administration and sociology.

I live in Houston and have served as a National Alumni Board member for almost 10 years. I am so grateful for my ever-growing network of Trinity connections.

I will be utilizing this new column in Trinity magazine to keep you updated on the work the National Alumni Board members are performing on behalf of alumni engagement with the University and current students.

President Danny Anderson’s “Listening Tour” is well underway. He is making his way to all 22 chapters during his first year, and feedback from alumni that he has already met is very exciting—he truly wants to hear each and every one of our stories and has a knack of weaving those stories together when talking about Trinity. I hope you have the opportunity to visit with Dr. Anderson when he visits your town. If you don’t have the chance to attend one of the events this year, please provide your comments at gotu.us/WeAreListening It was a beautiful weekend in San Antonio during the 2015 Alumni Weekend. We utilized the Tiger Network to stream and record the always-popular talk from English professor Coleen Grissom. What a great alumni benefit! You can view archived streams, including Dr. Grissom’s talk, at live.trinity.edu.

I was so proud to see our alumni represent during our first 24-Hour Giving Challenge: 59 percent of the donors were Trinity alumni! #TigerPride If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please reach out to me at tuaa.president.leslie88@gmail.com.

Leslie Hollingsworth ’88 Trinity University Alumni Association President

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John Igo has published a novel, A Stone for Plot Four or Mendez, a Quest, with Wings Press. The novel focuses on the disappearance of young San Antonio author Mendez Marks and has received broad critical praise.

1950 Charles Chadwell, known in the field of education for his award-winning videos that help prepare special education teachers, has earned The Order of the Palmetto, South Carolina’s highest honor. Also, the Presbyterian College education department hosted the first annual Charles Chadwell Special Education Institute.

1959 Bernard Brown is an ex-foot-

baller of the ’50s and now a retired banker at the age of 78.

Brown has earned a Doctorate of Philosophy from Louisiana Baptist University at Shreveport, a business degree from National University, a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma, and is designated a Certified Training Professional via Texas A&M University.

Miles Cortez, Butch Newman ’65, Ken Smith ’65, and Cliff Buchholz ’65 returned to

campus for a Trinity tennis reunion 50 years later.

1965 Gerald Swiggett is semi-retired

from his federal government management consulting career in Palmyra, Va. He is still active in regional, government, and community organizations in the Charlottesville, Va., area.

Lee Thompson, in his retire-

ment, has volunteered at a local school, worked part time in real estate, and traveled with his wife.

Lillian Winkler has retired. Winkler worked for 30 years in the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social (IMSS), the Mexican Social Security Institute, giving medical attention to blue collar workers and their families. She was also a professor for medical students of Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), the national university in Mexico City. She continues to own a small private practice.

IN MEMORIAM Mary Estelle Petty Tucker ’34

Gonzalo Diaz ’49 June 10, 2015

Jo Lynn Whaley ’54

Barbara Ann

Lawrence Shepard

Jeffrey Hochenedel ’77

June 29, 2015

Cockrell Davis ’61

Searcy Sr. ’64

April 9, 2015

Aug. 27, 2015

Oct. 16, 2015

Mary Helen Smith ’61

Edward Goodwin ’67

Cammack Jr. ’78

Sept. 10, 2008

Aug. 3, 2012

June 20, 2015

July 14, 2015 Frank Milton

Donald Ferguson ’55

Helen Johanson

Drane ’49

Jan. 21, 2015

Bitters ’39

July 9, 2015 Charles O. Arnecke

Oct. 7, 2015 Adalene Levy Hitt ’40

Maurice Ervin

James Noland ’49

Jr. ’56

Lawrence Wisdom ’61

Edward Rosenthal ’67

Fiacro Salazar ’78

Aug. 29, 2015

Sept. 13, 2015

July 27, 2015

Sept. 25, 2015

July 10, 2015

Angel Roman ’49

Allene Carpenter ’56

Asa Beach ’62

James William

George Somerville ’79

June 20, 2015

July 15, 2015

May 14, 2015

Breeding ’68

May 30, 2015

May 8, 2015 Loys Satterfield ’40 Sept. 12, 2015 Marybel Rankin

June 11, 2015 George Wilson ’50

William Carpenter ’56

William Bender ’62

April 11, 1990

Nov. 12, 2014

July 1, 2015

Slagle ’40 June 23, 2015

Warren Ford ’80 Edwinna Janert ’68

July 7, 2015

Sept. 27, 2015 Thomas Lozano ’51

Dean Dennington ’56

Dwight Carper ’62

Feb. 8, 2015

Feb. 23, 2015

April 19, 2010

Georgette Nichols

Charles Harms ’80 Thomas Keefe ’68

May 3, 2015

Aug. 15, 2006

Caples ’41

Sue Ann Moler ’51

Paul McGuff ’56

Alice Early Horn ’62

March 30, 2015

Dec. 21, 2014

Sept. 8, 2015

Sept. 15, 2015

Susan Koger Wong ’80 Floyd Lewis ’70

July 20, 2015

Oct. 4, 2015 E. James Adamek ’42

Gordon Sloan ’51

Shirley Schwethelm

Howard F. Judson ’62

June 6, 2015

Aug. 1, 2015

O’Quinn ’57

July 12, 2015

Aug. 15, 2015 Frederick Sheets ’42

William Swinny ’51

Jan. 28, 2013

May 20, 2015

John MacKechney ’62 Roel Trigo ’57

Ben White ’51

Sept. 9, 2015

Dec. 18, 2015

Doris Eschenburg ’46

Charles Moerner ’52

Aug. 22, 2015

July 10, 2015

Ruth Hicks Dowd ’47

John Randolph ’52

June 29, 2013

May 2, 2015

Norma Lawhon

Mary Gallatin

Lanford ’47

Bass ’53

Oct. 7, 2015

July 27, 2015

William Hobart

Floyd McGown ’53

Boyd Jr. ’48

May 5, 2015

May 10, 2015

May 23, 2015

June 2, 2012

May 13, 2015 Virginia Cover

Jabby Lowe ’81 Lois McNeilly

Oct. 13, 2015

Caldwell ’72 Thomas

Dorothy Elizabeth

Sonnenberg ’62

Butler ’58

July 22, 2015

May 9, 2015

Claudia Putney ’81

Feb. 9, 2001

Jan. 8, 2015 Robert Richter ’72 Paul Rush ’82

July 19, 2015 Fredna Knaggs

May 13, 2015

Judith Baker Lake ’59

Wood ’62

Sheldon Bergum ’73

Feb. 1, 2015

May 3, 2015

May 1, 2015

James Roger Taylor ’82

John Dubose ’60

August Erfurth ’63

Nena Padilla ’73

May 25, 2015

Sept. 7, 2014

Sept. 13, 2015

John Dunkley ’60

John Hoyo ’63

Joe Shelton ’73

Sept. 29, 2015

May 8, 2015

Nov. 14, 2012

Jimmy Moses ’60

Sandra Person

Barbara Mason ’74

Harrist ’89

Aug. 4, 2015

Laurie ’64

April 25, 2015

June 4, 2015

July 25, 2015 James Truly ’82 Feb. 24, 2014 Ronald Steven

Saturnino Salas ’53 Henry Beckcom ’49

May 22, 2015

June 18, 2015

Sept. 25, 2015 Walter Yager ’44

Michael Leggett ’81 Albert Douglass ’71

April 13, 2015 Frances Dittert

Thomas F.

Scott Dudek ’93

Schroeder ’60

Donald Sabol ’64

Cullinane ’75

Sept. 30, 2015

May 21, 2015

April 11, 2015

Oct. 20, 2015

Calvin Dennis ’49

Barnhill ’54

Sandra Kurtin ’93

May 4, 2015

Sept. 22, 2015

Aug. 30, 2015

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John Kriz has received the Idaho State Dental Association Sun Valley Lifetime Achievement Award. He received this award for his active involvement in multiple dentistry outlook outfits and his avid volunteerism within the community.

Robert Baldwin has released

Mark J. Hill is serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence at Trinity University.

Pablo Martinez has been hired

Donald P. Owens Jr. has retired

from Tulane University School of Medicine as the chaplain and professor of medicine. He was made emeritus professor of medicine.

1970 Geary Reamey was presented

with the 2015 Excellence in Pro Bono Award by the San Antonio Bar Association’s Community Justice Program for his support of its monthly Veterans Clinic and for providing free legal services to military veterans in need.

his autobiography, My Life; from Cotton Patches on the South Plains of Texas to Negotiation tables in China and North Korea, which details his life from his early childhood to traveling around the world for the United Nations as a telecommunications expert.

Karen McDonald Johnson

served as Trinity’s delegate at the inauguration of MaryAnn Baenninger as the 13th president of Drew University in Madison, N.J., in October.

Dennis Werner has been awarded his sixth patent in Turkey for the gasification of coal for electric power generation. Werner has four patents in the U.S. and one in China. This technology will save the planet about a million tons of carbon dioxide per year per plant built.

Michael Johnston, founder of

Johnston Legal Group, has been named a 2015 Power Attorney by Fort Worth Business Magazine.

Donald Moffett featured eight

works in a new installation at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas at Austin.

Douglas Rosenthal has been hired by Opus Bank as managing director of the senior client manager commercial banking division.

Dean Rucker has been appoint-

ed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the task force on improving outcomes for juveniles adjudicated of sexual offenses.

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announcer for the U.S. Women’s National Team vs. Trinidad & Tobago soccer match, part of the Women’s World Cup Victory Tour, at the Alamodome in San Antonio in December.

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Charles Olmsted has published his second book, The Good, The Bad, The Butlers: Story of a Texas Pioneer Family. It tells about a family’s move to Texas in 1852 and how they became part of the multi-billion dollar cattle industry.

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Army Reserves in 2010 so he could focus on his family business, which supports Department of Defense communication activities in the U.S. and southwest Asia.

Sandra Lee Ragan has won the

James Hill served as the

Chris Mest has written a story called “Jake and the Magic Acorns” for the Morton Arboretum’s Chicago Region Tree Initiative’s month-long celebration in October.

Evin Planto retired from the

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Distinguished Book and Article Award in Family Communication for the 2010 book she co-authored, Dying with Comfort: Family Illness Narratives and Early Palliative Care.

as the new executive director of San Anto Cultural Arts. In this position he hopes to raise the profile of San Anto’s newspaper, El Placazo.

Richard Summers’ daughter, Athena Summers, won the Teen Video Challenge in New York, and her video was distributed this summer for use at all libraries in America to promote Teen Summer Reading.

Elizabeth “Liz” Brackenridge Walker had her painting, “Chaco Canyon Conversation,” chosen by the National Watercolor Society Selection Jurors for their 95th Annual International Exhibition.

In addition, she was one of 10 applicants awarded signature membership in the organization.

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Mary Mann Endress has been selected as the assistant principal at Wildwood Elementary School in Tomball, Texas. Endress joined Tomball Independent School District (ISD) from Katy ISD, where she worked for nearly 12 years.

While serving in Katy, Endress worked as an elementary school assistant principal, an ESL teacher, and an instructional officer for the secondary ESOL program.

Kelly Dougherty Brown, a functional academics and life skills teacher with the Allen ISD special education department in Allen, Texas, has been selected as the 2014-15 Allen ISD Teacher of the Year.

Jim Freeman has received a

Kelley Bowles has relocated

John M. Haupert has been appointed to the Georgia State Board of Public Health. He also serves as president and CEO of Grady Health System in Atlanta.

John Grace and Jill Grace ’89 continue to support the West Texas Trinity Alumni Chapter, which they organized in 2013.

Jill works for AT&T, and John, after nine years at the Lubbock District Attorney’s Office, now works for the City Attorney’s Office. John is active in the Texas Bar College and is the president of the Lubbock Area Bar Association. They are very proud of their daughter, Chandler, who is now a senior at Trinity.

Karen Schroeck McCallum is the research director for Media General, the second largest television broadcast company in Albuquerque, N.M. Karl Meisenbach, a former quarterback and philosophy major, has accepted the position of senior director at the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C. The Cato Institute seeks to originate, disseminate, and increase understanding of public policies based on the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace.

Kathy Kuhne Vick was select-

ed as one of four people from the U.S. to compete in the 2015 International Tennis Federation Seniors World Team Championships in La Baule, France.

Larry M. Graham, president and chief executive officer of Lake Charles Memorial Health System, in Lake Charles, La., was elected as the Louisiana Hospital Association (LHA) Board of Trustees Chair for 2015-16.

Bruce Lawrence has been

elected to serve as chair of the American Hospital Association’s (AHA) Regional Policy Board 7.

Lawrence is president and chief executive officer of INTEGRIS, Oklahoma’s largest health care system. He has been with the system since 2001 and moved into his current position in 2010.

Maria Watson Pfeiffer has earned the Harriet Ross Individual Achievement Headliner Award from the Association for Women in Communications, San Antonio chapter, for 43 years of service as a historian and preservation consultant.

Among other achievements, she has completed individual nominations for the National Register of Historic Places and Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks.

Russ Wood has opened a private

clinical psychology practice in Willow Park, Texas.

Doctor of Ministry in the area of gospel and culture from Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Ga. He was also awarded the Emma Gaillard Boyce Memorial Award for best paper on the creative use of music in worship. He continues to serve as pastor of Broadmoor Presbyterian Church in Shreveport, La., where he has been since 2011.

back to San Francisco through her company Salesforce.

Blake W. Smith has been appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to the Upper Guadalupe River Authority. The Upper Guadalupe River Authority seeks to conserve and reclaim surface water for future growth in order to maintain and enhance the quality of life for Kerr County citizens.

Stephen Samples (MD, HCMBA) is a neurologist and vice chairman of the Neurological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic.

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middle school reading in Florida along with teaching social science online to students in China.

Ulf Kirchdorfer has published

his book of poetry, Chewing on Green Leaves, with Lamar University Press.

Anita Belles Porterfield and

John Porterfield, a former Trinity adjunct professor, have published a book on the Fort Hood Massacre, Death on Base, with the University of North Texas Press.

Stewart Smith, the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Springdale, Ark., delivered the proclamation during the Baccalaureate Service at University of Ozarks in May.

Thomas Schluter owns a com-

mercial communications and life safety company with offices in San Antonio, Austin, and Mexico.

Elwood Thompson is teaching

Julie West has completed a ninemonth Fulbright research grant where she travelled across the world to interview, photograph, record, and broadcast about tiger conservation in India. This interdisciplinary endeavor sought to show the cultural, traditional, and human impacts of India on the tiger population.

Karen-Marie Yust was installed as the Josiah P. and Anne Wilson Rowe Professor of Christian Education at Union Presbyterian Seminary in Richmond, Va., in March.

Her inaugural address dealt with the issues of online habits and cultivation of spirituality.

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Jon Dahlander has been named

Scott Flanders is senior director

Elana Strickler Broitman has

the director of communications for Highland Park ISD. He will serve as an information liaison between the school district and the community, and he will develop content for the district’s web, video, and print outlets.

Luciano S. Garza III has received his Master of Arts in public administration from the University of Texas-Pan American, College of Social and Behavioral Sciences.

Jeff Kerr is a senior editor for

Genscape, which is responsible for coverage of waterborne imports and exports of crude oil, gasoline, diesel, heating oil, jet fuel, kerosene, petroleum, feedstocks, residual fuel oils, and biofuels in the U.S. Brett McHargue has joined the

Royal Academy of Arts in London as a Ruby Developer. He has lived in Europe for 15 years and married Liam Myron in 2012.

of health economics and clinical outcomes research in oncology for Astellas Pharmaceuticals based in Northbrook, Ill. He is working with a group of urologists and oncologists on a national study to evaluate real-world clinical outcomes and health-related quality of life in men with metastatic, castration-resistant prostate cancer.

Bibiana Gutierrez has been

named an assistant professor of psychology at Sul Ross State University.

Laura C. Martone Munroe lives

in Arizona with her husband and works for a hospice. Her son is a sophomore at Trinity this year, and her daughter graduated from the University of Redlands in May.

Patrick Pringle is working with his company in London as the logistics manager for an iron ore mine project under development in western Africa.

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joined the New York City office of the international law firm Greenberg Taurig as a shareholder in its government law and policy practice.

Raman Dewan has been named one of the best lawyers in America for patent law. The Best Lawyers in America has become widely regarded as the definitive guide to legal excellence.

Diane Miller has been named director of student academic services for the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia. Diane has been at UGA since 2003, serving in the past as the advising and scholarship coordinator for the UGA honors program and director of undergraduate services for the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Steve Smith is an assistant arts editor for the Boston Globe, covering visual arts, classical music, and pop music. Smith also led a humanities forum in San Antonio that covered the music of Stephen Sondheim.

Send your class notes to alumni@trinity.edu or fill out the alumni update form at gotu.us/alumniupdates.

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Prints can be mailed to the Office of Alumni Relations, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-7200.

Lisa K. Thorp has been named

Member at Large by the Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis.

Thorp previously served as the chair of the board development committee and practiced law with Thompson Coburn LLP in the public finance and public law department.

Tracey Timpanaro is celebrating the six-year anniversary of her company, 2T Communications.

Timpanaro is a freelance writer who specializes in corporate communications, marketing, and project management.

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Beth Claxton and Marney

Babbit ’08, both employees at North Country HealthCare in Flagstaff, Ariz., celebrated summer together at a garden tea.

Kirk E. Pillow, a distinguished scholar and administrator, has been named provost at the Pratt Institute. The provost is the chief academic officer for the college and reports directly to President Thomas F. Schutte.

1990 Gwynne Ellen Ash was elected

to the Board of Directors of the International Literacy Association (ILA), a global and membership organization dedicated to advancing literacy for all through its network of more than 300,000 literacy educators, researchers and experts across 75 countries. Ash was also promoted to full professor of reading education in 2013 at Texas State University.

Andrew Behla has worked in

the fields of graphic and print design, publishing, and web development for the past 25 years. He has passed on his knowledge of the industry as a teacher at Santa Monica College and UCLA Extension, where he was also named Outstanding Instructor of the Year. He has been invited to speak at national and international conferences and has worked in training and support for hardware and software companies. Behla runs a successful Los Angeles graphic design and web development firm, Behla Design. He has also founded the Topanga WordPress and Los Angeles WooCommerce Meetup groups.

Jamie Brickhouse returned to

San Antonio to promote his new book, Dangerous When Wet. The memoir is being widely heralded, including a recent review in The Washington Post.

Joy Castro, a professor at the

University of Nebraska, has published her fifth book, How Winter Began.

Margaret Oertling Cupples

is managing partner of the Jackson, Miss., office of Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP. She and her husband, Brett, an ar-

chitect, live in Jackson’s historic Belhaven neighborhood and stay active in a variety of community organizations.

Jennifer Hayes is celebrating her 25th year as a French bilingual teacher and also 25 years at Teach for America.

Daniel Lubetzky, CEO and

founder of KIND Snacks, has announced his commitment of $3 million to three women-led startups: GimMe Health Foods, 479 degrees, and EatPops.

Lubetzky was also hand-picked

by President Obama to serve as an ambassador for the government’s global entrepreneurship program.

BIRTHS Travis Burns

Alexander William

Audrey Claire to Sara

to Jonathan Clay ’92

to Audrey Johnson

Holton Gard ’03 and

and Caroline Clay

Jones ’02 and

Matt Gard

July 8, 2015

Andrew Jones ’01

Aug. 22, 2015

July 27, 2015 Benjamin Patrick

Kenna Lily Nicole

to Lorna Burton

to Jennifer

Banister ’98 and

Gillespie Franz ’04

Andy Banister

and Ricky Franz

Oct. 3, 2014

July 9, 2015

Elena Grace to Tejal

Vienna Elizabeth

Dave Wible ’98 and

Antonetta to Shana

Jason Wible

Anthony Benjamin

Weaver Hoffer ’04

July 22, 2015

to Kristen Phillips

and Tom Hoffer

Townsend ’02 and

June 27, 2015

Otto Leopold

Matthew Townsend

to Heather Lunow

Sept. 4, 2015

Mara Louise

Hunziker ’00 and Suzanne Murray has joined Haynes and Boone LLP as a partner in their Dallas law firm.

to Lauren Mielke

Tobias Hunziker

Vivian Irene Peterloff

Walker ’04 and

March 5, 2015

to Luke Peterson

Roger Walker ’03

’02 and Courtney

May 12, 2015

Peterson

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Aug. 4, 2015

Scott Archimbaud is joining

the It Gets Better Project as a development consultant. The project seeks to give hope to LGBTQ youth by sharing the message that life does get better beyond the bullying and teasing that might occur.

Jonathan DePriest has joined Salient Partners LP, a diversified asset management firm, as an executive vice president and general counsel.

Harry Hutchison was nominated among five people by Arkansas Business as the nonprofit organization CFO of the Year.

Hutchinson serves as vice president of finance at St. Bernard’s Healthcare in Jonesboro, Ark.

On Your Mark, Tigers!

Tiger Trot road race makes debut at Alumni Weekend 2015 More than 70 Trinity alumni, faculty, staff, students, and their families lined up at the starting line for the inaugural Tiger Trot on Oct. 10.

The 5-kilometer race and 1-mile walk was organized by Trinity staff members Carlos Anchondo and Christine Martinez. The race began and ended in Tiger Stadium, looping around the McGinlay soccer field, climbing Stadium Drive, and circling through the upper campus trail and around Coates Library before winding back down to lower campus along the side of the CSI. With James Hill announcing, Trinity Student Ambassadors served water to race participants and staffed a finish line table of fruit, juice, snack bars, and breakfast tacos. The second annual Tiger Trot will take place during Alumni Weekend 2016.

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Blaine Carr recently completed a two-year program in psychodynamic psychotherapy through the Center for Psychoanalytic Studies, accredited by the American Psychoanalytic Association.

The program consisted of weekly classes and intense supervision of ongoing psychotherapy clients.

Joel Allison, the CEO of Baylor

Nicole Rowland Ament has been made the chair of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck’s hospitality, resort, and recreation group.

Derek J. Anchondo has joined

Susie Beveridge Mapp has

been promoted to professor at Elizabethtown College. She has published the second edition of Human Rights and Social Justice: An Introduction to International Social Work with Oxford University Press. She has also received an award from the Council on Social Work Education for her contributions to international social work.

Scott & White, was awarded the Spirit of Generations Award.

Oliver Lee is the CEO of Bautex Systems, which was a finalist for a 2015 Governor’s Small Business Award, recognizing innovation and achievements in manufacturing better building materials and investing in the San Marcos, Texas, business community.

Robert Price, after founding Bellstone Capital Advisors in 1999, has expanded his brand with the 2015 launch of BellstoneShares LLC, with offices in Los Angeles and Sacramento, Calif. Bellstone delivers project financing to real estate developers while providing alpha returns to their investors.

Michel Benitez has been hired as assistant general counsel for Preston Hollow Capital LLC. Benitez will focus on structuring and closing real estate and construction loans, municipal bond investments, and structured finance transactions.

Tom Doody is attending the University of Maryland to pursue a bachelor’s and master’s in geology. He will finish his master’s by next summer and return to the workforce in a sector that deals with public outreach policy and the science of urban water quality.

1994 Joe McKinney has published

a long list of horror, crime, and science fiction novels. His most recent endeavor, Plague of the Undead, was published in 2014.

Ed Robertson has been appointed

Travis Rector is an astrophysics professor at the University of Alaska. He has completed a book, Coloring the Universe, that will be published by the University of Alaska Press. This book features an inside look at how astronomical images are made at professional observatories.

Saint Joseph Hospital in Denver.

Jamie Theriot is the owner and

chef of Smoke Modern Barbeque in Colorado, which was featured in August on the Travel Channel’s show, Food Paradise.

to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.

Jameson Smith is president of

Corey Snipes has just completed a 4,200-mile, 17-state summer road trip with his family and dog.

He is also celebrating his 10th year as a self-employed software consultant who manages a cloud-based tool for academic and scientific event planners.

John Tobola has become a member of the Theatre Under the Stars (TUTS ) Board of Directors.

Leo Valverde was re-elected as

president of the 6,000-member Adjunct Faculty Association for the Maricopa Community College district. This fall he will also join the faculty of the Arizona State University College of Education.

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Kimberly Drake-Loy has been

named associate general counsel and chief compliance officer at MCS Valuations LLC. She will be responsible for MCSV’s quality control and quality assurance process, as well as legal initiatives for MCSV. James Liu has taken an international assignment with an engineering consultant firm specializing in extended reach and complex well drilling in the oil and gas field. Liu is currently working in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Tracye Shaw is director of for-

rent-by-owner (FRBO) sales for the Americas at HomeAway.

Kirby Teague is serving in the

U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel and Inspector General for Fort Gordon. He has been married to Stephanie for almost 16 years, and they have two children, Calvin, age 10, and Anna, age 6.

Greenberg Traurig in Houston.

He will focus on domestic and international energy transactions involving exploration and production activities, offshore drilling, crude oil, and natural gas supply.

Keith Barber, previously the

regional chief financial officer and CFO of Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital, has become the hospital’s new chief executive officer.

Moira McMahon Leeper ’s film,

A Light Beneath Their Feet, for which she was the writer and executive producer, was shown at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, Calif., in October 2015.

Victoria Moreno-Jackson has graduated law school, passed the bar in Massachusetts, and is now a budding entrepreneur.

Cullen Jackson is a faculty

member at Harvard Medical School.

Calling all Tiger Alumni!

Submit your updates online at gotu.us/ alumniupdates

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1998

Michael Fiorito has joined retired business administration professor Don Van Eynde on his latest fishing expedition in his new home state, Alaska.

Lorna Burton Banister has

joined Ballard Spahr LLP as an attorney in their Phoenix office.

Her focus includes all types of commercial real estate matters.

Aisha Crumbine, founder and principal consultant of Crumbine Education Consulting LLC, was the featured speaker at a recent Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty sales meeting.

Roy C. Lopez has been appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas as a community development officer. He will lead the Dallas Fed’s efforts to promote economic growth and financial stability for low- and moderate-income communities and individuals in the Eleventh District.

Brad Busiek is now the head

Paul Garro has been named as

Raul Piña, the co-founder and

CEO of the Dare2Dream Foundation in Phoenix, notes that he frequently remembers the late education professor Thomas J. Sergiovanni when recalling issues on school culture and moral purpose.

Matt Schatz is the vice president

of sales at WP Engine in Austin, Texas. Schatz was also the commencement speaker for Trinity’s graduating class of 2013.

1999

pastor and head of staff at Smith Memorial Presbyterian Church in Fairview, Ore.

Michelle Jones has founded

a new college, the Wayfinding Academy, in Portland, Ore. The Wayfinding Academy is a twoyear alternative college with a focus on providing hand-crafted experiences tailored to each student’s interests.

Lindsay Anhold Lew, Erica Kafka ’00, Jordan Azar ’11, and Abby Loar ’12, all Trinity women’s soccer alumni, accompanied

by Connor Jones, attended the Women’s World Cup.

Erin Baker received a Trinity

afghan from the senior director of alumni relations, Mary Kay Cooper, for being the outgoing president of the Trinity University alumni association.

Sardar Biglari is the founder, chairman of the board, and chief executive officer of Biglari Holdings Inc., a diversified holding company. He has also been elected to the board of directors of CCA Industries Inc.

the new president of Central Catholic High School in San Antonio. Garro was promoted to that role by the Central Catholic High School Board of Directors and the Provincial Council of the Marianist Province of the United States.

Geoff Sanderson has been appointed chief program evaluation officer at McKinney ISD. He is in charge of state and federal assessment implementation and accountability as well as evaluation of district programs.

Jeffrey Osborne has joined Cowen and Company’s equity research department as a managing director to cover the alternative energy sector.

Amber Nicole Puga, formerly

Mario Andres Puga, has begun her transition from male to female. The culmination of her body and mind since she was six years old, Puga is living life as her true self, a transgender female.

Over the summer, 20 Zeta Chi sorority sisters from the classes of 19972001 gathered in Cave Creek, Ariz., for a three-day reunion. Traveling

Katie Russell visited all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums in one season in honor of her mother’s passing. She threw the first pitch for her final stop at Wrigley Field.

from Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, New York City, Phoenix, San Francisco, and even Australia, the ladies enjoyed renting a house complete with swim-up bar, in-ground trampoline, tennis courts, and more.

Back row, left to right: Lorna Burton Banister ’98, Pamela Neil Thibodeau ’98, Emily Houston ’99, Laura Tenczar Whiles ’99, Abby Haran Raddatz ’99, Regan Brooks Krainert ’98, Sarah Lape Robb ’98, Alicia Banos Taylor ’01, Jocelyn Lewis ’01, Eryn McGary Swanson ’00, Tricia Pierce ’01, Beth Pedersen Fagan ’01, and Heather Lunow Hunziker ’00.

Front row, left to right: Ramey Barnett ’97, Courtney Schmidt Holcomb ’99, Andrea Spolidoro Martinsen ’99, Reka Lal ’98, Heather Conger ’00, Amy Fowler Tellinghuisen ’99, and Heather Todd Landi ’98.

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Alison Lands was a speaker at

April Ancira was named May 2015’s “Super Mom” on the San Antonio Living Show.

Aldo Lopez is an attorney with James & Haugland in El Paso.

Jonathan M. Allen has joined

Andi McDaniel has joined the

public relations manager for the City of San Antonio Transportation and Capital Improvements Department, was quoted in the San Antonio Express-News and MySA.com regarding the $1.8 million San Pedro Park “makeover.”

a New England business expo concerned with advanced manufacturing in New England.

Hector Lopez has joined Sport

Medicine Associates of San Antonio and has been made one of the team physicians for Trinity as well as several other organizations.

Michael Moyer has been appointed by Virginia Tech as its associate vice president of development in colleges. Moyer will oversee fundraising for eight Virginia Tech colleges and the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

Pamela Neumann is a contrib-

uting author to the upcoming book Invisible in Austin: Life and Labor in an American City, published with the University of Texas Press.

2001 Scott Haywood is joining HNTB as director of government relations for the firm’s Central Division. Haywood also serves as co-chair of the Transportation Investment Advocates Council supported by the American Road and Transportation Builders.

Felicia Leo Kemp and her

husband, Chris, are facing the diagnosis of Tay-Sachs for their son Grayson, born in March 2014.

The alumnae of Alpha Chi Lambda, of which Felicia is a founding member, came together to mail a huge shipment of diapers, wipes, and encouragement to the Kemps. For more information and how you can help, visit the Facebook group “Team Grayson Kemp” or gofundme.com/ teamgraysonkemp.

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Washington, D.C.-based television station WAMU as senior director of content and news.

Luke Peterson, senior direc-

tor of the innovation group of Burson Marsteller, in Washington, D.C., has been recognized for being among those who have transformed the way data is used in politics.

2003 Faith Brozovich is working with a lab at Stanford University on research regarding social anxiety, and she also sees patients in private practice.

Hunter Cross’ first public art

project, Geode, is located in the northwest greenway of Austin, Texas, an addition to the Art in Public Places collection. It features programmable LED lights through green kiln-cast glass that pulse subtly at dusk.

Sally Hurt-Deitch has been appointed to the board of Paso del Norte Health Information Exchange.

Sara Holton Gard has been promoted to manager of talent development with Herschend Family Entertainment Corp. in October 2015.

Jesse Lotay has been named one of the “Best S.A. Lawyers” for energy, oil, and gas by S.A. Scene magazine.

Patricia Arguello Schatz is a di-

rector at Latinworks Marketing in Austin, Texas.

Melissa Sparks, currently the

Emily Rankin Wardrop earned her Doctor of Philosophy in Western history from the University of Oklahoma in May 2015. Wardrop is on the faculty of the Casady School in Oklahoma City.

2005 Grant Fuller has joined Public Communications Inc. as the agency’s first director of digital strategy.

Husch Blackwell’s Denver office as an associate with a specialization in complex insurance, construction, employment, oil and gas, trademark, real estate, and general commercial litigation matters.

Julia Carter earned her Ph.D. in

clinical psychology and is now working as a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) staff psychologist.

Linda Chen has been named CFO of Coordinated Health, the region’s leading acute-care and specialty surgical hospital network. Chen is responsible for financial planning, supply chain, and materials management for Coordinated Health’s hospital clinics, physician practices, rehabilitation, and imaging centers across 17 locations.

Jenny Childers received her

MBA from the Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston where she was named one of the top five outstanding students in her graduating class.

This award is given to students who have shown great academic, professional, and personal development success during their time in the Bauer MBA program.

After graduating, she will start at her new position as business analyst at Campus Living Villages.

Brandon Kerr works for Disney’s award-winning Pixar Animation Studios and has been involved in such projects as Pixar’s latest film Inside Out, Monsters University, and Finding Dory.

Marc Lopez graduated from the

Mayo Clinic Medical School and will complete his anesthesiology residency at Vanderbilt University. He will then complete a critical care fellowship.

Ryan Oatman has joined Cowen

and Company’s equity research department as director to cover oil and gas exploration and production (E&P) stocks.

Beth Ready has completed her

clinical internship and received her Ph.D. from the University of Delaware. She will be staying on at the Durham VA Medical Center for a year-long clinical postdoctoral position in the Women’s Health Clinic/Male Military Sexual Trauma Clinic, which specializes in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), complex trauma, and provision of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).

2007 MARRIAGES Nicolette Good has released

a new album, “Little Boat on a Wave.”

Amy MacCrindle has accepted

an elementary principalship in a kindergarten through fifth grade building in the suburbs of Chicago.

Abel Ramos is the marketing specialist/analyst for Trinity University’s Office of Marketing & Communications.

Ben Turney works for Nike in strategy for consumer digital technology.

Jenny Weaver ’95 and Jay Conyers ’95 April 4, 2015 Christopher Bartley

Rebecca Rose Lewis

’85 and Michael

’07 and Timothy Allen

Nappa

Hade

Aug. 7, 2015

May 30, 2015

Melissa Harken

Jenny Stalder ’09

Wood ’93 and David

and Ben Turney ’07

Wood ’93

Sept. 14, 2013

Kyle Swift is the CEO of the Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin, Texas.

Brianna Young

Johnson ‘12

Dawn Padula ’97

Pickenpaugh

April 5, 2014

and Rob Hutchinson

’10 and Ryan

Aug. 8, 2015

Pickenpaugh

Brianna Garner ’12

April 4, 2015

and Max Frey ’12

Shahpar Ali ’98 and

July 11, 2015

Cesar Hernandez

Fernanda Vinueza

July 9, 2015

’10 and Joseph

Nadia Islam ’12 and

Mariña ’11

Mahlon Long ’07

Feb. 7, 2015

April 11, 2015

Courtney Ng

Christina Velasquez

Castillo ’12 and

’12 and Matthew

Garland Dupre “Trey”

Chris Castillo ’11

Olson

Miller, III ’06 and

April 19, 2014

June 10, 2012

Annie Vu, Victoria Dawson,

Patricia Arguello ’03

Patricia Jaber, Maria Castane-

and Matt Schatz ’97

da, Nicole Gaknoki, and Sarah

Nov. 22, 2014

Schwed, residents of Thomas

Hall’s fourth floor during their time at Trinity, met up for an informal Class of 2007 reunion.

David Aguilar ‘11 and Lyndsey

June 27, 2015

Kara Love Stephens May 16, 2015

Brianna Garner ’12 and Max Frey ’12 celebrated their wedding in style, with the bride, groom, and wedding party sporting Trinity University sunglasses. #TigerPride

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Marney Babbitt is the program coordinator for Girls on the Run of Northern Arizona. Girls on the Run, a 10-week program for girls in third through eighth grade, is a nationwide program that inspires girls to be joyful, healthy, and confident, using a fun, experience-based curriculum that creatively integrates running.

Daniel Galindo has been chosen

Skip Devanny has been ap-

pointed to the position of Chief Revenue Officer of RxStrategies, Inc. In this new role, Devanny joins RxStrategies senior leadership and has responsibility for sales and marketing, including the delivery of customized 340B pharmacy administration and split billing solutions to the growing 340B marketplace.

Brittney Elko, clinical demand

and supply leader at Genentech, has been recognized by the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) with SWE’s Distinguished New Engineer Award for her impact on the Society and the engineering community. Elko accepted the award at the SWE’s annual conference, WE15, during the formal awards banquet in October 2015 in Nashville, Tenn.

as a Tony Patiño Fellow Elect for the incoming class at University of California Hastings College of the Law. Each year two or three incoming students at Hastings, the University of Chicago Law School, and Columbia Law School are chosen as Tony Patiño Fellow Elects. Along with the honor bestowed by the title, the fellowship awards no less than $15,000 during each academic year.

Ali Kaiser has joined Kutak

Rock at its Denver office as an associate in the corporate group.

Her focus will be on a variety of complex corporate transactional matters including corporate governance and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate financings, and real estate and commercial contracts.

Jenny Stalder works for Nike as a design studio manager for basketball.

Jenny Wang is an assistant

professor in the accounting department at Austin Community College.

Chelsea Wilson and Claire

Edwards ’08 met at a pub in Vancouver before the Women’s World Cup.

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Jason Maloney and Alexa Harrison Maloney ’12 traveled to Italy in July while on tour with the Tulsa Oratorio Chorus.

Kelsey Wetherbee is in Val-

Cancer Institute and the National Institutes of Health. She sits on the board of SDSU’s Veteran Alumni Organization to increase the reach of military services to family members of active-duty military and veterans.

Hannah Schweitzer has returned to Montana for graduate school as a Molecular Bioscience Fellow and has begun to do research on a sustainable energy potential, coal bed methane.

2013 Samantha Gonzalez is joining

the Estes Park Salud Family Health Center as a care manager.

paraiso, Chile, teaching English to Chilean cadets preparing to become naval officers.

2014

2012

Dumingu Aparna Gomes has

Jessie Burch is among 55 highly qualified individuals selected for a Princeton in Latin America (PiLA) Fellowship for the 201516 cycle. Burch is working with the organization World Food Programme in Panama for the duration of the fellowship year.

been admitted to the Yale School of Public Health’s Master of Public Health in Health Policy program. She moved to Connecticut and began graduate studies in fall 2015.

Katie Ogawa, the founder of

H.O.P.E. Hall, has won the Social Justice Advocate of the Year Award for university students at a conference sponsored by the Oblate School of Theology.

Erin Camp has graduated from Texas Tech School of Law and has recently returned to San Antonio to begin her legal career at Dykema Cox Smith.

2015

Christina Velasquez Olson at-

Rose Minutaglio is a reporter for

tended San Diego State University to obtain her Master of Public Health. She walked the stage in May 2015, receiving the John J. Hanlon award as the outstanding student of the 2015 Graduate School of Public Health cohort. Her thesis examines the unhealthy food environment in stores around elementary schools. She conducted primary data collection in 2013-15 with a research grant she received from the National

PEOPLE magazine where she writes human interest stories.

Matt Tindall has signed to

play professional baseball with the Los Angeles Angels organization.

CHAPTER ACTIVITIES

Trinity alumni and friends in the National Capital Area Chapter ventured to Harpers Ferry, W.Va., to tube the Potomac River.

ARIZONA On Oct. 22, a small but mighty group of metro-Phoenix-based alumni and retired faculty met for drinks, conversation, and live music.

ATLANTA Atlanta-area alumni and guests enjoyed an evening of networking on Oct. 19 at Barcelona Tapas Bar. On Oct. 29, the Chapter held a reception introducing Trinity University President Danny Anderson to alumni and parents at Ansley Golf Club in Roswell, Ga.

AUSTIN The Austin Chapter gathered on June 18 to welcome new alumni to the Austin area, where attendees enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere of happy hour.

Austin’s alumni cheered on the Round Rock Express, the local triple-A baseball team, as they defeated the Oklahoma City Dodgers during an exciting game on July 27. The Chapter closed out the summer with a tour and tasting on Aug. 8 at local favorite

Austin Beerworks. In addition to sampling the latest batch of brew—very welcome in the day’s 100-degree heat—alumni were the first members of the public to see the shiny new canning system. On Sept. 10, San Antonio-based alumna Gina B. Gaedke ’89 helped Austin alumni “get their act together” with a presentation titled “Getting Your Act Together: Estate Planning for Adults of All Ages,” hosted

by Fibercove Coworking. The difficult period after a loved one’s death is even harder when nothing has been planned, and Gaedke walked the group through the basic estate planning documents everyone should have in place.

On Sept. 22, the Chapter held a lunch at Hotel Ella introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

CHICAGO On Aug. 14, a lively evening of food and fellowship was the focus of the Chicago Chapter’s “Summer Send Off,” where alumni from the ’60s to the new millennium shared funny

stories, favorite professors, and student advice.

COLORADO The Colorado Chapter met for an afternoon of baseball as the Colorado Rockies took on the Miami Marlins on June 7. While the Rockies ended up losing a close game, alumni, family, and friends enjoyed the great weather and a chance to reconnect. The Chapter gathered on Aug. 6 for a summer evening of networking and reconnecting during a happy hour held at Strange Craft Brewing in Denver.

DALLAS The board of the Dallas Chapter hosted a “Welcome to Dallas” happy hour on June 18 at Bar Louie for new graduates to come meet and mingle with Trinity alumni living in Dallas. On Sept.

24, the Chapter held a reception at the Dallas Petroleum Club to introduce President Anderson to alumni and parents. On Oct. 29, the Chapter enjoyed wine while listening to acclaimed speaker and social media expert

Eve Meyer give a wine tasting and social media talk. Alumni and their spouses learned techniques to boost their business on social media.

FORT WORTH On July 30, the Fort Worth Chapter welcomed the new graduates in the area through a “Welcome to Fort Worth” happy hour at Times Ten Cellar. Several alumni gathered at Shaw’s Patio Bar and Grill on Aug. 27 and collected school supplies for SafeHaven, an emergency shelter for women and children fleeing domestic violence in Tarrant County. On Sept. 24, the Chapter held a lunch at the Colonial Country Club introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

HOUSTON Houston Chapter alumni hosted a “Welcome to Houston” happy hour on June 25 to welcome new Trinity graduates to Houston.

Alumni met at a restaurant in the the historic Montrose neighborhood for complimentary

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES drinks and appetizers, thanks to local alumni who sponsored the event. On Oct. 1, the Chapter held a reception at the Houstonian introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

GREATER LOS ANGELES Greater Los Angeles Chapter alumni gathered on Aug. 22 to watch Pee Wee’s Big Adventure under the stars at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery—a great evening made even better when Pee Wee Herman showed up in person to introduce the movie.

Chapter alumni gathered on the morning of Oct. 31 at the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank to help prepare food donations. Alumni and family members along with other Food Bank volunteers sorted more than 23,000 pounds of shelf-stable foods—enough to feed more than 1,000 meals to those in need.

NATIONAL CAPITAL AREA On Aug. 2, Washington, D.C.-area alumni, entering students, and parents gathered to send off the new Tigers with a fiesta-style rooftop party. With more than 35 people in attendance, the Chapter gave new Trinity students words of advice for making the most of their time at Trinity.

Alumni even celebrated with a tres leches cake. On Aug. 22, Trinity alumni and friends ventured to Harpers Ferry, W.Va., to tube the Potomac River. While it wasn’t quite the same as tubing in Texas, attendees had a blast floating the river, getting to know one another, and viewing historic sites near the borders of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland.

Chapter alumni and friends ventured to George Washington’s Potomac estate, Mt. Vernon, on Oct. 4 for a sunset visit and wine tour, where alumni tasted wines from 17 Virginia wineries and toured the estate. Chapter alum-

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ni, family, and friends ventured to Poolesville, Md., on Oct. 10 for a day of pumpkin picking at Homestead Farms. After a lovely tractor hayride, alumni could pick out their perfect pumpkins for the season. In addition to pumpkin picking, the farm offered attendees the opportunity to pick a variety of apples, play with farm animals, drink hot cider, and shop a variety of other locally grown produce.

Riding through the crisp fall air admiring the peak-color autumn leaves, Trinity alumni, family and friends enjoyed a morning bike ride on Oct. 25 through Rock Creek Park. Former Chapter president Luke Peterson ’02 shared his vast knowledge of the Washington, D.C.-area park with the group, and notable highlights included visiting the park’s several horse stables, nature center, and historic landmarks.

On Oct. 26, the Chapter held a reception at the University Club of Washington, D.C., introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents. (from top) Greater

NEW ENGLAND

Los Angeles Chapter

The New England Chapter hosted Trinity Night at the Lowell Spinners on Aug. 22, and had a fun time in a family-friendly atmosphere. On Oct. 28, the Chapter held a reception at One Financial Center introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

alumni and family members sorted more than 23,000 pounds of shelf-stable foods. New York Chapter alumni visit with theater faculty Tim Francis and Jodi Karjala at the Houndstooth Pub. Fort

NEW YORK

Worth Chapter alum-

Tim Francis, lighting designer and technical director, and Jodi Karjala, costume designer and costumer, in the theater department at Trinity, visited with New York City-area alumni at the Houndstooth Pub on July 29. They had a fantastic time discussing proper lighting techniques, which Broadway shows had superior costumes and

ni took a historic bus tour of Fort Worth.

Colorado Chapter alumni enjoyed the Colorado Rockies vs.

Miami Marlins game.

seum and enjoying a pleasant evening together.

PORTLAND On Sept. 29, Portland-area alumni enjoyed a tour and wine tasting at Dion Vineyard and Winery, which is run by Beth Klingner ’90.

SAN ANTONIO

(from top) The San Antonio Chapter held its annual fall kick-off happy hour at Tycoon

lighting, and current happenings in Trinity’s theater department.

On Aug. 20, Chapter alumni gathered at Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden for a happy hour. Paige Welborn ’07 led her signature buti yoga class for a group of New York-area alumni on Oct. 1 in Manhattan.

Participants, ranging from class of 1998 to 2013, experienced Welborn’s class combining yoga, tribal dance, and plyometrics for an empowering, whole-body workout. The annual alumni gathering at Hill Country Barbecue on Oct. 15 brought delight to many who had a wonderful time reconnecting with fellow alumni and friends. On Oct. 27, the Chapter held a reception at the Cornell Club - New York introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

Flats. Oklahoma City Chapter alumni drinks

OKLAHOMA CITY

on the rooftop of the

Oklahoma City-area alumni gathered for a happy hour on Aug. 6 in downtown Edmond, Okla. at The Patriarch, an all-American craft beer bar, with 48 taps flowing with the finest local and national breweries’ ales. Alumni and their guests gathered to socialize and connect about future Oklahoma City events. On Oct. 29, Chapter alumni enjoyed a cool evening with drinks on the rooftop of the Oklahoma City Museum of Art, touring galleries at the mu-

Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The Chicago Chapter held its “Summer Send Off” at the home of Chris Warren ’78 and Barbara Boigegrain ’79. Atlanta Chapter alumni enjoyed gathering at Barcelona Tapas Bar.

On June 27, the San Antonio Chapter held its first summer pool party on Trinity’s campus, where alumni and their families were invited to enjoy a wonderful day at the pool along with poolside hamburgers and hot dogs. On Aug. 5, San Antonio-area alumni joined other Trinity community members at the Missions game for a summer send-off for new students and their parents. On Aug. 27, the Chapter held its annual fall kickoff happy hour at Tycoon Flats.

On Sept. 21, the Chapter held a reception at the McNay Art Museum introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

Alumni came together for soccer appreciation day on Sept. 27, supporting Tiger women’s and men’s soccer against the Austin College Roos.

SAN DIEGO On Sept. 29, San Diego-area alumni and parents attended a dinner hosted by the University’s Office of Admissions. They appreciated the opportunity to hear from the admissions staff about school priorities and strategies that will help them contribute to the admissions recruitment efforts in the San Diego area. The Chapter introduced “Tiger Tonics” with the first event in the series on Oct. 21, titled “Revolt at the Mission” and presented by Megan McClurg ’98. Designed to energize the Trinity community by offering events with stimulat-

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CHAPTER ACTIVITIES ing discussions, the series will allow alumni to relax, refresh, and invigorate their week by listening to a short presentation on diverse topics of interest, while enjoying some liquid tonic.

The Chapter invites all to submit interesting topics for discussion in this series.

ST. LOUIS On Sept. 8, alumni and guests from both the St. Louis and Chicago chapters cheered on the Cardinals and the Cubs at Busch Stadium from the reserved suite of Trinity Trustee Michael Neidorff ’65. While the Chicago fans walked away with the victory, it was a fun night for all alumni and their families.

Anderson Continues Alumni “Listening Tour” Trinity president visits chapter cities during cross-country road trip

TENNESSEE On Oct. 30, the Chapter held a reception at the Nashville City Club introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

WEST TEXAS Over burgers at Blue Sky on Aug. 1, Trinity alumni in Lubbock got to meet its newest West Texas Tiger, Alice von Ende-Becker, who entered Trinity in the fall.

The West Texas region sent nine new students to Trinity—the largest recruitment from the Chapter area in many years. The Chapter held a lunch on Sept. 25 at the Petroleum Club of Midland introducing President Anderson to alumni and parents.

In September, Trinity University President Danny Anderson launched a 22-city “listening tour” across the country to visit with Trinity alumni.

Anderson became Trinity’s 19th president on June 1, and he is eager to engage with as many alumni as possible. “I am looking forward to meeting Trinity alumni, and hearing their stories about the impact that the Trinity experience has had on their lives and how it prepared them to make a difference in the world,” Anderson says.

The president visited 11 alumni chapters in the fall and will visit 11 in the spring. Each of the chapter programs include brief remarks from the president with an extended opportunity

for questions. To give alumni multiple opportunities to offer feedback, comment cards are available at the receptions and online. “We plan to compile all the information so Dr. Anderson can report back to alumni on what he heard and any action he’s taking,” says Mike Bacon, vice president for Advancement and Alumni Relations.

“Dr. Anderson has dubbed this his ‘listening tour’ because he is genuinely interested in hearing what Trinity alumni have to say,” Bacon says.

“Trinity alumni share responsibility for the future of Trinity University,” Anderson says of the importance of alumni engagement. “I believe alumni can help us be our best and accomplish our goals of preparing our students for the 21st century.”

Offer comments and feedback online at gotu.us/WeAreListening

above Anderson shakes hands with Jerry Stepman ’79 at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio. below Anderson visits with alumni during his National Capital Area stop.

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Your Trinity Alumni Chapters There’s a chapter near you! If you would like to be involved in chapter activities or to serve on the Board, contact these respective chapter presidents, or check out chapter pages at trinity.edu/alumni/chapters.

Albuquerque

Colorado

National Capital Area

San Diego

Scott Webster ’85

Tyler Wilson ’07

Stephanie Weiner ’11

Fritz Hesse ‘87

scott.webster@pnm.com

tylerwilson@catholichealth.net

stephanie.t.schmitt@gmail.com

fritz@hessenet.net

albuquerque@alum.trinity.edu

colorado@alum.trinity.edu

nationalcapitalarea@alum.

sandiego@alum.trinity.edu

trinity.edu Seattle

Arizona

*Columbus, OH

Tara Zoellner ’01

Duane Weaver ’79

New England (includes New

Erin Crosby-Perry ’06

tzoellner@gmail.com

dweav1265@gmail.com

Hampshire, Vermont, Maine,

erincrosbyperry@gmail.com

Massachusetts, Rhode Island,

seattle@alum.trinity.edu

arizona@alum.trinity.edu Dallas

and Connecticut)

Atlanta

Rob Sender ’09

Laura Smeaton ’92

St. Louis

Steve Blankenship ’95

robsender@gmail.com

laurasmeaton@mac.com

Aisha Sultan ’96

steve.blankenship@gmail.com

dallas@alum.trinity.edu

newengland@alum.trinity.edu

asultan@post-dispatch.com

*Central Florida

New York

Austin

Matt Giles ’07

Helen Harris ‘92

Tennessee

Carolyn Roark ’95

mggiles@gmail.com

HHarris10@nyc.rr.com

Andrew Coulton ’05

newyork@alum.trinity.edu

andrew.coulton@gmail.com

stlouis@alum.trinity.edu

atlanta@alum.trinity.edu

roarkcd@gmail.com austin@alum.trinity.edu

Fort Worth

tennessee@alum.trinity.edu

Lindsay Hess ’11

Oklahoma City

The Bay Area

lindsaylhess@gmail.com

Kathryn Kirt ’93

*Tulsa

Brittney Elko ’08

ftworth@alum.trinity.edu

katieleigh89@justice.com

Jaclyn Metcalf ’08

oklahomacity@alum.trinity.edu

jaclyn.metcalf@gmail.com

Brittney.Elko@gmail.com thebayarea@alum.trinity.edu

Greater Los Angeles

Alexa Harrison Maloney ’12

Karen Fisher ’10

Portland

alexanharrison@gmail.com

*Charlottesville, VA

karenfisher17@gmail.com

Nicole Roth ’10

Jason Maloney ’11

Allison Wright ’01

losangeles@alum.trinity.edu

nicole.marie.roth@gmail.com

jason-maloney@utulsa.edu

portland@alum.trinity.edu

allisonwright27@gmail.com Houston

West Texas

Chicago

Karyn Hall ’11

*Rio Grande Valley

John Grace ’85

David O’Gara ’83

karynhall814@gmail.com

Josh Yost ’96

johngracelaw@gmail.com

dogara@plexusgroupe.com

houston@alum.trinity.edu

jyost1@rgv.rr.com

westtexas@alum.trinity.edu * denotes a network city

chicago@alum.trinity.edu *Kansas City

San Antonio

*Cleveland, OH

Bill Keith ’08

Trey Evans ’06

Tim Gibbons ’85

bill.r.keith@gmail.com

devans@alum.trinity.edu

tfgibbons@gmail.com

Charles Joseph ’84

sanantonio@alum.trinity.edu

charlesejoseph@icloud.com

Contact Selim Sharif at 210-999-8491 or selim@trinity.edu for chapters and network cities located west of Texas, as well as alumni chapters in San Antonio, Austin, and West Texas. Selim also networks with alumni in Australia, Asia, and South America.

Contact Christine Martinez at 210-999-8405 or cmartin6@trinity.edu for chapters and network cities located east of Texas, as well as alumni chapters in Houston, Dallas, and Fort Worth. Christine also networks with alumni in Africa, Europe, Canada, and Mexico.

ALUMNI NEWS

Alumni Recognized with 2015-16 Awards DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS

OUTSTANDING YOUNG ALUMNUS

Michael McCaul ’84

Chris Newport ’08

U.S. Representative Michael McCaul (R) was elected to Congress in 2004 and represents Texas’ 10th District. In January 2013, McCaul became the Chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security. As chairman, McCaul has prioritized defending Americans against domestic and international terrorism and has bolstered cyber and airport security. McCaul is also a member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Prior to Congress, he served as Chief of Counterterrorism and National Security in the U.S. Attorney’s office, Western District of Texas, and led the Joint Terrorism Task Force. McCaul served as Texas Deputy Attorney General under U.S. Sen. John Cornyn ’73.

After graduating from Trinity in 1984 with a B.A. in business and history, McCaul earned his J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Chris Newport’s public service includes five years in the U.S. Navy and five years in the City of Houston’s Administration & Regulatory Affairs (ARA) department. During this time, he was a council liaison, public information officer, and the Chief of Staff. In the mayor’s office, Newport is responsible for the smooth operation of Houston’s executive branch and implementation of the mayor’s policy priorities.

Newport holds an MBA from Rice University and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Trinity. He and his wife, Allison, have two sons.

The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award was established to honor Trinity alumni who have graduated in the past 15 years and have distinguished themselves in their profession and in community service.

SPIRIT OF TRINITY

GREEK ADVISOR OF THE YEAR

Ben White ’51

John Mace ’71

Ben White, who passed away in December, is posthumously honored with the Spirit of Trinity Award. White graduated from Trinity in 1951 with a double major in physics and math. After graduation, White was employed at the Southwest Research Institute (SWRI), where he worked in the automotive department. In 1959, White joined Automotive Research Associates where he spent the next 18 years of his professional career and became vice president. In 1977, White moved to Detroit to work for Oronite Additives at the Chevron Chemical Company as a senior technical liaison representative. Upon retirement in 1992, White moved home to Bexar County. White served as a volunteer member of the San Antonio Alumni Board and as a member of the Trinity National Alumni Board. He was active with Parents and Alumni with Spirit (PAWS), and seldom missed a Trinity football or softball game.

A 1971 graduate who majored in sociology, John Mace has owned Visual Sports Network, a photography company specializing in team sports photography, since 1989. Prior to owning Visual Sports Network, he was a YMCA director for 11 years. There, he hired Trinity students as sports officials and summer camp counselors, including students from the Bengal Lancers fraternity.

Mace has been in contact with Lancers representatives for the past 15 years. Since 2008, he has stayed in touch with Lancer alumni with newsletters and by organizing the Lancers-Chi Beta Alumni Weekend Party.

Mace is the second Trinity graduate to receive the Greek Alumni Advisor of the Year Award. This award, established in 2014, honors an alumnus or alumna whose outstanding service in an advisory capacity to a Trinity fraternity or sorority set a standard of excellence.

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TRINITY TRAVELS

Trinity Tigers traveled across the U.S. and around the world, climbing mountains, basking on beaches, and crossing oceans and the Equator. From Brazil to Big Sur, check out these Tigers’ adventures! #TrinityTravels

Winter 2016 TRINITY

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Trinity Tigers are world travelers, and Trinity magazine wants to see your photos!

Use #TrinityTravels to share your photos on social media, or submit them to the magazine (photo submission guidelines are on page 56).

Want a copy of your own cut-out LeeRoy? Download and print at gotu.us/CutOutLeeRoy

photos submitted by David ’11 and Lyndsey ’12 Aguilar on a trip to Big Sur, Calif.; Carlos Anchondo ’14 at a CASE conference in Vermont; President Danny Anderson on his listening tour across the U.S.; Cabral Balreira in his hometown of Fortaleza, Brazil and with colleague Eddy Kwessi at a conference in Memphis, Tenn.; Anh-Viet Dinh ’15 of his colleagues at Adobe MAX in Los Angeles; Dominik Kalisch on a trip to Hawaii; Ryan Hernandez ’17 and the Trinity Student Ambassadors during a trip to the White House; Leslie Hollingsworth ’88 on a trip to Colorado; Lauren Pettinati ’19 on a trip to Canada; Abel Ramos ’07 at eduWeb in Chicago; Marina Schweitzer ’19 on a trip to New Orleans; and Trustee Herb Stumberg ’81 on a hike up Mount Everest.

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DÉJÀ VIEW

Trinity tennis team, 1898

TRINITY UNIVERSITY:

“Its healthfulness is remarkable.”

by R. Douglas Brackenridge When Trinity opened in 1869, the University’s founders

emphasized the safety, beauty, and healthfulness of its location in Tehuacana, Texas. Their concern for the wellbeing of students focused on moral and physical health. In an era when most parents viewed urban life with fear and disdain, Tehuacana’s pastoral setting offered students an environment surrounded by solitude conducive to study and reflection. According to one writer, “Parents in the Southern States who wish their children educated up to the highest standard, and who wish to place them in a healthful, moral atmosphere, cannot do better than send them here.

Its healthfulness is remarkable.”

Trinity’s advertisements boasted that Tehuacana was “free from the temptations of vice abounding in the various towns of the country,” noting that it was “six miles away from the saloons, billiard halls, and card tables” located in Mexia, Texas, the nearest railroad connection.

The only public access to the Trinity campus from Mexia was by a horsedrawn hack on a winding, unpaved road.

Advertisement, June 1892 Tehuacana was a quiet little town of 500 or 600 inhabitants, consisting of families “of moral worth” that came to the area solely for educational purposes. With only a drug store, dry goods house, family grocery store, meat market, blacksmith shop, and post office, the town had no attractions to lure students from their studies.

According to an early Trinity president, “A more pleasant place to live would be hard to find.”

In terms of physical health, Trinity’s location had numerous admirable features. Its high elevation offered magnificent views of the surrounding prairies and provided clean air and protection from outbreaks of malaria that often occurred in low-lying towns and villages in the state. Moreover, Tehuacana’s water supply, numerous clear and sparkling springs that flowed out of limestone formations, had few competitors in the state. Fertile farm land surrounding the college campus produced grain, fruits, and vegetables in abundance, allowing inhabitants to prepare healthy meals for their families. University Trustees quashed attempts by a few daring vendors to sell unhealthy items on campus. In 1880 they ruled that the “custom of selling soda water, lemonade, and ice cream in the college building or on its lands be done away with and for the future give (students) only cold water.”

Initially, University officials deemed recreational sports and intercollegiate athletics to be inappropriate and unproductive enterprises for academic settings. William Beeson, Trinity’s first president, acquired the nickname “Jack” for his jackrabbit ability “to ferret out clandestine sports” that encroached on the University’s extended study hours. By the early 1890s, however, gymnastics and team sports were becoming popular student activities. A photograph of the Trinity tennis team in 1898 indicates that athletics were no longer deemed “clandestine” events.

In the 20th century, physical education courses, health services, counseling services, and intramural and intercollegiate activities became major components of Trinity’s efforts to provide a healthy environment for its students. Trinity’s present emphasis on mental and physical health continues and enhances the tradition of caring for the wellbeing of its University community.

One Trinity Place San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED

Parting Shot “Mystery meat vanished from the meal time menus with the return of A.R.A. food service after a year’s absence. In response to the new management’s eagerness to please even the most picky palate, students agree that food quality and variety has improved.” - Mirage Yearbook, 1982 What has changed since you last dined at Trinity?

Share your memories with Trinity magazine!

(See page 66 for photo submission guidelines.)