EAGLES’
Nest 1998
Audrey Garza Morton,
Austin :: was hired as Relevant Radio 970 AM development associate in Austin full time for Starboard Media Foundation. She also is a music host at KUTX-FM and was a reporter at NPR affiliate KUT.
Michael Patrick Peterson,
Tioga :: has
worked in public education for 11 years and was promoted to director of technology at Whitesboro ISD. He served in the Navy in the Persian Gulf before attending college. He and his wife, Christina, have two daughters, Alyssa and Jessica.
1999
2001
Kika Neville and Shawn Wallace (’11), Austin ::
Tracy Fenwick
Rachel Burlage (’06 M.A.) and Marc Knight (’05), Denton ::
welcomed their first child, a son, Django Ryne Wallace, in December 2011.
(M.S.), Dallas
are the parents of fourth-generation North Texan Amelia Burlage Knight, born in December. Rachel and Marc work at UNT’s Discovery Park. Amelia’s grandmother is
Kimberly Packard, Colleyville
:: released her debut novel,
Phoenix (GoodMedia Press), the story of three individuals tied by crimes committed 10 years and thousands of miles apart and their journeys for redemption and forgiveness. She earned her degree in journalism.
Bradley A. Scott (M.S.),
Corpus Christi :: and his wife,
Tiana, welcomed their son, Ethan, to the world in March 2012.
:: was named
senior tax manager at Hartman Leito & Bolt LLP. Based out of the accounting firm’s Dallas office, she is managing portfolios in industries including real estate, technology, manufacturing and distribution.
2000
Georgianne Burlage (’76). Her late great-grandparents were
Willie Mae Donnelly Burlage (’43, ’49 M.A.) and George Burlage (’60, ’69 M.A.).
2002
Stephen Shoop (Ph.D.),
Brownsville :: joined the music
Katy Kennedy (’06 M.Ed.),
faculty at the University of Texas at Brownsville, where he teaches applied tuba and euphonium and instrumental conducting. He also coordinates student teachers and the graduate music program.
manager for the northeast Dallas area for Soluble Systems LLC, a company that provides medical products used in the treatment of
Dallas :: is the new territory
Down the Corridor
Mario Zavala
Legacy of Annie Webb Blanton This spring, the Texas Historical Commission recognized North Texas educator and leader Annie Webb Blanton for her significant role in Texas history with an official Texas historical marker at a Denton ISD school named for her, the Dr. Annie Webb Blanton Elementary School in Argyle. Among those in attendance were the school’s 730 students, as well as teachers and administrators, many who are UNT alumni. “When we opened the doors of Annie Webb Blanton in 2008, it was just a building,” says Karen Satterwhite (’91 M.Ed.), principal of the school. “But then the children entered and the legacy for Dr. Blanton could be seen. This historical marker symbolizes the work of a great lady —a true servant of children.” The marker — the first state marker honoring a woman in Denton County — was co-sponsored by Denton County Historical Commission and Denton ISD. Blanton began her career in higher education in 1901 at North Texas, where she spent 17 years as an associate professor of English and promoted gender unity, published grammar exercise books used across the country, and assisted in numerous school activities. She was elected as the first woman president of the Texas State Teachers Association in 1916. And in 1918, she was elected to serve as state superintendent of public instruction, the first woman in Texas elected to statewide office.
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