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GOING GREEK Since officially coming to UTA ASSURING SUCCESS More undergraduates PATHWAYS TO COLLEGE Innovative programs in 1967, social fraternities and sororities have are getting hands-on research opportunities help UTA reach out to underrepresented played an important role in the lives of thou- as they work with faculty mentors, and the college students, encouraging them to pursue sands of students. p. 26 results are paying off. p. 30 their higher education dreams. p. 34

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EngineeringSpeed UTA’s Formula SAE Racing Team puts students on fast track to success IN A FOG Students made their way through the E.H. Hereford University Center mall as fog enveloped the campus one morning during final exams week. Contents Spring 2015 Message from the Editor A few decades ago when people talked which teamed students and faculty men- Web retailers push delivery FACULTY 11 Features about “student engagement” on campus, tors with Mission Arlington to tackle boundaries for the “want it Lt. Col. Lora Rimmer served they were probably referring to a mar- Type 2 diabetes. now” generation, quotes UT UTArlington in Iraq before coming to riage proposal. But these days the term Keelie Barrow, a graduate student in Arlington professor. Vol. XXXVI • No. 3 • Spring 2015 campus to head the ROTC measures how well students get involved urban affairs, served as project manager – @fwbusinesspress Maverick Battalion, where EDITOR in classes and campus activities. for the program, funded by a $25,000 she was named the U.S. Army Kathryn Hopper The 2014 National Survey of Student Ford College Community Challenge I'm done with finals!!!! I can Cadet Command’s Military Engagement found that students felt Grant. The effort produced bilingual finally be lazy... On purpose!! ASSISTANT EDITORS Science Professor of the Year. most connected in classrooms where educational films and computer apps #college #finalsweek Jessica Bridges professors relied more on discussion and to help newly diagnosed diabetics and #utarlington Amber Scott cooperative projects than on traditional improved business processes so Mission – @reci_symone EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTORS lecturing. That’s something mechani- Arlington could reach more patients. Herb Booth cal engineering Professor Bob Woods “It was a phenomenal experience,” Bar- Happy to rep cbsdfw! John Dycus SPEED RACER 20 learned a long time ago. row says. “I learned what I didn’t know Received 2 messages about Michael Eldridge A look inside UTA’s world- In our cover story, Dr. Woods details and then worked on gaining those skills.” @UTArlington putting me on Bridget Lewis ranked Formula SAE Racing how students gain hands-on experience Armed with a certificate in nonprofit their home page today. Teresa Newton Team, which plans to race an and much more through the University’s management, Barrow is excited about a – @ElizabethCBS11 Jim Patterson all-electric vehicle in April. It Traci Peterson Formula SAE Racing Team. The result career in community service. She’s proof Kristin Sullivan will be the first UTA Formula puts them on the fast track to success- that campus engagement doesn’t just The graduate studio I did FUTURE 12 car to compete in both the ful careers. benefit the student and the University. with Dean Don Gatzke, for ART DIRECTION Architecture Professor United States and Germany. Service learning is another compo- It also makes a difference in the com- the West Dallas Youth Farm, Brody Price Michael Buckley says the city nent that can ignite student involvement. munity and the world. featured on UT Arlington Joel Quintans of the future will combine GOING GREEK 26 Prime example: La Sweet Vida campaign, —Kathryn Hopper homepage. – @kevinws high-rise structures with UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHERS Social fraternities and green terraces and public Robert Crosby sororities continue to play an Honored to have @UTArling- spaces featuring massive Beth McHenry important role in the lives of ton as a #TAMEST15 sponsor media boards. many Mavericks. Tweets supporting #cancerresearch EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR There are many things I'm go- versity of Texas at Arlington students with spinal cord and #cancertreatment in OF UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS COMMUNITY 15 ASSURING SUCCESS 30 ing to miss about #UTA, and - @utarlington) injuries. – @RayHNeilsen Texas. – @TAMEST Mark Permenter UTA students and professors The University expands @shelleywigley is one! Thanks – @She_Mannequin team up with Mission Arling- ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR hands-on research for being an amazing profes- UTA is about the only thing Musicians show advantages ton to tackle diabetes. COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING opportunities for sor :) #PRstudent #graduate Congrats to Hunter Pence @paulcwindle and I have in in long-term memory, UT P. David Johnson undergraduates. – @amandatcruz and winning the WS! Proud common. 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I tion establishes scholarship – @ReptileReport those of The University of Texas Vasquez traveled to sight. miss my #collegedays (@Uni- program for UT Arlington The University of Texas at Ar- at Arlington or the staff of Washington, D.C., to make UTArlington Magazine. lington has to be very proud @TheEllenShow Could you Copyright © 2015, The University of a film commemorating the of former baseball player maybe swing by UT Arling- Texas at Arlington. An equal oppor- 50th anniversary of the Alumni News Hunter Pence. Go Giants! ton? – @kayleekalina tunity/affirmative action employer. Civil Rights Act of 1964. – @DennisHarp56 NORMAN WARD 40 Inspiring story at Elkins! ON THE COVER CRASH COURSE 8 Alumnus Norman Ward, Dillon Gee loves New York, Fabian signed with UTA today Photograph by Jonathan Zizzo In his Honors English class, a Fort Worth architect, but I'd guess a trade to Texas for wheelchair basketball. He Tim Morris asks students celebrates the joy of making wouldn't crush him. 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4 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 5 CAMPUS Christian Vasquez, Senior Film Major Talk

How did your film 50 Years When did you realize you come about? wanted to be a filmmaker? I received an email from one At 13 years old I remember CampusBuzz of my professors, Bart Weiss, getting my hands on a cam- UT ARLINGTON AND THE WORLD about the U.S. Department era. I would spend night after of Education seeking 50 night making mini-stop mo- students to participate in a tion films in my bedroom. I re-creation of the Freedom would make small clay figures Rides in commemoration of with googly eyes, tinker with the 50th anniversary of the lamps, and imagine a narra- Civil Rights Act of 1964. One tive. I was mesmerized by the of the positions they wanted idea of conducting the frame to fill was student documen- in any fashion that I could tarian, someone to make a dream. I could see endless film that encapsulated the possibilities. experience of the celebratory day of events. I was chal- How has attending UTA lenged with describing the helped you grow as an film I would make, if chosen. artist? My professors have proved What was most challenging to be invaluable mentors in about making the film? ways that I’m not sure I can I was a one-man crew. I had articulate. Personal relation- to conduct all operations— ships with fellow filmmakers sound, camera, and inter- are crucial for developing this views. This presents many agonizing craft. You need challenges for a filmmaker. At to be surrounded by people a technical level, you have to who will be honest about ensure that all of your equip- your work and who will push Ulyana Zavadskaya is one of ment is functioning fluidly you past your limits. four international Fulbright while at the same time tuning Scholars on campus this in to your surroundings and What are some of your year. Also pictured, from making sure you are where favorite films? top, Jiyea Kim of Korea, Kaija-Luisa Kurik of Ukraine, you need to be at any given My favorite films include and Jeyar Alsofi of Iraq. moment. Contempt by Jean-Luc Godard, The 400 Blows What surprised you when by François Truffaut, you were interviewing the and Blue Velvet by Da- Freedom Riders? vid Lynch. One of my International Destination I was most surprised at the favorite cinema-going convergence of my genera- experiences is when University attracts talented Fulbright Scholars from diverse regions of the world tion and the Freedom Riders' I saw The Tree of Life Ulyana Zavadskaya always wanted to study abroad. So of professional contacts,” she says. generation. Who would have by Terrence Malick. I in 2012 after graduating from Belarus State Economic Zavadskaya is one of four Fulbright scholars—the “UTA’s program thought 50 years ago that a was dumbfounded, University in Minsk with an international marketing most ever in one academic year—enrolled at UT Arling- turned out to Mexican-American filmmaker awestruck, and moved degree, she started applying to American universities. ton for 2014-15. The others are Jiyea Kim of Korea, a would be sitting next to a beyond words. It was almost a “I wanted to pursue my studies in the United States,” linguistics Ph.D. student; Kaija-Luisa Kurik of Ukraine, be my perfect man like Charles Person, the spiritual experience, witness- she says. “I always felt that it was the best place to a doctoral candidate in the School of Urban and Public youngest Freedom Rider, ing the power of the cinema study marketing.” Affairs; and Jeyar Alsofi of Iraq, a materials science match.” exchanging personal stories, manifest itself in that film. She targeted UT Arlington and gained admission to and engineering master’s student. political stances, and aspira- the Master of Science in Marketing Research program, They are among the 800 faculty and professionals tions for this country. If you could make any but she needed financial help. That came when she worldwide who receive Fulbright grants for advanced movie, what would it be received a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship, enabling research and university lecturing in the United States about? her to enroll last fall. each year. I would explore people’s The Fulbright is the flagship international exchange Jay Horn, executive director of the Office of Inter- plight toward the elusive program administered by the U.S. government to national Education, says the Fulbright program brings American dream. I would increase mutual understanding between America and students to the University who are strong academically question what that dream residents of other countries. and who come from a wide range of countries. even means. How it’s been “UTA’s program turned out to be my perfect match “That international diversity brings a richness and constructed into an almost in terms of curriculum, internships, and the assistance depth to the campus experience for all of our students,” mythological tale we tell our- that is provided to students to establish a wide network he says. selves and our children.

6 UTArlington Magazine CAMPUS CAMPUS Crash Course Animals Awards DANIEL ARMSTRONG Acclaimed researcher AND RICHARD TIMMONS Two professors known for leads integrated college their innovation in chemistry have been named fellows corridor into an urban amenity of the National Academy of and trail system. Inventors. Daniel Armstrong Prior to joining the Uni - is the UT Arlington Robert versity of Utah, Ellin held a A. Welch Chair in Chemistry, series of leadership positions at and Richard Timmons is a Arizona State University. She Distinguished Professor of directed programs in planning Chemistry and Biochemistry. and urban and metropolitan They join eight other UTA ENGL 1301 studies, as well as a doctoral faculty and administrators It’s human nature to feel a program in architecture and previously named fellows of connection to other living Nan Ellin envisions great environmental design. She the NAI, which recognizes things, particularly animals. things springing from the shaped the vision for Canal- life-enhancing inventions. From prehistoric cave draw- integration of the School of scape, an ongoing initiative to ings in France to novels such Architecture and the School create urban hubs throughout as Moby Dick, animals have of Urban and Public Affairs. the Phoenix area where canals provided creative inspira- “When you bring architec- meet major streets. tion through the genera- ture, urban planning, and pub- She has written numerous tions. English Professor Tim lic affairs together, the syner- articles and books, including Morris asks students in gies are tremendous,” says Dr. Good Urbanism: Six Steps to Animals, his first-year Hon- Ellin, who began in January as Creating Prosperous Places, ors College class, to read a founding dean of a new college Integral Urbanism, and Post- Made in America variety of works, from J.R. formed through the merger of modern Urbanism. SURESH SHARMA Ackerley’s loving tribute to the two schools. “Dr. Ellin’s depth and Grant aims to boost U.S. manufacturing Physics Professor Suresh his pet German shepherd Most recently, she served breadth of experience bridges After taking a nosedive with the loss of 5.8 million Sharma received the 2014 in My Dog Tulip to biolo- as professor and chair of the the disciplines of architecture, factory jobs between 2000 and 2009, American manu- Distinguished Service Award gist Victoria Braithwaite’s University of Utah’s Depart- planning, and urban and public facturing is on the upswing. from the Texas Section of the exploration of fish behavior, ment of City and Metropolitan affairs, and will help position To continue the momentum, UT Arlington will a use American Physical Society. Do Fish Feel Pain? “This is Planning, where she worked UT Arlington as a center for grant from the Walmart Foundation to build a robotic The award honors individuals a good topic because the with residents, community excellence in all aspects of sus- small motors assembly and testing system that would who have made a significant students don’t need a lot organizations, and city officials tainable urban development,” cut manufacturing costs and allow more goods to be contribution to the Texas of experience or prepara- on The 9 Line project, an effort UTA President Vistasp Karb- produced in the United States. physics community. tion,” Dr. Morris says. “It’s to convert a neglected railroad hari says. The Walmart U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Grant an interdisciplinary course was part of an announcement of $4 million in awards COMMUNITY SERVICE and they’re reading writings to seven research and development institutions. Made UT Arlington has been named from different fields, but all possible through a collaboration among Walmart, the to the 2014 President’s Higher they have to write about in U.S. Conference of Mayors, and the Walmart Founda- Education Community Ser- their first paper is an animal tion, the grants fund creation of new processes, ideas, vice Honor Roll. The award is and start from there.” For and jobs that will boost America’s growing manufac- the federal government’s top freshman Baylee Fojtik, turing footprint. recognition for community right, her pet cat is the per- Aditya Das, senior research scientist at the service in higher education. fect muse. Other students UT Arlington Research Institute, will lead UTA’s efforts. Between July 2012 and 2013, have selected squirrels, The institute has conducted pioneering research in UT Arlington faculty, staff, bats, ladybugs, cockroach- automated product miniaturization and system inte- and students contributed es, even dinosaurs. “The gration for more than a decade. more than 680,000 hours of idea is to notice things that “We can leverage all the tools and knowledge we’ve service. perhaps have not been no- built up during that time and put them to use on this ticed in the published litera- project,” Dr. Das says. “Walmart is committed to PURNENDU DASGUPTA ture and also to cite some of bringing manufacturing to America. We do our part Chemistry Professor Purn- the sources about the use BEST FOR VETS UT Arlington is among the top colleg- to develop U.S. manufacturing by building a machine endu “Sandy” Dasgupta has of that animal,” Morris says. es for military veterans. According to the Best for Vets: Col- that helps produce these small motors.” been named a fellow of the “For example, how horses leges 2015 rankings by Military Times, the University ranked The motors are found in toys, small appliances, elec- Institute of Electrical and Elec- have been depicted in art.” No. 36 of four-year schools that offer bachelor’s or graduate tric shavers, hair dryers, electronic devices, and a bevy tronics Engineers. Dr. Dasgup- degrees or both. The survey focused on veterans’ academic of other consumer goods. ta is recognized worldwide success, including graduation, retention, persistence, and Cindi Marsiglio, Walmart vice president of U.S. for his pioneering work in ion completion rates. UT Arlington has nearly 3,000 student vet- sourcing and manufacturing, says this year’s grant chromatography, the process erans or their dependents among its more than 40,000 stu- recipients represent the ingenuity and inventive think- of separating and detecting dents. Because students are asked to identify themselves as ing that ultimately could unlock the full potential of atoms and molecules bearing veterans, actual veteran enrollment may be larger. manufacturing in the United States. a net electrical charge.

8 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 9 CAMPUS CAMPUS Grants Department of Military Science Faculty HAIYING HUANG A team of engineering profes- UTA leading national sors has received a $450,000 Air Force Office of Scien- online learning effort tific Research grant to detect Online learning continues to efit universities transitioning early-stage damages in air- expand access to higher educa- to digital learning as well as craft parts. Led by mechanical tion, and UT Arlington is at learners from groups tradi- and aerospace engineering LT. COL. LORA RIMMER the forefront of the movement. tionally under-represented Professor Haiying Huang, As an undergraduate his- The University’s Learning in higher education. the researchers are examin- tory major at the University Innovation and Networked “This research project will ing material surfaces at the of Kansas, Lora Rimmer Knowledge (LINK) Lab will address the barriers to digi- micro- and nanoscale levels. found a home in the Army lead a $1.6 million national ini- tal learning and articulate the ROTC. “I really enjoyed tiative to connect researchers conditions needed for all learn- the camaraderie. I enjoyed examining the impact of digital ers to succeed, better their lives, the challenge of the work learning on higher education. and participate in the global we were doing, and I felt The new Digital Learning economy,” Dr. Siemens says. like I was pretty good Research Network (dLRN) is UT Arlington has been a at it.” Commissioned as funded by a grant from the leader in online education for an officer in 1990, Lt. Col. Bill & Melinda Gates Foun - years. Working with Dallas- Rimmer’s 28-year military dation. LINK Lab Executive based Academic Partnerships, career includes serving as Director George Siemens the University provides online the Network Operations will coordinate work between bachelor’s and master’s degrees Officer for the First Cavalry UT Arlington and nine insti- in education, nursing, and ANN CAVALLO Division during Operation tutions, including Carnegie public administration. In fall The National Science Founda- Iraqi Freedom in 2006-08. In Mellon University, Stanford 2014, 17,185 UTA students tion has awarded an $800,000 2011 she assumed command University, the University of took at least one class online, Robert Noyce Teacher Water Works of UT Arlington’s ROTC Michigan, and the Smithson- and 13,245 had fully online Scholarship Program grant unit, the Maverick Battalion. ian Institution. schedules. to curriculum and instruction Research quenches thirst of urban areas Under her leadership, the The grant aims to close the The dLRN initiative is part Professor Ann Cavallo. The Transforming water-related challenges into opportuni- program has grown to 147 gap between digital learning of the Bill & Melinda Gates award provides one- to two- ties is key to making cities more livable. cadets with roughly half research and its impact on Foundation’s Postsecond- year scholarships to selected Civil engineering Associate Professor D.J. Seo has majoring in science, tech- practice and to amplify the ary Success Strategy, which undergraduates pursuing received a four-year, $1.2 million National Science nology, engineering, and breadth of research being con- seeks to increase the number teacher certification in high Foundation grant to improve the sustainability of large mathematics fields. Last ducted. The Digital Learning of young adults who complete school mathematics, physical urban areas from extreme weather, urbanization, and year the U.S. Army Cadet Research Network will ben- postsecondary education. science, or chemistry. climate change. Command named Rimmer Dr. Seo and his research team will integrate data the Professor of Military LIPING TANG from advanced weather radar, innovative wireless sen- Science of the Year, chosen Bioengineering Professor sors, and crowdsourcing of data via cellphone appli- from among 275 professors Liping Tang has received a cations to create high-resolution modeling of urban at colleges and universities $533,000 U.S. Army grant water systems. nationwide that offer Army to help eradicate prostate The resulting water prediction system will use cloud ROTC. “The biggest reason cancer. Dr. Tang and his team computing to produce a suite of products for flash- it’s exciting is because it are using biodegradable poly- flood forecasting, inundation mapping, water quality brings attention to the pro- mers to build artificial lymph forecasting, storm water management, urbanization gram, cadets, and staff who nodes that attract prostate impact assessment, and climate change impact assess- work with me,” she says. “I cancer cells. ment and adaptation. couldn’t be successful with- The grant builds on Seo’s work to establish the Col- out the quality of students SOCIAL WORK laborative Adaptive Sensing of the Atmosphere (CASA) and faculty we have here at The School of Social Work radar system in North Texas. UT Arlington installed UTA.” has received a $1.4 million the first radar station in the region atop Carlisle Hall grant from the Department in 2012. of Health and Human CASA provides weather data every minute compared Services to help increase the to every five to six minutes with previous systems. It PLUTONIUM POWER Physics doctoral student number of mental health can focus on smaller areas, giving users more detailed Sarah Hernandez won first place for best poster presenta- and substance abuse case information to better track storms and precipitation. tion at the American Nuclear Society’s Plutonium Futures- workers in the United States. College of Engineering Dean Khosrow Behbehani The Science 2014 conference. She presented research on The funding supports student believes the research will help create more sustainable the stabilization of delta phase plutonium by the element internships and training at urban environments. gallium. Hernandez enrolled in the physics Ph.D. program in MHMR of Tarrant County and “It will advance our understanding of urban sus- 2010 with help from the UT Arlington Louis Stokes Alliance Metrocare Dallas. Enrollment tainability and the associated challenges through the for Minority Participation Bridge to the Doctorate fellow- in the school was up 8.7 environmental, social, and economic needs of a large ship. The program provides up to $30,000 in annual stipends percent in fall 2014. city,” Dr. Behbehani says. and intensive mentoring for two years.

10 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 11 CAMPUS CAMPUS Future High-Density Megacity, 2055 Press JAMES CAMPBELL QUICK The Wall Street Journal noted Experienced leader to the research of business Pro- fessor James Campbell Quick helm research e≠orts in a story about companies Society, the American Asso- offering mini-sabbaticals to ciation for the Advancement employees. Dr. Quick found of Science, and the American that sabbatical leaves of six Ceramic Society. months or more reduced At Sandia, Dimos has been individuals’ stress levels, actively involved in nanotech- particularly for those who fully nologies, leading programs in unplugged from work. materials aging and reliability and developing new energy PAUL PAULUS The University has named programs in materials and in Success.com quoted Duane Dimos, renowned mate- a wide range of national secu- psychology Professor Paul rials scientist and executive at rity research and development Paulus in an article about Sandia National Laboratories efforts. He played key roles in how to encourage introverts in Albuquerque, N.M., vice partnerships with the Univer- in meetings. Dr. Paulus says president for research. He sity of Arizona, the University having group members write begins April 1. of New Mexico, and The Uni- their ideas and pass them During his 25 years at San- versity of Texas System. along to the next participant dia, Dr. Dimos served in a wide “We are thrilled to welcome to expand on, or listing variety of leadership and man- Duane Dimos to UT Arlington,” them in a computer network, agement positions, including as President Vistasp Karbhari circumvents extroverts acting vice president of the sci- says. “His international repu- hogging the discussion. ence and technology division. tation as a scientist, his lifelong An expert in materials sci- commitment to research and ence and engineering, Dimos innovation, and his success has published more than 140 in cultivating partnerships Staying Safe technical papers, edited four among government, industry, Film to showcase lessons from disaster proceedings volumes, and and educational institutions holds 11 patents. He is a fel - will inject our research endeav- In December 1984, 27 miners died when fire engulfed low of the Materials Research ors with added momentum.” the Wilberg Mine in Emery County, Utah. According to the U.S. Mine Rescue Association, it took a year to recover all the bodies. JUDY LEFLORE UT Arlington has received a $1.3 million grant National Public Radio’s “Sound from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Medicine” interviewed Judy and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and LeFlore, associate dean for Health to produce an oral history documentary based simulation and technology on the tragedy. The grant also will fund accompanying in the College of Nursing multimedia components and leadership skills training and Health Innovation, in among first-line supervisors over the next three years. a program examining how The project is a partnership among NIOSH, Safety remote-controlled baby Solutions International, the UT Arlington Division manikins are used to train for Enterprise Development, and the Department of students to handle life- Art and Art History. threatening emergencies. “We’re honored to know that in telling the story of the Wilberg Mine disaster through film, we’ll be cre- MARK LAMSTER ating a lasting resource that will save lives by raising The Atlantic magazine High-rise structures with levels of green- must also offer broad living choices for those architecture firm’s downtown Dallas headquar- awareness of hazards that still exist today,” says Lisa profiled Mark Lamster, UTA ery, terraces, and open spaces. Balconies big seeking an urbane lifestyle,” says Buckley, di- ters. “We get fresh insight and connection to London, assistant vice president for the Division for architecture professor in enough to grow vegetables. Speedy mass tran- rector of UT Arlington’s Center for Metropoli- research at the Center for Metropolitan Den- Enterprise Development and principal investigator practice who also serves as sit, including aerial trams that zoom workers tan Density. “It’s clear that young knowledge sity,” HKS President and CEO Dan Noble says. TRUNK SHOW When Sarah Mahon saw that a massive on the grant. architecture critic for The straight to high-tech offices with bubble tops workers want lifestyle experiences, walkable “We believe bringing the design studio into a oak tree near Texas Hall had been toppled in a powerful Film Lecturer Mark Clive will lead production of Dallas Morning News. When for skyline views. Architecture Professor Mi- precincts, and variety in street-related retail.” professional office environment is a first step October storm, she created a learning opportunity. The the documentary following a site visit to Utah this the University and newspaper chael Buckley believes future urbanites will The center promotes greater density to fos- in engaging students in real-world challenges.” biology doctoral student left a note for campus landscapers, spring. While there, he and his team will interview jointly hired Lamster, his first enjoy all of this and more. They’ll also gather at ter economically productive, fiscally efficient, Those challenges include creating higher den- asking if she could use part of the trunk to give students in workers and first responders who experienced and assignment was reviewing the electronic forums—public areas with massive, environmentally sustainable, and culturally sity concepts for Dallas, Fort Worth, and San plant science labs a hands-on lesson. “Some students think investigated the disaster. George W. Bush Presidential high-resolution media boards that display in- supportive environments. A recent partner- Antonio that feature increased residential plants are boring,” she says, “but it was a chance to show “That fire had a huge impact on the community and Center, which he described ternational news and weather with interactive ship with HKS Inc. embeds graduate students choices and new office workspaces comple- how they evolve and affect our lives.” Mahon, who works in others around it,” Clive says. “Our documentary will as: “Everywhere competent, opinion polls and digital art. “A vibrant city core from Buckley’s Advance Design Studio into the mented by cultural and retail uses. biology Professor Laura Gough’s lab, says the tree was about be compelling and explain what was long considered it nowhere rises to a level of

ILLUSTRATION BY STEPHEN DURKE STEPHEN BY ILLUSTRATION PHOTOGRAPH BY ASSOCIATED PRESS (WILBERG MINE) a century old. one of the worst coal mining disasters in U.S. history.” inspiration.”

12 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 13 CAMPUS CAMPUS Outreach La Sweet Vida Community CONNECT ED UT Arlington is one of more Nurse’s journeys to than a dozen universities selected for a White House Africa reap rewards initiative aimed at empower- ing with the Nurses and Mid- ing teachers and students wives Union. While the nation nationwide to use technol- is across the continent from SWEET SUCCESS ogy in the classroom. The the West African region bat- Diabetes is one of the most ConnectED program partners tling the Ebola virus, Uganda common diseases faced with the online learning encountered the disease years by low-income patients at platform edX to offer free before. Mission Arlington’s medi- professional development The current outbreak once cal clinic. “We’ve found courses and accompany- again highlighted the problems that most of the diabetic ing certification to teachers, of medical workers in develop- patients don’t know how along with courses to prepare Nursing Professor Jennifer ing countries, where hospitals to take care of themselves,” students for advanced place- Gray knows the challenges lack basic supplies, electric- says Tillie Burgin, Mis- ment exams. nurses face in Uganda. They ity can be spotty, and nurses sion Arlington’s executive often make nightly rounds frequently must reuse items. director. “They don’t know by flashlight due to electrical But Gray says the medical what to eat, what not to outages. Basic items such as professionals she works with eat.” But that’s changing plastic gloves are a precious there are dedicated to improv- thanks to a partnership commodity. ing treatment and furthering between the Arlington “The nurses, particularly in knowledge. She organizes agency and UT Arlington. Playing Smart rural areas, receive supplies workshops on research meth- Produced by students, the La Sweet Vida campaign Professor researches ways to protect quarterly so they may run out ods and helps budding scholars before they get the next ship- publish research papers. uses brochures, videos, an children from concussions ment,” says the College of Nurs- She’s looking forward to app, and a website—las- ing and Health Innovation returning this summer. weetvida.com—to explain Kinesiology Associate Professor Cindy Trowbridge is associate dean. “There may be “There’s such a strong desire how to recognize symp- ADAPTIVE SPORTS one of six certified athletic trainers from U.S. univer- one nurse for 30 to 40 patients. to learn and an eagerness to get toms of diabetes and make A U.S. Veterans Affairs sities selected to coordinate a new program from the It’s a different world when you more information. The nursing the life changes to manage Department grant will enable MomsTEAM Institute, a leading youth sports health think about health care.” faculty’s commitment to their it. Funded by a $25,000 UTA to increase opportuni- and safety think tank and watchdog group. Dr. Gray made her eighth patients and their students is grant from the Ford Motor ties for disabled veterans Dr. Trowbridge, the clinical education coordinator trip to Uganda last year, work- really inspiring.” Company Fund, the project and armed forces members in UT Arlington’s Athletic Training Education Pro- involved 34 students from to participate in adaptive gram, is working with the Grand Prairie Youth Foot- eight disciplines mentored sports. The funding will help ball Association to implement a pilot of MomsTEAM’s by nine professors through the Movin’ Mavs wheelchair innovative SmartTeam program. SmartTeam features the University’s Center basketball team support a combination of parent, coach, and player education for Community Service camps, clinics, and program efforts and equipment upgrades to minimize sports Learning. For Keelie Barrow, participation costs for veter- injuries and concussions. left, a graduate student in ans with physical disabilities. “We want our youngest and most vulnerable to be urban affairs who served as “Being able to provide this safest, but often the youngest are being coached by project manager, the oppor- opportunity to our veterans is the people with the least experience,” Trowbridge says. tunity reinforced her desire a great way for us to give back “This notion of creating a national program where a to work in community ser- to those who have served our youth team sports program could work toward being vice. “It was a phenomenal country,” Movin’ Mavs coach designated as a SmartTeam is a great way to address experience,” Barrow says. “I Doug Garner says. that knowledge gap.” learned what I didn't know SmartTeam is based on MomsTEAM’s work with a and then worked on gaining TERRY FOUNDATION high school football program in rural Oklahoma and is those skills.” UT Arlington has been chronicled in the recent PBS documentary The Smartest selected to participate in the Team: Making High School Football Safer. Terry Foundation Scholarship Pilot programs began last fall with a national rollout FOOD FOR THOUGHT The UT Arlington Office of program, the largest private set for this year. SmartTeam status will be awarded Sustainability has received the Environmental Protection source of scholarships in to youth sports organizations, nominated by parents, Agency’s Food Recovery Challenge Award for Leadership. Texas. The program covers that have demonstrated a commitment to minimizing Participants are asked to reduce food waste by 5 percent the full cost of attending the risk of physical, psychological, and sexual injury over five years through prevention, donation, or compost- college for 16 students begin- to young athletes. ing. Composting is the UTA program’s main focus. Since 2005 ning in fall 2015. UTA’s first Adds Brooke de Lench, executive director of volunteers and staff have steadily increased the amount of class of Terry Scholars will MomsTEAM: “The purpose of the SmartTeam food waste collected and composted from campus dining come from 32 nominees to pilot program is to demonstrate to parents, coaches, services and off-campus coffee shops and hospitals, as well be interviewed by the Terry administrators, and health care professionals that there as yard waste from University grounds crews. UT Arlington Foundation in April. are steps we can take now to make youth sports safer.” composts about 68,000 pounds of waste each year.

14 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 15 CAMPUS CAMPUS Gallery Feeding Creativity Numbers Vice president to reach 9,714 STEPHEN LAPTHISOPHON out to alumni, donors UT Arlington conferred 9,714 Art doesn’t have to be “Michael brings tremen- degrees, including certificates, slowly and carefully crafted. dous experience to the Uni- last academic year. Among For Stephen Lapthisophon, versity based on the leader - the 2013-14 graduates were it can spring from ordinary ship roles he has played at 225 students who earned experiences, accidents even, prominent institutions of doctorates. like spilling coffee. “The higher education,” President idea is to make someone Vistasp Karbhari says. “His think about the things that most recent role provides an happen in everyday life,” international perspective that says the senior lecturer in will help our philanthropic ini- the Art and Art History Michael Kingan has been tiatives soar,” 100About 100 UT Arlington Department. Born in Hous- named vice president for devel- Kingan earned his under- professors possess patents ton, Lapthisophon earned opment and alumni relations, graduate degree in political on various devices, processes, his BFA from UT Austin in leading the University’s efforts science from Austin College or technologies. In October 1977 and his MFA from the to expand fundraising and and his Master of Public the University showcased School of the Art Institute engage its more than 190,000 Affairs from the Lyndon B. faculty research at an innova- of Chicago. He began teach- alumni. Johnson School of Public tion symposium and chapter ing at UT Arlington in 2007 The native Texan brings Affairs at UT Austin. launch of the National Acad- and is a featured artist at more than two decades of “UT Arlington plays a criti- emy of Inventors. Dallas’ Conduit Gallery. In success in advancement, serv- cal role in preparing students

2013 he presented a major ing in leadership positions at to achieve their academic solo exhibition, “coffee, the University of New Mexico dreams in an increasingly glob- seasonal fruit, root vegeta- Foundation, University of al and interconnected world,” 41,779 bles and ‘Selected Poems,’ ” Iowa, University of Washing- Kingan says. “The University Propelled by an influx of at the Dallas Museum of ton School of Law, and Univer- has established a solid phil- Loving Legacy engineering, education, and Art. Constructed with food nursing students, fall 2014 sity of Michigan Law School. anthropic base, and achiev- Klaus Driessen recalls how his mother materials such as coffee and Most recently he served as ing even greater community enrollment reached a record ground spices, his works chief advancement officer involvement is essential to sup- saved a friend from the Nazis 34,870. Total enrollment of all emphasize the importance for the Singapore American porting the strategic mission students in UT Arlington pro- Just because Klaus Driessen retired in December doesn’t of senses other than sight. School. of this world-class institution.” grams on campus and online mean he’s slowing down. There’s an upcoming trip to For the last 20 years, Lapthi- was 41,779. Asia, a book to finish, and maybe another mountain sophon has suffered from to climb. He made it to base camp at Mount Everest vision impairment. He says last year. his condition has impacted At 66, the longtime German lecturer in the Modern his art but not his artistic Languages Department still exudes the energy and rd vision. “When you go back humor that made him a favorite with students. and look at what I’ve done “Sure, learning German is difficult,” he says, “but over a long period of time,” there’s no reason it shouldn’t be fun.” he says, “it pretty much Driessen received the 2014 President’s Award for looks the same.” Diverse: Issues in Higher Excellence in Distance Education Teaching for his 3 Education magazine ranks web-based courses, which have reached students as the College of Nursing and Clockwise from top: far away as military bases in Afghanistan. Health Innovation third “Spoerri Ink” (2009) His next project is completing a book about his nationally and first in Texas collage, ink, gesso, and mother’s decision to hide her Jewish friend from the for producing minority nurses pigmented bacon fat Nazis in World War II. With the working title True on paper; “Flash Light with bachelor’s degrees. UT Friends, the book will detail how Mati Driessen res- (GC)” (2007) ink, latex, Arlington came in at No. 21 on cued Lilli Wolff in Vienna. Wolff stayed in hiding for tape, and collage on the publication’s list of minor- cardboard; “Menu” STOPPING TRAFFIC Three computer science and en- more than four years. ity graduates with a master’s (2009) ink, latex, and gineering students won a $10,000 prize in the NTx Apps Chal- After the war, Driessen and his mother left the small degree in nursing. coffee on paper; and lenge for a smart traffic light network that adjusts schedules Bavarian town of Altenmarkt an der Alz outside Munich “JB” (2010) ink, pencil, to ease traffic flow. Seniors Zedd Shmais, James Staud, and and came to the United States. Wolff, already in Dal- coffee, spray paint, and gold-pigmented bacon Nhat Tran created a real-time monitoring system, dubbed las, sponsored Driessen and his mother’s immigration fat on paper GridLock, that uses computerized data mining to time traf- in 1956. fic lights. In addition to the money, the students will receive “I was raised by two very loving women, as both a 1,000 mentoring from Jorge Varela, assistant director of TECH Christian and a Jew,” Driessen says. “We need to be The UTA volleyball program Fort Worth, and Gemalto, a sponsoring company. “We’re kind and accept people. See people for who they are. earned victory No. 1,000 in planning to further pursue this idea and bring the app to the Look past color and religion and realize that prejudice September with a win over streets,” Shmais says. and war never solve anything.” Houston Baptist University.

16 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 17 CAMPUS CAMPUS Champs Softball Sports CROSS COUNTRY The women’s cross country team won the Sun Belt Con- Former standouts join ference championship in No- vember. It was the Mavericks’ Athletics Hall of Honor fifth league title and first since Two-time World Series cham- Conference championships 2001. Junior Katelyn Hayward pion outfielder Hunter Pence in 1997 and 2000. led the way with a fifth-place of the San Francisco Giants A member of the volleyball NINA VILLANUEVA finish, earning first-team All- is among the inductees in the team from 1990-92, Crawford Infielder Nina Villanueva’s SBC honors. Junior Gabriela 2015 UT Arlington Athletics was 1990 SLC Newcomer of the journey to UT Arlington Alfonzo placed sixth and was Hall of Honor class. Year and Player of the Year. She has taken her from an named to the second team. Joining Pence are sprinter was a first-team all-conference initial stint at Cal State Elston Cawley, volleyball player selection all three years and Monterey Bay in Seaside, Valeria Whitfield Crawford, most valuable player in the Calif., to a leadership role football player Mike Stamps, 1992 SLC tournament. for the Maverick softball and the 1996-2000 men’s track Stamps made 29 starts at team. She transferred after and field teams. defensive back from 1966-70, her freshman season and A three-time Major League intercepting nine passes and quickly became a dominant Baseball All-Star, Pence was a recovering four fumbles. In force. She was named to the standout for the Mavericks in 1968 he was named first-team 2013 All-Western Athletic 2003 and 2004. The Houston all-SLC, honorable mention Conference first team and Astros selected him in the sec- All-American, and honorable made the WAC All-Tourna- ond round of the 2004 draft. mention All-Texas. He also ment team. As a junior, she He has a career .284 batting received the Ex-Letterman’s earned first-team all-con- BRUCE COLLIE average with 185 home runs Award for outstanding contri- Winning Ways ference honors for a second Former offensive lineman and 689 RBIs. butions to UTA football. Volleyball program’s future looks bright consecutive year, this time Bruce Collie made the 2015 Cawley was a six-time From 1996-2000 the men’s in the Sun Belt Conference. ballot for induction into the track and field All-American track and field teams won five The 2014 volleyball season was one to remember as The San Diego native led College Football Hall of Fame. who represented Jamaica at SLC championships and pro- the Mavericks recorded their best winning percentage UT Arlington in batting av- He played for the Mavericks the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. duced 10 All-Americans. The since 2004 and most wins since 2006. erage (.348), hits (56), RBIs from 1981-84, earning first- Named UTA’s Athlete of the Mavericks won outdoor titles The team went 25-9 (.735) overall and finished fourth (39), and home runs (8). She team All-America honors as a Year in 1997, he helped the in 1996 and 1997 and indoor in the Sun Belt Conference at 14-6 before losing in enters her final season as senior. San Francisco selected Mavericks win Southland titles in 1997, 1999, and 2000. the conference tournament semifinals. The season one of three seniors coach Collie in the fifth round of the featured the seventh longest home win streak at 10 Kristie Fox will tap for lead- 1985 NFL Draft, and he won matches and an eight-match overall streak, tied for ership and production. The Super Bowls with the 49ers in the longest since 2002. team begins 2015 in recently 1989 and 1990. Coach Diane Seymour believes the impact of seniors renovated Allan Saxe Field. Ashley Bennett, Taylor Gross, Taylor Story, and Amanda “I’m stoked to have a new fa- TAYLOR STORY Welsh will carry into next season. cility for our senior season,” Six volleyball players were “It started with these four seniors and the three Villanueva says. By staying recognized for outstanding seniors from a year ago, and it kind of set us up for positive and working hard, classroom performance. Tay- where we’re going,” Seymour says. “It’s a shame this she hopes to put up even lor Story was selected to the season ended abruptly like it did, but there’s no doubt bigger numbers than last Commissioner’s List while Bri- the future is bright for our program.” year. More importantly, she ana Sharratt, Caitlyn Cooney, Bennett finished her career with 367 blocks to rank believes the Mavericks have Taylor Gross, Karli Nanny, and seventh in school history, and Welsh moved into sixth a shot at winning the Sun Cassidy Wheeler were named place in career assists with 3,517 and became the 15th Belt Conference title. to the Sun Belt Conference player to serve 100 aces. Academic Honor Roll. Defense carried the Mavericks, who led the nation in digs per set for four weeks entering the Sun Belt CRAIG LAUTENSLAGER Conference Tournament and finished the season with AND ERIC OJEDA the NCAA’s second best mark at 18.16. UT Arlington Juniors Craig Lautenslager also ranked 24th in blocks and 27th in opponents hit- and Eric Ojeda earned All- BUILDING TRADITION Now in their second season, ting percentage. NCAA South Central Region the Lady Movin’ Mavs participated in their first National Two all-conference performers will return next sea- cross country honors in Intercollegiate Wheelchair Basketball Association Tourna- son. Sophomore middle blocker Briana Sharratt regis- November. It was the second ment last year. This season’s roster includes U.S. paralym- tered 275 kills and a team-high 165 blocks to earn first- consecutive year that Laut- pian Rose Hollermann and three players invited to the U.S. team honors. Freshman outside hitter Qiana Canete enslager, who finished 14th, national team tryouts in January: Josie Aslakson, above, was a second-team selection, leading the Mavericks was an all-region selection. Morgan Wood, and Abby Dunkin. Jason Nelms, himself a for- with 376 kills and finishing second with 480 digs. Ojeda was 23rd, helping the mer paralympian and Movin’ Mavs standout, serves as vol- Also returning is junior libero Caitlyn Cooney, who Mavericks to a sixth-place unteer coach. The Lady Movin’ Mavs will shoot for their first recorded 671 digs, the second most in a season, and showing. national championship in March at the University of Missouri. ranks 11th in career digs with 1,384. PHOTOGRAPH BY ASSOCIATED PRESS (COLLIE), JEREMY SCHACK (LADY MOVIN' MAVS)

18 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 19 SPEED

RACERDecades of hard work and dedication have propelled UT Arlington to the top ranks of collegiate racing teams BY KEN PERKINS PHOTOGRAPHY BY JONATHAN ZIZZO

SPRING 2015 21 from scratch delves deeper into the psyche of a student After his aha moment at the Mini Baja race in Phoe- engineer as a battle against uncertainty. nix, Woods rolled up his sleeves and went to work. In Why else would students already saddled with heavy 1983 UTA captured its first win in Formula SAE and course loads spend so much time at Woolf Hall design- went on to dominate the competition. The team has ing, testing, prototyping, building, and eventually racing won more titles than any other school, and that includes these cars—for no pay? If you’re not working at least universities from Canada, Germany, South Korea, and 40 hours a week, you’re slouching. You’re certainly not Austria. obsessed; not really hooked. Below, Myles Sloan, “It infects everyone who is a part of this department,” A WELL-OILED PROCESS Wyatt Langston, says Amit Kudtarkar, who averaged slightly more than Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Dr. Bob Woods, 80 hours a week last year as team captain. He’s the Chairman Erian Armanios loves to talk victories but David Campbell, business manager now. “I can’t tell you why there’s is more impressed by team members’ 100 percent post- Dustin Mullis, and such a passion for it. Once it infects you, it completely graduation hire rate. Shahzad Bulsara look over plans. consumes your life.” “You can sit in a lecture all day long, but the real Students weld on the learning is when you do something yourself in some frame of a new car. PUSHING THE ENVELOPE The mojo of UTA’s Formula SAE Racing Team isn’t necessarily its wild success, although trying to outper- form last year’s team is a driving force. It’s a tradition that deepens with every new contingent charged with building a new car for a new race. Wide-eyed candidates number about 60 each year, only to be whittled to an insanely dedicated two dozen or so. Each season begins with Woods’ Yoda-like advice: Approach the complex task of designing and building the car with simplicity. “Every year we try to come up with three innovations and leave everything else alone,” he says. Improvements have included combined clutch and shifters, electronic fuel injection, and last year’s move to four on-board computers that make the car respond more quickly. “The idea is to continue doing what you do well and push the envelope on everything else.” Like an all-electric vehicle the team plans to unveil April 25. It will be the first UTA Formula car to compete in both the United States and Germany. Previous page, Wyatt Formula SAE competition lasts an intense three Langston prepares to days and begins with a defense of the car’s engineering climb behind the wheel of a UTA race car. This design and presentation of a detailed business plan, page, Langston takes a including a manufacturing outline, cost report, and spin on the track. marketing strategy. On day two, cars hit the road, competing in a 70-yard drag race, the figure-eight skid pad, and autocross. The final day is a 12-mile endurance test where you can’t Bob Woods is telling the story of how the UTA rac- Suddenly a UTA team member runs toward him, make adjustments or even refuel. Usually half the cars shouting about breaking a chain with no master link to drop out due to overheating, engines spewing oil, or ing team became the legend it is—tops in the state, fix it and how he has to bow out. As the student screams broken suspensions or other parts. at the top of his lungs, Woods fears he’s about to leap As adviser, Woods can point his Formula fanatics tops in the region, ranked first in the nation and fifth in front of one of the moving cars and end his misery. in certain directions but otherwise must be hands-off; Then something miraculous occurs. rules stipulate a student-only endeavor. He downplays in the world. It’s 1978, Dr. Woods recalls, and he’s a A competitor walks up and says, “Here, take ours.” his role in the dynasty, giving credit to everyone but And that’s the man’s last one. himself as though for nearly 40 years he has been merely B “Something snapped in me,” Woods says. “I was look- a traffic cop. young mechanical engineering professor and reluctant ing at this all wrong. It’s car against track, not team A car guy and fairly accomplished drag racer from adviser to a car-constructing racing team. He’s at a against team. That mentality of a bigger goal than you a small Oklahoma town, Woods discovered mechani- and me was inspiring. From there, I became obsessed cal engineering and eventually earned a Ph.D. from Mini Baja competition in Phoenix where it’s hot and with the whole thing. I was hooked.” Oklahoma State University. In 1977, after his third Obsessed. Hooked. Ask any member of UTA’s For- year at UTA, a student group approached him about sticky, and he’s watching dune buggies bounce over mula SAE Racing Team, former or current, and he advising its racing team. or she blurts out the same lines, in the same way, as It was fine with him as long as he didn’t have to do small, undulating hills, some of them zipping past his if part of a script. Sure, the program is about racing meetings or babysit anyone or even attend competitions. cool cars really fast. And while a large chunk of that “I really didn’t help them a whole lot,” he confesses. “But head at what feels like warp speed. is the bait, the actual challenge of building a race car the racing part of it did seem fun and exciting.”

22 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 23 practical, theoretical way,” Dr. Armanios says. “Dr. engineer and technical director for the Ground Vehicle Woods is able to attract these students to something product line at Lockheed Martin, he says the experi- that is, frankly, quite time-consuming and challenging. ence teaches engineering, sure, “but more importantly, It’s not easy, but they make it look easy.” it taught us leadership, built our self-confidence, and Zooming Along Success is a matter of approach. Many schools see tempered us with humility, which I’m convinced are UT Arlington’s Formula SAE program has a storied history. Formula SAE competition as senior design projects. At the foundations of a successful professional career.” Here's a look at some of the highlights. UTA it’s a lifestyle. Anyone willing to put in the time Ask Woods about his gushing alumni and he smiles, can join, including non-engineering majors. saying how his “trick” works every time. 1978 1996 “If you limit the experience to seniors, they cannot “I get them all interested in race cars and then teach UTA launches its racing pro- UTA demonstrates its champi- learn enough in one year to do very much,” Woods them a whole bunch of engineering and professional- gram with the construction of onship car for racing legend says. “There’s so much to learn about race car design ism,” he says. “If I said, ‘Let’s design a chair,’ how many a Mini Baja off-road vehicle. Mario Andretti at the Fort and tuning that it takes several years to be able to would stick around and stay all night? But they would Worth Museum of Science understand the systems well enough to contribute in learn the same things.” ✪ and History’s premier of the a significant way.” IMAX film Super Speedway. That’s why UTA offers a well-oiled mentorship that passes crucial information about fabrication, design, 1998 driving, and administration from one team to the next, UTA wins the Formula SAE helping newbies grow into the work. student competition in And instead of limiting progress to fall and spring 1982 England. semesters, UTA never stops. Summers at Woolf Hall UTA enters Formula SAE com- are just as busy as any other time. Above, Michael Hibbard solders petition for the first time and 2000 on a circuit board wins its class. UTA wins the international TRICKS OF THE TRADE in the team’s Formula SAE competition in The first day electrical engineering junior Naima Rivas electronics lab. 1985-86 Australia. asked about the group, she found herself working on a Below, David UTA repeats with back-to- hybrid car just days before a competition. Campbell, back Formula SAE national “It’s close to midnight, the car is jacked up on stands, left, and Ravi titles. Soni inspect a and I’m upside down soldering this board onto the car. carbon wheel in All I’m thinking is, ‘This is nuts.’ Safe to say, after that the composite 1989-90 I was hooked.” fabrication lab. UTA again wins back-to-back Now Rivas heads the team responsible for wiring the national championships. vehicles and doubles as project manager for the electric 2004 car. The racing team is run like a corporation, with a 1991 The Maverick racing team president, a team captain, The team uses a design em- wins the international Formu- a chief engineer, etc. phasizing space efficiency and la SAE competition in Japan. “It’s close to “They learn to work as simplicity, earning the Best a team and on a schedule, Design Award and second 2011 midnight, the work on a budget, make place overall despite a trans- UTA enters the Formula car is jacked up compromises, deal with mission failure. Hybrid competition and wins personalitiesa,” Woods the GM Award for Best Engi- on stands, and says. “It’s great to know neered Car. I’m upside down theory from textbooks, but in reality they have 2011 soldering this to work on a team when The program celebrates its board onto they get in the industry 30th anniversary by displaying and rely on one another. 20 of its cars. UTA is among the car. All I’m That’s what we teach 1994 the few teams that preserve thinking is, them.” The team enlists art student cars rather than scrapping Woods says that once Richard Pelitier, and the car them to build new ones. ‘This is nuts.’” engineering students wins numerous awards for graduate, it typically takes design. Due to engine over- 2012 a year for companies to shape them into engineers. heating in the last lap, it drops Arlington businessman Arnold But a student involved with Formula SAE “graduates from first place to eighth at Petsche donates $1 million as an engineer.” nationals but ends up being to establish the Arnold E. Alumnus Erick Kohler, who analyzes gearbox cases, displayed at several museums, Petsche Center for Automo- gears, bearings, and driveshafts for Bell Helicopter, including the Motorsports tive Engineering. The center says he had an advantage over other graduates when Hall of Fame of America in supports participation in the he left the team in 2007. Novi, Mich. Formula SAE program. “Dr. Woods was right that it takes about a year for engineering students to gain the amount of experience 1995-96 2015 and engineering sophistication we had on day one.” UTA wins back-to-back The team designs an electric- Distinguished Alumnus David Hunn also hit the national titles. powered car. ground running after receiving a Ph.D. in 1992. He was on two Mini Baja and Formula SAE teams. Now chief

24 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 25 Membership in a Greek organization is for life. Can it also inspire lifelong Mavericks? Generations of fraternity and sorority members say yes. going

greekBY AMBER SCOTT

atrick kelly admits he was a wallflower when scholars, talented athletes, and gentlemen. And he wanted to join them. he came to UT Arlington. The “socially awkward, Now a senior political science/pre-law major, Kelly is an active PIKE member, 2014-15 vice president of uninvolved” freshman had no idea how to con- Student Congress, and an Archer Fellow. He has helped P organize large-scale philanthropy events and served nect with the vibrant campus life unfolding around him. on the PIKE executive board as sergeant-at-arms. “To say that PIKE has made me a better leader would Joining a fraternity was out of the question, because those be an understatement,” he says. “My fraternity helped me cultivate the confidence and experience necessary Mikayla Bruer, left, and Jennifer Green guys were directionless party animals. At least that’s what to lead by giving me a variety of opportunities to step pose for a selfie in outside my comfort zone.” front of the Alpha Kelly believed—until he met the brothers of Pi Kappa Alpha Kelly calls the organization the single biggest influ- Chi Omega house ence on his undergraduate career. “Leadership devel- on Greek Row. (PIKE). He says he found campus leaders, outstanding opment aside, PIKE has made my college life. I truly

SPRING 2015 27 believe I’ve had the best possible college experience, “Greek life has made me a part of something big- and PIKE is the main reason why.” Alexandria Avila talks ger than myself,” says Brianna Santana, president of to students about Latina-based Sigma Lambda Gamma. “My sorority SHIFTING IDENTITIES Greek life at Activity has given me a voice, allowed me to show my strengths, Compared to many other universities, Greek life at Fair Day. and given my collegiate life a sense of purpose.” UT Arlington is fairly young. Prior to 1967, it didn’t UT Arlington fraternity and sorority groups had no exist at all. Technically, neither did The University of hub on campus until the early ’90s when administrators Texas at Arlington. developed an area for houses. Today, nine fraternities Back then the school was Arlington State College and sororities call Greek Row home. Alpha Chi Omega and had operated for decades under the Texas A&M member Mikayla Bruer says living in her chapter house “Joining Tri Delta umbrella. In 1964, amid growing tension between offers many advantages. Arlington State College and the A&M board, the insti- “It’s nice to be surrounded by my sisters when I come connected me tution petitioned and won the right to transfer to The home,” she says. “That kind of support can make all the with a group University of Texas System. difference when you’ve had a difficult day.” This ushered in numerous changes, and one of the Ressl believes Greek Row is a crucial piece of the of women with biggest was the opportunity to boost student life. The puzzle for fraternity and sorority life. similar interests, A&M System didn’t officially recognize Greek-letter “It’s an area that has a lot of meaning and connection organizations, believing they interfered with what a for the students who have lived there,” he says. “It’s offered so many student’s overall identity should be: Aggie. important for us to continue to support that and to take activities, and But the foundation for what would become a look at adding and enhancing these living options.” UT Arlington’s nationally affiliated Greek organizations helped me already had been established, many of the groups with a STRENGTHENING BONDS become part history dating to the 1920s. About half claimed French In addition to shaping leaders, a thriving Greek names, like Sans Souci, Les Choisies, and Avolonte. system positively impacts the community. Last year of the student Others hinted at Greek affiliation, like Karuso Pteros UT Arlington fraternity and sorority members raised community.” (Greek for “with wings of gold”) and Chi Chi Chi. $100,000 for charity and served 15,000 hours at With the move to the UT System, the campus local and national nonprofit organizations. They also —Jackye Clark opened for Greek colonization. The University’s social held more than 200 leadership positions in student clubs could affiliate with national organizations, and organizations. national organizations could charter chapters. In 1967, Gabriel Foster, left, “The personal connections you make as a Greek draw the same year Arlington State College became The and LaKeia Coleman you closer to the campus,” says Kent Justin Brown, enjoy a break in the University of Texas at Arlington, Greek groups emerged College Park District. National Pan-Hellenic Council president and a member on campus. By 1970 the community had grown to of Alpha Phi Alpha. “As a leader I’ve created programs seven sororities, eight fraternities, and 14 honorary and events that will hopefully leave a lasting impression fraternities. on campus—and that’s enough reason alone to come “It was kind of a strange time because in the late ’60s Diana Ayala joins III, one of the 50-plus members of Phi Gamma Delta back and check on my legacy.” and early ’70s, student unrest was at its highest all over other Greeks working (FIJI) at the time, remembers thinking that FIJIs set The University’s Greek community is on the upswing. the nation,” says Kent Gardner, former vice president in the community the standard for what real men should be. Membership in the 32 organizations is rising as chap- for student affairs. “But somehow the fraternities and garden on campus. “These were men you could look up to and be proud ters, including Kappa Sigma, have returned to campus. sororities were growing like crazy.” to say you were associated with,” says Paxton ’71, a “The decision was an easy one,” says Leo Brown, Kappa Sigma was the first Greek group to charter longtime Arlington attorney. “And as I got into it, Phi Kappa Sigma’s national director of chapter services. “Phi Gamma Delta on campus in spring 1967. Kappa Alpha Fi, the Univer- Gamma Delta helped form my character and developed “UTA has seen tremendous growth recently, and when helped form my sity’s first African-American social club, affiliated with me as a leader.” the opportunity arose, we were very excited to return.” Alpha Phi Alpha to become the first national African- Alumni engagement has increased as well, and character and American fraternity in late 1969. Around the same time, EVOLVING PERSPECTIVES reunions are a popular draw. At last year’s FIJI event, developed me as Alpha Phi Mu was established as UTA’s first national Despite the initial surge, UT Arlington’s fraternity and more than 100 alumni traveled from across the country African-American sorority. sorority life declined in the mid-1990s. Kappa Sigma to the new chapter house on Greek Row. Such engage- a leader.” Most traces of the old social clubs disappeared as left campus, as did other established chapters. Other ment shows how Greek life done right enhances the —Orsen Paxton they affiliated with national Greek organizations. Sans institutions experienced similar drops. At UTA the student experience and creates lifelong loyalty. Souci became a chapter of Alpha Chi Omega in 1969. dynamics of the student population played a major “At medium- to larger-sized institutions, member- Les Choisies became Delta Delta Delta. Both sororities role in the downturn. ship gives students a sense of family that makes these are still on campus today. “UTA students are busy, so it’s a big decision to com- otherwise vast organizations feel smaller, safer, and Jackye Brown Clark was an education major in spring mit time and resources to being part of a Greek orga- more like home,” says Timothy Quinnan, vice president 1970 when she pledged Delta Delta Delta. After its first nization,” says Seth Ressl, director of student activities for student affairs. formal recruitment in 1969, the chapter was about 40 and organizations. “Our student body is also incredibly As a member of Phi Kappa Tau and a student affairs strong. Alpha Chi Omega had around 60 members. diverse. For students who come from other cultures administrator, Dr. Quinnan has experienced the ben- “When I arrived at UTA, I didn’t see many ways or are first-time college students, they may not have a efits of Greek life both personally and professionally. to get involved and develop a social life,” Clark says. ready frame of reference for what fraternity and soror- “Apart from the bonding aspects, Greek-letter orga- “Joining Tri Delta connected me with a group of women ity life has to offer.” nizations excel at providing continual opportunities with similar interests, offered so many activities, and Multicultural Greek groups, first established on for leadership training and community service, not to helped me become a part of the student community.” campus in the early 2000s, provide a partial solution. mention higher standards of achievement. These are By 1970 there were more than 300 men in fraterni- They are values-driven, service-based, and united by exactly the kind of co-curricular experiences we want ties and 200 women in sororities. The largest fraternity, cultural interests. UTA students can choose from 10 all students engaged in during college.” Delta Tau Delta, had about 80 members. Orsen Paxton such organizations. Patrick Kelly would agree. ✪

28 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 29 New program immerses Assuring undergraduates in real-world research and Success experiential learning

society depends more than ever on technology and scientific discovery, but a lack of college graduates in those fields threatens to slow progress. According to a 2012 report from the U.S. Presi- dent’s Office of Science and Technology, America is short Smore than a million workers in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) industries.

UT Arlington is changing the way students prepare for such careers by incorporating real-world research and experiential learning into classwork through a new initiative called Achieving Success through Undergraduate Research and Engagement (ASSURE). “Data has shown that participating as an undergraduate in research ignites students’ Chemistry sophomore BY NANCY B. STRINI Yu-Sheng “Sam” Sung passion for science. It increases their learning outcomes. They have better GPAs, and is among the many UTA PHOTOGRAPHY BY JUSTIN CLEMONS undergraduates getting they graduate sooner,” says ASSURE director more hands-on research Ashley Purgason, assistant dean for under- opportunities. graduate research and student advancement

SPRING 2015 31 Sung now plans to be an analytical chemist in 2012 and has since worked in six faculty “That’s how it is in life when you have a job,” for an industrial company. labs, including one in Tennessee. She gradu- she says. “You’re often asked to do things you Sophomore biology major Dhvani Derasri ated in December and intends to enter an have never done before or that no one has wants to become a pharmacy professor. The environmental health graduate program at done before, and you won’t quite know how pilot program has taught her that researchers the University of Washington. to tackle it. But you can use the skill set you must be flexible and persistent. “I thought research would be boring, but learned to get it done.” “Through research, I learned that plans it’s nothing like basic lab courses,” she says. It’s a lesson administrators are applying to do not work out 100 percent,” she says. “It’s “We see science at the lower levels as facts and the ASSURE program itself. As they gather important to adjust along the way. For exam- answers. With research, you don’t know the data about its effectiveness, they will continue ple, you may think that something is going to answers, and I love that. It’s not just regurgi- to modify, as all good researchers do. produce a certain result, but something hap- tation. I never had the chance to really learn “You go into your first year with a plan but pens and it completely changes the dynamic and grow until I came into science.” every week you evaluate, see what’s working, of things. As a researcher, it’s important to Purgason believes that’s exactly the kind of what’s not, and make adjustments,” Purgason adjust accordingly and keep trying.” learning the ASSURE program will provide. says. “We’re learning every week, and next Students also discover that scientific The students need to know that the skills and year will be better than this year.” exploration is a team sport and that they can knowledge they gain can apply to multiple And in future years, so will the outlook for overcome roadblocks when enough minds problems and situations. technological advancements. ✪ are engaged. Biology sophomore Yashas- wini Nagarajan has continued the work she “Science is an arduous started in Dr. Schug’s lab. She calls research process. Several “the second level of learning, which is what college is about.” dead ends, repeats, “I learned what it means to be a team player,” “With she says. “Research is definitely not some- research, and failures precede thing that gets done merely through individual effort. It’s collaborative. I learned that this you don’t breakthroughs.” is true about many things in life.” —Emmanuel Fordjour know the RESEARCH ROLE MODELS ASSURE students can look to two of their answers, College of Science peers for inspiration. Em- and I love manuel Fordjour and Jessica Stevens, both in the College of Science. “It positively impacts literature, then provides early experiences in the right topic, something exploratory, we can double majors in biology and microbiology, that.” every end point that’s been studied.” analyzing and interpreting data. Students in teach it to the students in this three-semester received some of the nation’s top undergradu- The College of Science launched ASSURE groups of three or four choose a subject, write sequence, and it’s manageable for them,” she ate research honors. —Jessica in fall 2014 with 24 freshman science majors, scientific experiments, conduct research, and says. “The other thing is that it’s conceivable As a sophomore, Fordjour asked biol- Stevens but the University’s long-term objective is to submit full reports. we might get one or two really interesting data ogy Assistant Professor Julian Hurdle if he provide hands-on preparation to every fresh- Then the excitement really begins. Students points that these principal investigators will could help research ways to fightClostridium man across all majors. move into the research stream for the next be able to take and run with.” difficile,a dangerous bacterium that causes “Our goal is for each and every student to two semesters, working alongside faculty. The 14,000 deaths in the United States each experience firsthand the wonders of discovery topic for the pilot program is drug discovery, PRACTICAL LEARNING year. The work helped Fordjour earn a 2014 that come when creative talent is encouraged,” an interdisciplinary study in chemistry and Research requires specific skills and knowl- United Negro College Fund Merck Science Vice President for Research Carolyn Cason biology that looks for antibiotic properties edge, which means inexperienced students Research Fellowship Award and recognition says. “Research is the driver for economic in natural substances. It’s an extension of need significant guidance. ASSURE assigns in the Council on Undergraduate Research’s development and the foundation of innova- research by Kevin Schug, the Shimadzu Dis- a full-time postdoctoral researcher to oversee 2014 Posters on the Hill competition. tion and entrepreneurship. It creates jobs, tinguished Professor of Analytical Chemis- every aspect of the student work. “Dr. Hurdle taught me—and I quote him— companies, and industry growth. It brings try, and biology Associate Professor Laura “Because the students are brand new to this, that ‘science is an arduous process.’ That sev- increased adaptability to the community Mydlarz. it might take them four times to learn the steps eral dead ends, repeats, and failures precede where those companies are developed.” The pilot group chose to test ginger, pepper, and the processes, so they need someone there breakthroughs. And that ‘the thrill of uncov- the Indian cooking spice asafoetida, and some giving them that attention,” Purgason says. ering the unknown or elucidating the not-so- FRESH TAKE fungal species to see if any of the elemental “While we want them to have that original apparent and leveraging this knowledge to In the past, undergraduate work in research chemicals contain undiscovered antibiotic thought, we do need to guide them.” improve our quality of life makes scientific labs was limited to the most ambitious up- possibilities. Their research won a top under- It’s intellectually stimulating to seek research worthwhile.’ ” perclassmen because it was extracurricular graduate award at UTA’s Annual Celebration answers to real-world problems, and the Scheduled to graduate this spring, Fordjour and time-consuming, but many students were of Excellence by Students. chance to participate in peer-reviewed plans to earn a combined M.D./Ph.D. and eager to get started earlier. The inaugural ASSURE cohort learned research and writing can be life changing, become a physician, educator, and researcher. “If we’re going to give them high-impact fundamentals in the fall Research Methods says chemistry sophomore Yu-Sheng “Sam” “Some day I hope to provide upcoming stu- experiences, we have to do all we can to get it class and this spring selects its natural prod- Sung, a pilot program member. dents and scientists the same opportunity Dr. into the curriculum itself,” Dr. Purgason says. ucts to test. Purgason says they’ll likely be “One major benefit of this research expe- Hurdle provided me to define and further my ASSURE replaces the traditional fresh- limited to samples of marine invertebrate rience is that it helped me develop critical academic career through research,” he says. man science labs with a Research Methods organisms since they tie directly to the course- thinking skills,” he says. “And it allowed me Stevens received a highly competitive course. It’s an intensive offering in the sci- work and to environmental policy, a topic of to form connections with visiting scholars Goldwater Scholarship to examine an inva- entific method that begins with selecting a interest to the students. and graduate and doctorate students in the sive species of zooplankton in Texas lakes. topic, moves to a study of existing scientific “The great thing is that when you choose lab.” It also helped bring his future into focus: She changed her major from architecture

32 UTArlington Magazine PAT H WAYS TO COLLEGE Through a range of support programs, UT Arlington helps high school students navigate the road to higher education and brighter futures

BY SARAH rowing up, college never occurred to Through its Bound for Success, GO Centers, Uni- Laura Varela. Her parents barely fin- versity Crossroads, and other programs, UT Arlington BAHARI ished middle school, and like most of her provides avenues for promising high school students to friends, she assumed she’d graduate from complete their studies and pursue a degree. Many of ILLUSTRATION high school and find a job to pay bills. these students come from low-income families, histori- GBut a school counselor saw potential in the teen- cally underrepresented among university populations. BY YUTA ONODA ager and suggested she consider college—even helped According to the Pew Research Center, college enroll- guide her through the sometimes laborious admissions ment among low-income students increased over the process. Now a UT Arlington student, Varela helps past several decades, but the 2007-09 recession eroded teenagers forge a path to college as a mentor at Lamar recent gains. In 2012, 50.9 percent of low-income high High School in Arlington. school graduates enrolled in a two- or four-year college. “College was not remotely on my mind, but the coun- Enrollment among middle- and high-income students selor told me, ‘You’re a smart girl. You can do this,’ ” grew to 64.7 and 80.7 percent, respectively. recalls Varela, who completed a bachelor’s degree in Established in 2013, Bound for Success aims to close interdisciplinary studies and is pursuing a second this gap. A partnership with the Arlington, Grand degree in management. “For a lot of kids, college is not Prairie, and Mansfield school districts, the program part of the equation. They just want to finish high school provides deferred, unconditional admission to high- and get a job. We’re trying to change that mindset.” achieving high school graduates, as well as advising

34 UTArlington Magazine support to help students prepare for college. The col- on class ranking and SAT or ACT scores. Students in face financial problems, pregnancies, family issues. Then she met Michele Bobadilla, UTA’s senior associ- “They face laboration seeks to strengthen local communities and the top 25 percent of their junior class receive deferred, There are so many routes to college, and I’m here to ate vice president for outreach services and community the workforce while increasing opportunity. unconditional admission. Those outside the top quar- help them find the right one.” engagement and assistant provost for Hispanic student financial “A college education provides students with a spirit ter may earn admission by meeting minimum SAT or Begun six years ago by the UT Arlington College success. Bobadilla also co-founded University Cross- of discovery, inquiry, and creativity, as well as a sense ACT scores and other criteria, such as earning credit of Education’s Pathways to College Access and Career roads, which works to expand access to higher educa- problems, of community—all of which enable them to survive through the Tarrant County College or Dallas County Readiness, GO Centers are housed at 16 high schools tion for first- and second-generation college students. and thrive in a rapidly changing world,” UT Arlington Community College districts. in Arlington, Fort Worth, Everman, Mansfield, and She helped Cobas-Rincon enroll at UT Arlington pregnancies, President Vistasp Karbhari says. “Bound for Success Jeffrey Miller, executive director of College Readi- Grand Prairie. About 50 student mentors offer tutor- and secure scholarships and financial aid. The political is a warm welcome from UT Arlington to each and ness for Grand Prairie schools, says the district’s leading, assistance with college and financial aid applica- science major plans to graduate in May and hopes to family issues. every student who aspires to a level of achievement ers identified a worrisome gap. Each year more than tions, and résumé and career counseling, among other work in public policy or immigration. and success that only a college degree can provide.” 60 percent of Grand Prairie students say they plan to services. The centers received more than 27,000 visits Cobas-Rincon is one of more than 33,000 students There are so attend college. Yet only 40-45 percent enroll, which during the 2013-14 school year. helped by University Crossroads, a UT Arlington out- BUILDING A COLLEGE-GOING CULTURE Miller attributes to the “classic summer melt.” Assistant Professor Carla Amaro-Jimenez, who reach based in Dallas. The organization offers free many routes Alumna Rebecca Esposito sifts through papers on her “Without mentorship or guidance, some capable kids directs the Pathways to College Access and Career SAT math preparation courses, writing and financial to college, desk at Mansfield High School, reviewing student re- fall through the cracks. They forget a housing deposit Readiness program, says the GO Centers serve as a literacy workshops, and college fairs and community and I’m here to help them find the right one.”

cords. She is one of nine Bound for Success counselors or run into financial problems. Their applications are bridge between high school and life beyond. “We work expos, as well as office and meeting space. On left, at a GO Center who meet with students to discuss their options, orga- missing details. They get busy with work and change with every single student who walks through the door, Bobadilla says the test preparation courses have in Mansfield, Rebecca nize financial aid workshops for families, and arrange their plans. By joining Bound for Success, we want to from the college bound to the kids who plan to go proved particularly successful. Students who attend Esposito counsels campus tours. build a culture of college-going, so that students even straight to work. We’re there to help them figure out at least three classes typically increase their SAT math Abigale Standefer, a high school junior interested Some of the students already plan to attend college; in elementary school see this as an expectation.” life after graduation.” score by 70 or more points. She notes that the state’s in UT Arlington’s nursing others are unsure. Esposito ’10, the first in her family More schools and districts could join Bound for Suc- Like Varela, many of the mentors are bilingual and rapidly changing demographics, including the growing program. In middle, to attend college, can relate. cess, says Dara Newton, who oversees the program first-generation college students, and they’re encour- Hispanic population, make University Crossroads and University Crossroads’ “I knew so little before I went to college that I had as UT Arlington’s recruiting director. Western Hills aged to share their personal stories. other such initiatives critical to student success and SAT math workshop to ask really basic questions, and knowing where to High School in Fort Worth recently signed on in a pilot “Mentors draw a lot on who they are. Many were told economic prosperity. helps students sharpen turn was daunting. My parents tried to help, but this program, and University leaders have fielded interest they were not college material,” Dr. Amaro-Jimenez “We have to work together to make sure our children skills. On right, Alicia Hooper, a graduate was new to them, too. As a counselor, students know from other districts. says. “They talk about their struggles, what they have are prepared for the global workforce,” Bobadilla says. student in social work, they can ask me anything. I understand what they’re “Bound for Success is about improving not only the gained, and what it took them to get there. By draw- “Students face big challenges, and getting that first and Abby Dansoa, a going through.” lives of students but entire communities,” Newton says. ing on their own college paths, they show the students diploma in your family is extraordinary. It not only nursing junior, mentor Bound for Success, which launched in Arlington “The earnings gap between college graduates and those that anything is possible if they set their hearts and changes the student’s life, but also the whole trajectory students at a GO Center. schools and expanded to Grand Prairie and Mansfield without degrees is growing, and strong communities minds to it.” of that family’s future.” in 2014, is tailored for each district. In Arlington and depend on an educated workforce.” Cobas-Rincon credits UT Arlington and University Mansfield, the program serves high school students A DREAM DEFERRED Crossroads for her rising arc. ranked in the top 25 percent of their class and offers ‘ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE’ Giselly Cobas-Rincon thought her dream of earning a “Sometimes you feel like you’re walking in place, sur- them early admission to UT Arlington, provided they From her office in Lamar High School’s GO Center, college degree had ended. Two months shy of gradu- rounded by walls. You don’t know where to go,” she says. earn a high school diploma. Varela, the UTA mentor, sees firsthand the hurdles ation in 2007, she was forced to leave her family and “It just takes someone stepping in and helping you find In Grand Prairie, Bound for Success serves every students encounter. flee Cuba for political reasons. Settling in Dallas, she your way. The more people we can reach and educate, junior from three high schools, with requirements based “Some kids, even smart ones, are lost,” she says. “They assumed a degree was out of reach. the better off we’ll be tomorrow.” ✪

36 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 37 ALUMNI NEWS Events ‘INTO THE WOODS’ The Maverick Theatre All That Jazz Company presents this award-winning musical THE WORLD AND UT ARLINGTON Alumna and saxophonist Caroline Davis AlumniNews where fantasy worlds collide. hones her craft in New York City Directed by Andrew Gaupp. Feb. 25-March 1, Mainstage Caroline Davis ’04 double-majored in jazz and psychol- Theatre. More information: ogy at UT Arlington, but her improvisational skills really uta.edu/theatre blossomed after she graduated and moved to Chicago. The alto saxophonist pursued a Ph.D. in music cogni- tion at Northwestern University. It was theory by day and practice by night as she learned from talented artists like guitarist Bobby Broom and the late tenor saxophonist Von Freeman. She calls it her “own private version of music school.” In 2008 she played the Chicago Jazz Festival for the first time as leader. Soon afterward she released her first album, Live Work and Play. After interviewing musicians about their mentors HENRY CISNEROS and memories of the jazz scene that flourished in Chi- The former U.S. Housing cago from 1980-2000, she wrote Doors Closing. The and Urban Development album is an audio documentary of a time and place secretary speaks on “Smart she feels called to celebrate. Two musicians who played Growth: Developing the alongside Freeman during that time, guitarist Mike Economy, Infrastructure, and Allemana and bassist Matt Ferguson, perform with a Sustainable Future” as part drummer Jeremy Cunningham and Davis on the album. Rising Up of the Maverick Speakers She has since moved to New York City and is per- Series. 7:30 p.m. Thursday, forming monthly with her band, Maitri, and working Chris Goad helps provide adapted sports March 26, Texas Hall. More daily on her craft. She practices often with veteran gear to physically challenged athletes information: uta.edu/maver- trumpeter John McNeil, who has performed with the ickspeakers likes of Billy Hart, Rufus Reid, and Horace Silver. Links You can see the difference, sometimes in an hour or to Davis’ recordings and a schedule of upcoming gigs two, says Chris Goad ’93, executive director of RISE EXECUTIVE DINNER are at carolinedavis.org. Adaptive Sports. Alumna Jacqualyn Fouse is ILLUSTRATION BY CHI BIRMINGHAM CHI BY ILLUSTRATION In between practices and performances, she keeps The Irving nonprofit offers physically challenged the keynote speaker at the it all together by teaching. members the equipment they need to sail, swim, water- annual event co-hosted “That’s the hardest part, finding financial support for ski, kayak, hand-cycle, and wheelchair motocross, as by the College of Business Hail to the Chiefs my most deeply creative desires,” she says. “But I won’t well as play rugby and power soccer. Quadriplegic since and the Arlington Chamber give up. I’ve got to keep following my path.” damaging his spinal cord at age 17, Goad understands of Commerce. 5:30 p.m. Alumni hold top posts at colleges and universities nationwide the value of sports for those living with paralysis. Thursday, March 26, Bluebon- What does it take to be a successful university president? Sam Houston State University President Dana G. “The psychological benefits outweigh the physical,” net Ballroom, E.H. Hereford Earning a UT Arlington degree appears to be a good Hoyt relies on business acumen to navigate the shifting “The willing- he says. “Sports are a conduit, a reason for people to University Center. More infor- first step. Beyond that, it depends on whom you ask. landscape of higher education. She believes under- ness to be a challenge themselves and interact with others.” mation: collegeofbusiness@ At least 10 alumni currently lead institutions of standing the financial aspects of a university is crucial. Caroline Davis ’04 At UTA he lettered in wheelchair track, qualified uta.edu higher education, including large public universities, “Presidents must be able to talk about the return on servant-leader, is making a name at the national level in table tennis, and played quad small private colleges, and seminaries. investment for their university,” says Dr. Hoyt, who for herself on the rugby. His mentor was the late Jim Hayes, the legend- For Montana State University President Waded earned a Ph.D. in business administration in 1993. “I a concept I national jazz scene. ary Movin’ Mavs basketball coach who fought for and Cruzado, being a good listener has proved invaluable. know that’s a business term, but it’s critical because learned at UTA, won wheelchair accessibility on campus. When she became MSU’s 12th president in 2010, she higher education really is an investment.” “If not for Jim and his drive to push those modifica- embarked on a yearlong, statewide listening tour. The investment has paid off for Hoyt, Scarborough, is also vital.” tions into place, I probably wouldn’t have attended,” “The willingness to be a servant-leader, a concept I Cruzado, and the other alumni who hold top university Goad says. “I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing today.” learned at UTA, is also vital,” says Dr. Cruzado, who posts. They are Daniel Akin ’89, Southeastern Bap- After being laid off as head of logistics at a Fortune received a master’s degree in Spanish in 1984 and a tist Theological Seminary; Emir Caner ’99, Truett- 150 company, Goad began volunteering for RISE. The Ph.D. in humanities in 1990. McConnell College; Barry Creamer ’00, Criswell College; atmosphere reminded him of the challenge, camara- Thinking strategically is key for Scott Scarborough, David Dockery ’88, Trinity International University; derie, and exhilaration he’d missed since graduating. BOB COSTAS who became president of the University of Akron in July. Marcia Hawkins ’87, ’00, Union College; Michael Reeser After joining the organization in 2012, he has focused The award-winning sports- A strong doctoral program in strategic management ’06, Texas State Technical College System; and Jesse on marketing and finding corporate sponsors. caster discusses “Sports attracted him to UT Arlington’s College of Business. Rogers ’63, Midwestern State University. “Adaptive sports equipment is expensive. It’s a huge in America: Is it Still Only a “Strategy is about how to position an organization For Cruzado, UTA stoked her passion for learning investment for a family already beset with medical costs,” Game?” as part of the Maver- in a competitive environment to achieve its mission and teaching. “Not only did my time there provide me he says. “That’s why founder Paul Gray has made RISE ick Speakers Series. 7:30 p.m. and sustain high levels of performance over time,” Dr. with excellent academic preparation, the life lessons 100 percent free for all members and their families.” Monday, April 13, College Park Scarborough ’03 says. “As president of a university, I learned cemented my decision to pursue a career in Goad attends as many RISE programs as possible. Center. More information: that’s what one tries to do every day.” higher education.” “It keeps me going. I’ve seen how lives can change.” uta.edu/maverickspeakers

38 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 39 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Alumni Cresson, Texas Snapshot Call of Duty Military Science Hall of Honor to add three NORMAN WARD ’82, ’92 Distinguished veterans Fred By age 13, Norman Ward Campos, top, Orlando Reyes, knew he wanted to be an and Kevin Smith will be COMM DAY architect. The Fort Worth inducted into the UTA Mili- Fort Worth Mayor and Distin- native eventually found tary Science Hall of Honor guished Alumna Betsy Price his way to UT Arlington’s during ceremonies March 21 ’72 received a UTA Comm architecture program, earn- in the E.H. Hereford Univer- Day T-shirt after speaking ing both undergraduate and sity Center. at the October event that graduate degrees. In 2013 Campos was a member celebrates communication the Fort Worth chapter of of the Sam Houston Rifles careers. the American Institute of at Arlington State College Architects presented Ward (now UT Arlington). After its highest distinction, the the Tet Offensive in spring Charles R. Adams Award for 1968, he joined the Marines Design Excellence. The hon- and was attached to the Fleet or recognizes Ward’s body Marine Force Atlantic, Force of work, which includes the By Design Reconnaissance. He served interiors of Artspace 111 and on active duty through 1970 the Community Arts Center Laura Quintero earns national honor and in the reserves until 1974. in downtown Fort Worth. A passion for helping high school students navigate After returning to civilian HOMECOMING GAME “My whole idea of work is the road to college has placed alumna Laura Quintero life, Campos began an infor- Brandon Krausse ’06, ’09 about the joy of making,” in elite company. mation technology career at and daughter Abigail were he says. “I see architecture The National Hispaña Leadership Institute named Electronic Data Systems. In among thousands of blue- that way. It’s not just the Quintero one of two recipients of its 2014 Rising Star 1996 he co-founded Remit and-orange-clad fans who design work; it’s that we’re Award for encouraging young Latinos and Latinas to Plus Software, which devel- watched the Mavericks win all interacting together.” He pursue a college degree. The honor recognizes Latina oped an electronic check the Homecoming basketball creates from his Modernist leaders under 30. processing system that game in November at College hilltop home in rural Cres- “I’ve always wanted to contribute to the community became the financial indus- Park Center. son, inspired by seasonal in a meaningful way, to share with young students the try standard. He now works changes and “daylighting,” skills that I developed during my undergraduate years as the western United States or how sunlight moves at UT Arlington,” she says. “This award challenges embedded software sales rep- through a space. His firm me to keep working in the community and serves as resentative for IBM. includes fellow alumnus validation that I’m headed in the right direction.” Reyes commanded the Ernest Curry ’93, who crafts A first-generation college graduate, Quintero earned Sam Houston Rifles and was models and helps with the a bachelor’s degree in interior design from the School the highest-ranked UT Arlington cadet at the 1977 design process. Ward also of Architecture in 2012. While at UT Arlington, she ROTC summer camp. After earning a bachelor’s degree inspires future generations was a volunteer administrator and instructor for the in criminal justice in 1979, he was commissioned in ENGINEERING REUNION to pursue college degrees. Playhouse Fun Project, an after-school program that the Army artillery and served seven years throughout President Vistasp Karbhari “I talk to students about taught art and design to elementary school students the United States and Germany. and Marvin Applewhite ’64 at how everything is possible in Dallas. The project motivated the children to finish Following active duty, he founded Reyes Insurance a 50-year reunion for College through education,” he says. high school and attend college. Agency and serves as the Arlington company’s president. of Engineering graduates “I feel that’s an extension of “Laura doesn’t even know how special she is,” says He is a member of the Fort Worth Airpower Council, during Homecoming in what was really given to me architecture Assistant Professor Norma Isa Figueroa, which raises money to support military personnel and November. at UTA.” a 2014 NHLI Executive Leadership Program fellow. their families. He is a life member and former finance “She mentors high school students in inner-city neigh- vice president of UTA’s Cadet Corps Alumni Council. borhoods, encourages education, and works to create Smith is recruiting and enrollments adviser in the job opportunities for Latino students in the world of UT Arlington Military Science Department, where architecture and engineering—all while pursuing her he has worked since 2001. His efforts have helped the own professional goals.” Maverick Battalion maintain a consistently high rank- Quintero is a Dallas-based interior designer who ing among the nation’s ROTC programs. frequently collaborates on restaurant projects. She A retired lieutenant colonel, Smith was an Army describes the work as a combination of math, chemistry, aviator who served several tours overseas, including and art, and she’s eager to share her knowledge with combat duty in Iraq. He received the Meritorious Service HOMECOMING RECEPTION the students she mentors. Medal, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal, and Ric Carroll ’05, Christopher “I want them to grasp how higher education can be numerous other awards. He is being recognized with Dinh ’12, and Scott Royal easily attained with hard work and dedication. I want a Support Membership in the Hall of Honor. ’94 attended an alumni them to be confident and proud that their hard work The Military Science Department and Cadet Corps Homecoming reception in paid off and that an exciting chapter is about to begin.” Alumni Council jointly bestow the Hall of Honor award. November.

40 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 41 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Spotlight Athletics Giving Estate gift honors popular professor The late David Groner was so ers and clips, which he sold at beloved by his students that flea markets and retail outlets. they coronated him—liter- But teaching was his ally—at his retirement in 1991. passion. CARVILLE-MATALIN EVENT That he relished wearing “Dave thoroughly enjoyed Mary Matalin, Dorothy the makeshift crown like a king UTA and the relationships he Estes, James Carville, and came as no surprise to those developed with students,” says Audrey Wick at a reception in who knew Groner during his longtime friend and colleague October before Carville and 27 years as a communication Elwood Preiss, who served in Matalin’s Maverick Speakers assistant professor. numerous administrative roles Series lecture. “Students and everyone during his 35 years at UTA. “He enjoyed Dave because he was was truly one of those people DIANE AND TOM CRAVENS fun and unpredictable and a joy who loved what he did.” As a kid, Arlington native to be around,” says Jean Coulter To honor his legacy, Gron- Tom Cravens preferred ’72, who worked in the Com- er’s wife, Mary, established football and track to base- munication Department from the David E. Groner Endowed ball. But he’s stepping up 1980-2010 and was a student Scholarship with a bequest Thanks, Mom to the plate now to benefit of Groner’s. “He always had a from their estate. The scholar- Maverick athletics. Cravens twinkle in his eye and seemed ship assists students pursuing Scholarship recognizes matriarch and his wife, Diane, have ENGINEERING LUNCHEON to be looking for a way to bring degrees with a concentration in Madam Ajara’s devotion to education made a naming gift to sup- College of Engineering Dean a smile to your face.” speech communication. Mary port construction of the Khosrow Behbehani, Bonnie Clement Osimetha’s journey from humble beginnings Groner died in 1996 in Lit- died last year. baseball training room, part Dowdy, and President Vistasp in Nigeria to respected corporate attorney represents tleton, Colo., where he had lived “She was very mindful of of a $5.5 million upgrade Karbhari at an endowment the textbook American success story. And he owes it since retiring. Prior to joining Dave’s commitment to UTA,” of UTA’s baseball/softball luncheon in October all to his mother. the UT Arlington faculty, he says Preiss, who is executor of complex. In addition to recognizing engineering “If not for her influence, there would be no career taught at Penn State University the estate. “She thought the training rooms for both donors. success,” the 1992 UT Arlington finance graduate says. and Lock Haven University of endowment would be a fitting teams, the project features “That goes for my brothers and sisters as well.” Pennsylvania. He owned a busi- tribute to his many years of state-of-the-art clubhouses, To honor their mother on her 75th birthday, Osimetha ness that made plastic contain- dedicated service.” locker rooms, and lounges and his six siblings established the Chief Felicia Ajara as well as new dugouts and Atsegbua Dikko Endowed Scholarship in the College picnic areas. “A major part of Business. The scholarship supports students who of college life is the athlet- have received all or part of their pre-college educa- ics you have on campus,” tion in Nigeria. says Cravens, an Honorary Chief Dikko, or Madam Ajara, as Osimetha’s mother Distinguished Alumnus and is affectionately known, had no formal schooling. Yet GOURLEY SCHOLARSHIP retired banker. “We have she owned and operated several small businesses as UT Arlington hosted College Park Center for bas- a single mother in Nigeria. representatives of the Fort ketball and volleyball, which “She was quite an enterprising person,” Osimetha Worth-based Mary Gourley is one of the finest arenas of says of his mom, who now lives in Arlington. “She was Foundation and scholarship its size in the country. Now a strong woman, and people looked up to her.” recipients at a luncheon in it’s time for the baseball and As an attorney with Axiom, Osimetha serves as November. softball teams to have a general counsel to DPT Laboratories, Ltd., a contract facility they can be proud manufacturing pharmaceutical organization. He over- of.” The expansion and ren- sees all major legal matters related to the company’s ovation project is expected business activities. to boost recruiting and raise He is a member of the executive board of SMU’s the teams’ national profiles. Dedman School of Law, where he graduated in 1995, LASTING LEGACY Like many newlyweds, Emma and “It’s important for UTA to and serves on the board of directors of the African Vittorio Argento struggled to make ends meet. But the have a first-class baseball American Repertory Theater. He served consecutive couple eventually built successful careers—she in banking and softball facility to be three-year terms on the State of Texas Board of Disci- and he as a professor in UTA’s Civil Engineering Department competitive,” Cravens says. SPANIOLO SCHOLARSHIP plinary Appeals, appointed by the Texas Supreme Court. from 1978-98. When Emma died in 2012 after more than 50 “Diane and I are honored to Former UTA President Jim Chief Dikko’s passion for education still resonates years of marriage, Vic established the Emma and Dr. Vittorio help make it happen.” Spaniolo, center, with with her children, all of whom attended college. “Vic” Argento Endowed Scholarship. A planned estate gift recipients of the James D. “To have the foresight that we should all go to school will further fund the endowment, which benefits civil engi- Spaniolo First Generation is remarkable,” Osimetha says. “She was very smart and neering students. “I wanted to provide a memory of Emma Scholarship at a reception in forward thinking to know that education was the best that would live on,” Argento says. “I also wanted to help the November. way out of our circumstances at the time.” students I enjoyed so much continue their educations.”

42 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 43 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Class Notes Notable 1970 spans more than 30 years of is chief executive officer of Aquariums, a manufacturer 1993 1996 is city manager and director is a former all-Southland Con- Previously he was principal at George Carlton Jr. (BA, His- executive and management Leidos Holdings, a science of custom aquariums and Lori Lee (’93 BA, ‘97 MA, Lisa Franks Gray (BS, Mi- of economic development ference guard for the men’s Gunn Junior High in Arlington. tory) was one of six attorneys positions in utility, engi- and technology solutions themed environments in Anthropology) was named crobiology) was certified in for the town of Pantego. basketball team. Venkata- Andy Hagman (MEd, Educa- from the Texas trial appel- neering, and construction company based in Reston, Va. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Previ- the Virginia Professional pharmaceutical and medical Previously he was director of giri Krishnamurthy (’02 MS, tional Leadership and Policy late law firm Godwin Lewis industries in corporate and Previously he was president of ously he was the company’s Archaeologist of the Year by device microbiology by the economic development for Electrical Engineering; ’11 PhD, Studies) is principal at Lamar PC who were recognized in government organizations. Network and Space Systems chief financial officer. Mark the Archaeological Society of National Registry of Certified the Texas cities of Sugar Land Biomedical Engineering) is a High School in Arlington. the 2015 edition of The Best for the Boeing Co. Strauss (PhD, Biomedical Virginia. The honor recog- Microbiologists at the Ameri- and Rosenberg. Santosh postdoctoral fellow at Emory Previously he was principal Lawyers in America. It was 1979 Engineering) owns Impact In- nizes her research at Thomas can College of Microbiology Krishnan (BS, Information University in Atlanta. Josh at Shackelford Junior High the third selection for Carlton, Tim Brennan (BFA, Art) jury Analysis, which performs Jefferson’s Poplar Forest, in Washington, D.C. William Systems) is president and Strittmatter (BBA, Finance) in Arlington. Daron Evans 1982 TERESA WHITE who heads the company’s wrote the children’s book Tim Eckersley (BS, Electri- forensic accident reconstruc- where she helped discover, Hernandez (BS, Mechanical CEO of SKMedia in Dallas. His is president and CEO of Strit- (MS, Biomedical Engineer- White (’88 BBA, Information mass tort litigation practice About Teddy: A Story about cal Engineering) is senior tion and injury analysis. He document, and analyze the Engineering) received the Lex company created RideCon- tmatter Wealth Management ing) is a member of the board Systems) is president of Aflac group. He was chosen based Tourette’s Syndrome to help vice president and president also is an adjunct professor lives of slaves who lived on Frieden Employment Award, nect, a social transportation Group in Weatherford. He of directors of Nephros, U.S. operations, based in Co- on his product liability litiga- raise awareness. Patrick of the Americas region for at the University of Illinois at the plantation. After two Entrepreneurship Category, collaboration application that also teaches a UT Arlington Inc., a commercial stage lumbus, Ga. She has worked tion defense work. James Brooke (BBA, Accounting) Allegion, a security solutions Urbana-Champaign. years as the Ainsworth Visit- from the Governor’s Commit- enables people to ask for and continuing education course medical device company that for Aflac since 1998 and has P. Smith (BBA, Business Ad- is chief financial officer at provider based in Carmel, ing Professor of American tee on People with Disabilities give rides. His group surveyed on retirement and Social develops and sells high-per- received numerous awards ministration) retired after 38 Bethel University in St. Paul, Ind. He previously worked for Culture at Randolph College for starting a company, hiring UT Arlington students in the Security planning. formance liquid purification 1989 for leadership, including the years as a pilot, 12 years with Minn. Previously he was se- Ingersoll Rand’s security tech- Craig Cobb (BFA, Drama) is in Lynchburg, Va., she is now people with disabilities, and fall. Stephanie Vetere (MEdT, filters in River Edge, N.J. Brad 2014 Women in Insurance the U.S. Navy and 26 years nior director of financial op- nologies and Nokia. Prasad an editor for ABC Television. an anthropology assistant working to help meet the Education in Teaching) is an Kanouse (BFA, Theatre Arts) 2003 Leadership Award from Insur- with Continental Airlines. erations at Wheaton College Rampalli (MS, Industrial He has worked on Manhattan professor at Flagler College needs of the community. His assistant principal at Coble Patty Bustamante (MEd, is production coordinator for ance Networking News. in Wheaton, Ill. Albert Chen Engineering) is president Love Story, Sex and the in St. Augustine, Fla. Raj Per4max company designs Middle School in Mansfield. Educational Leadership and Stages Repertory Theatre in (MS, Structural Engineering) and chief executive officer City, 30 Rock, and The Malik (BS, Computer Science and produces sport wheel- Policy Studies) is principal at Houston. Jakki Opollo (’04 1973 TREY HILLMAN Tim Schultz (’73 BA, Political is an associate principal in the of QLogic, a provider of data Newsroom. Craig Zemmin Engineering) was honored chairs. He is a former member Gilbert Elementary School BSN, ’08 MSN, ’12 PhD, Nurs- 2000 Hillman (’91 BA, Exercise and Science; ’74 MA, Public Af- Los Angeles office of Thorn- center networking and stor- (BBA, Management) is the as Entrepreneur of the Year of the UT Arlington Movin’ Barry Creamer (PhD, Hu- in Irving. Tammy Evans ing) is director of Professional Sport Studies) will start the fairs) is senior vice president ton Tomasetti, a structural age networking infrastruc- Dallas-Fort Worth area by the U.S.-India Chamber of Mavs wheelchair basketball manities) became president (’03 BSN, Nursing; ’08 MSN, Practice & Nursing Research 2015 baseball season as the at BBVA Compass Bank in engineering consulting firm ture solutions based in Aliso regional manager for Austin- Commerce-Dallas/Fort Worth. team. Gary Manns (MEdT, of Criswell College in Dallas Nursing Administration) at Parkland Health Hospital Houston Astros bench coach. Houston. headquartered in New York Viejo, Calif. John Wright (BS, based American Campus He is president and CEO of Education in Teaching) is on Aug. 1. He had served as is manager of the Baylor System in Dallas. Diego Previously he managed the City. Civil Engineering) is director Communities, a developer of Bioworld Merchandising, an director of education at the Criswell vice president of All Saints Medical Center Quintana (BS, Spanish) Kansas City Royals and was of public works for the city of student housing. Irving-based design firm with International Leadership academic affairs since 2011 Emergency Department in teaches third-grade math at 1974 bench coach for the Los Bill Lane (’74 BS, ’76 MS, Greenville. He spent 23 years offices worldwide. of Texas charter school in and as a professor of humani- Fort Worth. Previously she Cooke Elementary School in 1980 Angeles Dodgers. Mechanical Engineering) is Leroy Caldwell (BS, Civil with the Texas Department of 1990 Garland. Jennifer Riddle ties since 2004. He also was a was risk manager, patient Cleburne. Willie Wimbrey vice president of emerging Engineering) is a senior engi- Transportation. Chester Jourdan Jr. (MA, 1994 (BA, Spanish) is a digital lecturer in the UT Arlington safety officer, and accredita- (MEd, Educational Leadership technologies for Weatherford neer with CMC Construction Urban Affairs) is executive Paula Waggoner-Aguilar strategist for the Balcom Department of Philosophy tion coordinator at the Baylor and Policy Studies) is principal Artificial Lift Systems, provid- Services in Dallas. Previously 1985 director of the American (BBA, Accounting) was Agency, a Fort Worth-based and Humanities from 2008-10. heart hospitals in Plano and at Perry Elementary School ers of products and services he spent nearly 29 years with Raul H. Gonzalez (BBA, Red Cross Southeast Texas among 10 executives receiv- company whose services Aaron Endris (BBA, Finance), Denton. Jason Oliver (MEd, in Mansfield. Steven Wurtz that span the drilling, evalua- Dayton Superior. Larry Management) was elected Chapters, which include Beau- ing the Best CFO Award from include branding, marketing a commercial insurance Educational Leadership and (MEd, Educational Leadership tion, completion, production, Watson (’80 MS, Social Work; vice president of the board mont and Orange County. the San Antonio Business communications, Web design, broker, manages the bond Policy Studies) is executive and Policy Studies) is chief and intervention cycles of ’07 PhD, Public and Urban of trustees for the Mansfield Previously he was executive Journal in October. She is social media, public relations, department for the Swant- director of school leadership academic officer for the -Ar oil and natural gas wells. He Administration) co-wrote Independent School District. director of the Southeast owner and president of The and media planning. ner & Gordon branch office at Waxahachie Faith Family lington Independent School has been with Weatherford Developing Nonprofit and He is director of administra- Texas Nonprofit Development Energy CFO in San Anto- of Higginbotham in Corpus Academy. Sara Skiles-DuToit District. Previously he was the ALFRED VIDAURRI JR. for 19 years and works in the Human Service Leaders: Es- tion for Passman & Jones, a Center in Beaumont. Basil nio. Her firm provides CFO 1997 Christi. (MPA, Public and Urban Ad- district’s area superintendent Vidaurri (’79 BS, ’82 MArch, Houston area. sential Knowledge and Skills. Dallas law firm. Schaban-Maurer (’90 BS, ’93 services to energy entre- Adriana Fjeseth (BS, Eco- ministration) completed her of elementary schools. Jenni- Architecture) received the He is an assistant professor MArch, Architecture; ’08 preneurs, family enterprises, nomics) is an accounting 2001 Ph.D. in sociology at Notre fer Young (MEd, Educational 2014 President’s Medal for 1975 in the UT Arlington School of 1986 MCRP, City and Regional Plan- and private-equity start-ups specialist for 7-Eleven Inc. in Cris Muñoz (’01 BS, Archi- Dame. She was a lecturer in Leadership and Policy Studies) Distinguished Service, the Ernest Brister (BBA, Business Social Work. Martin Lisius (BA, Radio-TV) ning) wrote Rise of the Citizen across South Texas (San Dallas. Thu Pham (BS, Biol- tecture; ’14 MEd, Educational the UT Arlington Department is principal at Mansfield High highest honor bestowed by Administration) was re-elect- wrote The Ultimate Severe Practitioner based on his Antonio, Corpus Christi, and ogy) is an attorney with The Leadership and Policy Stud- of Sociology and Anthropol- School. the National Council of Archi- ed Hill County Democratic 1981 Weather Safety Guide. He citizen engagement research. Laredo) and Houston. She is Health Law Firm in Altamonte ies) is an assistant principal at ogy from 2007-10. Chris Slim- tectural Registration Boards. Party chair, a position he Wayne Burgdorf (BBA, Ac- founded Tempest Tours, a He is an adjunct professor of also co-founder and presi- Springs, Fla. Her practice Seagoville Elementary School mer (BBA, Finance) is chief 2005 The only Texas recipient, he has held since 2009. Lt. Col. counting) is vice president of storm-chasing company, and urban design at Concordia dent of the Women’s Energy focuses on health care litiga- in Seagoville. financial officer at Creative Katiuska Herrador (MEd, is vice president and principal Brister was a military police Coldwell Banker Commercial has produced several docu- University in Austin and a Network of South Texas. tion, licensing and disciplin- Solutions in Healthcare, a Fort Education in Curriculum and at Freese and Nichols in Fort officer, serving 28 years in Alliance DFW and has incor- mentaries about storms. principal for ARK Tectonics, a ary issues, contracts, appeals, 2002 Worth-based company that Instruction) is principal at Paul Worth. the U.S. Army Reserve before porated his firm, Burgdorf Fort Worth architecture and 1995 administrative hearings, regu- Robert Abel (MEd, Edu- owns and operates skilled Keyes Elementary School in retiring in 1988. He is also Realty Group, into CBC Alli- 1988 planning firm. Karla Ramberger (BSN, Nurs- latory matters, and Medicare cation in Curriculum and nursing homes and assisted Irving. Jennifer McKee (MEd, RUMANDA YOUNG retired from BNSF Railway. ance operations. Jim Green Michael J. Murray (BBA, ing) is chief nursing officer for and Medicaid defense. Instruction) is director of sec- living facilities in Texas. Educational Leadership and Young (’04 MCRP, City and (BS, Electrical Engineering) is Accounting) is executive vice 1991 the Methodist Health System ondary teaching and learning Policy Studies) is principal Regional Planning; ’08 PhD, 1977 chief executive officer of EF president and chief operating Heather Jerden Anderson in Dallas. Mike Yakubovsky 1998 for the Irving Independent 2004 at Kinkeade Early Child- Urban Planning and Public Jack Reinhard (MA, Econom- Johnson Technologies, based officer for D.R. Horton in Fort (BA, Political Science) was (BS, Economics) was one of Jose Alejandro (BSN, Nurs- School District. Jabari John- Mason Cooper (BS, Informa- hood School in the Irving Policy) received the Lt. Gen. ics) wrote Freedom’s Nation, in Irving. Previously he was Worth. He was instrumental re-elected national vice six teachers worldwide to ing) was inducted as a fellow son (BA, Communication tion Systems) is chief informa- Independent School District. John W. Morris Civilian of which shows how reorganiz- vice president at Flextron- in three acquisitions as senior president of administration receive the 2014 National of the American Academy Technology) is founder of the tion officer at CyberlinkASP, Previously she was principal the Year Award from the U.S. ing the Federal Reserve and ics, president and CEO of vice president of business for Delta Zeta sorority in July. Instruments Excellence in of Nursing. He is a past Heads Up! Foundation, which a dedicated server and at Irving’s Clifton Early Child- Army Corps of Engineers. She granting freedom to individu- Digital Lightwave Corp., and development for the home- Having served in the position Engineering Education Award. president of the Hispanic provides academic and cul- application-hosting solution hood School. Paul Schulte is chief of the Master Planning als and the nation’s markets president and CEO of Trillium building company. Rodney since 2012, she will continue Since 2006 he has taught at Nursing Association. Mat- tural development and par- provider in Dallas. Shahveer (BS, Mechanical Engineering) Section of the Fort Worth could return America to pros- Industries. Roger Krone Robinson (BBA, Accounting) to serve during the 2014-16 Coppell High School, where thew Fielder (MPA, Public ticipation in basketball camps Dhalla (BS, Biology) is princi- was a member of the USA District’s Regional Planning perity. His work experience (MS, Aerospace Engineering) is president of Living Color biennium. he leads the STEM program. and Urban Administration) for youth in Dallas County. He pal at Arlington High School. men’s national team that and Environmental Center.

44 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 45 ALUMNI NEWS ALUMNI NEWS Briefly captured the silver medal at munity Development Corp. in blacksmith at Knapp Heritage Defence for Children Interna- and Protective Services in Broadcast Communication) is 2013 Alaska. Chris Moulckers 2014 the International Wheelchair the Greater Philadelphia area. Park in Arlington. Matthew tional and Al Rowwad. He is Austin. Ruby Yi-Ping Wang a photographer at KOCO-TV Cecilia Acuna (BS, Exercise (BS, Mechanical Engineering) Roger Blackmon (BS, Basketball Federation World Ryan Hardy (MS, Finance) Grevan (BFA, Theatre Arts) an instructor in UT Arlington’s (MA, Linguistics; MA, TESOL) in Oklahoma City. Previ- Science) is in the doctor of drove the UTA Formula SAE Computer Engineering) is a Championships in Incheon, is vice president for design was stage manager and English Language Institute. joined the UT Arlington ously he was digital content physical therapy program car to victory at the Texas Au- software developer for SSG, South Korea, in July. He is a and construction at HAP earned his Actors Equity As- Jason Villarreal (BFA, The- Department of Modern specialist at KXII-TV in Sher- at The University of Texas tocross Weekend races in July a Dallas-based professional former member of the UT Investment Developers in sociation union membership atre Arts) performed in Dallas Languages in fall 2014 as a man. Ann Martini (Cohort Medical Branch in Galveston. on the UT Arlington campus. software services company. Arlington Movin’ Mavs wheel- New York, where he oversees with Soho Cinders at Uptown Woody’s annual Turnabout lecturer in Chinese. MBA, Business Administra- Olivia Shadan Aigbogun (BA, The car featured Active Aero Joshua Eguia (BFA, Theatre chair team. the firm’s residential projects. Players in Dallas in summer Show in June, raising money tion) is a project manager Theatre Arts) is a graduate technology implemented Arts) teaches theater in the Previously he was a project 2014. Hallema Jackson (MEd, and awareness for the Re- 2011 in the U.S. General Services student in UT Arlington’s in 2013 to reduce drag and Grand Prairie Independent 2006 manager for the U.S. General Educational Leadership and source Center of Dallas. He Brett Crowson (MEd, Administration Greater School of Social Work. Her increase downforce, enhanc- School District. Brandon Syreeta Clarke (BS, Biology; Services Administration, Las Policy Studies) is principal at also taught at the Dallas Chil- Educational Leadership and Southwest Region office in master’s thesis will examine ing handling and efficiency. Esianor (BS, Exercise Sci- MAVERICK MERCHANDISE BS, Microbiology) was certi- Vegas Travel Bureau. Brianna Britain Elementary School in dren’s Theatre during summer Policy Studies) is an assistant Fort Worth. Chris Mead (BA, theater as therapy. Lizette Jason Ngu (BS, Exercise ence) is working toward Everybody looks better in fied in pharmaceutical and Hinojosa-Flores (Cohort Irving. Nolan Runnels III (BS, 2014. He is training director principal at Amos Elementary Broadcast Communication) Barrera (BFA, Art) screened Science) is in the doctor of a graduate degree at The blue and orange. Gear up for medical device microbiology MBA, Business Administra- Aerospace Engineering) is a for FreeRange Concepts in School in Arlington. He had is video creative services her short film, Rubies, dur- physical therapy program University of Texas Medical springtime weather by visiting by the National Registry of tion) is senior manager and rendezvous and proximity Dallas. been a special education manager for the Texas Stars ing the annual Lunafest film at Texas Woman’s University. Branch at Galveston. Dugger UTA’s one-stop online shop- Certified Microbiologists patent attorney for Black- operations engineer for Ja- social emotional and aca- Hockey Club in Cedar Park. festival in October at the Silviya Nikolova (PhD, Social Faulkner (BS, Accounting) ping mall. A wide selection at the American College of berry in the Dallas-Fort Worth cobs Technology, a Houston- demic success (SEAS) teacher Steven McKinney (’12 BA, Maverick Activities Center. Work) received the inaugural is a business development of T-shirts, polos, caps, bags, 2010 Microbiology in Washington, area. Ryan Oliver (’07 BS, ’08 based professional services Charlotte Ford (PhD, Public at Larson Elementary in Interdisciplinary Studies; Tyler Benson (MS, Exercise Disability Manuscript Award account manager for Dallas- accessories, and other mer- D.C. Stacey Edwards (BBA, MS, Industrial and Manufac- company with offices world- and Urban Administration) Arlington since 2002. Mayde ’13 BSN, Nursing) is stroke Physiology) is a student in at the Council on Social Work based Software Professionals, chandise awaits. The online Management) is office man- turing Systems Engineering) wide. Michael Wyrick (MEd, is principal at Summit High “Mimi” Gomez (BA, Broadcast coordinator at Methodist the doctor of osteopathic Education national meeting Inc. Brandon Harris (MEd, shop includes links to the UT ager for Caliber Collision in is a visiting student in the Educational Leadership and School in Mansfield. Previous- Communication) is a cor- Dallas Medical Center, where medicine program at the in Tampa, Fla., in October Educational Leadership and Arlington Bookstore, athletics San Antonio. Aaly Meherali mechanosynthesis group at Policy Studies) is principal at ly she was principal at Mans- respondent and multimedia he is responsible for helping University of North Texas for “Geo-social and health Policy Studies) is an assistant store, Planetarium gift shop, (BS, Biology; BS, Chemistry) the Massachusetts Institute Durham Intermediate School field’s Coble Middle School. journalist at KSAT-TV in San his facility achieve compre- Health Science Center in Fort disparities among persons principal at Borger Middle and more. Check it out at was selected Secondary of Technology and a doctoral in the Carroll Independent Debra Logan (PhD, Nursing) Antonio. Rhonda Robert- hensive stroke certification. Worth. Winston Daniels with disabilities living in School in Borger. Terri Jones uta.edu/shoponline. Teacher of the Year for 2014- pre-candidate in mechanical School District in Southlake. is chair and director of the son (MA, Criminology and MaryAnn Means-Dufrene (BFA, Theatre Arts) played the Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, and (MEd, Educational Leadership 15 in the Irving Independent engineering at the Univer- nursing program at Kansas Criminal Justice) was named a (MS, Human Resource part of the donkey in Shrek: Dallas, Texas.” Sean Noell (BA, and Policy Studies) is as- GET CONNECTED School District. He teaches sity of Michigan. He helped Wesleyan University in Salina, board member of the Tarrant Management; MPA, Public the Musical at Kids Who Care Broadcast Communication) is sistant principal at Angleton Stay apprised of all things 2009 chemistry at Singley Acad- develop Robofurnace, an Aaron Gouge (BA, Kinesiol- Kan. Previously she was direc- County College Foundation. Administration) is executive Musical Theatre in Fort Worth a member of the production Christian School in Angleton. Maverick by joining the Uni- emy. Jonathan Smith (MEd, automated system for making ogy) and Mike Paye (BA, tor of nursing programs for She is an assistant chief in the director for Susan G. Komen during summer 2014. He also team at KTVT-CBS 11 in Fort Becky Navarre (PhD, Educa- versity’s social media sites. Educational Leadership and carbon nanotube forests Criminology and Criminal Brown Mackie College in Fort Worth Police Depart- for the Cure Greater Fort was invited to perform with Worth. Keith Owens (MA, tional Leadership) is assistant UT Arlington’s official Face- Policy Studies) is principal at and studying their growth. Justice) were members of the Bedford and campus nursing ment. Francesca Washing- Worth. Previously she was Amphibian Stage Productions, Criminology and Criminal Jus- superintendent of educa- book page had more than T.W. Browne Middle School in Chakosha Powell (MEd, USA men’s national team that dean and assistant profes- ton (BA, Broadcast Commu- deputy chief of staff in the a theatrical company staging tice) received the 2014 Texas tional technology in the Fort 31,000 “likes” as of early Dallas. Candace Sweat (BA, Educational Leadership and captured the silver medal at sor at West Coast University nication) is a reporter at KLTV Fort Worth Mayor and Coun- readings and productions Children’s Hero Award from Worth Independent School January. Become a fan and Broadcast Communication) is Policy Studies) is principal at the International Wheelchair in Dallas. Kristina Ibitayo in Tyler. cil Office. Erin Montgomery in Fort Worth and New York the National Center for Miss- District. Rosalinda Olivares get updates in your newsfeed a reporter for WRAL-TV in Ra- Maus Middle School in Frisco. Basketball Federation World (PhD, Nursing) is an assistant (MEd, Educational Leader- City. He is a member of a ing and Exploited Children for (BA, Theatre Arts) works about campus happenings leigh, N.C. Tanji Towels (MEd, Katherine Watkins (BS, Championships in Incheon, professor at LeTourneau ship and Policy Studies) is stilt-dancing troupe, special- his leadership in the rescue with the Texas Creative Arts and achievements. Follow 2012 Educational Leadership and Microbiology) was certified in South Korea in July. They are University’s School of Nursing. Laura Choate (BA, Theatre an assistant principal at ized performers who dance of 22 children from child sex Academy, based in Coppell. @utarlington on Twitter for Policy Studies) is principal at pharmaceutical and medical former members of the UT She helped write the proposal Arts) is performing in the Carter Junior High School and tell stories while on trafficking in 2013. He is a se- Himanshu Patel (BA, Ad- the latest news, network J.O. Davis Elementary School device microbiology by the Arlington Movin’ Mavs wheel- approved by the Board of Dallas Children’s Theater in Arlington. Previously she stilts. Wendy Donnell (PhD, nior special agent for Depart- vertising Communication) is with fellow alumni through in Irving. Nicole Willingham National Registry of Certified chair team. Ryan McCoy (’09 Nursing for the start of national touring production taught Spanish in Mansfield Nursing) wrote “A Corre- ment of Homeland Security brand manager for The Rich- LinkedIn, and share photos (MBA, Accounting) is a finan- Microbiologists at the Ameri- MEd, ’14 PhD, Educational LeTourneau’s undergraduate of The Musical Adventures and Grand Prairie. Nina Price lational Study of a Reading Investigations in Dallas. Rory ards Group, a Dallas advertis- from UTA’s Pinterest boards. cial analyst with the Depart- can College of Microbiology Leadership and Policy Studies) nursing program. Previously of Flat Stanley. The U.S. tour (MEd, Educational Leader- Comprehension Program and Peacock (MEd, Educational ing agency. Gerald Redd ment of Housing and Urban in Washington, D.C. is principal at Reed Middle she was a clinical assistant began in September 2014 and ship and Policy Studies) is Attrition Rates of ESL Nursing Leadership and Policy Stud- (MEd, Educational Leadership Development, as well as a School in Duncanville. Joa- professor in UT Arlington’s continues through June 2015. vice principal at Trinity Basin Students in Texas.” She is an ies) is director of instructional and Policy Studies) is assistant featured blogger on GovLoop, 2008 quin Noyola (’09 BS, ’13 MS, College of Nursing. LaMar- Brittany King (BFA, Theatre Preparatory Elementary assistant professor of nursing technology for the Northwest administrative director and a website for government Daniel Armbruster (BA, Physics) and Suman Satyal cus Reed (BBA, Finance) is Arts) was a costume intern School in Dallas. Kiranmayi at Texas A&M International Independent School District. high school supervisor for leaders. Broadcast Communication) (’09 BS, ’11 MS, Physics), Ph.D. playing for Aris Thessaloniki for Soho Cinders at Uptown Raparthi (’12 MCRP, City University. Joshua Jensen Previously he was an instruc- Universal College in Aley, is a weekend co-anchor at students, teamed with UT in the Greek Professional Bas- Players in Dallas during sum- and Regional Planning; ’14 (PhD, Linguistics) wrote Jarai tional technology specialist Lebanon. Jennifer Wiese LICENSE PLATE DISCOUNT 2007 KHBS/KHOG-TV in Fayette- Arlington physics Professor ketball League. He played last mer 2014. Kara Edgerton PhD, Urban Planning and Clauses and Noun Phrases: and a fifth-grade math and (MEd, Educational Leadership The eye-catching UT Arling- Shannon Brunskill (’07 ville/Fort Smith, Ark. David Zdzislaw Musielak to publish season for Etha in Cyprus, av- (BS, Exercise Science) is in the Public Policy) is a postdoc- Syntactic Structures in an science teacher in the district. and Policy Studies) is principal ton Texas license plate is now BFA, ’11 MFA, Art) served L. Campbell (EMBA, Business a paper in The Astrophysi- eraging 14.2 points and seven doctor of physical therapy toral research associate in an Austronesian Language, the Alycen Phan (MEd, Educa- at Madison High School more affordable. MyPlates. as a teaching assistant for Administration) is president cal Journal showing how rebounds per game. He was a program at the University of international collaborative first published treatment of tional Leadership and Policy in Madison, Calif. Linying com, the state’s official ven- South American artist Silvia and chief operating officer for they believe tracking radio first-team All-Southland Con- North Texas Health Science research project on “Evalu- the syntax of Jarai, an Austro- Studies) is an assistant prin- “Jolynn” Zhou (PhD, Account- dor, reduced its prices on the Levinson during summer 2014. the Alaskan Air Group of Hori- waves can determine where ference selection in 2011 at UT Center. Danielle Hansen ating Communication for nesian language of Southeast cipal at Ousley Junior High ing) is an assistant professor specialty tags effective Dec. 1, She owns Brunskill Studios in zon Air. Previously he was vice exomoons are located in the Arlington. Robyn Rinearson (’12 BS, Athletic Training; ’14 Development” with UNESCO Asia. Dr. Jensen is a mission- School in Arlington. She had of accounting at Clarkson 2014. There’s also a new pric- Dallas. Bryan Fenstermaker president of maintenance universe. Adam Stein (MA, (MEd, Educational Leadership MS, Exercise Physiology) is at the University of Hyder- ary candidate for Cambodia been a sixth-grade language University in Potsdam, N.Y. ing option that spans three (MPA, Public and Urban and engineering at JetBlue TESOL) provided instruction and Policy Studies) is principal an athletic training fellow at abad, India. Roger Sancho at EMU International in Spar- arts teacher in the Mansfield She was a teaching associate years. A percentage of sales Administration; MCRP, City Airways. Liz Covert (BFA, Art) for the Chinese MBA English at Spencer Elementary the Steadman Clinic in Vail, (BS, Athletic Training) is head tanburg, S.C. John McCall Independent School District and teaching assistant in the benefits student scholarships. and Regional Planning) was is an art conservationist for program in August for UT School in Mansfield. Jason Colo. She was a graduate athletic trainer for the Santa (BS, Civil Engineering) is a pe- since 2007. Molly Pope (BFA, UTA College of Business. She Find out more details and take appointed to the Philadelphia private collections and muse- Arlington College of Business Steele (BA, Criminology and assistant athletic trainer with Cruz Warriors, a development troleum engineer for the De- Theatre Arts) played the lead has teaching experience in advantage of the discount Food Policy Advisory Council. ums. She designs and makes students. He also volun- Criminal Justice) is the exter- the Movin’ Mavs wheelchair league basketball team affili- partment of Interior-Bureau role of Mona in the premiere auditing, accounting princi- today by visiting myplates. He is director of programs for metal jewelry and home teered during summer 2014 in nal relations specialist for the basketball team at UT Arling- ated with the Golden State of Safety and Environmental of Broken the Musical at Gil- ples, accounting analysis, and com/go/uta. the Enterprise Center Com- decor and is a volunteer the West Bank of Palestine for Texas Department of Family ton. Matthew Linguist (BA, Warriors. Enforcement in Anchorage, ley’s Dallas in July and August. professionalism in accounting.

46 UTArlington Magazine SPRING 2015 47 ALUMNI NEWS In Memoriam 1940s worked in the aerospace Services, where she conduct- a volunteer for hospice, Meals Amp W. Miller Jr. (’42 AA, industry and was an admin- ed group therapy sessions. on Wheels, and the library. Liberal Arts), 90, June 15 in istrator at Vought Aircraft. Terrance H. Borchard (’84 Dennis Lee Pool (’95 BBA, Dallas. Mr. Miller served as After retiring from Vought, he MA, Linguistics), 71, Aug. 10 in Accounting), 56, July 17 in Fort director of the UT Arlington volunteered for many years at Springfield, Ore. Dr. Borchard Worth. In 1980 Mr. Pool began alumni board and was a mem- Baptist Benevolent Ministries was a Lutheran missionary a long career in technical ber of the Alumni Scholarship of Irving. Diane Mauldin and Bible translator to the Ipili publications with General Committee. Fitch (’77 BA, English), 64, people in Papua New Guinea. Dynamics, now Lockheed BETTY NEDDERMAN May 23 in Houston. Ms. Fitch He worked with speakers of Martin. He helped launch a Former UT Arlington first 1960s was director of crude oil sales the Ipili language to trans- digital cataloging system that lady Betty Nedderman died Ronald Barry Carrigan (’67 and marketing for Enserch late the New Testament and provided F-16 technical publi- Jan. 12 in Arlington. She BA, Political Science), 70, Aug. Exploration in Hallettsville. parts of the Old Testament cation customers with digital was 89. A graduate of Texas 30 in Grand Rapids, Mich. James G. Lavender (’77 BS, into their language. Debo- books and interactive viewing. Woman’s University, Mrs. Mr. Carrigan worked for 28 Criminal Justice), 60, Aug. 16 rah Douglas Reilly (’84 BS, Deannelle Ann Sheppard Nedderman married longtime years in management for the in Fort Worth. Mr. Lavender Mathematics), 52, July 20 in (’97 MS, Social Work), 53, Aug. UTA President Wendell Army and Air Force Exchange was a loan delivery man- Chesapeake, Va. Ms. Reilly 27 in Bartlesville, Okla. Ms. Nedderman in 1947. She was a Service. He found a second ager for Sunbelt Savings and was a staff accountant with Sheppard was a licensed clini- member of the First Christian career as the financial direc- worked in mortgage servic- the health care company cal social worker at Youth and Church of Arlington since 1959 tor of Peter White Library in ing. He also played guitar in Amerigroup in Chesapeake. Family Services of Washington and sang in the church choir Marquette, Mich. Joseph A. several bands in the Dallas- Previously she was a book- County and the Jane Phillips for 25 years. She was named Stefan Jr. (’69 BBA, Business Fort Worth area. Carolyn keeper for Pearle Vision Medical Center in Bartlesville. a UT Arlington Honorary Administration), 77, May 30 in Ann Crier (’79 BS, Criminal in Salisbury, Md. William Richard Donnell Culbert- Distinguished Alumna and Charlotte, N.C. Mr. Stefan was Justice), 61, July 24 in Dallas. S. Shelton (’85 BBA, Sys- son (’99 PhD, Humanities), remained active in campus sales manager at AAA Cooper Ms. Crier combined a criminal tems Analysis), 65, May 31 in 68, June 2 in Fort Worth. Dr. organizations promoting Transportation in Charlotte justice career with periodic Johnson City. Mr. Shelton was Culbertson worked as an at- SHAPE THE FUTURE. education, fine arts, and before retiring in 2013. work in the Dallas restaurant chief operating officer and torney in the Texas Attorney athletics long after her industry and as a licensed president of the Arbella Ser- General’s Office before teach- husband’s retirement in 1992. 1970s real estate agent. She was a vice Co., part of the Arbella ing history at Tarrant County Everett Wayne Autrey (’73 natural equestrian and rode in Insurance Group, in Quincy, College. BS, Criminal Justice), 87, Aug. competitive events. Mass., when he retired to his CHANGE A LIFE. 2 in Denton. Mr. Autrey start- ranch in Johnson City in 2007. 2000s ed his 41-year career in law 1980s James Edward Doyle (’89 Timothy Paul Sepulvado enforcement with the Texas Daniel Felix Pickering (’81 BS, Mechanical Engineering), (’05 BA, History), 51, Aug. 12 Highway Patrol and was police MBA, Business Administra- 48, June 28 in Arlington. Mr. in Fort Worth. Mr. Sepulvado chief in Weatherford for two tion), 70, June 1 in Dun- Doyle worked at Lockheed taught American and Texas UT Arlington boasts some of the nation’s brightest and hardest- years, police chief in Denton canville. Mr. Pickering was Martin for 14 years as a stress history at private schools in for 13 years, and police chief chief operating officer of analyst on projects including Fort Worth. working students. But many struggle to make ends meet. More than 75 percent of our at Texas Woman’s University Club Marketing Services in the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. for 13 years. Gary Howard Duncanville. He also served His Skybolt biplane earned Faculty/Staff students report being employed during the school year, with almost 20 percent working full time. Yet M. ROBERT MCFARLAND Burgess (’74 BS, Mathemat- on the board of the Duncan- him the Bronze Champion Noel Everard, 90, Sept. 13 in Influential legislator Robert ics), 62, July 9 in Dallas. Dr. ville Education Foundation. Lindy Trophy at the Experi- Arlington. Dr. Everard was a these high-achieving scholars consistently receive national recognition for academic excellence and find McFarland died July 23 in Burgess served on the fac- Shirley Ann Godbold (’82 mental Aircraft Association professor in the Department Arlington. He was 73. Sen. ulty of the Emory University BBA, Accounting), 81, Aug. 15 Air Venture Fly-in in 2010. of Civil Engineering from its time to volunteer more than 400,000 hours in the community each year. Your annual gifts help our McFarland earned a BBA School of Medicine in Atlanta, in Fort Worth. Ms. Godbold inception until his retirement degree from UT Arlington in Ga., before returning to Texas worked as an accountant 1990s in 1989. Bernice Franks, 81, 1963. He served in the Texas in 1998 to practice at Medical for several years and taught Sandra Swaim Dennehy Aug. 5 in Arlington. Ms. Franks dedicated and talented students succeed academically, earn their degrees, and become accomplished House of Representatives City Dallas, St. Paul Hospital, English as a second language (’91 BS, Architecture), 60, retired in 1996 as senior from 1977-83 and the Texas and Dallas Methodist Hospital. at Northwood University in Oct. 13 in Fort Worth. Ms. administrative clerk in the professionals in their chosen fields. By contributing each year, you create a consistent stream of support Senate from 1983-91. One of He specialized in pediatrics Cedar Hill. Melva Jean Hunn Dennehy and her husband, Office of University Housing. the University’s staunchest and neonatal medicine. Jean (’83 BFA, Art), 89, June 5 in Paul, established Dennehy She received the Outstand- that changes the lives of deserving Mavericks who will shape the future of our world. legislative allies, he helped Louise Holderread (’74 BS, Denison. Ms. Hunn received Architects in Fort Worth. The ing Employee Award in 1989. persuade the Select Com- Medical Technology; ’92 MBA, her bachelor’s degree at age firm specializes in environ- Homer Kerr, 92, in Arlington. mittee on Higher Education Business Administration), 71, 58. She was a homemaker and mental, civic, ecclesiastical, A professor emeritus, Dr. Kerr Make a gift online today at uta.edu/giving or call the Office of Development at 817-272-2584. to include UTA on its list of Aug. 23 in Fort Worth. Ms. a member of the Georgetown educational, and residential taught American history at “emerging national universi- Holderread was a lab techni- Baptist Church in Pottsboro. projects. She was president UT Arlington from 1957-89. ties” with research emphases cian at Arlington Memorial Diane Kathleen Gude Klikus of the Berry Street Initiative Evelyn James “Eve” Mills, in 1987. Following his political Hospital for almost 30 years (’83 BA, Sociology), 54, June 9 for 17 years and helped revive 85, July 2 in Arlington. Ms. career, he was an attorney and was lab director at Lake in Chesterton, Ind. Ms. Klikus the long-neglected southside Mills retired after 25 years as in Arlington for more than Pointe Emergency Services was a guidance counselor at Fort Worth corridor. Elaine an administrative assistant 20 years and a state lobbyist and Imaging Center in Wylie. Morgan Township middle and Weide (’93 BA, English), 44, with the Office of News and for the city. He was named a Hollis Howard Dean (’76 high schools in Valparaiso, Aug. 22 in Fort Worth. Ms. Information. See more In UTA Distinguished Alumnus BBA, Business Administration), Ind. She also served as a drug Weide worked for the Fort Memoriam at uta.edu/uta- in 1984. 90, July 22 in Irving. Mr. Dean counselor at Porter-Starke Worth Public Library and was magazine/in-memoriam.

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Past Greek life at UT Arlington, 1970

Photos from the 1970 Reveille yearbook reflected the growing Greek students’ identifying as Aggies. Social societies—with exotic names like community at UT Arlington. The caption for this one: “Ken Wells takes Sans Souci, Les Choisies, Avolonte, Karuso Pteros, and Chi Chi Chi—had a shaving cream pie full in the mouth courtesy of the Delta Tau Delta- flourished on the Arlington campus dating to the 1920s. With the move to sponsored pie toss at the Kappa Sigma Karnival.” Greek life arrived on the UT System, those groups joined national organizations, bringing new campus in 1967, made possible when the University petitioned to join The fraternity and sorority chapters. Kappa Sigma was the first Greek group University of Texas System, leaving the Texas A&M umbrella. The A&M to charter in spring 1967. By 1970 the community had grown to seven so- System did not recognize Greek letter organizations then because offi- rorities, eight fraternities, and 14 honorary fraternities. For more about cials believed that social fraternities and sororities would interfere with UTA Greek life past and present, see the story on p. 26.