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TAMIU Annual Report 2019 2019 ANNUAL REPORT 2019 Annual Report / A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Our Cover/ DIFFERENCE • Two-story glass-enclosed Design Lab • 21 educational labs and classrooms • Three stories tall and almost 500 feet long. TAMIU’s New Academic Innovation Center Offers Soaring Home for Teaching, Research Even the blazing South Texas morning sun was warmed by the “A two-story glass-enclosed Design Lab enables project creation reception given TAMIU’s newest addition, the Academic Innovation and completion in an open environment. With 21 educational and Center (AIC), in dedication ceremonies held Aug. 26. research labs and classrooms in addition to faculty and staff offices, Representatives from The Texas A&M University System, including the AIC houses a broad spectrum of programs, with special emphasis Chancellor John Sharp and Chairman Elaine Mendoza of the governing on engineering and the sciences,” Dr. Arenaz said. Board of Regents, joined State Senator Judith Zaffirini, local dignitaries Arenaz noted the building’s architecture celebrates the campus’ and TAMIU faculty, staff and students to herald the AIC’s opening. past while embracing its future. It also pays homage to Laredo and The AIC is a three-story stunner, its spaces bathed in shimmering the international border with a sweeping terrazzo floor that spans natural light thanks to the abundant use of glass. first and second floors, evoking the ebb and flow of the Rio Grande TAMIU president Pablo Arenaz told visitors that the AIC is an as it wends its way between Los Dos Laredos. inspiring space that provides an ideal environment for innovative Construction began in 2016 and was funded by Tuition Revenue teaching and research. Bonds passed by the 84th Legislature. Architects were EYP Architecture "It’s a remarkable structure that truly advances how we define & Engineering and O’Connell Robertson. Bartlett Cocke General learning at TAMIU. Technology is integrated throughout the entire Contractors oversaw the construction. building, while the classroom architecture itself is flexible to encourage The final element of the building, a 130-foot tower, is nearing open collaboration. completion. Enjoy an AIC video tour here: https://50.tamiu.edu/AIC 2019 Annual Report / A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Content 2019 ANNUAL REPORT TEAM: MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT 4 DR. PABLO ARENAZ, PRESIDENT Donor/DIFFERENCE 6 PUBLISHER: ROSANNE PALACIOS Faculty/DIFFERENCE 8 EDITOR: STEVE HARMON Student/DIFFERENCE 10 ART DIRECTOR: ANA CLAMONT Alumni/DIFFERENCE 12 CONTRIBUTING DESIGN: ANDREA MARTíNEZ News /DIFFERENCE 14 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: MIKA AKIKUNI Athletics /DIFFERENCE 16 STEVE HARMON DAN LATHEY CHRISTINE ROJAS Looking Back/DIFFERENCE 18 PHOTOGRAPHY: Giving/DIFFERENCE 26 ROLANDO SANTOS DAN LATHEY NOAH ROSENTHAL Trailblazers /DIFFERENCE 34 TAMIU STAFF PHOTOGRAPHERS tamiu.edu/50 Visit us online at tamiu.edu STAY CONNECTED 2019 Annual Report / A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE Message from the President/ DIFFERENCE The Power of Transformation On August 26, we officially kicked off our 50th Anniversary We now have over 29,000 successful alumni scattered all over the celebration with the ribbon-cutting for our newest building, the world, over 8,400 students, and saw our largest graduating class this Academic Innovation Center (AIC). The AIC is a magnificent building past year. We have increased the number of Laredoans who have a that combines innovative teaching spaces with state of the art Bachelor’s degree or higher by 58 % in the past 20 years – higher than laboratories. We will have many more events throughout the next any other south Texas community. More impressively, the number of 12 months and I hope that you will join us. graduates with jobs or attending graduate/professional school one The late American author and philosopher Vernon Howard year after graduating outpaces the Texas average by nearly 10 %, encouraged transformation when he wrote “the great solution to all putting us in the top 25 %. human problems is individual transformation.” Indeed, as agents of We continue to garner accolades for the quality of how we prepare learning, Universities accelerate that change from one thing to another, graduates – a transformational experience. For the third year in a row, and lead metamorphosis. Since the establishment of the Texas A&I we were recognized as among the best western regional universities University at Laredo Center in 1970, we have been transforming the by US News and World Report, and ranked among the tops in Texas. lives of the people of this community and region. This rang especially In four separate studies over the past three years, we have been true 25 years ago when Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) ranked in the top 20 nationally in upward income mobility. Ten years opened its doors as a four-year comprehensive University on a 300- after graduation, our graduates have moved their income level from acre campus. the bottom 40% to the top 40%, many going from near-poverty to 2019 Annual Report / A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE middle class and higher. In a new study measuring return on investment (ROI) of a post-secondary degree published by Georgetown University, TAMIU was ranked 9th out of 84 four-year schools in Texas. The ROI, measured as net present value, showed that after 40 years the value of a TAMIU degree added over $1,000,000 to an individual’s earnings. BY THE NUMBERS These figures again demonstrate the transformational impact TAMIU has had on our graduates and community. The most powerful transformational impact we have had has been in providing access to higher education to individuals and families these 127 (1972) 29,091 past 50 years. In 2000, over 75 % of graduates identified themselves as DEGREES AWARDED TO DATE the first in their family to graduate from college. This past year, that number has dropped to slightly over 50%. As a result, we are seeing more siblings as well as more second- and third-generation students 1 BUILDING 16 BUILDINGS (1970) TO DATE graduating from TAMIU. $991,447 $129,205,008 (FY 1974) BUDGET GROWTH We invite you to come to campus, to see (FY 2020) what exciting things we have going on, to reminisce about your own transformation… 8,453 and to be part of our ongoing story. 285 STUDENTS (FALL 1970) ENROLLED - Dr. Pablo Arenaz (FY 2019) 1,149 GRADUATED NURSES This transformation is exemplified by Olivia Corona who graduated (SINCE 1998) in 2013. Both her mother, Minerva Corona ( ’77) and aunt, Oralia Jalomo ( ’82), graduated from TAMIU, setting expectations for future generations. Another prime example is the Buckley family. James 737 52 EMPLOYEE/FACULTY Buckley ( ’02) was the 1,000 student to enroll in the Graduate School. (FY 1974) GROWTH (FY 2020) His late mother, Esther Buckley ( ’75), a popular Laredo science teacher, was the University’s 3,000 student, enrolling in 1998. Other family members have also graduated from TAMIU, including James’s sisters 2,139 10,192,159 STUDENTS MILES TRAVELED Trina Bratton ( ’99), Rebecca Rodríguez ( ’04) and Jennifer Torres (’10)... TRAVEL ABROAD TO 52 COUNTRIES and nephews Sean Bratton, Sam Bratton and Rene Peña. The legacy that they all have left will impact their families for generations to come. This is the transformational impact that TAMIU has on this community and beyond: lives changed, opportunities realized and 75%19% 50% (2000) (1972) FIRST GENERATION futures measurably brightened… metamorphosis at every level. STUDENTS (2019) In these pages, we celebrate these milestones in our history. We recognize the “World of Difference” TAMIU has made in the lives of our alumni, our faculty, our staff and the communities we proudly serve. We invite you to come to campus, to see what exciting things we have going on, to reminisce about your own transformation…and to be part of our ongoing story. 2019 Annual Report / A WORLD OF DIFFERENCE 5 Donors/DIFFERENCE While Lamar Bruni Vergara never lived to see the lasting impact her enduring legacy made possible, her Trustees, Joe Martin and Jim TAMIU Presents First Pearl, have ensured that her impact lives on. Whether it is a garden that President’s Dinner and Awards offers reflective pause, a science laboratory filled with cutting-edge technology, a scholarship endowment that secures student degrees, a Planetarium that brings the stars a little closer, or a literacy program that nurtures young readers…the Lamar Bruni Vergara Trust’s delivery of its namesake’s caring legacy has been fundamentally impactful. “TAMIU has been blessed by the generosity of so many in our community, but the combined legacy of these three Award recipients has fundamentally changed the destiny, secured the mission, and laid a foundation for future success for Texas A&M International University.” - Dr. Pablo Arenaz President Dr. Pablo Arenaz said the evening initiated a new tradition David Killam, Antonio Sanchez, Jr., Joe Martin and Jim Pearl join President Arenaz. and recognized Tower recipients for their remarkable legacy here. As part of the year-long celebration of its 50th Anniversary, Texas “TAMIU has been blessed by the generosity of so many in our A&M International University hosted its President’s Dinner and Awards community, but the combined legacy of these three Award recipients in the Sue and Radcliffe Killam Library Great Room. has fundamentally changed the destiny, secured the mission, and laid The event highlight was the presentation of the University’s first a foundation for future success for Texas A&M International University. TAMIU Tower Award Recipients: individuals or groups who have As we observe our 50th Anniversary, it’s fitting that we pause and reflect shared a towering role in shaping the University’s destiny and mission. on the power and scope of the impact empowered by these families The Inaugural Award Recipients were The Killam Family, The Lamar and foundations. We hope to move forward by pausing annually to Bruni Vergara Trust and the A.
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