Summer 2012 • Volume 5 • Number 2

Timing is Money • Ironclad Optimism • School Shoes from the President Angelo State University Cover Story Dear Friends: Center of Attention ...... 16 Summer 2012 Vol. 5, No. 2 16 Although the Texas Legislative season does not officially begin until 2013, public universities Angelo State University’s Multicultural Center enhances the have already begun to plan for the most likely topics of interest to our representatives. Clearly, Angelo State University educational experience for students and better prepares them Member, Texas Tech University System the concept of “efficiencies” in higher education will be at the top of their discussion list. ­Ef for life on a global scale. ficiencies are not simply about cutting expenses, but rather seeking ways to more fully utilize Board of Regents Jerry E. Turner, Chair, Blanco Multicultural Views ...... 20 existing and new resources to support our core mission of educating and graduating students. Mickey L. Long, Vice Chair, Midland Larry K. Anders, Dallas From backgrounds a world apart, Devon Bolan and José Cano This edition of the Angelo State University Magazine highlights several new initiatives which L. Frederick “Rick” Francis, El Paso are finding common ground in the Multicultural Center. stretch the use of scarce resources to benefit our students. Debbie Montford, San Antonio Nancy Neal, Lubbock John Field Scovell, Dallas Probably the most important effort has been our recognition by the United States Depart­ John D. Steinmetz, Lubbock John Walker, Houston Features ment of Education (DOE) as a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The designation is critical Jill Fadal, Austin because only HSIs may compete for the significant funding made available through DOE’s Timing is Money ...... 22 Chancellor Title V program. Over the past two years, ASU has received significant DOE grants, one for Kent Hance, Lubbock As a Hispanic Serving Institution, Angelo State is benefitting from U.S. Department of Education grants that are enhancing retention and the other to increase student participation in the fields of science, technology, Angelo State University 22 engineering and mathematics (STEM). Although these grants result from DOE funding, their Joseph C. Rallo President: Dr. Joseph C. Rallo services for all students and helping the university adapt to Interim Provost and Vice President tight budgets. use on campus has been led by an interdisciplinary committee composed of academic and for Academic Affairs: Dr. Brian J. May Vice President for Finance and student affairs professionals. As a result, all of our students benefit from the infusion of these Administration: Michael Reid Friends and Family ...... 24 Vice President for Student Affairs and new funds to the campus. Enrollment Management: Dr. Vance R. Valerio As one of the largest organizations on campus, the Association Vice President for Development: Dr. Jason Penry of Mexican American Students, or AMAS, provides Hispanics, Another very intriguing initiative is the evolution of a partnership between ASU and MedHab Angelo State University Magazine many of them first-generation students, an adopted ASU family on the development of an instrument to track physiological information for use in pre- and The Angelo State University Magazine is published three times a year by the to help them on the path to graduation. post-operative medical assessments. While such public-private partnerships are the norm in ASU Office of Communications and Marketing, large, research-focused universities, they rarely exist at institutions whose primary mission is ASU Station #11021, San Angelo, TX 76909-1021; 325-942-2248; Fax: 325- 942-2238; Tapestry of Life ...... 26 teaching. While the ability for ASU students to gain real-world experience in the design, devel­ [email protected]. Ironclad Optimism … School Shoes … Buy the Numbers … opment and use of such devices is invaluable, the city of San Angelo will also have an economic ASU Magazine Staff Road to Success … Greener Pastures … Embracing Cultures … benefit in the significant number of new jobs expected to be created by the new company. Editor: Preston Lewis From Yankee to Texan … A Different Perspective Associate Editor: Tom Nurre Jr. Director of Graphics: Michael Martin Finally, our first students will graduate from the doctorate in physical therapy program, which Graphic Artist: Gabrielle Miller 36 Design Assistant: Leonor Constancio Sections was established in 1999 as a master’s degree program and approved for the doctoral level in Photographers: Danny Meyer Tina Doyle 2009. As the discipline of physical therapy becomes increasingly important to so many aspects Writers: Roy Ivey President’s Message ...... Opposite of medicine, the need for doctorally qualified individuals who practice on an equal level with Jayna Phinney Rebekah Brackin physicians becomes even more critical. As ASU’s sole doctoral program, the PT degree builds Brandon Ireton Along the Mall ...... 4 Wes Bloomquist Partners in Step … Artsy Startsy … Korean Ties … First of the First … Capital Success … on our existing remarkable strengths in science, while focusing on the emerging careers avail­ Student Assistants: Kimberley Parker able to graduates in Texas and the rest of the nation. Olivia Navarrete Chasing the Red Rubber Ball … Briefs … Angelo Staters Austin Lopez Logan Reynolds Our focus remains the success of our students while on campus and after graduation. Your ef­ Graduate Assistants: Troy L. Sayles Athletics ...... 36 Tommy Schield Room for Care … Football Palace … The Right Stuff … Sports Briefs … Hall of Honor forts on behalf of current and future students, whether as staff, faculty, alumni or community Alumni Association members, remain invaluable and most appreciated. Contributors: Erin M. Whitford Alumni Association...... 45 Melinda Springer Back on Track ... Change for the Better … Three-Star Success … Class Notes … Sincerely, AJ Lopez III In Memoriam … Donors © 2012 Angelo State University All Rights Reserved On the Cover: New ASU mariachi outfits modeled by music students Antonio Smith, Ashley Hagins and Editor’s Note: In this issue, ASU Magazine Chelsea Bravo reflect Hispanic growth on campus. (Photo by Danny Meyer; Backdrop courtesy of ASU Theatre.) examines the university’s multicultural efforts with an emphasis on Hispanics and their stories Back Cover: Shortstop Chelsey Walters of Odessa begins a double play to second baseman DeeshanaLynn as part of the ASU tapestry. Tafiti of Kalaheo, Hawaii, in a victory for the then No. 1 Rambelles softball team against St. Mary’s. Joseph C. Rallo (Photo by Kimberley Parker) President

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What began with entrepreneur Angelo, Ross turned to ASU’s Small Business years. Ross expects MedHab will ultimately fine tuning a business plan as they moved ing a clinic visit. Further, the data is secured Johnny Ross’s bum knee has evolved into a Development Center (SBCD) for local employ 150-220 employees in San Angelo toward production of the medical device. through a user-interface website that meets private- and public-sector partnership with assistance, which ultimately included ASU when the facility is fully operational. Though MedHab is headquartered in Fort all federal medical privacy requirements. Angelo State University, which provided the expertise from five departments. With key Ross said, “The importance of ASU to Worth, Ross wanted to locate a production fa­ The MedHab team also worked with specialized expertise to help resolve techni­ contributions in software development from our development cannot be stated enough. cility in San Angelo, where he had grown up Dr. Scott Hasson, ASU professor of physi­ cal, information management and indus­ ASU’s computer science program, the Fort MedHab’s chief technology officer and I and earned a Master of Public Administration cal therapy and member of the MedHab trial research issues necessary to develop a Worth-based company is close to producing started this process at a meeting in 2009 from ASU in 1989 after earning his bachelor’s advisory board, to develop appropriate new medical device. StepRite, a monitoring device that has four with President Rallo and David Erickson of degree from Texas Tech University. rehabilitation protocols for exercises and While rehabbing his knee, the co-found­ patents pending and a fifth proposed. the SBDC. Both shared our vision and im­ Consequently, Ross sought out Erick­ their measurements. er and chief executive officer of MedHab LLC Additionally, the San Angelo City Coun­ mediately offered their support. Moving for­ son and his SBDC staff for help with the Then, Dr. Kraig L. Schell became in­ realized that his physical therapists were cil earlier this year approved a business ward, I anticipate a very long relationship business plan and a financial model that volved for his industrial-organizational making subjective assessments of his prog­ incentive package for MedHab to locate its with ASU to help develop new releases of included investors and mezzanine financ­ psychology program to develop outreach ress without the solid data to back them up. production facility in San Angelo, further our first product as well as assist in develop­ ing before moving to traditional financing. strategies to demonstrate to businesses how With his professional background in health expanding the private- and public-sector ing new products.” Additionally, Erickson and SBDC Assistant the device could be used in their safety pro­ care and his co-founder’s understanding of partnership into an opportunity for local A San Angelo native and 15-year employ­ Director Cindy Hartin opened doors to oth­ grams, particularly for employees who do digital technology, Ross knew a device economic growth. ee with medical supplier Johnson & Johnson, er ASU expertise, including computer sci­ repetitive manual tasks. Additionally, Med- could be developed to help ther­ “The relationship between Angelo State Ross had led an active lifestyle that ultimate­ ence faculty member Dr. Tim Roden, who Hab is working with Dr. Richard Lawrence, apists make more accurate University and MedHab,” said ASU President ly wore out one of his knees, requiring recon­ is working with several senior computer a management information systems faculty assessments of patient Joseph C. Rallo, “has proven to be a benefi­ structive surgery to regrow the deteriorated science students to develop some of the member, on developing management pro­ progress during re­ cial one for all involved, including the city of cartilage that caused the problem. After software necessary to operate the monitor­ tocols for the operational plant planned for habilitation. San Angelo. For MedHab, ASU was able to surgery, the rehabilitation was long, painful ing device. San Angelo. With his idea provide key support to build upon the com­ and frustrating, causing him to think there ASU computer science experts are de­ “I have been afforded the opportunity to and a desire to pany’s expertise and help it move from prod­ had to be a better way to do pre-operative veloping all of the custom external software build incredible relationships here at ASU,” possibly locate uct development toward production. assessments and to measure rehabilitation necessary to analyze and display the data Ross said, “and I see these relationships a production “For Angelo State,” Rallo continued, “the progress, particularly with all the electronic collected by the device’s resident software. continuing for a long time. MedHab plans facility in San relationship provides opportunities for our technology that was available. The ASU software will provide a cloud- to work with ASU personnel to assist with faculty to utilize their expertise and involve Ross turned to Tim Sanghera, an elec­ based server, web-based dashboards for future developments to StepRite, our first our students in real-world experience. Ad­ trical engineer and computer scientist, both patients and doctors/therapists and product, as well as our lumbar back product ditionally, MedHab plans to employ some of with the idea of developing a monitor that data transmission from the device to the currently in the patent process. As other op­ the students working on various aspects of could help measure weight-bearing loads, server. The multiple client versions will in­ portunities arise, I am certain ASU will be a development and ultimately employ other strength, range of motion and other indica­ clude Windows, Android and iPhone plat­ big part of development.” students who in the past might have left tors for treating leg injuries. Sanghera said forms, Roden said. If everything goes according to plan, for other job markets or opportunities.” such a device could be engineered, and they The MedHab device is a miniaturized, MedHab will launch its U.S. sales by year’s “In the long run,” Rallo said, “this pri­ developed a “breadboard” prototype neces­ pressure-sensing instrument that provides end, pending FDA approval. Additionally, vate- and public-sector partnership will sary in 2008 to apply for a patent, which dashboard screens for 3-D tracking of physi­ MedHab plans to market the device in Aus­ benefit San Angelo and the Concho Valley was granted last year. They subsequently ological information that orthopedists can tralia, England, Germany, Italy, France and with a new firm that will employ dozens, if applied for five patents through MedHab, use for pre- and post-operative assessments. Spain, potentially opening up additional op­ not more, from this area in production.” which Sanghera serves as co-founder and Physical therapists can use the device to cus­ portunities for ASU participation in adapt­ The San Angelo City Council approved chief technology officer. tomize treatments and monitor rehabilitation ing software to those languages. Photo by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photo a total incentive package, as recommended While Ross had the idea plus the medi­ progress. Through real-time wireless com­ “MedHab’s relationship with ASU is by the City of San Angelo Development Cor­ cal sales background and Sanghera had the munication, health professionals can check nothing less than spectacular, and I expect Johnny Ross poration, of up to $3.2 million over seven technical expertise, they still needed help in on patient status at any time without requir­ it to continue to grow,” Ross said. .

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If art is truly in the eye of the beholder, “Evolving Helix,” a 20-foot tall stainless on-campus focus groups to determine the the Angelo State family will have a lot steel sculpture combining the simplicity of a final design. The piece is scheduled for com­ to behold during the next 18 months as ram’s horn with the complexity of the DNA pletion next spring. three pieces of installation art make their helix, will be installed in the pedestrian ASU President Joseph C. Rallo said, appearance on campus. circle on the University Mall just south of “This installation art will bring a new dy­ The artworks will mark ASU’s start in the new Plaza Verde residence hall and the namism to campus and provide places for implementing a Texas Tech University Sys­ Pavilion. The artist is Roger White Stoller of thought, reflection and even whimsy for tem (TTUS) policy that allocates a percent­ San Jose, Calif. members of the Angelo State family as well age of the cost of all major construction and “Kinesis,” an undulating red ribbon of as for visitors, who will now have new rea­ renovation projects to public art. steel symbolizing movement through its sons to make ASU a destination.” arching loops and swirls, will be positioned TTUS policy directs 1 percent of the bud­ between walkways at the northwest corner gets for new construction and .5 percent of of the Center for Human Performance’s new the budgets of renovation projects to public student recreation addition. The artist is artworks associated with the new or reno­ Joaquin Palencia of the Philippines. vated facilities. A mosaic artwork representing the heri­ “Implementing this policy will enhance tage of ASU has been selected for installa­ the aesthetics and ambiance of the campus tion on the low concrete wall bordering the in the future,” Rallo said. ramp at the main entrance of the Porter The “Evolving Helix” will be ready for Henderson Library on the University Mall. installation in late 2013 and is budgeted at Julie Richey Mosaics of Irving will conduct $375,000. It was chosen from 25 different art­ ist proposals. “Kinesis” will be installed toward the end of 2012 and is allocated a $60,000 budget. It was selected from 17 proposals from different artists. The mosaic is budgeted at $43,000 and was selected from six proposals. A local advisory committee reviewed the various proposals and made recommenda­ tions to the Angelo State University repre­ sentatives – Barbara Rallo of San Angelo and Donna Bowen of Robert Lee – on the TTUS selection committee for final approval. San Angelo community members of the advisory committee are Brenda Gunter, K. Duane Hamblin, Matt Lewis, Sue Rainey, Evolving Helix Julie Raymond and Anne Shahan. Angelo by Roger White Stoller State representatives are Tom Bankston, Maurice Fortin, Connie Frazier, Randy Hall, Jessica Manning, Peggy Niño, Bradley C. Petty and Ruben Sandoval. ASU student Jessica Kindrick of San Angelo also serves Kinesis by Joaquin Palencia on the advisory committee. .

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First of the First by Tom Nurre

During the late morning of May 12, The most memorable clinical experience Brent Ashford was scheduled to make Angelo for Ashford came at Shannon and involved State University history. another ASU student, Rambelles basketball When his name was called during the player Leah Lemaire, who had been serious­ spring commencement ceremony, Ashford – ly hurt in a car accident that left her with a by luck of the alphabet – became the first dislocated right elbow, a pelvis fractured in student to receive an ASU doctorate. He two places and an injured diaphragm. was the first of 19 graduates in ASU’s physi­ “She was unable to move much because cal therapy program to receive a Doctor of of pain, medication and having several Korean Physical Therapy, or D.P.T. tubes and IVs,” Ashford said. “She was not “I am really excited to be part of ASU’s allowed to put weight on her left leg at all first doctoral graduating class,” Ashford said. because of the injury to her pelvis, so she “I’ve had some great experiences and learned could only use her right leg when getting Presidents Woo-Hee Park, Joseph C. Rallo ink 1+3 pact. from some really outstanding faculty here. I around. I was able to help her learn how to Ties Photo by Won-Jae Lee hope this is only the first of many doctoral work a wheelchair, and I worked with her

programs for ASU, and I hope that in some as she took her first steps. It was a very dif­ Meyer Danny by Photo Angelo State and Sejong University “Our agreement builds upon many long­ small way my classmates and I can bring more ficult recovery for her.” have initiated a One-Plus-Three (1+3) pro­ standing ties between our nation and the notability to the school and the program.” “I later found out that she has returned gram that allows Sejong students to spend a Republic of Korea. The new program will Born and raised in Austin, Ashford to classes at ASU and is back playing as a year on their campus in Seoul, South Korea, further enhance ASU’s international studies earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise and starter for the basketball team,” he contin­ and then come to ASU for the final three program by providing an ongoing cohort of sports science from Texas State University ued. “Her physical and mental toughness Brent Ashford performs a mobilization years of their undergraduate education. Korean students at Angelo State.” in 2008. Though he was also accepted to was an inspiration for me, and it was a great procedure in lab setting. ASU President Joseph C. Rallo and Se­ “Not only will our Korean guests get physical therapy programs at universities experience to be able to work with her dur­ jong President Woo-Hee Park signed the an exceptional ASU education,” Rallo in New York and California, he chose ASU ing my first clinical rotation and then be “I feel like my education has really pre­ agreement in Seoul in November. Under the said, “but our students will benefit from after researching its PT program online and able to see her return to school, sports and pared me and given me the confidence and agreement, Sejong students will take a year their interactions with these students, visiting the campus. her normal life.” skills I need to be successful as a physical of courses taught in English by Sejong fac­ who come from a nation that has been one “I chose to attend ASU because of the In his own normal life outside of classes therapist,” Ashford said. “There is quite a ulty, who will serve as ASU adjunct faculty. of our staunchest allies in Asia and today lower cost and because I wanted to stay in and clinicals, Ashford has also been active lot of need for therapists everywhere, and After successfully completing their first is the United States’ seventh-largest trad­ Texas,” Ashford said. “When I came to visit in ASU intramurals with his PT classmates. the PT program here at ASU has been very year at Sejong, the students will transfer to ing partner.” the campus and interview, I liked the small­ He is raising two daughters, 9-year-old helpful in preparing us to take the licensing ASU for the final three years of undergradu­ Dr. Won-Jae Lee, a native of South Ko­ er class sizes and the clinical integration Bridget and 5-year-old Tess, with his wife, exam and market ourselves. I hope to find ate work. The first group of Sejong 1+3 stu­ rea and an ASU associate professor of crimi­ with local health care partners.” Regan, who also graduated from ASU on a job in the Austin area working in an out­ dents will arrive on campus for the start of nal justice, and Dr. Sharynn Tomlin, the Ashford utilized that partnership for May 12 with a bachelor’s degree in com­ patient orthopedic setting, but I am open to the 2013 spring semester. director of ASU’s Center for International his acute care clinical rotation at Shannon munication. Combine that with ASU’s first other options and I will look for the best op­ While taking ASU courses on the Sejong Studies, played key roles in developing and Medical Center. Then, as required by the PT doctoral diploma in Ashford’s hands, and portunity for my future as a physical thera­ University campus, students will pay Sejong finalizing the 1+3 program. curriculum, he headed out of town for subse­ the future is looking bright for all of them. pist and for my family.” . tuition rates. Once the students transfer to Sejong University is a private university quent clinicals. He completed his orthopedic Angelo State, they will pay out-of-state tu­ founded in 1940 and currently enrolling rotation at Rocky Mountain Therapy Servic­ ition rates unless they qualify for competi­ some 13,000 students. The university has es in Grantsville, Utah, where he was able to tive scholarship packages. nine colleges and nine graduate schools with stay with his wife’s family, and finished up “We are delighted to initiate this pro­ academic strengths in international business, with his neuromuscular rotation at Hendrick gram with Sejong University,” Rallo said. hotel management and animation. . Center for Rehabilitation in Abilene.

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Capital by Becky Brackin

Success Kent Hance Chasing the Red Rubber Ball At a time when finances are tight ev- since ASU was created and worked with Since childhood, a red rubber ball powered and uplifted me,” he said. “It was a away from their home with no one to claim erywhere, Angelo State University alumni donors from all walks of life and all in- has remained Kevin Carroll’s metaphor for significant point in my life.” them. Fortunately, loving grandparents and friends came through in a big way by come ranges. The results have been both finding and pursuing his passion – the pow­ Carroll credits Randy Matthews, ASU’s stepped in, arranged a bus trip to Philadel­ helping the university reach its $25 million satisfying because of the ultimate im- er of play. head athletic trainer at the time, and Paul phia and gave them the stability they des­ capital campaign goal more than a year pact on students and their education and A bounce of the ball led Carroll origi­ Ramsey, his supervisor at Goodfellow AFB, perately needed. ahead of schedule. gratifying because of the willingness of nally to Angelo State University, where he with making one of his goals – attaining a col­ Their attention carried Carroll through In celebrating the achievement of so many to participate. graduated in 1989, and back again in Janu­ lege degree and becoming an athletic trainer high school and high school sports. Then ASU’s first capital campaign, ASU Presi- “We are humbled,” Penry said, “to ary to speak at ASU’s “Boldly Blue” din­ – possible while he was teaching classes at Carroll began a 10-year Air Force career, dent Joseph C. Rallo and Texas Tech have so many alumni and friends part- ner, celebrating the university’s success in Goodfellow from 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. each night ultimately earning his bachelor’s degree University System Chancellor Kent ner with Angelo State to ensure students’ reaching a $25 million capital campaign and raising two elementary-aged sons. from ASU and his master’s degree from St. Hance announced a challenge goal of access to a quality education. We are goal ahead of schedule. Matthews explained the ASU sched­ Joseph’s University. He lived his goal of be­ an additional $10 million by the time the filled with gratitude.” His Boldly Blue remarks and his activi­ ule meant early morning classes followed coming an athletic trainer at the high school effort ends in 2013. The announcement The capital campaign is scheduled ties while in San Angelo were so engaging by training room hours each afternoon. He and collegiate levels, then served as trainer came at the January “Boldly Blue” din- to conclude next year. Penry said he is that Carroll was invited back to address asked Carroll, “When are you going to sleep?” for his hometown Philadelphia 76ers. He ner celebrating the campaign for ASU. optimistic about achieving the $35 mil- graduates at the university’s spring com­ “You let me worry about that,” Carroll even worked as translator for the Yugosla­ “A lot of people have stepped up be- lion challenge goal because of how ac- mencement. It was quite an accomplish­ responded. vian Olympic basketball team in 1996. cause Angelo State really is their uni- cepting everyone has been of the ASU ment for a man who as a boy was basically Ramsey said, “I just got out of his way. A television interview while he was in­ versity,” Dr. Rallo said. “We value their effort from the beginning. written off by social workers. I knew he was special and he was going volved in the Olympics earned Carroll the participation in fundraising, and as we “We have devoted alumni and a Then one day, that boy discovered an somewhere with his life.” attention of Nike. He was invited to custom­ move forward with our challenge goal growing number of friends who may unclaimed red rubber ball on a greater Phil­ When Carroll returned to San Angelo ize his own job as “Katalyst,” or creative we will be enhancing the opportunities not have attended ASU, but who see the adelphia playground and made it his friend. in January, he spoke to groups at the Ste­ change agent, for the sports gear giant. we provide our students.” value of our mission and are willing to He started playing with the ball, making up phens Central Library, Wall High School After seven years at Nike, Carroll left to Dr. Jason Penry, ASU’s vice president help us fulfill that mission, both today a game and, to his surprise, beginning to at­ and the Central Freshman Campus as a way start Kevin Carroll Katalyst/LLC. Today he for development and alumni relations, and tomorrow,” Penry said. . tract an audience of kids, who invited him of thanking the community for its help early travels the world speaking, writing books has managed the first capital campaign to play with them from then on. in his career. and advocating for social change. Carroll realized the art of play was a He also stopped by the San Angelo Soc­ Because the ball might have bounced in fantastic way of connecting with others. cer Association (SASA) to donate some 300 another direction at any time, Carroll real­ The power of the red rubber ball would ul­ soccer balls on behalf of his son, Keith, who izes he could have landed elsewhere, so he

timately lead to a successful career as an played on SASA teams as a boy, then went takes every opportunity to give thanks and Kevin Carroll author, public speaker and agent for on to play college soccer and become a mod­ to challenge his audiences, including every­ change, or “Katalyst,” a job title of el and actor. one from students to international dignitar­ his own creation. Gratitude is as big a part of Carroll’s ies, such as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, to But success was a long way life today as that red rubber ball was in his somehow cultivate the art of play. in his future when he first youth, and he has a bounce in his step, but “Any ‘zig’ rather than ‘zag’ in my jour­ arrived in San Angelo as a “bouncing” once represented a darker time ney, and I’m not here talking to you today,” young father and Air Force in his life. he said. “Life is about the journey. You must enlistee seeking to become His early years with his two brothers surrender to the journey.” an athletic trainer. were characterized by bouncing from one His global journey has carried Carroll “The Goodfellow Air place to another as the three boys were through abandonment, rescue, discovery, Force Base community, abandoned by both parents by the time pursuit, defiance, triumph and inspiration, ASU and this entire com­ Carroll was 6. The low point came when all because of a red rubber ball abandoned munity encouraged, em- the boys found themselves some 200 miles on a Philadelphia playground. .

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Spring High Ongoing Perfection ship, going undefeated in seven Stage Right the Cancer Prevention and Re- students in the college’s vari­ demonstrating optics, low For the third consecutive year, For the 15th straight year, ASU matches, and Morgan Solsberry With a scheduled replacement search Institute of Texas (CPRIT) ous programs. temperature physics, acous- Molly Williams ASU has established a spring students have maintained a won the men’s Division 3, Class of the theatre rigging this sum- to fund a three-year project to According to CHHS Dean tics and sound, and lasers. semester enrollment record 100 percent passing rate on “B” individual national title. mer, the University Auditorium provide breast cancer detection Leslie Mayrand, the grant com- Two previous White Awards with 6,379 students enrolled as the Texas Examination of Edu- is set to be back in full opera- and prevention services to resi- pletes the funding to provide ad- came to ASU in 2003 and 2007. of the 20th class day, the date cator Standards (TExES) teach- Library Acclaim tion by the time ASU classes dents of the Concho Valley. ditional computerized manne­ used for official enrollment by er certification test for second- The newly renovated Porter open in the fall. The project, “Access to quins in the nursing program’s More Nurses institutions in the Texas Tech ary mathematics. Henderson Library at Angelo The project will replace the Breast Care for West Texas – High Fidelity Simulation Lab and The nursing program has been University System. Seven ASU students took State University was recognized entire rigging system, including Concho Valley,” is overseen by a Parenting Training Module for awarded a supplementary The 2012 overall spring en- the TExES in February, and their this past spring in the American all lines/ropes, pulleys, hoists, Dr. Linda Ross, executive direc- the psychology program. grant of $241,234 from the rollment was up 188 students average score of 277.3 out of Libraries magazine 2012 Library counterweights, catwalks, cur- tor of ASU’s Center for Com- Another component of the Texas Higher Education Coor­ over the 6,191 students who 300 is the highest average ever Design Showcase for outstand- tains and other components munity Wellness, Engagement project is a new DXA System, dinating Board (THECB) for in- enrolled for the 2011 spring se- posted by an ASU class. It is also ing service flexibility in design. necessary for a fully functional and Development, and Dr. the research standard for as- creasing its enrollment of first­ mester, an increase of 3.03 per- well above last year’s state av- Service flexibility, one of proscenium stage. The total Leslie Mayrand, dean of ASU’s sessing body composition, for year nursing students during Leslie Marmon Silko cent. Undergraduate enrollment erage score of 226.7. The per- 12 categories evaluated by the project cost is estimated at College of Health and Human the Kinesiology Department. the 2010-11 academic year. stood at 5,538 for the current fect passing rate streak began magazine each year in library $450,000, which is being fund- Services. The project will be The grant will also fund a Mo- For the 2010-11 academic The challenges of fueling semester, a 1.1 percent increase in 1998 and since then, all 150 design, recognizes adaptabili- ed through an allocation of the coordinated through ASU’s re- bile Research Lab that will be year, ASU enrolled 199 first- the future and a passion over the 5,480 undergraduates of the ASU students who have ty to service population shifts, university’s Higher Education gional office of the Laura W. used for community-based re- year students through its vari- for storytelling were enrolled in the spring of 2011. taken the exam after complet- technology advances and Assistance Funds (HEAF). Bush Institute for Women’s search on improving access to ous nursing programs, up from addressed during ASU’s Graduate enrollment set an ing the mathematics program new service needs. The ASU Once the work is completed, Health, which is also directed mental health services. 127 in academic year 2008-09. distinguished speakers all-time record for the sixth long have passed. facility was one of 13 libraries the auditorium will resume its by Ross. The THECB initially awarded series this spring. Find semester in a row with 841 stu- Passing students keeping in the U.S. and Canada iden- normal role in university life as The grant will provide fund- SPS National Award ASU $133,000 in September out what diplomat dents, 24 more than the previ- the streak alive this year were tified as having “built-in flex- a venue for musical theatre, dra- ing for mammograms and ASU’s chapter of the Society and has now added the second Molly Williams, the ous high of 817 recorded just Ben Ellery, Tyler Gueldner, Brett ibility to adapt to what their ma productions, recitals, award other diagnostic tests aimed of Physics Students (SPS) has award to bring the grant total E. James Holland-Roy A. last fall. Graduate enrollment McIntyre, Sarah McKenzie, patrons require.” ceremonies and other activities. at breast cancer detection for been honored with a Marsh to $374,234. Harrell Jr. Foreign Affairs was up 18.2 percent over the Alicia Powell, Sheryl Stultz and The magazine wrote, “The Due to the outdated rigging uninsured and underinsured W. White Award, given to “We are enrolling more stu- Lecturer, and author 2011 spring enrollment of 711. Matt Tubbs. renovation of the Porter Hen- system and safety concerns, women in Public Health Region SPS projects designed to dents,” said Dr. Susan Wilkin- Leslie Marmon Silko, Comparisons by classifica- derson Library created a num- the University Auditorium was 9, beginning with the Concho promote interest in phys- son, head of the Nursing and the keynote speaker for tion of the spring 2012 and 2011 Handball National Title ber of niches throughout the taken offline in 2010, except for Valley. ASU will partner with ics among students and the Rehabilitation Sciences Depart- the 16th annual Writers enrollments with the percent- ASU’s Handball Club captured building, each housing one to ceremonies which could be con- San Angelo Community Medi- public, and received a corre- ment, “and this grant is to help Conference in Honor of age change were: freshman, the Division 2 team national six students, as well as areas ducted in front of the curtains. cal Center, Shannon Health Sys- sponding grant from the SPS cover the extra costs generated Elmer Kelton, had to say 1,215, 1,281, -5.15 percent; championship and two individu- with movable furniture that The University Auditorium tem, Heart of Texas Memorial National Office. by that. We can use it for stu- on those topics at sophomore, 1,391, 1,418, -1.90 al national titles at the 60th USHA allow users to create meeting was completed in 1947 when Hospital in Brady and Lillian M. The ASU group will use dent materials, stipends for percent; junior, 1,250, 1,186, National Collegiate Champion- spaces and reconfigure library the institution moved from Hudspeth Memorial Hospital in the $300 grant to help fund nursing faculty teaching over­ www. 5.39 percent; senior, 1,547, ship Tournament at Missouri zones. Classroom space pro- downtown to the current loca- Sonora on the project. an after-school project with loads, extra clinical teaching as- angelo.edu/ 1,473, 5.02 percent; unclassi- State University in February. vides computer connectivity for tion. The bulk of the existing the San Angelo YMCA. Un- sistants and, on a limited basis, ASUMagazine. fied, 135, 122, 10.6 percent; The ASU club amassed 32 students, but can also be rigging system was part of the Health Foundation Grant der PASS, or “Physics After for scholarships.” . and graduate, 841, 711, 18.28 2,179 points to win the division, modified for speakers, lectures, original construction of the fa- ASU’s College of Health and School Special,” SPS will host percent; and total, 6,379, 6,191, well ahead of the runner-up or small study groups.” cility, though portions were up- Human Services (CHHS) has re- about 30 second- through 3.03 percent. Southwestern University team The renovation opened a dated in 1974. ceived a $139,786 grant from fifth-graders from the YMCA Total graduate and under- that finished with 896 points. 28,000-square-foot Learning the San Angelo Health Foun- After School Program for six graduate semester credit hours Thirty-eight teams participated. Commons on the first floor of Cancer Prevention dation (SAHF) to enhance the functions, including a spe­ rose 2.62 percent from 75,761 ASU’s Tara Niemann won the the library in January of 2011. Angelo State University has learning environment and re- cial physics demonstration, for spring of 2011 to 77,746 for women’s Division 2, Class “A” Project architect was SHW been awarded an approxi- search opportunities for both a PASS Party and four on- this spring. individual national champion- Group, LLC, of Austin. mately $1.12 million grant from undergraduate and graduate campus physics lab programs

12 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 13 angelostaters PEOPLE WHO MAKE ASU GREAT

Top Staff the second recipient of the Chan­ tary originally titled “Operation The 2012-13 fellows are Kev- Communities, which won the The grant is being issued campus, they monitored local John Irish Four employees – James Daniel cellor’s Colonel Rowan Award Crossbow.” The BBC produc­ in Garrison of English, Christine 2011 Robert A. Calvert Book through the Texas Higher Edu­ air quality for signs of con- Dr. John Irish, professor of mu­ “Dan” Robertson, Charles for Excellence in Execution. tion, which debuted on BBC2 Purkiss of teacher education, Prize, has been published by cation Coordinating Board to tamination by the Fukushima sic/high brass at ASU, gave a Sebesta, Lindsay Boynton and The Rowan Award recog­ in May of 2011, examined the P. Janine Ray of nursing, June Texas A&M University Press. fund Gee’s program titled “Al- fallout. While they did detect world premiere performance Jonathan Hawkins – have nizes a staff member who has role air intelligence and photo Smith of communication and The book represents the first gebra for Upper Elementary a small amount, Wallace said of a new work for trumpet and been named recipients of the gone above and beyond the call reconnaissance played in the Sharynn Tomlin of management. significant treatment of how Teachers.” It is a continuation it was minimal – “one million piano at the 2011 International President’s Award for Staff of duty in carrying out a major Allied forces’ hunt for the Ger- The courses developed by all the Revolution spilled over the of a three-year project she be­ times less than the amount of Trumpet Guild (ITG) conference Excellence for outstanding job project during the last academic man V-1 and V-2 weapons to- the fellows will serve as a pilot border and affected the politi­ gan with a previous Teacher radioactivity in a household in Minneapolis. performance in 2011. year, and includes a $500 hono­ ward the end of World War II. project for the QEP, which will cal, cultural and economic con- Quality Grant in 2009 that smoke detector.” Titled “Concert Gallop Robertson is associate direc­ rarium. The recipient is selected The documentary was ac- be fully implemented the fol­ ditions of Mexican-Americans was titled “Enhancing Num­ (Thunderbolt’s Pursuit),” the tor of University Recreation and by Texas Tech University System quired by PBS and renamed be- lowing year. The QEP is a central in Texas. ber Sense.” Preston Wimberly work was composed by Aus- Intramurals. Sebesta is a build- Chancellor Kent Hance. fore its American debut. It can be requirement of Angelo State’s In his chapter, “The Mexi- ASU and the San Angelo Political science major and tralian musician Brendan Col­ ing maintenance technician In her position, Payne man- viewed at www.pbs.org/wgbh/ regional accrediting body, the can Revolution’s Impact on Independent School District are Honors Program member lins for world-renowned trum­ with Facilities Management. ages contracts, verifies costs and nova/military/spies-3d.html. Southern Association of Colleg- Tejano Communities: The His- partners in the program, which Preston Wimberly was cho­ pet virtuoso David Hickman of Boynton works as coordinator reconciles the applications for es and Schools Commission on toriographic Record,” De León will provide faculty develop- sen to attend the 2012 U.S. Tempe, Ariz., who approved for leadership development in payment. Her award nomina- Richard Evans Colleges. ASU’s QEP emphasiz­ examines the available histori­ ment for elementary math Naval Academy Foreign Af­ Irish’s performance of it during the Center for Student Involve­ tion lauded her for her initiative, Dr. Richard Evans of the teacher es community engagement as a cal scholarship on the topic and teachers in Region XV. fairs Conference in Annapo­ the conference. ment. Hawkins is employed as diligence and courtesy in work- education faculty has published teaching and learning method. explains how historians view lis, Md., in April. After the conference, a re- a technology services specialist ing with contractors to make his first book, Living With a Dr. Doyle Carter, QEP direc- the way in which the revolu- Andrew Wallace, Each year, select universities viewer of the program wrote in for Information Technology. certain they are paid promptly Learning Difference (Disability): tor, said, “Our vision is to expand tion shaped the Texas-Mexican Victor Siller are invited to nominate an out- the International Trumpet Guild The four were selected and efficiently while at the same Through the Eyes of the LD Child. our capacity to reach out to and experience. He also offers sug- Dr. Andrew Wallace of the standing undergraduate stu- Journal, “Irish set the bar high from 29 overall nominees in time ensuring that the university Published through Out- engage with our community in gestions for topics worth fur- physics faculty and Victor dent to attend the conference for the rest of the program by four categories for the awards has not been overcharged in the skirts Press, Evans’ book ex- ways that benefit everyone in­ ther historical study. Siller, a recent ASU physics to mingle with Navy cadets, presenting an extremely ac- given each spring semester in complex billing process. plores the experiences of peo­ volved. These experiences have Klingemann titled his chap- graduate, have been awarded discuss significant contempo­ curate performance of this recognition of exemplary job Payne has been on the ASU ple with learning disabilities, a huge impact on our students, ter “The Population Is Over- a Certificate of Appreciation rary issues, share potential solu­ technically challenging music; performance during the pre­ staff since 2005. She is the first dyslexia and attention deficit our campus and our commu­ whelmingly Mexican; Most from the National Air and Ra­ tions to modern dilemmas and his sound was fluid and bold ceding calendar year. The 2011 recipient of both the Rowan hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nity. As we’ve said from the be- of It Is in Sympathy with the diation Environmental Labora­ hear distinguished diplomatic throughout.” award recipients, selected by Award and ASU’s Staff Excel- and offers information on how ginning, our goal is for ASU and Revolution….Mexico’s Revolu­ tory (NAREL). and political speakers. The ITG was founded in a committee of the ASU Staff lence Award, which she earned they can achieve academic the people we serve to become tion of 1910 and the Tejano Wallace and Siller were This is the fourth straight 1974 to provide a connection Senate, each received a $1,000 in 2010. success with the right instruc­ more of a learning community.” Community in the Big Bend,” lauded for their “important year that ASU has been invited for trumpet players around honorarium and an engraved tion and attention. and explores the effect the work with the RadNet moni­ to nominate a student. The the world and to promote im­ presentation piece. Robert Ehlers In writing the book, Evans Arnoldo De León, revolution had on a region toring program and collecting 2012 conference used “Eclipse proved artistic level of perfor- Robertson received the Dr. Robert Ehlers, director of drew from his own experienc- John Eusebio normally considered out of environmental samples follow- of the West?” as the theme. mance, teaching, and literature award for commitment to ex­ ASU’s Center for Security Stud- es working through learning Klingemann the mainstream of events from ing the Japanese nuclear reac- A sophomore from Rich- associated with the trumpet. cellence. Sebesta earned the ies, was featured on the PBS pro- disabilities. A new book edited by Dr. Ar- that time. tor accidents at the Fukushima ardson, Wimberly joined 149 The group has more than 5,000 award for customer service. gram “Nova” in a documentary noldo De León and including power plant in March of 2011.” other students from across members in 56 countries. . The award for innovation went named “3-D Spies of World War QEP Faculty Fellows chapters by him and Dr. John Donna Gee Siller, who graduated in the U.S. and a dozen other to Boynton. Hawkins received II,” which aired throughout the Five faculty members have been Eusebio Klingemann, a fellow Dr. Donna Gee of teacher edu­ 2011 with a bachelor’s de­ countries at the conference the award for leadership. U.S. in January. selected as the university’s first member of ASU’s history facul­ cation has been awarded a gree in applied physics, was for three days of seminars Ehler’s book, Targeting the Community-Engaged Faculty ty, examines the impact of the $90,000 Teacher Quality Grant conducting a research project and discussions. Pat Payne Third Reich: Air Intelligence and Fellows and will develop courses Mexican Revolution on Tejano from the U.S. Department of on environmental radiation Keynote speakers at the Patricia “Pat” Payne, construc- the Allied Bombing Campaign, for this fall to enhance student communities along the Texas- Education to extend her project under Wallace’s supervision conference were U.S. Secretary tion project coordinator for the caught the attention of the Brit- involvement in the local com- Mexico border. aimed at improving elementary when the Fukushima accident of State Hillary Rodham Clinton Office of Facilities Planning and ish Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), munity as part of ASU’s Quality War Along The Border: The school mathematics education occurred. Utilizing San Ange- and Jon Huntsman, former U.S. Construction, has been named which developed the documen- Enhancement Plan (QEP). Mexican Revolution and Tejano in West Texas. lo’s RadNet station located on Ambassador to China.

14 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 15 by Tom Nurre with photos by Danny Meyer ngelo State has always been a culturally and ethnically diverse institution.

From Ben Kelly breaking the football color barrier in Texas with the Rams in 1953 to official recognition as a Hispanic Serving In­ stitution in 2010 to newly signed agreements to enroll larger groups of South Korean stu­ dents, ASU has continually recognized the importance of campus cultural diversity. But, it took a directive from the then- brand new president, Dr. Joseph C. Rallo, in 2007 to begin a coordinated effort to truly highlight that diversity. That is when the Multicultural Center was born. “It was one of the first things Dr. Rallo asked for after he arrived,” said Joe Muñoz, The Multicultural Center brings people together like, from left, Clayton Banister, Cheryl Lewis, senior executive assistant to the president. Joe Muñoz, Bessphe Mannah and Katherine McGowan. “He was looking at a campus map and asked where the Multicultural Center was. I told This is especially important in Texas, where Another welcoming touch was the row him we didn’t have one, and he said, ‘Well, the Hispanic culture is critical to the long- of international flags Rallo had installed in we are going to have one, and I want you to term economic health of the state.” the University Center to represent the home make sure it gets going.’” The first step was to find somewhere in country of each foreign student attending “Now, I’m a lawyer,” Muñoz continued, the already crowded University Center to ASU. Each fall, new flags are added as stu­ “and I didn’t know much about multicultur­ house the new initiative. The best that could dents from additional countries enroll at ASU. al centers. So, I had to brief myself and learn be found at the time was an area being used “I think it provides a sense that, even in what they do.” for storage. West Texas, our campus reflects a rich and With the additional new title of assistant “We had to have the UC staff clean it varied international presence,” Rallo said. to the president for multicultural initiatives out because it was full of tables and chairs,” The first programs to move under the on his business card, Muñoz set to work Muñoz said. “So they did that, and then we Multicultural Center umbrella were the Up making Rallo’s directive a reality. immediately put up a sign that said ‘Multi­ and Coming Scholars and Mother-Daughter “He made it clear that he didn’t want cultural Center.’ I wanted the word to get programs, which are designed to recruit Kevin Young, Austin Lopez, Araceli Waters and just a place for students to come hang out,” out as quickly as possible.” West Texas students to ASU. Because of its Henry Luna gather outside the Multicultural Center. Muñoz said. “That is part of it, and he want­ The center was initially staffed by three cramped quarters, the center’s other early ed activities, but he also wanted it to be edu­ full-time employees and a student worker role was simply being a place where stu­ cational. He wanted programs that inform all jammed into the small office with only dents could go to ask questions about diver­ and educate the campus about the value enough room left over to put a couple of sity issues and campus life. of diversity and how it ties into the overall chairs for visitors. But, the important thing In the fall of 2010, the center moved to ex­ educational process at Angelo State.” was that it was up and running. panded offices just inside the north entrance “Diversity,” Rallo said, “whether from a “I wanted the students to hear about the to the University Center. Today, the Multicul­ multicultural or international perspective, center and know that it was open,” Muñoz tural Center boasts four full-time staff, one is key to the learning experience at a univer­ said. “It wasn’t a very big office, but I credit part-timer and three student workers. As the sity. Our students must be exposed to dif­ the staff with creating the type of welcom­ center has grown, so has the number and va­ ferent views, backgrounds and experiences. ing environment that it has.” riety of programs and activities it offers and

16 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 17 Campus multicultural scenes oversees, including several programs aimed “But, Dr. Rallo wants us to do more than “They wanted one of the walls to be them that the center is for everyone and all background as well as over 63 percent of at first-generation students. retain them,” he continued. “We need to blue with something else painted on it,” are invited. It’s picking up some, and we are our students being first generation. As we “We wanted to reach out to traditionally graduate them. So, we try to get more and he said. “I give them a lot of autonomy be­ upping our efforts to get out more and let all continue to increase these totals as our en­ underrepresented students, but not exclu­ more involved with them, and that is why we cause they are smart, but I didn’t think it students see we are here for everyone.” rollment grows and we add significant num­ sively,” Muñoz said. “If you work with first- have all these first-generation programs.” was going to work. Now, everybody loves Muñoz’s vision for the center’s future bers of international students, especially generation students, they include a lot of In addition to formulating new pro­ our wall. I don’t take any credit for that be­ includes extended operating hours, more so­ South Korean, we will monitor the space underrepresented students, so they overlap. grams, the larger staff and expanded office cause I know my limitations.” cial celebrations, offering cooking and other and personnel needs of the center.” We charged our staff with creating programs space have allowed the center to become The center has also developed into spon­ life skills instruction, and expanded collabo­ “As I state with every presentation to reach out to first-generation students, and more of a gathering place for students from soring campus-wide cultural activities and ration with more academic departments on I make,” he concluded, “we are not about that is how ASUFirst came about.” all walks of life. More than 2,000 students events, including monthly celebrations of dif­ diversity topics. Regarding staff, he would graduating students. We are about graduat­ ASUFirst brings to the ASU campus West visit the center each month. ferent cultures, guest speakers and a movie like to add a full-time recruiter to bring in ing students who can compete successfully Texas high school students who are consid­ “We have a lot of resource material,” Mu­ series. Social activities include the El Cafe­ more minority and underrepresented stu­ in a world where a diverse and multicultural ering becoming the first in their families to ñoz said. “We have magazines, books, videos cito free morning coffee gatherings and eve­ dents from a much wider geographic area. outlook is vital.” . attend college. Additional first-generation and DVDs, all pertaining to diversity and ning Zumba sessions and Latin dance classes. “Hispanic families are very cautious student initiatives include the Host Family multiculturalism. We also have a place for “We try to collaborate with as many about distance,” Muñoz said, “so we have program, which provides local support for students to just come in and relax, as well as other departments on campus as we can,” very few students from places like the Rio Richard “Indio” Lesser addresses students living away from their own fami­ a computer lab and places for them to study.” Muñoz said. “We work with International Grande Valley. Safety is another issue for un­ students during a Native lies, and the Raising and Meeting Standards “We also have games,” he added. “It’s Studies on different programs, as well as derrepresented groups. Parents want to know American celebration. (RAMS) program that provides student not unusual for students to come in and play the Center for Security Studies, Admissions their kids will be safe if they let them go to mentors to first-generation students to help Twister or gather to put together a puzzle. I and others. We do everything we can to get college. And of course, cost is a major issue.” them get through their freshman year. have to give the credit to our staff because the word out that we are here. We really “We understand those issues,” he con­ “As our recruiting programs grew,” Mu­ they are the ones who drive it all and are stretch our resources to the very limit, but tinued. “We know how to reach out to those ñoz said, “we saw we were getting more constantly coming up with new ideas to im­ that is what we are supposed to do.” students and their parents, who want to students to ASU, but we were then losing a prove the center.” Recent collaborative efforts have includ­ hear from other students of the same race lot of them. We realized we had to get more Those improvements have also included ed bringing in speakers, like World War II about how ASU is treating them. Most first- involved in their everyday lives as a way to office aesthetics. Even when he has reserva­ Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tso and Holo­ generation students are going to be minority, retain them. As a result, our retention rates tions, Muñoz allows the staff to move for­ caust survivors, and co-sponsoring ASU’s whether it’s Hispanic, African-American or are really improving.” ward with their ideas. Civil War 150th Commemoration Discussion even Asian-American. They are growing pop­ Series, International Education Week ac­ ulations, and we want to reach out to them.” tivities, and Martin Luther King Jr. Day and A larger space for the Multicultural Cen­ ASU diversity on parade Black History Month celebrations. ter is also high on Muñoz’s wish list. Part of the reasoning behind sponsoring “There are a lot more things that we such a variety of events is to confront the mis­ can do with more room,” he said. “If we can conception that the Multicultural Center is bring more minority and underrepresented just for Hispanic and other minority students. students to campus and retain them, it will “That is why we try to be as inclusive as help with our budget and with our overall possible,” Muñoz said. “We are about edu­ population. ASU is trying to grow to 10,000 cating everyone about everyone else. We and we are doing our best to help.” recognize that we don’t have a lot of Anglo When it comes to his hopes and dreams students visiting the center, and we under­ for the Multicultural Center, Muñoz certainly stand why. A lot of them think the center is has the president’s ear because, as he has from only for minority or underrepresented stu­ day one of his ASU tenure, Rallo remains dents, but it’s not.” firmly committed to his initial directive. “We go to the residence halls and give “We need to ensure that the center re­ talks,” he added. “Most of the students we tains its central role in the life of our cam­ talk to are Anglo, and they don’t even know pus,” Rallo said. “Currently, we have 27 we have a Multicultural Center. We stress to percent of our students with a Hispanic

18 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 19 Embracing Diversity Overcoming Adversity

“I started not feeling so homesick anymore. I started to feel like I had a family here.” Photos by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photos

– José Cano

Devon Bolan José Cano

Devon Bolan knew she would meet lots “I’m a pretty social person,” Bolan said, and the Congo. Some of them speak differ­ Without the Multicultural Center, Cano overcome the monetary issues, but his “They told me all about the resources of new people at Angelo State, but she had no “so it really wasn’t a big deal for me to meet ent languages, so getting to meet them is José Cano would no longer be a student and early days at ASU were still a struggle. ASU has for all students,” Cano said. “They idea there would be so many different kinds. people. I just kind of jumped right in. Because really cool.” probably would never have come to Angelo “My family is really close, and coming to told me how to manage my time, how to get Though she is a first-generation student, ASU is not such a big campus, it’s easier for Hanging out in the Multicultural Center State at all. ASU was the first time I was ever away from help with my homework and how to make the Burnet native grew up in a household students to get in there and get involved.” also has the side benefits of keeping Bolan A native of Guanajuato, Mexico, Cano them,” Cano said. “I was very homesick, es­ connections with other students. I didn’t where her parents expected her to keep her As a first-generation student, Bolan was grounded and out of trouble. moved with his family to Merkel in 2004 pecially the first few months. I went home know anything about the Writing Center or grades up in high school so she could get eligible for a host family through the Mul­ “I would certainly have a lot more free and graduated from Merkel High School in every weekend.” Math Lab until I got in the RAMS program.” a higher education. As a senior, she consid­ ticultural Center. Her host parents are Lo­ time to do things that are not so good for 2009. His high school counselor had him “Back then, I was probably only 60 per­ “When I was taking English, I used the ered and visited several universities, but a rina Soza-Klingemann, the center’s office me,” she said. “I’m not really a partier, but apply and get accepted to several colleges, cent fluent in English,” he added. “That was Writing Center a lot,” he added. “I was in re­ trip to see the ASU campus ended the de­ coordinator, and Dr. John Klingemann of I probably would not be spending my time but he was not actually planning on going my major issue because I was scared I would medial English and math, and the labs real­ bate. She was sold. the ASU history faculty. From her first visit as wisely if I didn’t have the Multicultural because he did not want to leave his family not understand in class and that my profes­ ly helped me a lot in passing those classes.” “When I came here, I really liked the en­ to the center to meet with Lorina, Bolan Center. It keeps me focused.” and did not think he could afford it. ASU sors would struggle with my speech.” Now a junior marketing major, Cano is vironment,” Bolan said. “I like how small the was hooked. So, Bolan remains a fixture in the Mul­ Multicultural Center staff had other ideas The Multicultural Center’s Host Family returning those favors as a student worker classes are and how the teachers know all “There are always lots of people around,” ticultural Center and calls her experiences and gave him a call. program helped Cano get his bearings. in the Multicultural Center. the students. I didn’t really want to go to a she said, “and there is always free food, so there the most unexpected and uplifting of “I talked to Mr. (Joe) Muñoz and Flor “My host family helped me feel like I fit in “I want to help other students who are big school, so ASU seemed like a perfect fit.” I like that. It’s really a family environment her time at ASU. Madero,” Cano said, “and told them I want­ more,” Cano said, “because I started not feel­ in the same situation as me,” he said. “We Armed with a Carr Scholarship, as well that you miss out on a lot in college.” “There are so many students here, like ed to come but didn’t have the resources. ing so homesick anymore. I started to feel like focus on first-generation students because as 19 credit hours from her high school “There are also kids from a lot of differ­ me, who are from small towns in Texas,” They told me about ASU scholarships, loans I had a family here. I think that program is most of us don’t know the resources that are advanced placement and college equiva­ ent races and cultures that hang out here,” she said, “and they don’t realize there are so and other programs to help me out. Flor told helpful to any students, not just first-genera­ here for us, or that there are many programs lency courses, Bolan was confident in her Bolan continued. “All the international stu­ many cultures represented here. In the Mul­ me to come for a visit, and the day I visited I tion students, but also for any that come from that can guide us through every step of col­ academic skills and is now a sophomore dents like to come in here, and that is so ticultural Center, you really get to see that filled out the rest of the paperwork to come out of town. I know it really helped me a lot.” lege life.” business management major. She also had much fun because I meet people from so diversity. Growing up in a small town, you to ASU because I really liked it here.” The First Generation Raising and Meet­ “I love ASU,” he added. “I’m planning to little difficulty integrating into the ASU many different places. I have friends from don’t see a lot of diversity, so it is definitely The combination of a TEXAS Grant, sev­ ing Standards (RAMS) program then helped graduate and hopefully stay here for gradu­ campus community. Ireland, South Korea, England, Zimbabwe enriching my life.” . eral scholarships and student loans helped address his academic fears. ate school as well.” .

20 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 21 Never has the adage “timing is every­ thing” resounded louder for Angelo State Uni­ versity than over the last two years since the U.S. Department of Education designated the university as a “Hispanic Serving Institution.” The resulting influx of federal dollars has helped ASU better adapt to the tough Luis Martinez and Sarah Privert work in ASU’s Writing Lab. by Preston Lewis and Tom Nurre economic environment that has brought about budget reductions. Further and most HSI grants are funded through the De­ medial classes, both English and math, that portance of a college education to Hispanics importantly, Hispanic Serving Institution, partment of Education’s Title V and Title III we wanted to better address their needs by and first-generation students. HSI outreach or HSI, grants have allowed ASU to expand programs, which are open to colleges and expanding our efforts in tutoring and sup­ coordinator Isabel Carrillo travels through­ needed student services and to upgrade fa­ universities documenting a minimum 25 plemental instruction. Our goal is to create out Texas promoting higher education to cilities at a time when construction monies percent Hispanic enrollment. ASU reached a coherent, unified program that will en­ K-12 students and their families in venues have dried up. that percentage in the fall of 2009, received hance our retention and ultimately increase ranging from schools to churches to camps. “The HSI grants,” said ASU President Jo­ the HSI designation and subsequently ap­ our graduation rates.” Once first-generation students enroll at seph C. Rallo, “have allowed us to address plied for a Title V grant. Dr. Vance Valerio, ASU’s vice president for ASU, HSI programs such as Raising and Meet­ a variety of programmatic and facilities up­ In the fall of 2010, Angelo State Univer­ student affairs and enrollment management, ing Standards, or RAMS, help them transition

Photos by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photos grades beneficial to all of our students. This sity was awarded an HSI grant for $629,968, said, “The grant is called a ‘strengthening in­ to college life and ultimately succeed. came at a time when state resources were in the first installment of a five-year, $3,218,334 stitutions grant,’ allowing ASU to reach out to Wrote one RAMS participant in his eval­ decline, so the upside has been tremendous Title V grant scheduled to run through 2015. communities in our service area and to pro­ uation, “I have learned about the many re­ That was the largest Department of Educa­ vide encouragement and support services to sources that ASU has to offer. For many first- New microscope funded by HSI grant. for us as an institution. The only downside has been the misconception held by some tion grant up until that time for ASU. Re­ all students as they move toward graduation.” generation students coming to college, it is a that these monies only benefit Hispanic stu­ ceiving the initial HSI designation qualified So, first-year HSI grant monies were totally different experience. I did not know dents. To the contrary, the resulting benefits ASU to apply for other HSI grants as well. used to renovate, consolidate and provide anything about the procedures to follow as are shared by all our students.” This past October, ASU in collabora­ the technology for both tutoring and online a freshman in college, but as part of the pro­ tion with the Howard County Junior Col­ faculty training. The grant allowed ASU to gram I learned tips on how to study, man­ lege District received a second HSI grant, a double its tutoring space, hire five new tu­ age my time wisely and get to know new

ASU President Joseph C. Rallo visits with students. $1,177,817 Title III award from the Depart­ tors, provide applicable training to almost people as well. So far, the first-generation ment of Education to increase the number two dozen faculty members and purchase RAMS helped me to not feel lost in this new of students, especially Hispanic and low- a software package and service named college environment and gave me the tools income students, completing degrees in the ALEKS, an acronym for Assessment and to prepare myself for college.” fields of science, technology, engineering LEarning in Knowledge Spaces, to help with Valerio said, “HSI has created the oppor­ and mathematics (STEM). remedial math delivery. tunity to boldly proclaim that student suc­ After a successful first year of funding, As a result, the new Academic Resource cess and achievement are mainstays of the ASU and Howard College stand to gain an Center has been centrally located on the ASU experience. It has bolstered numerous additional $3,912,650 over the next four third floor of the Porter Henderson Library support services and it has helped solidify federal fiscal years, bringing the total grant to consolidate the Writing Center, Math Lab, the new division of student affairs and en­ to $5,090,467, split $3,168,957 for ASU and tutoring and Supplemental Instruction. rollment management. As for its legacy, stu­ $1,921,510 for Howard. “These are important steps,” Muñoz dents will embrace the notion that they can Joe Muñoz, special assistant to the pres­ said, “to help ensure that our students, many succeed in college and in life, that they can ident for multicultural initiatives and direc­ of whom are first-generation or Hispanic or make a difference and that ASU is a com­ tor of ASU’s Multicultural Center, is project low-income students, have a successful col­ munity that cares about them holistically.” director of ASU’s first HSI grant. lege experience, and by successful we mean Just as the initial HSI grant has an out­ “The main focus of the grant when it completing their degrees.” reach component, so does the HSI-STEM was written was to support students,” Mu­ The HSI monies are also used for out­ ñoz said. “We have so many students in re- reach beyond the campus to preach the im­ HSI – continued on page 51

22 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 23 would say, ‘Why not?’ They were just look­ we are here,” he said. “We are planning a ing. We want to fill in for that family sup­ went through, like homesickness, missing ing for you, which makes you feel good tradition for Homecoming, like ROTC has port group because we need Latino men in friends and family, seeing loved ones pass about yourself.” the bonfire building. We would love to do higher education.” away or becoming seriously ill, and going As a result of such active campus outreach, something like that.” In addition to recruiting more Hispanic through relationship issues. AMAS helped AMAS boasts about 80 members, making it The popularity of AMAS has also male students, AMAS hopes to also reach me get through all those tough times, and one of ASU’s largest student organizations. spawned a couple of sub-groups within the out to even younger students and get them if AMAS had not been there for me when I “They think of more than just them­ organization. The Mariposas, which is Span­ thinking about a college education well needed them, I’m not sure that I would be selves,” said Heather Valle, student organi­ ish for butterflies, focus on women’s issues. ahead of time. the person I am today.” zations coordinator in the Center for Stu­ “The Mariposas are made up of wom­ “We want to go to the middle schools,” “Once I joined AMAS and decided to by Roy Ivey dent Involvement. “It is about family and en in AMAS who put on outreach events Martinez said. “Although it isn’t too late for run for president,” he added, “I worked to friends in the biological sense and in the around campus,” Valle said. “One day, it was people in high school to decide to go to col­ get my grades up because I had to lead by When Hispanic students arrive at a family atmosphere in AMAS that supports sense of the ASU community.” chilly, and they just went out in front of the lege, we want to have more of an alliance with example. I saw all of these people coming Angelo State University, they find the Associ­ their transition to university life as well as In addition to Hispanic students, the rest University Center and gave away chicken middle and elementary schools. It is never too in from high school, and the people I led at ation of Mexican American Students (AMAS) their eventual graduation.” of the ASU community also benefits from soup. They also work on event decorations early to discuss college and, because some one time are now leading other people. I ready to welcome them with open arms. The group’s friendliness and enthusiasm AMAS activities. Members are highly vis­ and women’s group events.” students are thinking about it at the last min­ like to see that.” An ASU student organization for more is what convinced AMAS President Isaias ible participants in many campus events, in­ Other recent service activities for the ute in high school, they feel overwhelmed.” AMAS faculty leader Klingemann had a than 30 years and one of the largest on cam­ Martinez, a junior pre-social work major, to cluding Discover ASU, student organization Mariposas include working with the Laura Throughout all of their efforts, the basic similar experience as an undergraduate at pus, AMAS has built a tradition of bringing check it out as a freshman. fairs, Rambunctious Weekend and athletic W. Bush Institute for Women’s Health, Con­ premise for AMAS members remains con­ Sul Ross State University, where he was a new Hispanic students into the ASU family. “I’m from Killeen,” Martinez said, “and contests. Members also serve as RAMbassa­ cho Valley Emergency Girls Shelter and the stant, to provide a welcoming atmosphere member and later an officer in the Spanish The group’s acronym even forms a Spanish not a lot of Hispanics went to my school, so dors, SOAR leaders and student government Girl Scouts. and positive influence for all of ASU’s His­ Club. He understands the benefits of having word that translates as “you love.” when I came to ASU, I found it very shocking representatives. There is also a sub-group for men, Her­ panic students. One example of an AMAS a campus support group and is helping the “Students find the family atmosphere to see how many Hispanics were here. I saw “They are plugged into campus,” Valle manos de AMAS, created to form a brother­ success story is graduate student Vincent next generation of Hispanic students. a comforting and supportive experience,” how they talked about AMAS and I wanted said. “In the four years I have been here, I hood and help reverse the negative trend of Perez, former AMAS president and 2011-12 “The time I spent in that organization said Dr. John Klingemann, ASU assistant to see what was so amazing about it.” have thoroughly enjoyed every year work­ young Hispanic men not going to college. vice president of the ASU Student Govern­ taught me many skills,” Klingemann said, professor of history and AMAS faculty ad­ “I went to a meeting, and they got me ing with them.” “They are very close family-wise,” ment Association. “but most importantly, I learned the value visor. “AMAS functions as a family that, in with their motivation,” he continued. “They That is a tradition Martinez hopes to Martinez said, “so they find it hard to help “They helped me focus my life on the an organization has in the lives of under­ conjunction with other institutions at An­ were all active, and the officers would keep both uphold and extend. their family and go to school. When their direction that I wanted it to go, which is in graduates. AMAS has grown exponentially gelo State, enables students to succeed at you entertained. They would call to make “I would like to see AMAS imprinted at family does not see how going to school is higher education,” Perez said. “Many stu­ due to student dedication and success.” . the undergraduate level. Students discover sure I was coming, and if I said no, they ASU, not just that we’ve been here, but that helping out, it is hard for them to keep go­ dents go through the same barriers that I Photos by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photos

For additional insight into the Latino influence on Angelo State, check out “Driving Growth,” “All in the Family,” “A Generation of Possibilities” and “The Business of Trade”

at www. angelo.edu/ ASUMagazine

AMAS members David Reyes, Emily Banda,

AMAS President faculty sponsor John Klingemann, Isaias Martinez Manuel Zapata and Anais Alday

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by Preston Lewis

One hot day while his mother was doing that’s just the way he was. I think that the just to try college for a semester and then into education after he retired. Vincent the family ironing, Joe Muñoz happened to combination of my mother’s side with aca­ decide whether or not to enlist. He found convinced him not to wait, and Muñoz ap­ point out that she was not getting the crease demics and my dad’s side with the work eth­ he enjoyed the Angelo State experience and plied for a position in the Equal Education just right in his pants, an important sartori­ ic contributed to our success. My dad was went on to get his degree in elementary Opportunity Services Office. He would later al detail for her Lake View High School son. always quick to point out that Mom was the education, planning to become an elemen­ move to the President’s Office, where he has “She sat the iron down, handed me my one who raised us and was responsible for tary school principal in a low-income, high- worked ever since. pants and never ironed another pair for me, the successes in our family, since we didn’t minority neighborhood. “I love what I am doing,” Muñoz said. no warning, no probation,” Muñoz recalled. see much of him.” Right after graduation, he worked as “Every job I have had has been better than “I’m just glad I didn’t complain about her “Out of the seven kids, we all graduated a substitute teacher, then an older brother the one that I left, and the one that I left cooking or I would’ve starved.” from high school, six of us have college de­ who was a lawyer convinced him to get a was incredible. I mean, I have the best job The lesson in gratitude took, and today grees and two of us have advanced degrees,” law degree. He earned his J.D. at Thurgood on campus now, even though I wear so Muñoz is grateful to have worked at ASU he said. “I think that combination of being Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern many hats.” under the past three presidents and to have knowledgeable about the street from our University, then went into private practice With such a positive attitude, Muñoz accumulated more titles than will fit on a dad and having the academic push from our a couple years in Houston before returning looks back with gratitude on his experience university business card. He is senior execu­ mom really helped out a lot in my family.” to San Angelo as the first Hispanic to serve as a Hispanic in San Angelo. tive assistant to the president and assistant Too, his elementary school teachers, as an assistant city attorney for the City of “I grew up with nearly all Anglos, and I to the president for multicultural initiatives. particularly in the fourth, fifth and sixth San Angelo. He next became an assistant had this tremendous result from it,” Muñoz He is the project director for ASU’s Hispanic grades, helped out. Because his family was district attorney and then the second His­ said. “I had nothing but positive coming out Serving Institution grant. Additionally, he is poor, living for many years in a home where panic elected to the San Angelo Indepen­ of it, though I can understand where some a lecturer in the College of Business and de they had to heat water, Muñoz had to work dent School District Board. minorities might not have had a beneficial facto legal counsel for the university. in the cafeteria at lunch times to qualify for In 1993, he was seated by ASU Presi­ outcome. For me, it was tremendous, really.” “I feel like I am one of the most blessed free meals like his three older brothers had dent Lloyd D. Vincent at a luncheon and Except, of course, he had to iron his individuals on the face of the Earth. I re­ done before him. happened to mention how much he loved own pants. . ally feel that way,” Muñoz said, “and I was “My teachers’ character and their hu­ education and that he planned to get back thinking about why. How did I get here? I man nature made it special for me, because think my experience is all positive and there I had to leave class early each day to work were a lot of factors. I think the most im­ lunch,” Muñoz remembered. “They never portant was family; we had a strong family.” embarrassed me. They just said it was time In addition to his parents, Muñoz grew for me to go help in the cafeteria, so it got up with four brothers and two sisters. His to the point where other kids who didn’t father worked most of his life at a fill­ have to work, thought they wanted to go ing station, typically laboring six days a work in the cafeteria. I mean, at a time week, 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. Meanwhile, Muñoz’s when you are trying to develop your self- mother stayed at home until her youngest esteem and you’re 10, 11, 12 years old, child started school, then she worked as a these teachers were just outstanding, teacher’s aide for 26 years. His mother had especially since I was sometimes the graduated from high school and even gone only Hispanic in class.” to San Angelo College in the 1940s, an ac­ For Muñoz, those final years of complishment for any woman much less a grade school were nurturing times Hispanic one. Though Muñoz’s dad dropped and helped prepare him for junior and out of high school, he eventually earned his then senior high. After he got his high GED after his military service, which helped school diploma, he considered joining the define and shape him. Army, primarily because he wanted to dif­ Photo by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photo “As a result, he was very patriotic,” Mu­ ferentiate himself from his older brothers ñoz said. “My parents would put up a flag­ who had all gone to college. Those were the pole and he would fly the American flag, Vietnam years, and his mother asked him Joe Muñoz

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In many ways, how far she has come is “When I first started there, I had never of the printing trade, including design and much greater than the 82 miles between Ozo­ eaten at a restaurant,” Constancio said. “The production. She was later hired by Rangel na and San Angelo. And she wants to go far­ closest I came to a restaurant was when my Printing, where she ultimately became of­ ther, working at present on the missing piece dad came home and brought a little white fice manager. While there, she caught the of her professional career, a college diploma. bag of hamburgers. I didn’t know people eye of a customer – Arturo Constancio – A degree was the farthest thing from went out to eat every day.” who came in to order some business cards her mind growing up in Ozona. Her moth­ The job transformed her. and ultimately arranged an introduction er suffered chronic depression after losing “My former boss told me when I started,” to Miss Peña. They would later marry and both a son and daughter, each barely a year said Constancio, dropping her chin, “that I have a son, Levi, now a senior at the Univer­ old. Her absentee, alcoholic father worked was walking around like this, with my head sity of Texas at El Paso. out of town and out of state in the oil busi­ down too shy to look at people. By the time “One of the things that attracted me to As a young girl growing up in the barrio on the south side of the Interstate ness, indirectly sending money to help out. I left, he said he couldn’t shut me up. I credit Arturo,” said Constancio, “was his family. in Ozona, Leonor Peña Constancio looked forward to the start of school Her maternal grandmother and the Catholic working in a restaurant for losing my shy­ His family was limitless. I love the bigness each year because it meant she got her annual pair of new shoes. Church became the childhood anchors for ness. I met a lot of people.” of his family. There’s so many of them.” By the end of the school year, however, the newness had worn off her, her brother and her sister. Additionally, she earned a paycheck With a young son, she began to look for and holes had appeared in the toes of the shoes that could not contain “My grandmother, who spoke no English, and the first discretionary money she had a job with better benefits and became an ac­ her growing young feet. dedicated her whole life to raising us; she nev­ ever had. count executive with Newsfoto/Taylor Pub­ “I was so embarrassed when I sat in front of people,” Constancio er had a life of her own,” Constancio said. “She “One of the very first things I bought lishing Co., which printed school yearbooks said, “that I always tried to cover my feet.” set the path for my brother and me to look to myself with my very first paycheck,” said nationally and offered her the opportunity Despite her impoverished roots, Constancio used her drive to God for anything because she was very de­ Constancio, “was the album ‘Born Late’ by to travel and broaden her horizons. When carry her to the big city of San Angelo, where today she works vout. I never felt poor because she made us go Shaun Cassidy. He was my teen idol. The Taylor Publishing moved its operation to as a publications assistant in ASU’s Office of Communications to church. She helped inspire our spirituality. funny part is that I didn’t own a record play­ Dallas, Constancio worked at Company and Marketing, designing everything from the covers of the As kids, we were worried about our mother er, but I bought it anyway, because I knew Printing before starting at ASU in 2007. graduate and undergraduate catalogs to the commencement and we took care of each other. My brother one day I would. I still have that album.” “Printing is all I’ve ever known profes­ programs. She is president of the American Advertising was the male figure and he was only a year Beyond an occasional whim purchase, sionally,” Constancio said. “I’ve watched it Federation of San Angelo (AAF-SA), which named her older than me. My grandmother depended on Constancio said, “I didn’t have anywhere to evolve in my experience from a walk-in sec­ Member of the Year in 2011. him to take care of his two sisters.” go or anywhere to spend money. By the time retarial service for typing letters to typeset­ Though the moral foundation was there, I quit the restaurant, I had saved enough ting on a DOS system, from carbon paper the economic foundation was missing. money to leave and continue my education.” to computer software and the design pro­ “We didn’t have much in the way of Her grandmother, who had raised and grams we have now. It’s all about creating things,” Constancio recalled. “We were nurtured Constancio and her siblings, was things and having dreams, and I’m the big­ those people the church always took care of against that idea. gest dreamer there is.” at Christmas. Honestly, I never really knew “When I was a senior in high school,” And despite her success, such as winning I was poor because everybody around me Constancio recalled, “I was telling my the 2011 AAF-SA Addy Award for best over­ was the same.” grandmother I wanted to go on to school. all design for a University Police Department But by the 10th grade, she realized she She said, ‘you’re not going anywhere. You’re banner, one dream remained unfulfilled. wanted more than her family could provide, staying right here.’ She wasn’t educated, “I took a short cut after high school be­ especially when she saw friends down the nor was my mother, who dropped out in cause it was right for me at that time, and it street going out to eat and she couldn’t join 10th grade. My father only had a third-grade was my means to move out of poverty,” Con­ them because she didn’t have the money. education. My grandmother just thought I stancio said. “I was successful in taking care Even though she was a shy tomboy, she took needed to get married. I was the female and of myself, but I always want more. I always a waitress job at El Chato’s in Ozona and expected to stay home.” had that regret that I didn’t have that degree.” worked there until the summer after she Instead, Constancio moved to San An­ In addition to her full-time ASU work graduated from high school. gelo, earning a grant to enroll at American schedule, Constancio is taking classes part Commercial College and attending classes time and is a third of the way to completing 6-9 p.m. weekdays for a year. her bachelor’s degree at the university. “I probably could have gotten a grant to “Right now I have years and years of ASU,” Constancio said, “but I had no knowl­ professional experience and talent, a strong edge about college opportunities.” work ethic and anything an employer would Within two weeks of arriving in San An­ look for, except I don’t have this one thing – gelo, she took a job at Quick Quality Print­ a college degree – that would complete the Leonor Constancio ing as a receptionist, learning the elements package. It’s like that hole in my shoe.” .

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Buy the Road to Success Numbers Distance is only one of the obstacles Angelo “Even though I wasn’t really thinking Proximity, at least by Texas standards, Mata’s interests in reading and in academics. State University senior Hector Romo has had about going to ASU,” he said, “I went to Dis­ brought Margaret Peña Mata to Angelo Her mother, whose schooling went through to overcome on his winding road to success. cover ASU and took a tour. The guide point­ State University as a first-generation college the ninth grade, and her father, who made it Add in English proficiency and income to ed out the Student Government Office and I student. Talent, by any standard, has kept through 11th grade, were both encouraging. the distance equation, and Romo a decade thought, ‘that’s cool, but it’s never going to her on campus since then. “They always stressed how important ago would have been a longshot to become be for me.’” As ASU’s director of purchasing, Mata an education was,” Mata said. “My mother ASU’s student body president for 2011-12. Romo thought the cost of a U.S. col­ oversees thousands of purchases annually. would always tell us, especially the girls, A native of Torreón, Mexico, about 600 lege education put attending ASU out of The goods she signs off on run the gamut from ‘You’ve got to be able to work. Just because Photo by Kimberley Parker Parker Kimberley by Photo miles south of San Angelo, Romo and his his reach, but instead, it became just one paperclips to laboratory equipment, and the you are married, you’ve got to be able to sur­ family hopscotched their way north during more obstacle to overcome. He applied for services she okays range from recruiting con­ vive if you happen to wind up on your own.’” his childhood until eventually settling in all the scholarships he could find and re­ sultants to makeup artists for an ASU Maga- After graduating from high school, Mata Veribest, a farming community just south­ ceived several, including Carr Academic zine photo shoot in Miami, Fla. And before she chose ASU because it was large enough to east of San Angelo. Those multiple moves and LeGrand scholarships, which helped approves any purchase, she has to make cer­ get a good education, but not too big as to Hector Romo also helped Romo overcome another obsta­ fund his education along with federal Pell tain each falls within the acceptable param­ be intimidating for a freshman from Com- cle – separation from his father. grants and student loans. eters of the hundreds of rules she must follow, stock. Too, some of her friends were headed “The main reason I came here was “I got one scholarship for $5,000 and al­ depending upon the source of the funds and to school in San Angelo, and without a car, that my dad has always lived here,” Romo most cried because I was so happy,” he said. the applicable state and federal regulations. she would need a way home on occasion. said. “My family lived in Torreón, and we A biology major, Romo was elected presi­ It is a complex and often thankless job She arrived on campus and worked first wouldn’t see my dad except once or twice dent of the Student Government Association that is miles away – 160 miles to be exact – in Runnels Hall and her final two years in every couple of months.” in 2011 as a senior. He hopes to go to medical from her childhood on a Val Verde County the Purchasing Office as she was accus­ Along the way to the farm in Veribest school after he finishes a Master of Education ranch where her father worked as a hand tomed to work. The academic transition, where his dad worked, Romo’s family first in student development/leadership in higher for many years before moving his family to however, was not as easy. moved to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, and then education. He also hopes the story of his long Comstock, a community of less than 400 resi­ “My first semester was rough and I didn’t right across the border to Del Rio. It was in road to success can be an example for other dents about 30 miles northwest of Del Rio. know what to do,” Mata said. “I remember Acuña that Romo overcame another obsta­ young Hispanics to follow. “I loved the tranquility of ranch life, the writing to my mom and apologizing for not Margaret Mata cle, the English language. “If they want it,” he said, “they can get peace and quiet, or as much peace and quiet being able to hack it and for wanting to drop “I started learning English between sixth it. People in Del Rio told me how expensive as you could get with a family of six kids,” out. Mom and Dad talked me into staying.” thing. That’s why it doesn’t get old, and I enjoy and seventh grade,” Romo said, “because I college is in the U.S. and how difficult it is Mata recalled. “I was in the sixth or seventh Her older brothers, who joined the working with the staff I have. That’s always wanted to play the ‘Legend of Zelda’ video to get into college. With a lot of information grade when we moved to Comstock. I call it workforce after high school, chipped in to an enjoyment where you have a good staff, game. I already knew most of the English and using available resources, I did it and a town, but it was still country.” help Mata finish her degree. In 1984, she one that knows the processes and is willing they were teaching in Acuña because of that they can, too.” Whether in town or on the ranch, the earned her B.B.A., becoming the first mem­ to learn. That always makes my job easier.” game and from reading English dictionaries.” Romo also has some advice for those Peña family led a modest life. ber of her family to earn a college diploma. The job, though, is one she would never By honing his English skills, Romo who do decide to take up that challenge. “I didn’t have much growing up,” Mata Her two younger sisters followed in her have had if she had let her challenging first thrived in Del Rio and then Veribest, where “Seek help,” he said. “A lot of Hispanic said. “It was a really good Christmas when we footsteps, each furthering her education. semester at ASU intimidate her. he graduated as valedictorian of his high students are shy or proud and say they can got a toy rather than something like socks. It After two years away from ASU, she re­ “I think all students need to set a goal school class. While living in Del Rio, he do it on their own. I admire their thinking, was always a neat thing when we could af­ turned in 1986 to work in the Purchasing Of­ and strive to reach that goal,” Mata said. had planned to attend a vocational school but I couldn’t do it on my own, so I sought ford to go to Del Rio to a drive-in movie, buy fice. She was named director of purchasing “It’s not always going to be easy, but you in Mexico and major in computer science. help. I would say, ‘Don’t give up, even when a box of chicken and sodas, then go watch the in 1994. can’t give up at the first hurdle you reach. But, Veribest’s proximity to Angelo State those closest to you are telling you that you movie as a family. That was a splurge for us.” “I enjoy the challenge of learning new Actually, if I had done that, I probably prompted his family to have him check out cannot do it. Just seek help and don’t forget What was plentiful, though, was the processes,” Mata said. “I’m always tasked would not have finished my education nor what ASU had to offer. where you came from.’” . parental love and support which nurtured with trying to find a better way to do some- have this job.” .

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Greener Maria de los Santos Onofre-Madrid Pastures Roberto Garza

At the age of six when he began picking “If I wanted a better life, education was with master’s and doctoral degrees in po­ cotton in the fields of South Texas, Roberto the only route for me,” he said. litical science from Purdue University. Garza Embracing Cultures Garza got a preview of the hard life that Realizing that, Garza joined a program came to ASU in 1988 to teach in a new inter­ awaited him without a good education. at Kingsville High School called “Upward national studies master’s program created at Maria de los Santos Onofre-Madrid However, before she began teaching new discrimination at all. We were there for four Now a member of the Angelo State Uni­ Bound,” which acquainted students from the behest of Goodfellow Air Force Base. teaches more than just Spanish to her stu­ language and cultures to her students, she days and went back to Mexico for a while be­ versity political science faculty, Garza was low-income backgrounds with the possibil­ “They needed a faculty member who dents at Angelo State University. had to learn those same lessons herself. fore my dad found us a place in Christoval.” born in Comales, Mexico, near Rio Grande ity of going to college. Then, a represen­ could teach numerous courses in the sub­ An assistant professor of Spanish, Onofre- A native of Morelos, Coahuila, Mexico, It was in Christoval that Onofre-Madrid City on the Texas-Mexico border. He came tative from a group called “FOCUS” came fields of political science,” Garza said. Madrid believes teaching the context of Onofre-Madrid spoke only Spanish when flourished, graduating as valedictorian of to Texas as a toddler with his family to join a looking for students willing to go to college While he now teaches U.S. government Spanish customs and traditions is just as she moved with her family to Texas as an her high school class. Her school counsel­ migratory farm workers’ caravan to Califor­ out of state. courses, comparative politics and interna­ important as teaching the language. To that eight-year-old. ors and superintendent then advised her to nia. But, when his father fell ill, the family Garza had planned to attend the local tional relations courses, Garza maintains a end, she engages her students in discussions “We first went to Iraan,” she said, “where become a U.S. citizen because it would help was stranded in Kingsville with little mon­ Texas A&I University, now Texas A&M- distinct interest in Latin American politics about food, clothing, music, geography and I had my best experience in the classroom her get into college. She did that in 1973 ey and few prospects. Garza and his three Kingsville, but the FOCUS visit and a full and serves on ASU’s E. James Holland-Roy other cultural topics. with children who were all Anglos. My and went on to get a bachelor’s degree from younger siblings then watched their parents scholarship offer from the University of A. Harrell Jr. Foreign Affairs Speakers Pro­ “My favorite part about teaching at ASU,” brother and I were the only Hispanics and ASU, earn a master’s degree from the Uni­ struggle to make ends meet as laborers in Denver changed his mind. gram committee. she said, “is being able to teach others my we didn’t know English at all, but we had versity of Texas at Arlington, and conduct their new surroundings. After starting at UD as a chemical en­ “The friendship I developed with Roy language and talk to them not only about my a teacher who was bilingual and was very doctoral studies at UT-Austin. “My parents paid a heavy price when gineering major, Garza soon tired of the Harrell, promoting the speakers program culture, but the cultures in other Spanish- helpful working on our English skills. Also, It was studying for the U.S. citizenship they migrated to this country to create a chemistry and accompanying math class­ and getting to meet ambassadors and dip­ speaking countries. I like being able to make two children showed us things on the play­ exam that really helped Onofre-Madrid em­ better life for their kids,” he said. “They es­ es. A friend suggested law school, so he lomats are some of my favorite things about an impact on students and motivate them to ground and would tell us what they were in brace the culture of her new homeland, in­ sentially decoupled themselves from their switched his major to political science and working at ASU,” Garza said. learn the language, culture and history.” English, so we also learned from them.” cluding her favorite part, the singing of the family and their whole social network, and set out on his new course. Another of his favorite things is ASU’s Students also have the opportunity to Her next couple of stops on the road to national anthem. became isolated.” “I was accepted at George Washington small classes, which allow him to truly en­ experience Spanish culture firsthand by ac­ Angelo State were not so positive. In Eldo­ “My phone has the national anthem Garza soon joined his parents in the University and became a lawyer,” Garza gage with his students. companying Onofre-Madrid on her study rado, she and other Hispanic students were for the ringtone,” Onofre-Madrid said. “I fields. After five grueling summers of pick­ said. “I practiced law in Corpus Christi as “I like to encounter students who ap­ abroad trips to Spain through the ASU Cen­ sent to the school nurse’s office during recess also like to be on time when I go to sport­ ing cotton, he switched to delivering ad­ a prosecutor, but I wasn’t very successful preciate your interaction, involvement and ter for International Studies. She took 10 for speaking Spanish on the playground. ing events so I can listen to the national vertising circulars door-to-door. Next he given my low conviction numbers.” interest in them,” Garza said. students in 2011 and is taking 10 more this After Eldorado, she moved to a segregated anthem. I’m very proud to be an American worked at a drive-in movie theater, cooking Dissatisfied with the direction of his law He often tells those students that their summer to the Instituto Español Muralla de Hispanics-only school in Sonora. citizen and for having to work to get it.” in the snack bar and serving as a handy­ career, Garza returned to school and earned future can be anything they want it to be, Ávila in Ávila, Spain. “We thought, ‘They only want us to be With equal pride in her Spanish heritage man. None of those jobs promised much of a a master’s degree in sociology and political and inspires them with the example of that For her efforts on behalf of her stu­ with Hispanics,’” she said. “We can’t be with and American citizenship, Onofre-Madrid future, though, and certainly were not what science at Facultad Latinoamericana de Cien­ six-year-old boy dragging a cotton sack in dents, Onofre-Madrid received a 2010 Dis­ Anglos? We couldn’t understand that. Com­ employs both in her classes to teach her stu­ his parents envisioned for him when they cias Sociales in Mexico City. He followed that South Texas. . tinguished Faculty Achievement Award. ing from Mexico, you didn’t even hear of dents much more than just a new language. . immigrated to Texas.

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Photo by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photo Perspective Though a relative newcomer to Texas, the fear of not speaking the language, but Adriana Balcorta is an unflagging supporter still want their kids to go to college. They Mary Wilson of the Lone Star State’s new generation of are proud of where they are, but struggle Hispanic college students. with reconciling their old culture with the Born and raised in Mexico, Balcorta first new culture their kids are experiencing. came to Angelo State as an exchange student They often don’t know when to push and from Tecnológico de Monterrey in Chihua­ when to pull back.” hua. She then transferred to ASU in 2004 and “I was lucky to live a different life, so I From Yankee to Texan earned both her bachelor’s (2005) and mas­ had to learn with them,” she added. “I love it ter’s (2009) degrees. One of the first things she now when I see those students graduate, or When Mary Wilson’s family moved benders and providing security during bas­ way. Wilson’s parents are close to her heart realized was that, even this close to Mexico, they ask me for a reference for grad school. from Chicago to Del Rio, the culture shock ketball games, among other duties. because of all the important life skills they the young Hispanic culture is very different. When proud parents tell me that I gave their was intense for the 16-year-old. But, the road to her current success was have shared with her. Her father taught her “In Mexico, it is still more family orient­ son or daughter the help they needed, that is All her life, Wilson’s parents had not an easy one. When she graduated from home improvement techniques that have ed,” Balcorta said. “For lunch, you go home also very rewarding.” worked hard to pay to send her to a pri­ high school, Wilson had to put college plans enabled her to be more independent, and to eat with your family. It was a big adjust­ Another rewarding experience for Bal­ vate Catholic school. The student body had on hold because her father had been injured her mother honed her social skills that have ment for me over here to see everyone so corta is seeing how Texas Hispanics are been diverse – so much so that the concept and her family, which included her younger helped many times throughout her career. free. Once you finish high school, everyone working to fit into the great melting pot of Adriana Balcorta of being singled out because of ethnicity sister, needed her to get a job. The one area where they clashed was their kind of goes their own way and kids leave American society while still holding on to was foreign to her. After a few years working in a shoe fac­ ideas about traditional family roles, like wom­ home. In Mexico, you don’t leave home until their Mexican heritage. “It wasn’t until I got to Texas that I real­ tory, Wilson became a Val Verde County en being responsible for all household chores. you get married.” “I came to the U.S. and saw all these ized I was Hispanic,” Wilson said. “Before jailer and launched her career in law en­ “I would tell my mom, ‘I can’t be like you,’” “Having college roommates who had al­ Hispanics flying their Mexican flags,” Bal­ that, it wasn’t something I focused on.” forcement. Three years later, the sheriff ap­ Wilson said. “My family knew I was hard- ready been living on their own for awhile corta said. “That is not something that is Learn more about the Hispanic Unfortunately, the other Hispanic stu­ proached her about becoming a deputy. At headed and stubborn from a young age.” was also very different for me,” she added. done much in Mexico. You hardly ever see it experiences of ASU faculty and dents in Del Rio did focus on her for one the time, he had no female deputies, but he When Wilson and her husband divorced, “It was the first time I had ever been away over there. I think it is a way for many His­ staff by visiting the ASU Magazine simple fact: she was not a Texan. They saw had to ask Wilson twice before she accepted. the break was so amicable that when he from home.” panics to stay in touch with their homeland website for features on Bursar her as a Mexican Yankee because she did “I was afraid I wouldn’t be able to han­ joined the ASU Police Department, he told Growing up in an upper-middle class fam­ even though they live here now, by having a Martha Cox, Jolene Varela, not speak their Spanish slang. Then she met dle the school,” Wilson said, “but the sheriff her about other openings. She joined the de­ ily, Balcorta had a father who was an engineer flag in their car or in their room.” office coordinator for Facilities a classmate, Verna Dawson, who helped her had full confidence in me. I ended up pass­ partment in October of 2007. for DuPont and who expected her to get a col­ “My parents came for a visit and noticed Management, and Drs. Arnoldo understand and cope. ing everything.” Wilson loves the friendly campus environ­ lege education. But as a program specialist in it right away,” she added. “They said, ‘We De León and John Eusebio “If it weren’t for Verna, I would have Wilson’s job as a deputy included stints ment and the variety in her daily work. The the ASU Multicultural Center, she regularly don’t do that in Chihuahua.’ Mexicans away Klingemann of the history faculty. moved back to Chicago as soon as I finished as a juvenile investigator, Drug Abuse Re­ people on campus are what make a difference visits with and counsels Hispanic students from home express their patriotism more school,” Wilson said. sistance Education (D.A.R.E.) instructor for Wilson because she considers them like who are the first in their family to go to col­ openly. Some of my friends even used to Visit www. Thankfully, the Lone Star State has and several security officer positions. It also family, with everyone pitching in and helping lege. Through them, she experiences some of have big Mexican flags in their college dorm angelo.edu/ grown on her since then. Now an ASU po­ introduced her to her now-former husband, out when needed. She also appreciates that the major issues facing both the newer and rooms here. Now that I am far from home, I lice officer, Wilson is one of the most visible who was a city police officer. the university is racially blended. older generations of Hispanics in Texas. understand them. When I hear the Mexican ASUMagazine members of the campus community. She The relationship was hard for Wilson’s “Everybody is so different, it’s not “It is a struggle for many parents,” Bal­ national anthem, it strikes me differently for their stories. can be found answering reports of suspi­ parents because her husband was Caucasian, cookie-cutter,” Wilson said. “It reminds corta said, “because their kids are the first from when I was home and sang it every cious activity, directing traffic after fender but they gave the couple their blessing any­ me of Chicago.” . generation to grow up in the U.S. They have Monday in school.” .

34 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 35 Roomby Wes Bloomquist for Care Karli Maxey entered the Angelo State Athletic trainers interact with the teams certification. The National Athletic Train­ athletic training room for the first time with in various ways, including shagging balls ers’ Association defines athletic training fear, but continues going back – albeit more for the baseball and softball teams, running as encompassing the prevention, diagnosis than she would like – feeling at ease. through soccer drills and shooting with the and intervention of emergency, acute and “It’s not exciting to go into the athletic basketball teams. The athletic trainers ride chronic medical conditions involving im­ training room, but they do a great job about the team buses, stay in the team hotels and pairment, functional limitations and dis­ comforting you and reassuring you that work with the athletes before and after the abilities. The ASU athletic training program you can get back out there and start play­ games. Such camaraderie and trust creates has been accredited by the Commission on ing again,” said the Rambelles soccer play­ an environment where athletic trainers, Accreditation of Athletic Training Education er who has dealt with injuries to her feet, athletes and coaches believe in each other for eight years. knees and shoulder as well as a concussion on a daily basis. Hill and his full-time staff members work in her three seasons at ASU. “You’re hurt, “Athletic trainers can make the differ­ with student assistants to provide care for but you’re there with athletic trainers who ence between our players being available or athletes and develop them as future trainers. care about you.” not being able to return to the field quickly,” While Hill is the program’s leader, he

Troy Hill has been in the position of ASU head soccer coach Travis McCorkle said. has developed a team around him that he Assistant trainer Jaclyn Wood stretches the hamstring of Rambelles sprinter Tiffany Allen. Assistant trainer Andrea Freymiller tapes an ankle. head athletic trainer at ASU since 2003 “They are a vital part of our team and give and the Angelo State coaches trust. Drawing and in charge of creating the positive ath­ us a sense of comfort knowing that we have from his own experiences as a letic training environment for athletes such a knowledgeable and dedicated group.” former undergraduate and his program and emphasizes working with athletes perform at their best is my favor­ With grueling schedules, Angelo State such as Maxey. Previously, he had worked Athletic trainers are recognized by graduate assistant, Hill the athletic training assistants to make sure ite part of the job,” Wood said. “You’re out athletes are constantly pushing their bodies four years as an assistant trainer after two the American Medical Association as al­ understands the de­ they are handling their school work and pro­ there as an athletic trainer making a dif­ to the limits during their seasons. Baseball years of graduate experience and three as lied health professionals and are required mands placed on the gressing as athletic trainers. ference in their lives by helping them over­ and softball teams usually play more than an undergraduate assistant. Overall, he es­ to pass an exam to gain national board students employed in “I can’t be at every practice, so that’s why come an injury or working through pain. 50 games a season. Basketball and volley­ timates he has worked more than 600 ASU it’s so important that we have a great group We are always there for them when they ball teams play twice a week or more, and athletic events, but he cannot begin to guess here,” Hill said. “They are still in the process need to get taped or need ice, but we are football’s physical demands are always a how many practices he has attended in his of developing their careers, so it’s interesting also there to make sure that they know that concern. Keeping the athletes safe and help­ Head athletic trainer Troy Hill works with various ASU roles since arriving on campus to see how they handle it when they’re out we believe in them.” ing them recover from injuries remains the Rambelles soccer player Karli Maxey. from his hometown of Bangs. there by themselves and they are able to fig­ Shannon Scott is one of the students priority during their respective seasons. With more than 130 athletes visiting the ure it out and help the athletes. We have grad­ who will be making a career in athletic “Some of the main challenges are cov­ Junell Center facilities daily and some 13,000 uated around 60 to 70 students in the past 10 training after graduating from ASU in May. erage of events with the addition of sports, treatments administered a year, Hill is rarely years who have advanced in the profession.” Scott, a San Angelo native, earned his bach­ maintaining a balance between work and without an opportunity to practice his craft. Jaclyn Wood and Andrea Freymiller elor’s and master’s degrees from ASU while home life, and getting people to under­ His staff consists of two other full-time ath­ are full-time assistants in the department. also working for Hill in the athletic training stand that athletic training is an allied letic trainers, three graduate students and Wood, who came to ASU to work full time department. He worked with baseball and health profession just like nursing and 25-30 student assistants. Athletic trainers at­ as an assistant athletic trainer in 2009 after soccer along with numerous other assign­ physical therapy,” Hill said. tend every practice and every game – home earning her bachelor’s and master’s degrees ments along the way. After graduation Scott The defining role of athletic trainers and away – to help prevent injury and to take from West Texas A&M, enjoys being a part plans to apply for athletic training positions remains based in their therapeutic knowl­ care of athletes if they are injured. of the programs she works with on a daily at high schools. edge, but the intangibles of trust and friend­ “We never want to be in a position where basis. She spent her fall with the volleyball “The hands-on experience I’ve gotten ship are what drive the Angelo State athletic an athlete needs our help and we’re not team as it made its way to the NCAA Divi­ here has given me opportunities to under­ trainers on a daily basis. there,” Hill said. “I always hope that I’m be­ sion II Tournament and saw the women’s stand the profession,” he said. “You are on “There are relationships that are built basketball team through its Lone Star Con­ hind the scenes and the athletes never have Meyer Danny by Photos the road a lot and have to be driven to work because you’ve helped them when they to see us. But, we want them to know we are ference Tournament appearance. on your school assignments and still enjoy were down and you got them back on the there and to feel comfortable with us when “Being a part of the atmosphere of com­ your life, but I feel confident that working field,” Hill said. “That’s what this job is all they need us.” petition on a daily basis and helping the here has prepared me for my job.” about for me.” .

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Her retirement at the end of May activities to enhance the experience of chil­ ASU President Joseph C. Rallo said, “She means Angelo State University Athletic dren and young adults in San Angelo and has run our program with integrity and nev­ Director Kathleen Brasfield will have free the surrounding area.” er lost sight of the fact that our goal was not Rams in Cowboys Stadium weekends for the first fall in more than three Angelo State fans everywhere can take just to produce winners on the field, but also Make plans to attend the Angelo decades. For the university, her departure pride that, whatever the outcome on the winners in the classroom and in life.” State -Valdosta State game and will mean the loss of an ASU pioneer in field or the court, Brasfield continued a Said Brasfield, “We have always tried to support the Rams at noon Sept. 15 women’s athletics. campus tradition of managing an athletic do what was right, not what was required or in Cowboys Stadium. Ticket prices Brasfield arrived on campus in the fall of program that operated within the rules. what was demanded, but what was right.” . and details are available at www. 1978 from Seminole High School, where she angelosports.com/LSCFootballFestival. had been head volleyball coach. Taking over ASU’s volleyball program, Brasfield would A full schedule of Friday and game - retire from coaching 26 years later as one day activities will be posted on the of the top five winningest active coaches website. Additional information in NCAA D-II with 647 wins. She also led is available by contacting the ASU the Rambelles to seven league titles, includ­ Athletics Office at 325 -942- 2264. Football Palace ing four consecutive Lone Star Conference crowns from 1982-85, the 1982 title being ASU’s first women’s championship in an LSC 2012 Rams Football As participants in the 2012 Lone Star students and student-athletes. The Metro­ sport. She was named the LSC Coach of the Football Festival, the Angelo State Rams plex exposure will allow prospects and their Year a league-record eight times. Date Time (CST) Opponent along with their accompanying fans will families from that region to see the Angelo “As a coach, of course, I’m proud of 9/1 2 p.m. Western State have the opportunity this September to take State spirit and how various student organi­ the competitive success of our volleyball 9/8 2 p.m. Chadron State in a football game in the Taj Mahal of sports zations, including the Ram Marching Band, teams,” Brasfield said, “but I’m also proud 9/15 noon Valdosta State (Cowboys Stadium) arenas, Cowboys Stadium in Arlington. Air Force ROTC, the Greeks and others, that 100 percent of our players who par­ 9/22 6 p.m. Abilene Christian At noon Saturday, Sept. 15, ASU will tan­ work together to make a great event beyond ticipated in our volleyball program for four 9/29 3 p.m. @ Eastern New Mexico gle with two-time NCAA Division II nation­ the playing field. years earned degrees. I’m also very proud of 10/6 6 p.m. West Texas A&M al champion Valdosta State from the Gulf A variety of activities, including a what our former players have accomplished 10/13 TBA @ Midwestern State South Conference on the field beneath the Friday evening reception and Saturday’s since graduation. There are many who have 10/20 4 p.m. Texas A&M-Commerce world’s largest HD-quality video board. The game, are planned over the weekend for been extremely successful as coaches.” 10/27 TBA @ Texas A&M-Kingsville game will kick off the second triple header ASU alumni and fans. Tentative prices are Brasfield was equally successful as an 11/3 2 p.m. Incarnate Word of Lone Star Conference games that Friday $25 for adults and $10 for students for a administrator, becoming women’s athletic 11/10 TBA @ Tarleton State and Saturday in the $1.2 billion stadium. day pass or $35/$15 for all six games over director in 1982 and overall athletic direc­ Home games in bold Second-year ASU head football coach both days of the festival. Parking is $10 tor in 2004. During her tenure, Brasfield ex­ Will Wagner said, “I think it is a great op­ per vehicle. panded ASU programs to 13 intercollegiate portunity for our kids to play in an NFL sta­ Details, including ASU headquarters sports, adding softball in 2002, baseball in dium. To play in that type of stadium and hotel, will be posted at www.angelosports. 2005, women’s golf in 2009 and women’s the atmosphere that the game brings along com/LSCFootballFestival as soon as they indoor track and field in 2010. Under her with the amount of kids we have from the are finalized. administration, Rambelles teams earned Metroplex area is exciting.” Cowboys Stadium is the largest, most ASU’s first two NCAA national champion­ “We need to get everybody involved and technologically advanced sports and en­ ships with titles in softball in 2004 and in have as many people as we can at the game tertainment venue in the world. Stadium outdoor track and field in 2010. to make it a great experience,” he said. “I features include seating for 80,000, expand­ “As an administrator,” Brasfield said, am excited to get alumni back and get them able to 100,000, plus 300 luxury suites and “I’m proud of the success our teams have en­ involved in athletics, and I am excited for club seating on multiple levels. joyed, but I’m also proud that the majority Ram football.” The Valdosta State game will be the third of our student-athletes are successful aca­ Meyer Danny by Photo The Dallas-Fort Worth area is a major of the 11-game season for the Rams, who open demically and proud that our coaches and target for ASU enrollment growth, both for at home Sept. 1 against Western State. . student-athletes participate in community Kathleen Brasfield

38 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 39 Young ’Belles The Angelo State women’s basketball team player, Huckaby earned All-LSC Honorable returned to the Lone Star Conference Tour­ Mention honors for the first time in his ca­ nament for the 11th time under head coach reer. Lenox was a four-year senior known Sally Walling Brooks and broke a four-year for his sharp skills. drought by winning a quarterfinals game in the tourney. D-II Review Entering the postseason as a fifth seed, Angelo State University athletics will re­ the ’Belles defeated fourth-seeded Cameron main in NCAA Division II for the foresee­ Final Lap University, 61-57, rallying from a double-digit able future after a consultant’s study last Crystal Ruiz saved her best for last, scor­ deficit in the second half. The ’Belles lost to fall concluded that the time and resources ing a personal high 4,008 points and earn­ Tarleton State, 70-51, in the LSC semifinals in are not right to pursue Division I status. ing a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the Allen and finished the 2011-12 campaign 13-15 ASU initiated the discussion to assess NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field overall and 10-10 in the LSC, leaving Brooks the direction of Rams and Rambelles ath­ Championships in March. eight wins shy of 400 for her career. letics. The Athletics Department brought Disappointed though she was in not win­ Paige Weishuhn, ASU’s lone senior, dis­ in former NCAA president Cedric Dempsey ning the gold medal, Ruiz felt the greatest let­ played dominance and leadership on the to review ASU’s current competitive and down in knowing she would never again wear court for a team that featured seven under­ financial position and to assess the depart­ the Angelo State uniform in competition. classmen, including five first-year players, ment’s future. “I take pride in wearing that uniform,” on its active 10-member roster. The 6-foot-1 ASU President Joseph C. Rallo said, Ruiz said. “I got to wear it and have had center tied a personal scoring high with 29 “As the landscape of intercollegiate athlet­ great success. I have All-America honors, points in the ’Belles’ 70-63 win over No. 1 LSC ics was rapidly changing, we feel like the national titles and had significant personal seed Tarleton State in ASU’s home finale. process was a good exercise. We were able improvements, and I can’t say enough about Weishuhn, who was named second-team to identify both our strengths and some ar­ what Angelo State has done for me.” All-LSC, finished as ASU’s leading scorer with eas of improvement, and now have a better Likewise, Ruiz did a lot for the Rambelles 12.8 points per game. She also grabbed 5.9 re­ understanding of what it will take to better as a key contributor in ASU’s 2010 D-II Na­ bounds per contest. The Wall native ended her serve our student-athletes, and campus and tional Championship in outdoor track and career in 13th place on ASU’s all-time scoring area communities.” field, as a participant in the Pan American list at 1,085 points. She stood third in career Dempsey interviewed university and Games in October and as one of the most blocks with 137. Weishuhn is only the second athletics administrators, ASU coaches, decorated student-athletes in ASU history. player in program history with more than Angelo State Athletic Foundation board The addition of indoor track and field 1,000 points and 100 blocks. She is also the members, San Angelo residents and rep­ to the Rambelles repertoire in 2011 gave the only player in school history with 30 or more resentatives of the Southland Conference. Bandera graduate student two extra years rejections in every season of a four-year career. Additionally, he evaluated financials and of eligibility in that sport. This year, she au­ Freshman Haylee Oliver also received toured ASU facilities to gain more clarity tomatically qualified for the NCAA D-II In­ post-season honors as LSC Co-Freshman of into ASU’s current position in athletics. door Championships in the pentathlon and the Year. The San Saba native averaged 11.1 After the study, Rallo said budget was a earned an at-large bid in the 400-meters points per contest this season, the highest primary reason that ASU and the Texas Tech and high jump. average for a ’Belles freshman since 2008. University System determined that a move Her overall performance earned Ruiz to Division I was impractical. ASU’s athletic recognition as South Central Region Track Defensive Stand budget currently approaches $4.5 million. By Athlete of the Year from the United States Despite the best defensive showing in al­ comparison, many Texas institutions in the Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches most two decades, the Rams basketball Division I Southland Conference have oper­ Association. Her performance in the na­ team finished 11-17 with a 4-14 LSC record ating budgets exceeding $10 million. Since a tional meet brought Ruiz the seventh All- under head coach Fred Rike. Division I conference invite is required for a America honor of her career. The team held opponents to 68.7 points move, benchmarking data from the South­ ASU track and field coach James Reid per game, which is the lowest since the land Conference was the most practical com­ said, “We are very excited for what she was 1982-83 season, but the Rams managed only parison. The findings confirmed ASU’s affili­ able to accomplish. Hitting the 4,000-point 66.1 points of offense a game. The Rams did ation with the Lone Star Conference.

mark is huge and to get some of the per­ win nine of their 14 home games and two of “We are committed to the Lone Star Con­ Parker Kimberley by Photo Photo by Danny Meyer Danny by Photo sonal best marks is a big deal. I think it was three games at neutral sites. ference and to making sure our student-ath­ a very fitting capstone to what has been a Seniors LaDonn Huckaby and Joey letes have a great Division II experience,” said Crystal Ruiz great career at Angelo State.” Lenox ended their ASU careers. A versatile ASU Athletic Director Kathleen Brasfield. . Paige Weishuhn

40 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 41 Curry Dawson felt humbled as he sat in complishments from 1998-2001 in both Mike Martin remains the best football been behind the scenes, but I’m very appre­ his chair listening to friend and former track and field and football. He was a two- coach Pierce Holt ever had, including the ciative that they chose me. I always coached teammate Colby Carthel introduce him as time Academic All-American and a five- ones who guided Holt during his All-Pro as hard as I could. I still think I got more out one of the newest members of the Angelo time All-Lone Star Conference selection in NFL career. of this than those who played for me.” State University Athletics Hall of Honor. the sports. That is the tribute Holt gave his former Martin joins three of his former de­ “When you think about all the outstand­ During his track and field career, Dawson college coach when he introduced Martin fensive players – Holt, Clayton Weishuhn ing student-athletes who wore the blue and won three NCAA Division II National Cham­ for induction to the ASU Athletics Hall of and Greg Stokes – in the Hall of Honor. He gold,” Dawson said, “to even be considered pionships with discus titles in 2000 and 2001, Honor in January. coached Rams defenses during the football for, much less inducted into, the Hall of Hon­ and a shot put title in 2001. He still holds An essential part of ASU’s football suc­ program’s most successful period that in­ or is the ultimate recognition for any Ram.” the top nine discus marks in ASU history. In cess for more than 30 years, Martin joined cluded the 1978 NAIA National Champion­ As Dawson walked across the stage, he 2009, he was inducted into the United States the coaching staff in 1972 and stayed through ship, 18 straight winning seasons and mul­ realized his coaches and mentors had trod Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches As­ the 2004 season, spending much of that tiple NCAA D-II playoff appearances. the very same path. sociation Division II Hall of Fame time as defensive coordinator. Throughout “Angelo State has been a great atmo­ Curry Dawson “I was fortunate to play for some of On the gridiron, Dawson was named the his tenure, his defenses were consistently sphere for me and my family,” Martin said. Mike Martin the greatest coaches of all time,” Dawson LSC Defensive Lineman of the Year and a sec­ ranked among the top in the Lone Star Con­ “It was always a super place to work. One of Dual said. “Three of my former coaches are in ond team All-American in 2000. The follow­ ference and often among the best in NCAA the reasons I chose to never leave was that I Consistent the Hall of Honor, which illustrates the ing year, he was honored as a National Col­ Division II. He is the first assistant coach to wanted to raise my kids in San Angelo. The Threat caliber of coaches I had during my time at lege Scholar Athlete by the National Football join the Hall of Honor. people here have been great to us. It’s been Excellence Angelo State.” Foundation and the College Football Hall of “I’m very humbled by the honor and glad 40 years now, and I think we’re pretty well Dawson entered the Hall of Honor in Fame. Upon graduation, he received a presti­ that I was selected,” Martin said. “I’ve never sold on the place.” January as a two-sport athlete for his ac- gious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. been one for the limelight and have always

Jacki Mays Earl is the fastest female “This induction means absolutely every­ Out of uncertainty and struggle, sometimes “We were totally amazed and apprecia­ to ever wear a Rambelles track and field thing to me, and I’ve been waiting for this dreams are made. tive of everything that happened at Angelo uniform, but she may argue her time at day to come,” Earl said. “Words can’t ex­ Former Rams head basketball coach Ed State,” he said. “Not only did the university Angelo State went a little faster. plain what it feels like to be selected, but it’s Messbarger harbored numerous doubts accept my family and me, but the community “Angelo State is like my family. I’ve met truly an honor.” while grappling with the decision to uproot accepted us, and I am really proud of that.” a lot of great people and developed great There have been a dozen Rambelles na­ his family, move from their longtime home ASU was the final stop of Messbarger’s relationships,” Earl said. “The only problem tional champions since Earl, but the Stam­ and take over the ASU program in 1978. illustrious coaching career that included was it all went by too fast. Four years had ford native still holds the top times in the “I had spent 15 years at St. Mary’s in San 665 career victories. He retired with the passed and it was time to leave, but I wasn’t 100- and 200-meter dashes. Her record in Antonio before I came up here,” he said. “It third-most wins in NCAA Division II and ready to go.” the 100-meter dash was set in 1981 with a was a difficult move because we were mov­ the second-most coaching appearances at The Rambelle sprinter first stepped on time of 11.26, and a year later she clocked ing from the big city to San Angelo.” any collegiate level. He was inducted into campus in 1978 and became the first female the 200-meter dash at 23.08. By the time he retired in 1998, though, the LSC Hall of Honor in 2006, and is a to qualify for nationals. She left a trail of “I felt like I was opening doors for An­ Messbarger harbored no doubt that coming member of the St. Mary’s, Northwest Mis­ Jacki Mays Earl accolades throughout her career before be­ gelo State track and kind of a pioneer of the to ASU was the right call, a decision that souri State University, Big State Conference Ed Messbarger coming the Rambelles’ first national cham­ sport,” Earl said. “Having seen where track earned him induction into ASU’s Athletics and National Association of Intercollegiate Timeless pion in the 200-meter dash at the Associa­ and field has gone now, I’m very excited be­ Hall of Honor. Athletics halls of fame. The tion of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women cause I feel like I kind of jump-started the During his 20 years at ASU, Messbarger Upon his ASU induction, Messbarger National Outdoor Track and Field Champi­ success.” racked up 268 wins and three Lone Star said, “It means a lot. I’ve had a lot of these Memories onships in 1982. For her accomplishments Although Earl’s time at Angelo State Conference titles. He was twice named LSC honors like this, but it means the people Right Call on the track, Earl was inducted into the 2012 went too fast, her records seem to make Coach of the Year, in 1984 and 1988. And, it have appreciated what you’ve done. That Angelo State Athletic Hall of Honor. time stand still. was not just on the basketball court that he makes it all worthwhile.” found success.

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A fixture in the Angelo State Athletic recruited me out of the Texas panhandle to Angelo State sophomore José Flores cause I couldn’t stop drinking. I don’t know His time as a restaurateur was followed Department for more than three decades, play here and I never looked back. I knew finally has his life headed in the right direction. how I beat it except to say it was God’s grace.” by a year of missionary work as a translator Jerry Vandergriff now has a permanent once I got here that I never wanted to leave. The ASU Alumni Association’s 2011 Fu­ “It was an instant change,” he added. in Oaxaca, Mexico. He returned to Texas to place in the ASU Athletics Hall of Honor. Being selected for the Hall of Honor is some­ ture Alumni Scholarship is helping Flores “People who knew me before say, ‘You don’t train horses on a ranch near Hunt, and then ASU’s all-time winningest head football thing that anyone who is a part of any ath­ work toward a communication degree and even look the same.’ People meet my wife, managed another stay in Mexico working coach, Vandergriff compiled 143 wins and letic organization looks forward to. Having his dream of starting a nondenominational Dana, and say, ‘He’s completely different.’” for his grandfather. It was then that Flores led his teams to two Lone Star Conference played here and coached here, it is a very ministry in the Kerrville area with his wife, After getting sober and graduating from finally decided to complete his education and titles and four NCAA Division II playoff ap­ special honor for me.” Dana, to minister to the homeless, substance high school, Flores took culinary arts and made his way to ASU. pearances from 1982-2004. He was also During his tenure as head coach, Van­ abusers and others who need support. business classes in San Antonio while man­ Now about halfway to his bachelor’s de­ named LSC Coach of the Year three times, dergriff led ASU to the winningest record “My wife is a social worker at Shannon aging a restaurant 60 hours a week as he gree, Flores is also training horses again, this and in 2006 was selected to the LSC’s 75th among all Texas universities competing in Medical Center and loves to help anyone in struggled to get his life on track. time for the Mosaic equine therapy program. Anniversary Team. football during the 1980s. He also coached need,” Flores said, “and I love to reach out to “It was overwhelming,” he said, “going He is finally at peace and has found purpose Before becoming head coach, Vandergriff 39 All-Americans. homeless people and help equip them for life.” to school full time and working 60 hours a in life as he works toward the day when he Jerry Vandergriff played quarterback for San Angelo College, “When I went into the Hall of Honor, His connection to those oft-forgotten week. It just wasn’t happening.” can help others who struggle as he did. . leading his team to the 1960 Hospitality Bowl they came right along with me,” Vander- members of society stems from his own ex­ Longtime in SAC’s final football season before transi­ griff said. “Without them, none of this perience. While Flores was never actually tioning to become ASU. He was hired as an would have ever happened.” homeless, he was certainly transient and of­ A Mosaic equine therapy program volunteer, ASU assistant coach in 1971, and was co-of­ In 2005, Vandergriff was recognized by ten ill-equipped to handle life in Texas after Leader José Flores helps Annie Hasson on horseback fensive coordinator for the Rams team that the All-American Football Foundation for spending his childhood in his native Torreon, with assistance from volunteer Terry Wallace. won the 1978 NAIA National Championship. career accomplishments, and in 2008 was Mexico. Those early struggles led to his own “There’s no way I would trade any part named a Distinguished Alumnus by the ASU substance abuse problems and put his life on of it,” Vandergriff said. “Coach Buddy Horn Alumni Association. a rocky downhill slide. Though Flores’ father had lived in the U.S. since the early 1980s and worked in pecan or­ For someone who never played or coached Beyond her administrative role, Mor­ chards, the rest of his family only joined him a game for Angelo State University, Shirley ton was a dedicated fan, who Brasfield said in Houston in 1993. Armed with little English, Morton had an influence on university may have attended more athletic events Flores faltered in his new surroundings. athletics far beyond her visibility, which was than any person in the history of the insti­ “When we moved to Houston,” he said, just fine with the low-profile administrator. tution, first as the new wife of Rams bas­ “they just tossed us into school with a bilin­ Nonetheless, what she did behind the ketball player Chuck Morton and later as gual program where the teacher taught in scenes – ASU’s first Title IX coordinator, mother of Rambelles basketball star Tracy English and Spanish. She would then stop ASU Athletic Council member from the time Morton Hastings, herself an ASU Hall of teaching in Spanish until we got it. That was it was formed until her retirement in 2007, Honor inductee in 2010. quite a shock.” Lone Star Conference Secretary from 1984- In accepting the honor, Morton said it Another shock awaited Flores when his 94, cheerleader sponsor from 1975-88, and was the people – especially the athletes – family later moved to the Kerrville area. He Fellowship of Christian Athlete’s sponsor with whom she worked that made her ca­ was forced to speak English at Ingram Tom from 1986-2003 – earned her admission into reer such a joy. Moore High School, which had an ESL pro­ Shirley Morton ASU’s Athletics Hall of Honor. “Their dedication, hard work and skills gram, but with a teacher who did not speak As Athletic Director Kathleen Brasfield have inspired, excited and entertained us,” Spanish. Drinking became his way of coping Sideline said at Morton’s induction, she “has prob­ she said. “These people truly touched and en­ and led to stints in an alternative school and, ably touched everyone in this room” and riched my life and made my 40 years fly by…I ultimately, juvenile detention. At 18 years old, Star “nobody has spent more time in the back­ admit I am a fan, but isn’t that what’s great he had almost reached the end of his options. ground while making more of an impact about sports? We can all be on the team.” “I thought I was going to die, and it Photo by Danny Meyer Meyer Danny by Photo on a university or an athletic program than Morton’s own dedication, hard work and scared me,” Flores said. “One night, I went to Shirley Morton” during her four decades as skills made her an invaluable contributor to my mom’s bedroom and said I just wanted to an administrator. the ASU team as well. . talk to her. I really wanted to say goodbye be­

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by Roy Ivey newspaper style, and I did obituaries and covered cops. It was fun and a great time, Three-Star by Jayna Phinney like being in a movie.” After a couple of years at the Standard- Times, Garcia got a reporter job at the Aus- tin American-Statesman, where he covered the courthouse, state agencies, Texas prison for the Better system and school district before being pro­ moted to assistant city editor, assignments editor, metro editor, political columnist cia was no exception. He recalls the sting and now editorial page editor. He has also Angelo State University alumnus The coach even played a role in Hawkins’ of rejection at a San Angelo swimming pool served as both a juror and as the chair of a Ronnie D. Hawkins Jr. has found great proposal and marriage to his high school he had been to several times with Anglo jury for the Pulitzer Prize, journalism’s most career success in the U.S. Air Force, but he sweetheart, Maria Garcia. He decided after friends. When he and a cousin tried to go by prestigious award. has never lost sight of where he started. his freshman year at ASU that he wanted to themselves, they were turned away. Garcia’s two children have also found oc­ Hawkins was promoted to lieutenant start his life with Garcia. “They said, ‘We don’t take Spanish boys,’ cupational success through education. His general in January, making him the highest- “Back then, you had to get permission so we didn’t get in,” he said. “It’s hard to put daughter, Dr. Jennifer Garcia Jetton, is on ranking graduate of Angelo State’s ROTC from the coach, since I was on a track schol­ into words just how it makes you feel when the faculty at the University of Iowa Medical program, and is now commander of the De­ arship,” Hawkins said, “and I was more ner­ someone projects that onto a kid 11 or 12 School, and his son, Teodoro, is a U.S. Army fense Information Systems Agency (DISA). vous asking Coach Noble than I was asking years old. It made us feel like nothing. You first lieutenant. Garcia’s wife, Vida Marcet, is Headquartered at Fort Meade, Md., DISA is a Maria – go figure!” burn with that combination of rage and hu­ a retired teacher and education administrator. U.S. Department of Defense Combat Support Another notable ASU figure in Hawkins’ miliation. You never forget it.” Through his endowed ASU scholarship, Agency that includes 16,000 military person­ life came from his classroom experiences. Those types of experiences spurred Garcia gives students the same advantage he nel, federal civilians and contractor partners. “The academic rigor has helped me pay Garcia’s parents to push for his continued got from his mother and father. By provid­ Helping pave the way for his suc­ attention to detail and look at problems and education. He fondly recalls his time as a ing a mason jar filled with change to each cess were lessons in leadership, discipline situations with a critical perspective that has

Arnold history/government major at ASU, particu- scholarship recipient, he honors the parents and academic achievement that Hawkins helped me make informed decisions while Lt. Gen. Ronnie Garcia Jr. Hawkins Jr. larly classes with Drs. Walter Noelke and whose sacrifices made his success possible. . learned at ASU. also considering the second- and third-order Dempsey Watkins. “ROTC was the foundational bedrock effect,” Hawkins said. “There’s a saying in the A coin-filled mason jar gave Arnold “I still get a kick out of remembering how to my military training,” Hawkins said. “I military that ‘the first report isn’t always ac­ information systems for Gen. David Petraeus Garcia Jr. the leg up he needed to attend Dr. Noelke would lecture about Locke and had the opportunity to gain experience in curate.’ Dr. (Fred) Homeyer demanded that in Baghdad during the Surge Campaign. Angelo State University. Hobbs, and Dr. Watkins would lecture about the leadership laboratory, instead of hav­ we take a multi-dimensional approach to In recognition of his accomplishments, Now the editorial page editor for the the Mexican Revolution,” Garcia said. “They ing to learn through on-the-job training. I problem solving – that process still serves me Hawkins was named the ASU Alumni As­ Austin American-Statesman, Garcia still gets had a way of talking that helped you learn still made mistakes, but I also realize just well today.” sociation’s 2001 Distinguished ROTC Alum­ emotional recalling his mother, Bertha, care­ the material.” how much experience I gained through my Several other significant events hap­ nus. When he was promoted to general in fully saving change from her lunch money in “My mom and dad always assumed ROTC experience.” pened during Hawkins’ time at ASU. His 2005, he held his ceremony at ASU because that jar while working as a machine operator that I would go to college,” he added. “My A 1977 ASU graduate, Hawkins earned first son, Ronnie Hawkins III, was born the university means so much to him. at Ethicon in San Angelo. She gave it to Gar­ mom went through the eighth grade and his Bachelor of Business Administration in during his senior year. He earned the Com­ As the first person in his family to gradu­ cia as he was preparing for college. my dad went through the sixth grade, computer science. In addition to being an mandant’s Award during ROTC Summer ate from college, Hawkins knows he is a role “She said, ‘Here, buy some books,’” Gar­ so they didn’t know anything about ROTC cadet, he was a member of the Rams Training and, as a result of that recognition, model for ASU students and alumni, and he cia said. “It was about $50, which back then, college. They just knew that it would track and field teams that won Lone Star received a full-ride ROTC scholarship. He is happy to share a few words of wisdom. surprisingly enough, was the cost of a semes­ make me a better life.” Conference titles in 1974, 1975 and 1977. was also selected as the ROTC corps com­ “Don’t settle for mediocrity,” Hawkins ter. That got me going.” The next step in that better life “I still wear my championship ring from mander as a senior. said. “It’s too easy to just get by with little to It also inspired Garcia to establish a came when a friend told Garcia 1974,” Hawkins said. After ASU, Hawkins began an Air Force no effort expended. Write your goals down scholarship at ASU as a symbol of gratitude about an opening for a reporter at It was on the track where Hawkins also career that has spanned more than three de­ – your memory fades faster than ink.” . to his parents. In addition to a traditional sti­ the San Angelo Standard-Times. He met someone who remains a key influence cades. He has completed assignments with pend, recipients of the Arnulfo and Bertha C. was interested despite his lack of in his life today. Strategic Air Command, U.S. Air Force Acad­ Garcia Scholarship also receive a mason jar journalism experience. “Coach David Noble was, and still is, a emy, Air Combat Command, Headquarters filled with coins, just as Garcia did. “My friend said, ‘Don’t worry, role model for me for how a man of integ­ Pacific Air Force, Headquarters Air Force and Growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in they’ll teach you,’” Garcia said. rity should take care of and lead his family,” Joint Chiefs of Staff. He also served as the Texas was often hard for Latinos, and Gar- “They did teach me how to write in Hawkins said. deputy chief of staff for communications and

46 SUMMER 2012 Angelo State University Magazine SUMMER 2012 47 Louder earned both his B.A. in communica­ 1993 tion and psychology in 2003 and his M.A. Amy Jacobs has been named superin- in communication in 2005 from ASU. He tendent of the Coahoma ISD, becoming holds an Ed.D. from TTU. Howard County’s first female public school memoriam superintendent. A Monahans native, Jacobs 2006 previously served as assistant superintendent Anthony Muñoz has been named the Jonathon Kyle Webb, 24, a senior of academic programs at Marble Falls ISD. Each issue of the Angelo State 1978 1986 new Texas AgriLife Extension Service agent communication major from Ozona, Jacobs earned a bachelor’s degree from died Feb. 3 after a brief illness. He was University Magazine highlights T. Dean McInturff, a certified financial Charles Njemanze has been named direc- for agriculture and natural resources in ASU with a major in secondary English recognized at ASU’s spring commence- planner and first vice president-investment tor of the San Angelo State Supported Living Schleicher County. He holds bachelor’s and selected alumni and invites you and a minor in secondary kinesiology. She ment and awarded a posthumous officer for Wells Fargo in San Angelo, has Center, where he began his 27-year tenure master’s degrees in agriculture from ASU. received her master’s degree in educational bachelor’s degree. to visit the Angelo State University been designated a member of the firm’s on the residential direct support staff in Muñoz transferred to Schleicher County administration from Stephen F. Austin State Premier Advisors Program, a distinction 1985. Since 2004, he has been the facility’s from Knox County, where he had served Jeremy Jarratt, 19, a freshman man- Alumni Association website University in 1996 and completed her super- reflecting his achievement of professional assistant director of programs. as AgriLife agent since 2009. agement major, died Feb. 14, on his intendent certification in 2010 from ASU. for the latest on your former success through a consistent commitment family ranch near Edna in South Texas. Njemanze has a B.B.A. and a M.S. in She is currently enrolled in the doctoral Courtney (Collins) Mahaffey has been classmates. To learn more about to client service. psychology, both from ASU. program in educational leadership at Texas named executive director of the San Angelo Dr. Ralph R. Chase, 89, Class of Angelo State alumni, visit McInturff has been a financial advisor Tech University. Symphony. She previously worked at HillCo 1941, died March 16 in San Angelo. with Wells Fargo for 20 years. He earned 1990 Partners, an Austin consulting firm, as an A San Angelo native and World War www.angelostatealumni.com. his bachelor’s degree from ASU and cur- event planner. She studied government II Navy veteran of the Pacific theater, Duane Hyde has been named superinten- 1994 Better yet, see what your friends rently serves on the board of the ASU and English at ASU. Chase had a career as a local pediatri­ dent of schools for Highland ISD in Nolan Alumni Association. Dr. Cynthia Opheim has been named as- cian but an impact far beyond the are up to and then update the site County. He was previously Highland’s sec- sociate provost at Texas State University after medicine he practiced and the patients ondary school principal for seven years. with news about you, your family 1983 25 years on the faculty in San Marcos. As Ector County ISD he treated. He was a humanitarian, an Prior to that, he was a principal for Merkel associate provost, she oversees the faculty avid historian, a civic activist, advocate and your accomplishments. Sandy Sandquist has been named senior For one three-month period ending in ISD and for Blackwell CISD. He holds a records office, serves as faculty senate liaison for women’s rights and recognition, director of global business risk strategies February, the top three positions in Odessa’s Bachelor of Science from ASU. and works on Texas State employee issues. friend of the underprivileged, propo- for Luminscent Inc., in Bloomington, Minn. Ector County ISD were held by ASU alumni. Opheim earned her bachelor’s degree in po- nent of higher education and benefac- He previously led global security at General Hector Mendez was ECISD superintendent; 1968 1992 litical science from ASU, her master’s degree tor of Angelo State University. Mills and, before that, at Pillsbury. Tonya Tillman served as assistant superin- The Tennessee Coalition for Open Govern- Natalie (Matthews) Montalvo, who has an from Texas Tech University in 1978 and her Chase was instrumental in establishing Sandquist received a bachelor’s degree in tendent for business operations; ment (TCOG) has named Kent Flanagan ASU degree in special education with teach- Ph.D. from the University of Texas in 1984. the Roy E. Moon Distinguished Lecture- government from ASU, then began his secu­ and Dr. H.T. Sanchez handled duties as as the organization’s executive director. ing specialization in both elementary and ship, which has brought 11 Nobel Prize rity career in the U.S. Air Force and as a San chief of staff. TCOG represents multiple organizations special education, has been named director of 2000 winners to ASU since it was initiated Angelo police officer. Tillman, who graduated from ASU in 1993 and news media committed to govern- the Brenham State Supported Living Center. in 1977. The Chamber of Commerce Jason Gossett has joined the San Mar- with a B.B.A. in accounting, was hired for ment transparency. Victor Peña has been named the execu- named him San Angelo’s Citizen of Lt. Col. Jimmy Humphrey has been ap- cos CISD as the assistant superintendent her position in 2006. tive director of Casa de Amigos in Midland. the Year in 1989. His Texas medical Previously, Flanagan served as journalist-in- pointed assistant dean of campus life and of business and support services. Gossett Peña holds a bachelor’s degree in business Mendez, Class of 1975 with a bachelor’s colleagues in 1978 recognized him as residence at Middle Tennessee State Univer- director of veterans services at Lipscomb previously worked as the director of business administration from ASU. degree in teacher education, was promoted Pediatrician of the Year. sity after spending more than 20 years as University. He served 22 years in the U.S. services for Frenship ISD and as accountant to superintendent in 2008 after 29 years in bureau chief in Nashville for the Associated Hilda D. Kouvelis has been appointed Army and Air Force, having retired from active and purchasing coordinator for Wylie ISD. Friends honored him in 2000 by mak- ECISD as a teacher, principal, executive direc- Press. He earned his bachelor’s degree from chief accounting officer for Red Mountain duty last year as the deputy of the Manpower He holds a Bachelor in Business Administra- ing a major gift to name the regional tor and assistant superintendent. ASU and subsequently worked at newspa- Resources Inc., a Dallas-based independent and Plans Division, U.S. Central Command, at tion from ASU. archive on the second floor of the pers in San Angelo, San Antonio and Fort oil and gas company, which operates MacDill AFB in Tampa, Fla. In December, Mendez promoted Sanchez renovated Houston Harte University Lauderdale, Fla. primarily in New Mexico and Texas. to chief of staff. Sanchez graduated from Center the “Dr. Ralph R. Chase West Humphrey received his bachelor’s degree 2003 ASU in 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in Texas Collection.” Kouvelis was previously employed by Trans- in kinesiology from ASU. He also holds a Dr. Justin Louder has been named as- English. He joined the ECISD in 2010. atlantic Petroleum Ltd., Sky Petroleum Inc., master’s degree in aeronautical science sistant vice provost for eLearning at Texas Upon his passing, the San Angelo Southern Star Energy Inc., Ascent Energy from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Tech University and continues his previous The ASU triumvirate ended in February when Standard-Times memorialized him with Inc., PetroFina S.A. and FINA Inc. A licensed and a master’s degree in military art and responsibilities as program administrator for Tillman left to become the chief financial of- an editorial that noted “few San Ange- certified public accountant, she holds a science from Air University–Air Command TTU’s Ethics Center. In his new capacity, he ficer for the Carrollton-Farmers Branch ISD. loans have been as deeply invested in, B.B.A. in accounting from ASU. Staff College. will coordinate efforts of all TTU colleges or had as much impact on, the com- considering new eLearning academic certifi- munity as Ralph Chase….Chase made cates and degrees. San Angelo a more vibrant place just by the force of his grand spirit.”

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DIAMOND Bo and Michelle Brannon, Granbury Dean Parnell, San Antonio Eric and Amy Smith, San Angelo Mark and Karen Clark, San Angelo Glenn and Leslie Mellinger, Wolfforth grant, which seeks to increase the num­ background as the students who took the Bryan and Renee Heflin, Monahans David and Rebecca Bray, San Angelo Louis and Kay Parras, San Angelo Gwendolyn Smith, San Angelo Kevin and Lacie Corzine, San Angelo Jesus Mercado, Alpine ber of students, especially Hispanic and courses here,” she added. “We need to Mickey and Renee Long, Midland Jerry and Nidia Casillas, Katy Billie Phinney, Mereta Dr. W. Truett Smith, San Angelo Donald and Pat Cox, San Angelo Michael and Brooke Mitchell, Houston Mark and Debbie Low, Dallas William and Karen Coggins Jr., John and Debbie Reed, Lubbock Gene and Dietra Tutle, Burleson Kim Cox, San Angelo Jennifer Mobley, San Angelo low-income students, completing degrees have common objectives and learning Minneapolis, Minn. Mike Millegan, Basking Ridge, N.J. Bradley and Alison Romike, Matthew Waller, San Angelo X B and Melba Cox, San Angelo Laura Montez, San Angelo in the fields of science, technology, engi­ outcomes. Basically, we need to agree on Milton Nickel, Polson, Mt. Oscar Corral, McAllen Spring Branch Edward and Theresa Welch, Jerry Curry, San Angelo Michele Moreno, San Antonio Louie and Amy Perez, San Angelo Curry Dawson, Canton Oron and Dorothy Schuch, San Angelo San Angelo Dwain and Darla Custer, San Angelo Diana Munoz, San Angelo neering and mathematics because of the what our students need to know and be J. Milton and Terri Swift, Montgomery Alex and Kay Decuir, San Angelo Cynthia Seger, Fort Worth Ronnie and Pauline Willmann, Darryl and Robyn DeSeve, Ewell Murphy Jr., Houston importance of those fields to the nation’s able to do at the end of each course.” Troy and Lisa Deubler, Irving Jacqueline Shannon, San Angelo San Angelo Manassas,Va. Michael Keith Murray, Midland PLATINUM Norman and Linda Dierschke, George and Evelyn Strebeck, Lloyd Woodfin Sr.,San Angelo Marvin and Janis Dierschke, Ed R. Nalepka, Midlothian prosperity and security. The grant was Aligning the courses will be aided by San Angelo San Angelo San Angelo Jeffrey and Deborah Brennan, Edward Nalepka, San Angelo one of only 100 nationally going to colleg­ grant-funded faculty development op­ Mill Creek, Wash. Van and Angela Echols, Lubbock Kenny and Beth Sumrall, Katy ACCESS ASU-SILVER D’Ann Dodson, Euless Karen Nelson, Hewitt Dan and Terri Herrington, Boerne Brad and Mercyla Fly, San Angelo James Truelove, Richardson Mustafa and Nancy Baghdadi, Russell and Linda Dressen, Abilene Alvin and Patricia New, San Angelo es and universities with HSI designations. portunities for both ASU and Howard San Angelo Randy and Emma Russell, Dean and Janice Fox, Port O’Connor Mike Vallandingham, Austin Danny and Janell Eckert, San Angelo Shelley Norton, San Angelo Collaborating with Howard College on faculty. They will learn together how to Round Hill, Va. Wayne T. Franke, Austin Jerry and RoseAnn Vandergriff, Bob Bailey, Ballinger Sonja England, Midland Darrell O’Neal, Victoria Frank Sturzl, Lakeway Kevin and Rita Gamache, San Angelo Chris and Deborah Brenek, Becky Fitch, Flower Mound Richey and Martha Oliver, San Angelo the STEM grant has the dual benefit of al­ best deliver courses both in the classroom San Angelo College Station Mike Varnadore, San Angelo Mark Fraley, San Antonio Corey and Shauna Owens, San Angelo GOLDEN Michael Bridges and Nancy Taylor, lowing ASU to apply for the larger grant and online, which could potentially lead Jim and Dana Glossbrenner, Johnell Vincent, San Angelo Kara Garlitz, Eldorado Meghan Pace, San Angelo Steve and Marsha Arvedson, Houston San Angelo San Angelo James Waterbury, Madison, Wis. Chancey Garza, Grand Junction, Colo. Mark and Marsha Pape, Fredericksburg and enabling the university to address to faculty from both schools teaching on Kyle and Pam Box, San Angelo Marc and Karissa Gonzales, Cornelius and Michelle Chinn, Brian and Doxie Watson, Midland Susan Golden, Roswell, N.M. James and Blossom Parry, San Angelo Larry Clark, Richmond Washington, D.C. San Angelo some of the issues students face when their counterparts’ campuses. Sue and Richard Way, San Angelo Scott and Maricela Gray, San Antonio Maj. Sean and Christie Partee, Grapevine Monti and Lisa Eady, San Angelo Wes and Laren Green, San Angelo Mark Cooper, San Angelo Marc and Karissa Willhite, Gary and Frances E. Grogan, Greg and Gina Pecina, San Angelo transferring from Howard to Angelo State. “That is also a really important con­ Richard and Debra Farr, San Angelo Charles and Donna Hall, Bangs Washington, D.C. Col. John and Elaine Diggins III, San Angelo San Angelo Ryan and Shana Pelzel, Katy “A lot of our students start at Howard cept,” Blount said, “to work with How­ C.B. Franke, San Angelo Courtney Hargis, Kerrville Dr. Noel and Jacqueline Williams, Ramiro Guzman, Del Rio Gilbert and Sylvia Gallegos, Paul and Melissa Perner, Ozona Ronald and Carol Harrison, David and Jo Nell Harlow, San Angelo Franklin, Ky. Charlie Hall, Georgetown or other community colleges,” said Dr. Kit ard College as a partner rather than as San Angelo Fred Petmecky, San Antonio San Angelo Grady Harlow, San Angelo Dr. Kelly and Lesa Wilson, San Angelo Dan and Anne Hamilton, San Angelo Ric and Pilar Henry, San Angelo Byron and Sara Pfeifer, Stockdale Price Blount, senior research scientist and a competitor.” Lt. Gen. Ronnie D. and Joey and Lezlye Henderson Jr., Rodney and Betty Winn, San Angelo George and Gayle Hamilton, Devine Jim and Kim Jones, San Angelo Faron and Barbi Pfeiffer, San Angelo Maria Hawkins, Washington, D.C. Christoval Nelson and Elizabeth Word, Jeff and Mindy Hamilton, Lubbock STEM grant project director, “so transfer­ A steering committee oversees the Tyler Jones, San Angelo Clark Pfluger, San Angelo Steve and Lisa Holifield Jr., Midland David and Carol Herreman, Lewisville San Angelo Shawn Hancock, Irving Audrey Hubbartt, San Angelo Michael and Lisa Phillips, Spring ring is a big issue. So, one position we will implementation of both grants, and proj­ Takeo Ishimasa, Eatontown, N.J. Ferd and Cindy Hoefs, San Angelo Dr. Pat Hanford, Lubbock Joseph and Audrey Medley, Debrah Powell, San Angelo Robert and Jean Ann LeGrand, Joe and Jenny Hoelle, San Angelo ACCESS ASU Todd Harper, Cibolo create is a HSI STEM transfer and articu­ ect directors Muñoz and Blount serve on San Angelo San Angelo Laurin and Sharon Prather, San Angelo Virginia Hunt-Edmiston, Murphy Hope Alexander, San Angelo Edgar Harris, San Angelo Allen and Mesha Millsap Jr., Robert Mims, San Angelo Jeffrey and Tonya Rainey, San Angelo lation specialist, who will focus on creat­ the committee to coordinate their activi­ Col. (Ret) Joe Hurst, Boerne Pat Barton, San Angelo David and Katie Harrison, San Angelo San Antonio Royce and Tana Pyssen, San Angelo Dr. Joseph C. and Barbara Rallo, San Angelo Jim and Dorothy Kramer, Dianna Cain, San Angelo George and Sande Harrison, ing STEM degree articulation agreements ties and to ensure that the grant resourc­ John Norman, Houston Byron and Belinda Sawyer, C.A. and Shirley Roberson, Cibolo Shavano Park Jorge Chavez, San Angelo San Angelo Lloyd and Sheri Norris, San Angelo San Angelo Dick and Mary Robertson, San Angelo starting with Howard College, and then es are maximized. Dale Land, Midland John and Hilary Choate, San Angelo Carlynn Hicks, Boerne Eric and Kimberly Peterson, Paul and Molly Swets, San Angelo Willie Ruiz, San Angelo Lorenzo and Leslie Lasater, Roger Collins, San Angelo Jean Hierholzer, Kerrville we will extend that model to other com­ “I’m part of her committee, she’s part San Angelo San Angelo Will and Brendy Welch, San Angelo Dr. Michael and Tara Salisbury, San Angelo Cayce Cowan, San Angelo Shirley Hodges, Snyder munity colleges.” of my steering committee,” Muñoz said. Jim and Marion Ratcliff, Georgetown Lanny and Joni Layman, San Angelo Scott and D’Laine Westmoreland, David Samuelson, Abilene Patrick Dunagan, San Angelo Tod Hoelscher, Ballinger Beth Stringer, San Angelo San Angelo Dawn Sanders, San Angelo Dr. Justin Louder, Lubbock Edgar Dunn, San Angelo Jeffrey and Dianne Holbrook, A second component of the HSI-STEM “We are really just trying to make sure ev­ Steve and Susan Timms, Humble J. Mike and Ruth Wheeler, San Angelo Bryan and Maria Scarlett, San Angelo Dr. W. Bonham and Marcille Marco Escobar, San Angelo Universal City Lloyd and Sheri Woodfin, Jr., Norm Schaule, Canyon Lake grant funding is renovation of several sci­ eryone is doing the right thing, but what Magness, Houston Jody and Corina Fauley, San Angelo Dr. E. James and Bobbie Holland, SILVER San Angelo Doyle and Lynn Schniers, San Angelo Dr. Brian and Patti May, San Angelo Angelo and Becca Flores, Christoval San Angelo ence labs in ASU’s Vincent Nursing-Physi­ is going to help her grant is the year’s ex­ Dr. Ross Alexander, San Angelo Jeff and Amy McCormick, San Angelo Gordon and Jackie Schrank, St. Cloud, Minn. Doran Gaston, San Angelo CENTURY CLUB Roy Ivey and Dr. Sarah Logan, cal Science Building and Cavness Science perience we’ve had with our initial HSI Maurice Archer and Barbara James and Maureen Meador, San Angelo Gene Schweizer, Robert Lee Yantis and Sheryl Green, San Angelo Amanda Abanilla, Euless Alford-Archer, Lamesa Christoval Joanne Jones, Lubbock Kenny Scudder, Odessa Building, including smart classroom tech­ grant so we can share what is going to be Sara Halfmann, San Angelo Donald and Jean Abell, San Angelo Bob and Trudy Ballentine, San Angelo Mike and Brenda Morris, San Angelo Kathryn Kelly, Austin J. Keith and Debra Shahan, San Saba Aaron Hargett, San Angelo John and Sharon Alexander, nology, modern microscopes, laptop com­ required of them.” Clayton Boling, San Angelo Charles and Shirley Morton, Dr. LeeRoy and Betty Kiesling, Steven Shelton Sr., League City David Heath, San Angelo San Angelo Gary and Leslee Bowen, San Angelo San Angelo San Angelo Lt. Col. Lisa Shoemaker, Bellevue, Neb. puters and nuclear magnetic resonance In the end, though, the greatest help Mark and Selina Jackson, San Angelo Glenn and Michelle Anderson, Crane Lane and Elaine Bowen, Mathis Carrol Nokes, Arlington Kent and Nevie Lacy, San Angelo Steve and Linda Simmons, Bedford David Jacobo, San Angelo Nita Archer, San Angelo (NMR) spectroscopy equipment. will be for the ASU students, regardless of Dr. Russ and Frances Boyles, Odessa Greg Ochs, Dallas Jerry Lee, Bedford Blaine and Terri Smith, San Angelo Stephen Keating, San Angelo William Archer, San Angelo LeRoy Olsak, San Angelo Deb Lewis, San Antonio Clarence Smith, Arlington “Howard College also has a significant ethnicity, who will be touched by the HSI Pamela Lee, San Angelo M.V. and Lizbeth Armour, Midland Engedi Parmer, San Angelo Valerie Lopez, Uvalde Wesley and Carey Smithson, Midland Mario Luna, San Angelo Stratton and Jean Beesley Sr., piece of the grant for lab equipment for grants, either in the support programs they Dr. David and Judy Loyd Jr., Timothy and Lauren Stone, Southlake Lori Manship, San Angelo San Angelo San Angelo Perwira Suprobo, Waco teaching both on its San Angelo campus utilize, the upgraded labs they take cours­ Scott and Sueann Martin, San Angelo Eugene Berger, San Angelo Jane Lunn, Sandia Park, N.M. Phillip and Sharon Templeton, San Angelo Fernando Martinez, San Angelo Erin Berthiaume, Converse and Big Spring campus,” Blount said. es in or the success they have in staying in Glenda Maddox, Tennyson Bruce and Tammy Truesdale, San Antonio Dr. John and Valerie Matthews, Michael and Dr. Jaynell Bodine, Gary and Gretchen Massingill, Lt. Col. Bobby and Deborah Vance, San Antonio “That is important because faculty at school and completing their degrees. San Angelo Sterling City Plainview Stephen and Susan Vanhoozer, San Angelo Michael McCammon, San Angelo David Boswell, Austin Howard and ASU will be working togeth­ “Our results after the first full year Harold May, Spur Richard and Mary Vaughan, Lubbock Amy Morgan, San Angelo Merl and Becky Brandon, Miles Jerry and Sandra Mayo, Palestine Mason Vaughan, Eldorado er to align the courses that we have in of ASU’s initial HSI grant have been very Phil and Susan Neighbors, San Angelo Kathleen Brasfield, San Angelo Dr. Mack and Dixie McCoulskey, Dr. Tommy and LaJan Walter, Jacksonville, Fla. Linda Norris, San Angelo Brandon Bredemeyer, Odessa common. College algebra would be an ex­ good,” Muñoz said. “Based on where we San Angelo Mindy Warren, Midland Linda Patrick, Plano Tim and Bonnie Brewster, Eden Tommy McCulloch, Jr., Wichita Falls Dr. Amanda Weitz-Marshall, San Antonio ample of this along with the introductory were as a university from a budgetary Gerald Ratliff, San Angelo Sarah Burnett, Providence Village Dale and Ellen McDonald, San Angelo Brandon and Erin Whitford, San Angelo Edward Robles, San Angelo Steve and Rosemary Calvert, chemistry and biology course sequences.” standpoint and what we needed in re­ T. Dean and Lisa McInturff, San Angelo Dr. Whitney Whitworth, Monticello, Ark. Michael Sage, San Angelo San Angelo Dean and Suzette McIntyre, Mary Wilkerson, San Angelo “They will work to align the STEM sources to improve the opportunity for Robert Salas, San Angelo Van Carson, San Angelo San Angelo Elene Wilson, San Angelo Ryon Sanders, Eden Glen and Marcie Carter, Midland courses that students take at Howard, but our students’ success, the timing of the Rick McKinney, San Angelo Kimberly Woods, Houston Garry and Cathy Sitz, Midland Steve and Kay Castle, Midland . Roy and Carolynn McNelly, Rowena Eric Zeitler, Bulverde then come to ASU and don’t have the same HSI grants could not have been better.”

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