1998 Matthew Cashion

(BBA, MS, Accounting) is director of financial reporting for Athlon Energy LP, an independent oil and natural gas company based in Fort Worth. Noted: December 12, 2012


1997 John Van Zanten

(MBA, Business Administration) was promoted to partner at the Whitley Penn LLP accounting firm in Fort Worth. Noted: December 12, 2012


1997 Duane Thurston

(MEd, Education in Teaching) is principal at Orr Middle School in Mansfield. Noted: December 12, 2012


1997 Sheryl Skaggs

(MA, Sociology) is an associate program head for sociology in the School of Economic, Political, and Policy Sciences at UT Dallas. Noted: December 12, 2012


1997 Kelly Hastings

(’97 BA, English; ’02 MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is principal at Young Junior High School in Arlington. Previously, she was an assistant principal at Martin High School in Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012


1997 T.L. Arnold

(BBA, Finance) is senior executive vice president and chief credit officer at OmniAmerican Bank in Fort Worth. Noted: December 12, 2012


1996 Matt Varnell

(’96 BM, ’04 MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is principal at Sherrod Elementary School in Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012


1996 Valerie T. Smith

(’96 BA, History; ’99 MA, Sociology) is dean of the Division of Mathematics, Behavioral, and Social Sciences at Bunker Hill Community College in Boston. Bunker Hill is the largest community college in Massachusetts. Noted: December 12, 2012


1996 Gary Manns

(MEdT, Education in Teaching) is elementary principal of the English-track Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation School in Shanghai, China. National Semiconductor funds the SMIC schools in China. Noted: December 12, 2012


1995 Mendy Stogsdill

(MSSW) is a social worker for Cancer Services Network in Abilene. She has more than 20 years experience as a social worker in hospital and hospice settings. Noted: December 12, 2012


1995 Michael Nagra

(BSN) is chief of the clinical modeling branch in the manpower division, program analysis and evaluation, of Army Medical Command at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. His article “Human Capital Strategy: Talent Management” appeared in the October-December 2011 US Army Medical Journal. Noted: December 12, 2012


1995 Kathleen Helms

(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Lifecare Hospital in Fort Worth. Noted: December 12, 2012


1995 Serena Connelly

(MSSW) was appointed to the North Texas Food Bank board of directors. She is vice president of the Harold Simmons Foundation. Noted: December 12, 2012


1993 Mark McClellan

(BBA, Finance) was elected to the school board of the Wylie Independent School District in Abilene. He is a consumer loan officer at First Financial Bank in Abilene and a former golf club pro. Noted: December 12, 2012


1992 Jeanne Pakele-Curtis

(’92 MEd, Speech; ’01 MEd, Educational Administration) is principal at Miller Elementary School in Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012


1992 Shelly Cole Hye

(BFA, Art) opened Elm Street Studio, an art gallery, creative studio, and event venue in Keller. Noted: December 12, 2012


1991 Shannon Lynd

(BA, English) was selected Teacher of the Year at Arlington’s Pope Elementary School, where she teaches first grade. Noted: December 12, 2012


1990 Bruce Winders

(MA, History) is a historian and curator at the Alamo in San Antonio. Noted: December 12, 2012


1990 Cynthia Kling

(BA, History) was named Texas Region VII Secondary Teacher of the Year. She teaches art and drawing and serves as prom coordinator and one-act play assistant director at Athens High School in Athens, Texas. Noted: December 12, 2012


1990 Suzanne Dudek

(’90 BA, History-Elementary Education; ’00 MEd, Educational Administration) is a 2012 Impact Grant Recipient in the Arlington Independent School District. Recipients are educators with creative ideas and innovative projects. She teaches at Amos Elementary School. Noted: December 12, 2012


1989 Debra Rundles

(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Medical Center of Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012


1989 Angie Moss

(BBA, Accounting) is an audit partner at Sanford, Baumeister & Frazier LLP in Fort Worth. Previously, she was audit department head for the Travis Wolff regional accounting firm in Dallas. Noted: December 12, 2012


1989 Larry Beaver

(’89 BA, Criminal Justice; ’00 BA, Spanish) is principal at Berry Elementary School in Arlington. Previously, he was an assistant principal at Remynse Elementary School in Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012


1988 Anthony Odiorne

(BBA, Finance) is one of seven people appointed to the Governing Board of the Texas Indigent Defense Commission by Gov. Rick Perry. He lives in Georgetown and is an assistant public defender at West Texas Public Defender. Noted: December 12, 2012


2005 Yan Wing Sit

(BBA, Marketing) is a global sample and program deployment officer for Avery Denison Corp. in Hong Kong. Noted: December 12, 2012


2005 David B. Palmer

(BS, Architecture) is a project designer for Baskervill, an architectural firm in Richmond, Va. Noted: December 12, 2012


2005 Lisa Mann

(’05 BA, Speech; ’11 MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Arlington High School. Noted: December 12, 2012


2005 Hetal Bhatt

(MS, Civil Engineering) is a traffic engineer for the city of Arlington. Noted: December 12, 2012


2004 Willie Wimbrey

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Lillard Intermediate School in Mansfield. Noted: December 12, 2012