2009 Antwoin Smith
(BSN) was honored in May as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses. He is a nurse at the Baylor Medical Center in southwest Fort Worth. Noted: July 30, 2012
2009 Jodiann Phillips
(’09 BSN, ’11 MSN), nurse manager in the emergency department at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, has received her Nurse Executive, Advanced-Board Certified credentials. One of the first graduates from the College of Nursing’s Academic Partnership online MSN program, she is now an academic coach for the program. Noted: July 30, 2012
2009 Vineeth Shetty Kolkeri
(MS, Electrical Engineering) is an iPhone wireless engineer for Apple Computer. Noted: July 30, 2012
2009 Michael Giannetti
(BBA, Finance) was promoted to partner with the Fort Worth firm of New York Life Insurance Co. He has worked in the financial services industry for six years. Noted: July 30, 2012
2009 Robert Earley
(MS, Health Care Administration) was elected vice chairman of the board of directors for Leaders and Executives Advocating Diversity. He is chief executive officer of the JPS Health Network in Fort Worth and previously was a member of the Texas House of Representatives. Noted: July 30, 2012
2009 Enrique Baez
(BS, Civil Engineering) is a resident engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan. He is responsible for 30 projects valued at approximately $200 million. Noted: July 30, 2012
2009 Bess Alvarez
(BA, Criminal Justice and Criminology) has been admitted to the master’s program in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She received a teaching assistantship with a stipend and tuition waiver. Noted: July 30, 2012
2008 Rodney White
(MEd) is principal at the Young Men’s Leadership Academy in the Fort Worth Independent School District. Noted: July 30, 2012
2008 Ann Hui-Yen Wang
(PhD, Linguistics) is an assistant professor in the Department of English at Wenzao Ursuline College of Languages in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Noted: July 30, 2012
2008 Abanish Singh
(PhD, Computer Science Engineering) is a postdoctoral fellow in the Goldstein Lab at the Duke University School of Medicine’s Institute for Genome Science and Policy. Noted: July 30, 2012
2008 Safwan Mahmud Khan
(MS, Computer Science) is pursuing a doctoral degree at UT Dallas. Noted: July 30, 2012
2008 Vijay Dixit
(MS, Computer Engineering) is an engineer at Garmin in Olathe, Kan., an international leader in GPS-based personal navigation devices. Noted: July 30, 2012
2008 Justin Bosworth
(BS, Civil Engineering) was named Young Engineer of the Year by the DFW Mid-Cities Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. He is a graduate engineer at Wier & Associates, an Arlington-based professional services company. Noted: July 30, 2012
2007 Mark Puig
(MEd) is superintendent of the Luling (Texas) Independent School District. Noted: July 30, 2012
2007 Jyotirmay Gadewadikar
(’03 MS, ’07 PhD, Electrical Engineering) received a three-year, $377,000 Early Career Faculty Scientific Leadership Award from the Department of Homeland Security. He is an assistant professor in the Department of Advanced Technologies at Alcorn State University Noted: July 30, 2012
2006 Nikki Slack
(’06 BA, ’10 MA, English) is teaching in the English program in Busan, South Korea. Noted: July 30, 2012
2006 Kim Sasser
(MA, English) received her Ph.D. from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland in August 2011. She is an undergraduate adviser and adjunct lecturer in the UT Arlington Department of English Noted: July 30, 2012
2012 Kristy Phillips
(MA, Communication) is marketing/sales coordinator for Heise Media Group in Bakersfield, Calif. Noted: July 30, 2012
2012 Wanda McClure
(MEd) becomes principal this fall at Amana Academy, a public charter school in Alpharetta, Ga. Noted: July 30, 2012
2012 Audie L. Johnson
(MEd) becomes an assistant principal this fall at Pearland (Texas) High School. Noted: July 30, 2012
2012 Jared Holt
(BFA, Art) received a full scholarship to the M.F.A. program at the University of Connecticut. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Paul Windle
(BFA, Art) had his work featured in a New York Times article about a notorious mob hangout in East Harlem. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Laura “Beth” Henary Watson
(MPA, Public and Urban Administration) received her Institute for Organization Management certification in nonprofit and association leadership from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She is executive director of the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce and began her second term on the Texas Association of Business board of directors. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Alexandra Torres
(MEd) is an assistant principal at Adams Middle School in Brentwood, Calif. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Andrew Talley
(BM) was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University as a graduate student in the Master of Music Performance program. He received a two-year fellowship that begins this fall. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Alan Siggers
(BA, Art) was accepted into the Maryland Institute College of Art’s M.F.A. program. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Eric Pacheco
(MEd) is an assistant principal at West Junior High School in Richardson. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Shana Owen
(MEd) is an assistant principal at Navarro Elementary School in Corsicana. Noted: July 30, 2012
2011 Erikka Neroes
(BA, Public Relations and Communication Studies) has accepted a position in the Public Affairs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System. During her final semester, she served as an intern in state Sen. Wendy Davis’ office. Noted: July 30, 2012
