1999 Chris Cunningham
(BFA, Art) operates Chris Cunningham Studios and works in glass, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, and other art. Noted: June 29, 2011
1999 Sheri Campbell-Husband
(MPA) is city administrator in Hudson Oaks, Texas. She previously served in administration positions for the city of Burleson. Noted: June 29, 2011
1997 Kimberly Trahan
(BA, Broadcast Communication) owns Unleashed L.A. Pet Sitting Services. Noted: June 29, 2011
1997 Ben Renner
(’97 BA, English; ’02 MEd) is an assistant principal at Jobe Middle School in Mansfield. Noted: June 29, 2011
1997 Bret Jimerson
(’97 BS, Interdisciplinary Studies; ’05 Superintendent Certificate) is superintendent for the Willis Independent School District in Willis, Texas. Previously, he was deputy superintendent in Grand Prairie. Noted: June 29, 2011
1997 Lexey Bartlett
(’97 MA, Humanities; ’05 PhD, Literature) received tenure and was promoted to associate professor at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kan. Noted: June 29, 2011
1996 Richard Singleton
(BA, History) has been named executive director of the State of Texas At-Risk and Runaway Youth program, a Round Rock-based counseling, foster care, emergency shelter, and homeless/runaway youth initiative. He had been director of counseling services for STARRY since May 2008. Noted: June 29, 2011
2003 Mark Ramirez
(MA, Interdisciplinary Science) is principal at Molina High School in Dallas. Noted: June 29, 2011
2003 Danny McKonnen
(BM, Music) is in the music doctoral program at Harvard. His group, Debo Band, has recorded CDs and performs regularly in the Boston area. The band incorporates the sounds of traditional Ethiopian music with the style of the present generation. Noted: June 29, 2011
2003 Kathryn D. Brown
(MM, Music with an artist certificate in orchestral conducting) is working on her dissertation at Boston University. She is founding artistic director of the New Texas Symphony Orchestra in Dallas. Noted: June 29, 2011
2002 Meghna Virick
(PhD, Business Administration) was co-principal investigator for a published report that examined factors that help and hinder employees’ telecommuting possibilities. She is a research associate for the San Jose, Calif.-based Mineta Transportation Institute. Noted: June 29, 2011
2002 Lisa Van Gemert
(’02 BA, English; ’05 MEdT) is gifted youth specialist for American Mensa in Arlington. She develops programs and resources for Young Mensa members and gifted youth nationwide. Noted: June 29, 2011
2007 Amy Knoll
(MPA, Urban and Public Affairs) graduated from the Leadership Command College of the Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas. An administrative sergeant for the Cleburne Police Department, she has been with the CPD for 16 years. Noted: June 29, 2011
2007 Brianna Hinojosa-Flores
(MBA) is the first Hispanic woman to serve on the Coppell City Council. She is a patent attorney at Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry smartphone. Noted: June 29, 2011
2006 Michael A. Hill
(MEd) is principal at Seguin High School in Arlington. Noted: June 29, 2011
2006 Lori Donovan
(MSN, Nursing Administration) is interim chief nursing officer at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital. She will continue to serve as director of surgical services. She is also neurosurgery coordinator at Texas Health Arlington Memorial and surgery manager at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hurst-Euless-Bedford. Noted: June 29, 2011
2006 Bradley Bolick
(MM, Music Education) is completing his residency in the education doctoral program at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor. Noted: June 29, 2011
2005 Chris Sias
(’05 BS, Architecture; ’07 MArch) is a registered architect at Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, an architectural and engineering design firm in Lubbock. Noted: June 29, 2011
2005 Nathan Piller
(BBA, Management) was named 2010 Rookie of the Year at Merritt Hawkins & Associates, a health care corporation in Irving. Noted: June 29, 2011
2005 Jae G. Kim
(PhD, Biomedical Engineering) has been hired as an assistant professor at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. He starts in September. Noted: June 29, 2011
2005 Wendell Joubert
(MEd) is interim principal at Worley Middle School in Mansfield. Noted: June 29, 2011
2004 Steven Xiao
(EMBA), managing director of Hanlong Mining Investment Pty. Ltd. in Lakewood, Colo., was named to the company’s board of directors. He also serves as executive director for Moly Mines, an Australian-based resources company. Noted: June 29, 2011
2004 Saket Karajgikar
(’04 MS, ’10 PhD, Mechanical Engineering) is an applications engineer at Future Facilities Inc. in San Jose, Calif. Noted: June 29, 2011
2004 Ronen Cuperman
(’04 BS, Psychology; ’08 MS, Psychology; ’10 PhD, Experimental Psychology) is a data analyst for Cogent Research, a marketing research/consulting firm in Cambridge, Mass. His duties include data collection, survey programming, and data management/manipulation. Noted: June 29, 2011
2004 Matthew T. Caldwell
(MS, Health Care Administration) is chief executive officer for the Dallas Regional Medical Center in Mesquite. He has served as chief operating officer with the Sierra Medical Center in El Paso and the Valley Regional Medical Center in Brownsville and as vice president of patient care services with Baylor Medical Center in Waxahachie. Noted: June 29, 2011
2008 Andrew Knaus
(BA, Broadcast Communication; BA, Economics) is a reporter at KTTC-TV in Rochester, Minn., after previously working as a television reporter in Helena, Mont. Noted: June 29, 2011
2008 Collette Jacquot
(’08 MS, Psychology; ’09 PhD, Experimental Psychology) is dean of Strayer University in Baltimore. After her initial year of training, she will be assigned to a campus in the Arlington-Fort Worth-Dallas area. Noted: June 29, 2011
2008 Sam Hinojosa
(MEngr, Civil Engineering) received the 2011 Edmund Friedman Young Engineer of the Year award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. He is a project engineer at Halff Associates, a full-service engineering firm based in Richardson. Noted: June 29, 2011
2008 Jordan “JD” Dixon
(’08 BS, Architecture; ’10 MArch), an architectural intern at Secord & Lebow Architects, LLP, in Wichita Falls, was one of four members of Rotary District 5790 selected to experience the customs and vocational practices of New Zealand and Tahiti in March through Rotary International’s Group Study Exchange. Noted: June 29, 2011
