1986 D. Mark Smith

(BBA, Marketing) was honored as outstanding regional adviser by Phi Gamma Delta. He has served as the fraternity’s section chief since 2004. Noted: March 3, 2011


1996 Ellen Verreault

(’96 BA, Interdisciplinary Studies; ’04 MEd) is principal at Diamond Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011


1996 David Scheffrahn

(BS, Mechanical Engineering) is business development director, consumer products at Motoman Robotics in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011


1996 Todd Dixon

(BM) is director of bands at Wylie High School and is Texas Music Educators Association band chairman of Region 25. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Jason Sickles

(BA, Criminal Justice) is senior editor at dallasnews.com for The Dallas Morning News. He previously worked for CBS Evening News. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Marc Puig

(’95 BS, Biology; ’07 MEd) is assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction in the Luling (Texas) Independent School District. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Ruel Macaraeg

(’95 BS, Biology; ’97 BA, Psychology; ’05 MA, Linguistics) passed the Texas bar exam and is now an attorney in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Kim Goggans

(BA, Journalism) is director of marketing for US Youth Soccer, based in Frisco. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Paul Compton

(BM) received the Distinguished Music Professor Award at Oklahoma State University, where he is an associate professor of music. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Jennifer Chamberlain

(BA, English) is a Web editor/producer for business at dallasnews.com for The Dallas Morning News. Noted: March 3, 2011


1995 Katie Burford

(MSSW) is city editor for The Durango Herald in Durango, Colo. She covers county government and has been features editor. Noted: March 3, 2011


1994 Nancy Templin

(BBA, Accounting) is chief financial officer of All Children’s Hospital in St. Petersburg, Fla. She previously held leadership positions at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. Noted: March 3, 2011


1994 Jade Andrews

(’94 BBA, Management; ’08 MS, Health Care Administration) is chief financial officer at Methodist Hospital for Surgery in Addison. Noted: March 3, 2011


1993 Robert Robinson

(BA, History) received a three-year contract extension as women’s basketball coach at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. He has been head coach since 2006, and his team posted a 24-11 record last season. At UT Arlington he was a men’s basketball student assistant coach from 1994 to 1996 and a women’s basketball assistant in 2001-02. Noted: March 3, 2011


1992 Gloria Perez

(’92 BS, ’95 MA, Criminal Justice) is a deputy chief in the Dallas Police Department. Noted: March 3, 2011


1998 Pamela Henderson

(MEd) is principal at Davis Elementary School in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011


1998 Jose Alejandro

(BSN) is president-elect of the National Association of Hispanic Nurses. A past president of the NAHN Dallas chapter, he is on the faculty at El Centro College, director of care management at WebTPA, and a doctoral student in human services at Capella University. Noted: March 3, 2011


1997 Chad Pope

(’97 BA, Journalism; ’06 MEd) is an assistant principal at Witt Elementary School in Grand Prairie. Noted: March 3, 2011


1997 David Gutierrez

(’97 BA, Spanish; ’02 MEd) is principal at South Davis Elementary School in Arlington. Noted: March 3, 2011


2000 Jose Diaz

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Wilson Elementary School in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011


2000 Tamara Caldwell

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Young Junior High School in Arlington. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 Monticee Williams

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is girls head basketball coach at Sherman High School. She played basketball at UT Arlington from 1995 to 1999. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 Matthew Opalach

(BS, Biology) is a doctor of osteopathy in the Visiting Physicians Association office in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 George Nnanna

(’99 MS; ’02 PhD, Mechanical Engineering) has been promoted to full professor at Purdue University Calumet, where he is director of the Water Institute and coordinator of the engineering graduate program. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 Paige Murphy

(BS, Interior Design) is an associate for Corgan Associates, an architectural and interior design firm based in Dallas. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 Derrell Douglas

(MEd) is principal at Timberview High School in Mansfield. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 Emma Davis

(MEd) is principal at Ellis Elementary School in Arlington. Noted: March 3, 2011


1999 Beth Brunk-Chavez

(PhD, English) is associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts at UT El Paso, where she is an associate professor of rhetoric and writing studies in the English Department. Noted: March 3, 2011


1998 Nick Torres

(’98 BA, Political Science; ’05 MEd) is principal at Clark Elementary School in Fort Worth. Noted: March 3, 2011