Snapshot
Football reunion, Austin alumni mixer, alumni picnic, Houston alumni mixer, 1895 Society reception, Winspear Gala concert, Bill Nye reception, and Bill Lively dinner.
Students Help Students
The Student Alumni Association helped aerospace engineering sophomore Mariah Bacchus survive finals last fall. Bacchus picked up one of the SAA’s MavPack kits, which included study tips, snacks, school supplies, and other items to help students ace their final exams. A portion of the proceeds from kit sales benefits the Alumni Association Scholarship Fund.
Caring Heart
Sada Herrera ’06 is devoting her life to addressing Sierra Leone’s overwhelming need for medical and dental care. “It’s hard to imagine that this country has six million people but only 75 registered physicians and only eight dentists,” the nursing graduate says. Herrera and her husband, Gabriel, a dentist, have spent more than a year and a half in the West African nation as part […]
Global Impact
Lo Daniels ’05 understands the power of education to transform lives. Last year the interdisciplinary studies graduate began teaching first grade at the Mayatan Bilingual School (MBS)in the western highlands town of Copán Ruina, Honduras. Using foreign teachers to teach in English and Honduran teachers to teach in Spanish, MBS offers preschool through “colegio” classes to about 300 children. Honduras is one of the poorest […]
