The University of Texas at San Antonio
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The 2011
University Excellence
Awards Ceremony
april 12, 2011, 2 p.m.
University Center III, Ballroom (uc 1.104)
Greetings AnD presentAtion oF Awards
RicaRdo Romo, President
University excellence Awards recipients
Kristina E. Leh
The Rising Star Award
Marcel Perret-Gentil
The Leadership Award
Laboratory Animal Resources Center
The Team Spirit Award
Luis M. Zorrilla Melendez
The Extra Mile Award
Daniel M. Peña
Order of the Roadrunner Award
Dr. Richard Gambitta Dr. Manuel Diaz
The Richard S. Howe Excellence in Service To
Undergraduate Students Award
2010 — 2011 University excellence Awards
35 YEARS
Jesse T. Zapata
30 YEARS
Mana Wajarakorn
25 YEARS
Arturo A. Arizola
Gerard M. Bustos
Craig H. Evans
Jorge J. Hinojosa
Noe F. Hinojosa
John Hooper Jr.
Robert L. Robinson
Thomas F. Shelton
20 YEARS
Suzanne R. Barker
Sally C. Bench
Fiorenza A. Bruni
Erlinda A. Castillo
George Constantinides
Juan Contreras
Kevin A. Cooley
Lona P. George
Terri L. Gerondale
Patsy A. Harborth
Tom C. Herrera
Barbara I. Jakubowski
Lisa A. Jurgajtis
Kerry L. Kennedy
George L. Martinez
Raymond P. Mauldin
Robert M. McKinley
Guillermo I. Mendez
Robert E. Peek
Katherine A. Pope
Francis M. Solorio
Robert Velasquez
Cynthia A. White
15 YEARS
Mark A. Abrego
Terry A. Allison
Douglas P. Atkinson
Daniel H. Byrd
John C. Chismar
Dennis L. Coffman
Diane Crosby
Donna Edmondson
David L. Gabler
Virginia L. Garcia
Jennifer M. Gibbons
Sara I. Giron
Robert Granado Jr.
Felix Hernandez
Sylvia Hernandez
Esther L. Keyes
Lee Lopez
Myrtle B. Macdonald
Juan M. Macias
Annie E. Maynes
Mario Medina
Irene L. Mireles
Elizabeth T. Mitchell
Bruce K. Moses
Donna G. Nanny
Benito I. Ochoa
Anna E. Paccione
William Ramos
Terri G. Reynolds
Frances J. Riojas
Hermina A. Simpson
Lloyd M. Swartz
Gail P. Taylor
LeaAnn Thomas
Beth A. Wichman
Blanca Y. Ybarra-Valdez
10 YEARS
Matthew Anderson
Jose L. Arredondo
Michael L. Barnett
Timothy E. Bergauer
Rae Blair
Michelle M. Brann
Katherine Calucci
Thomas J. Calucci
Elizabeth Carter
Lisa M. Casillas-Alonzo
Andrew Castillo
Ernesto Chapa Villanueva
Irene B. Coad
Carolyn K. Cochran
Susan Colorado-Burt
Rene B. Colunga
Diane L. Cordova
Carol A. Cox
Victoria A. Cruz
Elizabeth D. Dalton
Cynthia Davis
Annette G. Diaz
Shirley P. Domyancic
Nelda S. Ellerbee
Cindy Veanize Espinoza
Wendell E. Fuqua
Yanet Gomez
Daniel G. Gonzalez
Jayne E. Gonzalez
Sylvia Gonzalez
Paul A. Goodman
Julius M. Gribou
Peter Hemond
Leonor G. Hernandez
Sonia D. Hernandez
Angelina Hoefle
Dean A. Jones
John D. Kaulfus
Paul R. Krueger
Ruben S. Lopez
Rebecca Luther
David J. Marshall
Sheryl S. McDonald
Nanette Y. McKinney
Ryan H. McMahan
Cheryel A. McMaster
Paul G. Melendez
Sandra L. Middlebrook
Elli M. Mitchell
Peter C. Morales
Victoria O’Connor
Christopher G. Ortega
Carmen Ortegon
Elizabeth C. Ortiz
Roger M. Pereida
Marta J. Petiton
Shashi B. Pinheiro
James D. Price
Michele D. Rench
Deborah L. Rivers
Angelika Rocha
Kris E. Rodriguez
Monica Rodriguez
Dana S. Rozelle
Karen M. Sanchez
Georgette Sano
Richard E. Schlueter
Cynthia A. Schweers
Frank Segura Jr.
Cons Silvestri-Shellhorn
Casey W. Sisco
Luna D. Taroc
Gladys R. Terrell
Geronimo L. Torres
Teresa Torres
Elizabeth C. Trevino
Guadalupe Vasquez III
Alexander Ward
Sherry Whitmore
Kathy A. Wilkins
Venetta P. Williams
Wendy L. Witt
Yangming Xiao
5 YEARS
Eva Alderete
Tracy L. Alderete
Noel G. Alvarez
Marlon D. Anderson
Ruben I. Arciniega
Emily R. Arriaga
James I. Aviles
Darrell C. Balderrama
Stephen Ballard
Janet Langnas Barnett
Hilda Hernandez Barrera
Steven A. Barrera
Elizabeth Bay
Irene M. Behrends
Rhea A. Bergauer
Ernesto Hern Bertadillo
Rachel Blanquiz
Kristin Boeker
Martha J. Bohrer
Monica M. Bowden
James W. Boyd
Denise Christine Boyett
Christopher H. Breeding
Dalin A. Bruns
Edward J. Burns Jr.
Melanie Seaman Burris
Patricia Cardenas
Berenice Carmona
Vanessa M. Carter
Phillip Casarez
Tammy L. Casas
Amada L. Castillo
Sylvia A. Castillo
Heather Castro
Jesse T. Chavez
Lisa C. Chavez
Michelle Cheatham
Brandon Childers
Ruth A. Coates
Daniel M. Contreras
Sylvia Contreras
Kirsten Corda
Brian S. Cordeau
Matthew L. Crist
Wanda A. Crotty
Beatriz A. Cuevas
Maria I. Cuevas
Mark R. Darland
Marco A. De Leon
Jenny R. De Los Santos
Dainon C. Deviney
Robin P. Diamond
Nathaniel J. Divito
Ramana Dodla
Kendal K. Draycott
Carmelita T. Dunbar
Tina A. Elkins
Israel Falcon
Michael A. Fernandez
Valerie M. Flores
Nathan H. Flory
Anne Wilson Folmar
Heather M. Foster
Karina Galindo
Priscilla Galvan
Erica Garcia
Pricilla A. Garcia
Ruben T. Garcia
Minerva R. Garcia-Delgado
Celia M. Garza
Rosa E. Garza
James Gerhardt
Sondra M. Gervasi
Gladys Gibbs
Shirley D. Glass
Carla M. Gomez
Patricia A. Gonzales
Alejandra M. Gonzalez
Ana Gonzalez
Armando Gonzalez
John M. Grafton
Yadira B. Gutierrez
Sylvia Vassell Hanley
Jesse P. Hernandez
Martha G. Hernandez
Omar Hernandez
Evaristo Hinojosa
Joseph E. Howard
Janet Hughes
Jennette Hughes
Nancy J. Hughes
Marisol E. Johnson
Lisa J. Johnston
Kimberly A. Juchnik-Kyle
Jeffrey E. Kantor
Sharon E. Kavanaugh
Janice H. Kemp
Sherree D. Kessler
Christopher W. Kibbe
2010 — 2011 University excellence awards
Carol Ann Klint
Cary E. Kopecky
Terri L. Kurpgeweit
Kandis Larkey
Ana Isabel Leos
Weidang Li
Joseph R. LoBrutto
Cynthia Lopez
Randall R. Lott
Maria G. Macias
James MacMillan
Manuel J. Maldonado III
Charlie K. Mallard
George A. Marez
Jane C. Markland
Jim Massaro
Mike Matamoros
Edwina McCarter
Mark D. McCoy
Jan Wilson McKinney
Alan Meers
Cristalina F. Molina
Rodney Mullins
Jessica B. Muniz
Laura J. Munroe
Tracy R. Myers
Clifton W. Neely
Yuek Nam Ng
David M. Noriega
Juan A. Noval
Edward Ortega
Amy L. Ossola-Phillips
Melissa G. Ozuna
Aaron S. Parks
Teresa G. Pena
James R. Pendleton
Abel J. Perez
Cynthia A. Perez
Frederico A. Perez
Jason B. Perez
Kimberly R. Perez
Kristee D. Phelps
Paula A. Pino Tamayo
Julia Martinez Poo
Joel A. Powell
Rick Ramirez
Vanessa F. Ramos
Sylvia Rayko
Paul M. Remmert
Mary E. Riedel
David J. Riker
Jorge L. Rizo Jr.
James R. Robisheaux
Ana K. Rodriguez
Kimberly J. Rolf
Catina M. Rover
Roger Saldana
Albert Ortiz Salgado
Jaime Sanchez
Mikel T. Sanders
William L. Sanders
Michael J. Sarra Jr.
Jamie E. Satterwhite
Ruth A. Schaller
Tara M. Schmidt
Richard J. Sifuentes
Janina Skarke
Sandra Lee Smith
Michael J. Steabman
Suzanne M. Stokes
James W. Strahan
Amy M. Strong
Patricia B. Suarez
Randolph Todd
Blanch S. Torres
Daniel Garcia Torres
Janette M. Torres
Mark A. Vale
Alfonzo Villarreal
Brian A. Villarreal
Zhiwei Wang
Gabrielle K. Ward
Kimberly S. West
Claudia R. White
Evangelina Williams
Lynn S. Yakubik
Mike A. Zucker
Award Nominees
Order of the
Roadrunner
Erika M. Cox
Lona P. George
Martha A. Luna
Juan M. Macias
Bruce K. Moses
Daniel M. Peña
Reina P. Vargas
Rising Star Award
Theresa M. Barnhart
Tabitha A. Byrne
Robert Daniel
Andrew Denzer
Tiffany R. Freeman
Peggy A. Garner
Rachel H. Griffey
Hilda Guajardo
Jared G. Jones
Terri J. Krakower
Kristina E. Leh
Agustin Llano
Irene Maldonado
Sharon L. Parker
Yvonne Pena
Tiffany J. Schmidt
Diana Valle
Lauren N. West
Extra Mile Award
Candace M. Bass
Margaret V. Boullosa
Sue Ann Brooks
Sylvia A. Campos
Jessica T. Chavez
Cammie Diaz
Christopher J. Goldsberry
Carla M. Gomez
Lisa A. Jurgajtis
Rosalinda Luera
Diana Martinez
Maria-Tamara Popescu
Iliana Rodriguez
Joe A. Quintanilla
Richard E. Schlueter
Leland E. Shores
Amy M. Strong
Zenia D. Trevino
Reina P. Vargas
Vicki L. Weber
Venetta P. Williams
Luis M. Zorrilla Melendez
Leadership Award
Daniel Ayala
Eric K. Cooper
Clay Haverland
Joseph “Joe” L. Martin
Wendy R. McCoy
Marcel I. Perret-Gentil
Raul “Rudy” A. Reyna
The Team Spirit Award
Abby L. Ibarra
Donald E. Atkins
Jessica Kurz
Laurie A. Long
Victor E. Canseco
Lazaro M. Castro Jr.
Michelle Martinez
Rafael E. Fourquet
Wendy L. Keswater
Music Department
Steven P. Hill
Victor R. Mendiola
Cynthia “Cindy” M. Rios-Solis
Naomy A. Ybarra
Downtown Undergraduate
Michelle Baland
Deborah A. Benavides
Marcus D. Dlugosz
Heather H. Finkel
Marcella M. Guerrero
Tia D. Kofahl
Ruby Rodriguez
Maria Villarreal
Sarai Zamora
Melissa M. Zepeda
Educational Leadership &
Policy Studies and
College of Education &
Human Development
Lisa C. Chavez
Michael P. Logan
Elisha A. Reynolds
Laboratory Animal
Resources Center (LARC)
Donnie E. Atkins
Victor E. Canseco
Lazaro M. Castro
Rafael E. Fourquet
Abby L. Ibarra
Wendy L. Keswater
Jessica S. Kurz
Laurie A. Long
Michelle Martinez
College of Business,
Office of Graduate
Studies and Research
James I. Aviles
Caron S. Kiley
Tammy R. McDaniel
Peter C. Morales
Melissa G. Ozuna
Katherine A. Pope
E.P.I.C. Journey Team
Jarvis W. Clark
Marietta P. De La Rosa
Jennifer S. Fueglein
Zwisel M. Gandia
Melissa Hernandez
Anne L. Jimenez
Misty R. Kelley
Jan W. McKinney
Adriana Alicea Rodriguez
Todd W. Wollenzier
Blackboard Learning Team
Diana L. Amis
Jatin A. Bhavsar
Mayra Collins
Sylvia S. Hanley
Maria-Tamara Popescu
David E. Sosa
Advancement,
Development,
Marketing,
Alumni Programs
and Athletics
Lisa L. Brunsvold
David J. Deering
Anne Englert
Brian A. Fox
Jim Goodman
Shelly N. Horn
Jessica M. Lindsey
Shashi B. Pinheiro
Athena V. Vourvoulias
Michael Zahn
Retirees
Amador S. Ayala Jr
Patsy J. Berlet
Jane E. Burton
Cruz Cabello Jr
Vivian J. Coleman
Betty J. Doerr
Jill R. Elliott
Charlotte L. Ellis
Pedro G. Esquivel
Janie Garcia
Juanita A. Garcia
Angela R. Garner
Claus D. Graef
Gary R. Grimes
Maria R. Grisham
Lorraine L. Harrison
Jose G. Hernandez
Julia M. Jackson
Diana Jackson
Marilyn V. Judy
Janice C. Kelsey-Ferguson
Sharon W. Kretzer
Barbara J. Lamont
Mark A. McGregor
Phyllis A. McKenzie
Joanne J. McKinnis
Sue McManus
Mary L. McNair
Barbara Meissner
David R. Olmos
Yolanda A. Paredes
John C. Rayko
Sylvia A. Reyes
Cary Richardson
Enrique P. Rodriguez
Teresa L. Rodriquez
AWARDS SELECTION COMMITTEE
David Diaz, Chair
Deby G. Bailey
Sonia D. Hernandez
Cary E. Kopecky
Beth Manning
Laura J. Munroe
Araceli A. Pacheco
Janie L. Paschal
Eric C. Shoaf
Lorrie M. Smith
Rose C. Smith
Rose Ann San Martin
Athena V. Vourvoulias
HOWE AWARD SELECTION COMMITTEE
Catherine Herrberg
Barry McKinney
Judy Olivarez
Lupita Barrera
Jon Mosel
Damien Williams
AWARDS PLANNING COMMITTEE
David Diaz, Chair
Marlon D. Anderson
Rich Barber
Timothy J. Brownlee
Steven Corbell
Sandy J. Covarrubias
Michael J. Edwards
Ginnifer Cie Gee
Christopher Goldsberry
Martha Hinojosa
Yvonne H. Jones
Diane Mazuca
Sharmane R. Walker
Claudia R. White
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