The following is a representative collection of UHV faculty and staff accomplishments:
XAVIER GARZA-GOMEZ, MASSOMEH HAJILEE, JOHN KAGOCHI, STEPHANIE SOLANSKY and JIE YANG were named School of Business Administration Partnership Professors.
STEPHANIE SOLANSKY earned three honors from the Academy of Management for her paper, “A Self-Determination Perspective of Leadership Development.” She presented the paper at the AOM Conference in Boston.
Current and former members of the Marketing Department, which include PAULA COBLER, MELODY VECERA (2006), CARI LAZA, AMBERLEY GUTIERREZ, KEN COOKE, HARRY BASHAW (2003, 2009) and DELLA RAMPLEY, worked on projects that
earned UHV two prestigious ADDY Awards at the district level, after winning 13 at the local level. The awards recognize advertising creative excellence and are given out by the American Advertising Federation.
HAROLD SMITH won the $1,000 H. Bailey Carroll Award for the best article published in 2011 in the Texas State Historical Association’s journal. The article was titled “‘All Good Things Start with the Women’: The Origin of the Texas Birth Control Movement, 1933-1945.”
BARBA PATTON received a crystal trophy for having the top workshop at the Canada International Conference on Education. She also presented a paper at the conference.
UHV Small Business Development Center staff achieved certifications:
- LISA BARR, recertified at Business Advisor, Level IV
- KACEY LINDEMANN BUTLER, Business Advisor, Level III
- LINDSAY YOUNG, Business Advisor, Level I
- LEVI FARIAS, Business Advisor Level I
- MARY DENSMAN, Administrative Professional
EUGENIA BLOMSTROM received an Excellence in Nursing Silver Medal in the faculty category from the Good Samaritan Foundation.
DIANA LOPEZ’s book “Confetti Girl” received the 2012 William Allen White Children’s Book Award, in the middle school category.