The following is a representative collection of UHV student and alumni accomplishments:
LAURA CALDWELL, TAYLOR HENDERSON, ELISEO OLVERA and ALBA SANCHEZ were honored with the Spirit of the Jaguar Award, which recognizes students for their integrity, respect and citizenship.
ANKUR LAROIA (2011) was promoted to senior director of OpenText’s new strategic program, Premium Account Strategy and Enterprise Architecture. OpenText is Canada’s largest software company.
Student Senate officers EMILY BERGSTROM, ASHLEIGH KELLIS-CARR (2011), PAIGE RUSCHHAUPT (2009) and BRE'NAKA “SHORTY” O’BRYANT (2012) attended the American Student Government Association’s National Summit in Washington, D.C., for
training and networking with peers from other universities.
ANGELICA YBARRA wrote an article that appeared in Texas Nursing Voice about the “80 by ’20” initiative, a recommendation by the Institute of Medicine’s Future of Nursing report to increase the number of nurses with baccalaureate degrees by 80 percent by 2020.
Students CHELCIE OLIVER, OLIVIA GRACE NEWMAN and ADAM MILLS won the British Council’s “100 Questions About Islam” blogging contest, which invited university students from around the world to share their reflections on Muslim/non-Muslim relations.
MONICA CORNETTI (2008) presented “Women Leading & Succeeding: A Day with Monica Cornetti” at UHV in conjunction with the Small Business Development Center and the Victoria Professional Express Network.
CARLA GARRETT (1983) was appointed as the new principal at Austin Elementary School in Abilene Independent School District.
BRADLEY BORSBOOM received a Houston Chronicle Salute to Nurses Award. The award, which includes a scholarship, is given to only five nursing students in the Houston area.
MANUSHI TRIVEDI scored 945 out of 1,000 points in the Capsim Management Simulation exam, putting her in the 99th percentile among exam takers from across the country. Thirteen UHV students had scores in the top 10 percent of all participants.