Class Notes

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2012

Collin Hover

(MFA, Visual Communication) will begin a tenure-track assistant professor position at the University of South Dakota this fall. He published a chapter in Biologically Inspired Computing for the Arts: Scientific Data through Graphics.

Jared Holt

(BFA, Art) received a full scholarship to the M.F.A. program at the University of Connecticut.

Kristy Phillips

(MA, Communication) is marketing/sales coordinator for Heise Media Group in Bakersfield, Calif.

Monica Nagy

(BA, Journalism) works for The Eagle in Bryan-College Station as part of the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Association’s Buster Haas Minority Internship Program.

Aubree McFadden

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a producer for the Nightlight shows on KLTY-FM in Dallas.

Wanda McClure

(MEd) becomes principal this fall at Amana Academy, a public charter school in Alpharetta, Ga.

Audie L. Johnson

(MEd) becomes an assistant principal this fall at Pearland (Texas) High School.

Ginger Slavens

(BBA, Marketing) works in sales for Home Depot in Arlington.

Leslie Similly

(PhD, English) is a visiting assistant professor at Oklahoma State University.

Andrea Robins

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Boles Junior High School in Arlington.

Katie Palmquist

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Keene Elementary School in Keene, Texas.

Jason Holt

(BA, Linguistics) is president of Global Metaphase LLC, a language service provider in Arlington.

M. Kate Helmes

(BFA, Art) had her work featured in the Cohn Drennan Contemporary art gallery’s 2012 Summer Group Exhibition in Dallas. She creates fabric sculptures.

Lori Dunham

(BBA, Real Estate) is a permit coordinator in the design/engineering department for Time Warner Cable in Coppell. She works with cities, contractors, and utilities on expansion of the company’s network.

Derrick Crowder

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) was named Teacher of the Year at Cypress Creek High School and Secondary Teacher of the Year for the Cypress Creek Independent School District. His “Generation Green” project received national and local media coverage.

2011

Samantha Brittenham

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Forest Oak Middle School in Fort Worth.

Martin Cardenas

(BA, Mathematics) was selected to participate as a National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholar in the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual conference in Washington, D.C., in July.

Kayla Danielle Crooks

(MSSW) works with autistic children for Mental Health Mental Retardation of Tarrant County.

Maria de la Torre

(BA, Broadcast Communication/Public Relations) is attending graduate school at the University of Colorado.

Andrew Farr

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Monnig Middle School in Fort Worth.

Matthew G. Fisher

(MA, Communication Speech) is communications manager for multimedia with the American Heart Association.

Adam Gray

(MEd) splits time as an assistant principal at Hedrick and Peter’s Colony elementary schools in Lewisville.

Stacie Humbles

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Butler Elementary School in Arlington.

Rebekah Karth

(BA, Public Relations) received the UT Arlington Honors College 2011-12 Bridge to Graduate School Fellowship in recognition of academic excellence. She began graduate studies in the Department of Communication in August.

Ben Kirk

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Hughes Springs Elementary School in Hughes Springs, Texas.

Elena Lopez

(Education Certificate) is an assistant principal at Pope Elementary School in Arlington.

Hillary Williams

(BA, Communication Studies) is working toward a Master of Arts in Communication degree at UT Arlington.

Colcia Williams

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Morningside Middle School in Fort Worth.

Diana Tran

(BFA, Art) was selected a fellow for Code for America, a public service group that uses the power of the Web to help governments work better. She is pursuing an MFA in graphic design at the Savannah (Ga.) College of Art and Design.

Allyson Spurgeon

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Palmer Middle School in Palmer, Texas.

Jana Spillers

(MSN) is a neonatal nurse practitioner at Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas and a clinical instructor in the UT Arlington College of Nursing.

Nivia Smith

(MEd) is principal at Bayview Elementary School in the West Contra Costa Unified School District in San Pablo, Calif.

Mecca Rayne

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a weekend anchor for KKTV Channel 11 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Previously, she anchored the morning show at KSNT Channel 27 in Topeka, Kan.

Richard Overton

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Blevins Middle School in Fort Collins, Colo. Catherine Peña (MEd) is an assistant principal at Dobie Primary School in Richardson.

Erikka Neroes

(BA, Public Relations and Communication Studies) is working toward her master’s degree in public administration at UT Arlington.

Erika McMinn

(BA, Public Relations) is an account executive at Concussion, a Fort Worth-based advertising agency. She received the Department of Communication’s 2011 Outstanding Public Relations Student Award.

Kelly McLean

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth.

Marlyn Martinez

(MEd) is vice principal at Kirkpatrick Middle School in Fort Worth.

Zack Fischer

(BS, Interdisciplinary Studies) became a professional golfer in August and won the 22nd San Antonio Open in November with a 9-under-par 135 in the 36-hole tournament. He won by three strokes and collected the $3,300 first prize. A member of UT Arlington’s Southland Conference championship team last spring, he also won the Arkansas State Open earlier in 2011. Ahsan “Ali” Kahn (BA, Public Relations) was hired for an internship with Fleishman-Hillard, an international communication agency with 80 offices worldwide. He is training in Washington, D.C., and will work on the firm’s Best Buy account in preparation for a store opening in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Jared Chism

(BA, Public Relations) works in social media for AT&T and was a featured speaker during Communication Day at UT Arlington last fall.

Susan Wilhelm Chandler

(BA, Journalism) writes press releases and produces the employee newsletter in the Communication Division of the Fort Worth Police Department.

Paul Windle

(BFA, Art) had his work featured in a New York Times article about a notorious mob hangout in East Harlem.

Laura “Beth” Henary Watson

(MPA, Public and Urban Administration) received her Institute for Organization Management certification in nonprofit and association leadership from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She is executive director of the Mineral Wells Area Chamber of Commerce and began her second term on the Texas Association of Business board of directors.

Alexandra Torres

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Adams Middle School in Brentwood, Calif.

Andrew Talley

(BM) was accepted into Carnegie Mellon University as a graduate student in the Master of Music Performance program. He received a two-year fellowship that begins this fall.

Alan Siggers

(BA, Art) was accepted into the Maryland Institute College of Art’s M.F.A. program.

Alanna Quillen

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is weekend anchor/reporter for KMID-TV in Midland. She was a member of The Shorthorn staff at UT Arlington.

Eric Pacheco

(MEd) is an assistant principal at West Junior High School in Richardson.

Shana Owen

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Navarro Elementary School in Corsicana.

Decklan Miller-McGee

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a helicopter camera operator/videographer for SKY Helicopters in Garland. He provides aerials for KDFW-TV and KTVT-TV.

Jesus J. Martinez

(BM) received a scholarship from Southern Methodist University to work on his master’s in music. The $18,000 scholarship requires him to write music and perform in ensembles. He is on the music band/percussion staff at Creekview High School in Carrollton. C. Alan Publications published his work Dimensions of a Dream.

Angela Martin-Winegar

(BA, Sociology) published a children’s book, A Very Backwards “What If” Book.

Michael Mansbridge

(BA, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages; BS, Biology/Linguistics) made a poster presentation on “Bind accessibility and online anaphora processing” at the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing in April.

Kunal Kale

(MEngr, Mechanical Engineering) is a design engineer at Unique Industrial Product Co. in Houston.

John Harden

(BA, Broadcast Communication) writes a science/health feature story each month for The New York Times.

Erikka Neroes

(BA, Public Relations and Communication Studies) has accepted a position in the Public Affairs Office of the Department of Veterans Affairs North Texas Health Care System. During her final semester, she served as an intern in state Sen. Wendy Davis’ office.

Felicia Bolton

(BA, Broadcast Communication/Spanish) is a reporter at KOSA-TV in Odessa.

Nikhil Aphale

(MS, Biomedical Engineering) is a research associate at Becton, Dickinson and Co., a medical technology company in Boston.

Misty Cannon

(MEd) is principal at Clay Academy in Dallas.

Jason W. Brown

(BS, Aerospace Engineering) is a weight engineer at RECARO, which specializes in ergonomic seats for automobiles, aircrafts, and homes.

Erick Fernandez

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is weekend technical director for Univision.

Sean Cooper

(MA, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) is a senior lecturer in the Center for International Education at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Md.

Heather Frith

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Rouse High School in Leander.

Matthew G. Fisher

(MA, Speech Communication) is communications manager of multimedia for the American Heart Association national office in Dallas.

John Parker Scheideman

(MS, Accounting) is a tax associate at KPMG in Fort Worth.

Luke Saavedra

(BA, Criminal Justice and Criminology) is an Army second lieutenant stationed in Germany. He was commissioned to active duty through the UT Arlington Army ROTC program.

Rona Ng’ethe

(MSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at the Texas Health Center for Diagnostics and Surgery in Plano.

Patricia Mwanza

(BSN) is director of nurses at Baraton Healthcare in Houston.

Ashley Montgomery

(BA, Public Relations) works for TracyLocke, a creative ad agency in Dallas.

Patrick Modrovsky

(BA, Broadcast Communication) received a Lone Star Emmy Award as a producer of DQ Big Game of the Week: The High School Spotlight for Fox Sports Southwest.

Jesus J. Martinez

(BM) was honored by the state of Texas with a resolution commending his composition “Threnody for 9/11.” He conducted the premiere of the work on the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks.

Kayla Humphries

(BA, Broadcast Communication/Advertising) is a broadcast technician for Norwegian Cruise Lines. Her duties include taking videos of cruises, editing the footage, and producing it into commercials and DVDs for purchase on the cruise ships.

Brandon Howard

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Key Elementary School in Arlington.

Megan Harris

(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth.

Linda Beaverstock

(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford.

Francesca Washington

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a reporter for the East Texas news team at KTRE-TV in Lufkin.

Riqui Wartes

(BSN) was honored as one of the Dallas/Fort Worth Great 100 Nurses for 2012. She works at Baylor All Saints Medical Center in Fort Worth.

Kimberly Stelwagen

(MEd, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies) is an assistant principal at Hill Elementary School in Arlington.

2010

Richard Kastl

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Sunset High School in Dallas.

Staceee Jones

(BSN) is a registered nurse at Texas Health Arlington Memorial Hospital.

Amy Bishop

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Leonard Middle School in Fort Worth.

Jacob Cortez

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Pearce High School in Richardson.

Toni Estell

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Richardson North Junior High School in Richardson.

Charlotte Ford

(PhD, Public and Urban Administration) is principal at Coble Middle School in Mansfield.

Emily Froese

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Austin Middle School in Irving.

Becky Garner

(MS, Exercise Physiology) is exercise science academic adviser in the Department of Kinesiology at UT Arlington.

Gina Garza

(BA, Public Relations) is community director for the Fort Worth March of Dimes. Her duties include community relations, fundraising, and event planning.

Pennie Green

(BA, Mathematics) teaches math at Joshua High School.

Zoheb Hassanali

(BA, Broadcast Communication) is a news reporter for KTVO-TV in Kirksville, Mo.

Tanisha Williams

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Wallace Elementary School in Richardson.

Snehal Watharkar

(MS, Biomedical Engineering) is a research assistant in radiation oncology with the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.

James Statham

(BBA, Management) is a purchasing manager at Site Planning Site Development, a specialty landscape construction firm in Arlington.

Niesha Small

(MEd) is dean of instruction at the Young Women’s Leadership Academy, a middle school in Fort Worth.

Jennifer Sanchez

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Daggett Elementary School in Fort Worth.

Brandy Sachs

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Stripling Middle School in Fort Worth.

Angelia Ross

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Handley Middle School in Fort Worth.

Nealie Perkins

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Morningside Elementary School in Fort Worth.

Lorena Perez

(MEd) is an assistant principal at Diamond Hill Elementary School in Fort Worth.

Yvette Nguyen

(BBA, Marketing) is a sustaining engineer lab manager in the avionic systems division at NASA. She also is a member of the Rockets Power Dancers, who perform at Houston Rockets basketball games.