Adam Smithers, Washington, D.C., serves as a mathematics teacher at McKinley Technology High School.
Marisela Treviño Orta Thursday, June 19, 2008
Marisela Treviño Orta, San Franciso, Calif., is a resident playwright at the Playwrights Foundation and teaches the playwriting unit at the San Francisco School for the Arts. Among her playwriting successes, “American Triage,” received a workshop production at Marin Theater Company, “Woman on Fire” was read as part of the Playwrights Foundation’s In the Rough reading series and “Braided Sorrow” is to be the season opener at El Centro Su Teatro in Denver, Co.
Jennifer Fite Brimberry Monday, May 12, 2008
Jennifer Fite Brimberry, Round Rock, works as a neonatal intensive care nurse at Dell Children’s Medical Center.
Taryn Deaton Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Taryn Deaton, Alexandria, Va., serves as the donor development manager for National Capital Area Chapter of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
Eileen Bamberger Youens Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Eileen Bamberger Youens, Durham, N.C., works as an assistant professor of public law and government at the University of North Carolina’s School of Government. She lives with her husband, Kenny Youens `99, who serves as chief resident of pathology at Duke University Medical Center.
Dr. Mark Davis Monday, January 14, 2008
Dr. Mark Davis, Phoenix, Ariz., is in practice as a general dentist.
On November 4, 2006, Marisela Orta received a Young Alumna Acheivement Award from the Association of Southwestern University Alumni. The Young Alumna/Alumnus Acheivement Award is given to former Southwestern students who have graduated in the last ten years and whose acheivements in the civic and/or professional realm set a standard of excellence. The following citation was read to Marisela as she received her award.
Several Austin-area women can win just about any race they want. Desiree Ficker comes to mind, as does Chris Kimbrough and Liz Shelton. And add Meredith Johnson to that list.
After completing a challenging program in child study and language development at Southwestern, Aimee Gerrard began working at Copperfield Elementary in Pflugerville ISD as a special education teacher for students with learning disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and emotional disturbance.
Sarah Baker credits her student job in Southwestern's Special Collections library with inspiring her to become an historian. "And had I not worked with (library assistant) Sheran Johle, I might not have fully developed my appreciation for silent films," she says.
In his second year as an apprentice artist with the Santa Fe Opera, Southwestern University alumnus Weston Hurt '99 is well on his way to the international performing career he dreams about.
It was serendipitous and a bit suspicious for Southwestern University alumna Jennifer Tate '99 to come home after a grueling early morning midterm to find that she had a message on her answering machine. It was even more exciting that it was not her mother, as she expected, but the U.S. Department of Education calling to tell her that she had been awarded the prestigious $25,000 a year Javits Fellowship. Before she even called the woman back, she called her mom to tell her the good news. "I was laughing so hard that she thought I was crying and that something was really wrong," Tate recalls.
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