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2011
HONORS CONVOCATION
THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO
MAGOFFIN AUDITORIUM
April 17, 2011
A Message from the President:
It is my great pleasure to welcome you to the 29th annual Honors
Convocation at The University of Texas at El Paso.
Held each spring, Honors Convocation is one of the very special events
on the University calendar. This is our opportunity to recognize the
outstanding academic achievements of UTEP’s most accomplished
students. On this occasion we also honor faculty and staff for their
exceptional performance, with the presentation of Distinguished
Achievement Awards for Research, Teaching and Service, and recognition
of newly appointed professors emeriti.
Honors Convocation is a proud tradition at UTEP. Thank you for joining
us for this very special celebration of excellence.
Diana Natalicio
President
Board of Regents
The University of Texas System
Wm. Eugene “Gene” Powell, Chairman ................ San Antonio
James D. Dannenbaum, Vice Chairman ........................ Houston
Paul Foster, Vice Chairman............................................... El Paso
R. Steven “Steve” Hicks, Vice Chairman .......................... Austin
Alexis “Alex” Cranberg . ................................................... Austin
Printice L. Gary.................................................................... Dallas
Wallace L. Hall, Jr. .............................................................. Dallas
Brenda Pejovich . ................................................................ Dallas
Robert L. Stillwell............................................................ Houston
Kyle J. Kalkwarf (Student Regent).......................... San Antonio
Francie A. Frederick
General Counsel to the Board of Regents
Senior Administrative Officials
The University of Texas System
Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D.
Chancellor
David B. Prior, Ph.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Kenneth I. Shine, M.D.
Executive Vice Chancellor for Health Affairs
Scott C. Kelley
Executive Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs
PROGRAM
Welcome and Introductions . ................................................Diana Natalicio
President
Stage Party
Faculty Endowments
Top Ten Seniors
Faculty and Staff Honorees
Emeriti
Distinguished Achievement Awards
University Student Honorees ............................................... Junius GonzaleS
PROVOST AND VICE PRESIDENT
FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS
Senior Honors Graduates and Candidates
Graduated in August or December 2010
Graduating in May 2011
University Honors Program Graduates, Candidates, and Scholars
Honors Degree Recipients, December 2010
Honors Certificate Recipients, December 2010
Honors Senior Thesis, December 2010
Honors Degree Candidates, May 2011
Honors Certificate Candidates, May 2011
Honors Senior Thesis, May 2011
Houston Endowment Scholars
Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
University and Department Awards
University Outstanding Graduate Thesis Awards
University Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Awards............... Benjamin Flores
Interim dean of the graduate School
Honor Societies........................................................................... Junius GonzaleS
College and Departmental Honor Societies
Academic, Honorary, and Professional Honor Organizations
2011-2012 Scholars Excellence Program
President’s Leadership Scholarship Award Recipients
Presidential Excellence Scholarship Award Recipients
Presidential Scholarship Award Recipients
Academic Scholarship Award Recipients
Readers: Irma M. Lopez
Assistant Director, Human Resource Services
Dr. Laura Guerrero
Assistant Professor, Management
RECEPTION FOLLOWING outside Magoffin Auditorium
next to the geological sciences building
FACULTY ENDOWMENTS
Chairs
College of Business Administration
Dr. Stephen B. Salter ..........................................Chair for the Director of the Center
for the Study of Western Hemispheric Trade
Dr. Oscar Varela ..............................................Charles R. and Dorothy S. Carter Chair
in Business Administration
College of Engineering
Dr. Ryan B. Wicker, Chair I ........................ Mr. and Mrs. MacIntosh Murchison Chair
in Engineering
Dr. Lawrence E. Murr, Chair II
Dr. Stephen Riter, Chair III
Dr. Soheil Nazarian, Chair IV
College of Health Sciences
Dr. Kathleen A. Curtis, Chair I ...........Charles H. and Shirley T. Leavell Endowed Chair
in Nursing and Health Sciences
College of Science
Dr. Luis A. Echegoyen................................... The Robert A. Welch Chair in Chemistry
Dr. Kristin Gosselink ............................................. Orville Edward Egbert, M.D. Chair
Professorships
College of Business Administration
Dr. Thomas M. Fullerton, Jr. . ............................ JPMorgan Chase Bank Professorship
in Business Administration
Dr. Mo Adam Mahmood ................................Ellis and Susan Mayfield Professorship
in Business Administration
Dr. Robert Nachtmann ....................Betty M. MacGuire Distinguished Professorship
in Business Administration
Dr. Timothy P. Roth.........................................Dr. Arleigh B. Templeton Professorship
in Financial Management and Banking
Dr. Raymond A. Zimmermann .................................... Robert E. and Jacqueline Skov
Endowed Professorship in Business Ethics
Dr. Maria Fernanda Wagstaff ............................................. Untitled Professorship #1
in Western Hemispheric Trade Research
Dr. Nathan J. Ashby . ........................................................... Untitled Professorship #2
in Western Hemispheric Trade Research
College of Engineering
Dr. Louis J. Everett . ........................... John T. MacGuire Distinguished Professorship
in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Dr. David G. Novick ............................................... AT&T Distinguished Professorship
in the College of Engineering
Dr. Joseph H. Pierluissi ....................Schellenger Professorship in Electrical Research
Dr. Stella A. Quinones ..................The Forrest O. and Henrietta Lewis Professorship
of Electrical Engineering
Dr. Stephen W. Stafford ...............Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Professorship
in Metallurgical Engineering
College of Liberal Arts
Dr. Lowell E. Graham ..................... The Abraham Chavez, Jr. Professorship in Music
Dr. Harmon M. Hosch.............................. The Helen M. C. Stern and J. Edward Stern
Endowed Professorship in Psychology
Dr. Z. Anthony Kruszewski . ....................Kruszewski Family Endowed Professorship
in Political Science
Dr. Sandra McGee-Deutsch ......................................The Dr. and Mrs. W. H. Timmons
Borderlands History Professorship
Dr. David A. Ruiter ......................... Dorrance D. Roderick Foundation Professorship
in English
Dr. Arvind Singhal ..................Samuel Shirley and Edna Holt Marston Professorship
Dr. Dennis L. Soden ............................ Professorship for Western Hemispheric Trade
Policy Studies
College of Science
Dr. Jorge A. Lopez Gallardo . ............................Rho Sigma Tau-Robert L. Schumaker
Endowed Professorship in Physics
School of Nursing
Dr. Maria A. Amaya . ............. Wakefield Endowed Professorship in Health Sciences
Dr. Elias Provencio-Vasquez.................Robert H. Hoy III Distinguished Professorship
in Health Sciences
University Wide
Dr. Jorge Gardea-Torresdey ................................. Richard M. and Frances M. Dudley
Memorial Professorship
Dr. Maria Luisa Gonzalez .......................................Patricia Daw Yetter Professorship
Dr. Arturo Pacheco ........................................El Paso Electric Company Professorship
in Education Research
TOP TEN SENIORS
2010-2011
The University of Texas at El Paso Alumni Association Top Ten Seniors awards are
presented to students who have achieved academic success as well as a proven
commitment to the community. A committee of UTEP alumni, faculty and staff select
the Top Ten Seniors based on grade point average, volunteer activities and leadership.
Marcela Aguirre
Communication Studies
Humberto Cruz
Political Science & Latin American Studies
Monica Delgado
Biological Sciences
Melissa Christine Desilets
Chemistry
Katherine Armine Diaz
Biological Sciences
Jose Domingo Guerra
Finance & Accounting
Alejandro Muñoz
Finance & Accounting
Rocio Jeanette Orozco
Nursing
Luis Alberto Rubio
Biological Sciences
Rubi Karina Yañez
Interdisciplinary Studies: Mathematics 4-8
Faculty and Staff Honorees
PROFESSORS EMERITI
Barthy Ann Byrd................................................. Associate Professor, Communication
Patricia Eason............................................................ Associate Professor, Accounting
Walter W. Fisher.........................Professor, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Arthur H. Harris.............................................................. Professor, Biological Sciences
Bruce J. Lawson.................................................................Associate Professor, English
G. William Lucker....................................................... Associate Professor, Psychology
Roy S. Malpass.............................................................................Professor, Psychology
DISTINGUISHED ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Faculty Achievement Award for Research
Roy S. Malpass.............................................................................Professor, Psychology
Faculty Achievement Award for Teaching
Stella A. Quiñones.................................................. Associate Professor, Electrical and
Computer Engineering
Distinguished Service to Students
Ana V. Matos................................ College of Health Sciences and School of Nursing
Distinguished Service to the University
Sue E. Avis...........................................................................Institutional Advancement
STUDENT HONOREES
GRADUATED IN AUGUST OR DECEMBER 2010
College of Business Administration
Sandra Aurora Aguilera
Leandro Salvador Brandi
Avilia Bueno
Kristina J. Cleavenger
Ruth Elizabeth
Cruncleton
Rebecca Alday Garcia
Isaac Michael Gordon
Jose Domingo Guerra
Jesus Alonzo Guzman
Adrian Leal
Jacqueline Ledezma
Marta Bronislawa Micula
Andres Moriel
Brianna Nicole Nevarez
Edward F. O’Hara IV
Ricardo Esteban Ramos
Yanelly Rodriguez
Richard Christopher
Sapien
Steven Sierra
Sarina Simental
Harold Galin Stephens
Cynthia Carolina Teran
Lopez
Cody Thomas Wells
Kristen Caroline White
College of Education
Melissa Nicole Aboud
Lorena G. Acosta
Diana Rocio Aguirre
Denisse Alejandra
Almaraz-Salazar
Eduardo Carlos Alvarez
Monica M. Antuna
Liliana Araujo
Martha Daniela Azcarate
Melody Suzanne Bolton
Kristine Marie Burton
Salina Bustillos
Susana Magdalena
Calderon
Miriam Cantrell
Daisy Carbajal
Brenda Carrillo
Alejandra Casiano
Brenda Castanon
Daniela Castellanos
Judith Correa
Jessica A. Del Pino
Elizabeth Duarte
Fatima Zuleika Duarte
Angelica Estrada
Crystal Marie Estrada
Erin Ruth Ewing
Lorena Alejandra
Flores-Maldonado
Estela Galindo
Jose Julio Galindo
Maxine Gallegos
Carlos Gamez
Jessica N. Garcia
Yesenia Garcia
Irene Elizabeth Garibay
Marisela Garza
Abir M. Ghneim
Sally Gomez
Brett Goodwin
Erika Guevara
Joanne Marie Gutierrez
Betty Hidrogo
Holly M. Holland
Andrea Ibarra de Aguilar
Chaunte Leialoha Jackson
Alejandro Jasso
Sandra Jasso
Cynthia Lucille Jury
Renee J. King
Nicole Alice Lechuga
Ana Laura Lewis
Mayra Luevano
Cynthia Madrid
Chelsea Marie Mapes
Victoria A. Marquez
Cristina Rubio Martinez
Lauren Martinez
Sharon Lynn McNair
Nathalie Sade Medina
Ruth Medina
Deborah Mendez
Sarai Mede Mendez
Munguia
Blanca Yamel Mendoza
Silvia Veronica Miranda
Esther Monarrez
Elda Morales
Jeanette S. Morales
Laura Edith Moreno
Kyoko Moromi
Yury Camarena Munguia
Yadira Munoz
Naomi Isabel Nunez
Adriana Olivas
Ruth Olivas
Asiel Alesy Payan
Kimberly J. Pelech
Claudia Perez
Anabel Angelica Posada
Elisa Renteria
Yvonne Renteria
Maria Esther Rivera
Silvia Susana Rivera
Diana Rodriguez
Rubi Rodriguez
Patricia Lee Roman
Nancy Paola Rosales
Claudia Alejandra Ruiz
Diana Saenz
Maria Velia Samaniego
Maria Guadalupe Santillan
Alma Doris Santos
Vanessa Marie Sepulveda
Laura Jean Stanley
Sarah Elizabeth Stevens
Esmeralda Rojo Subia
Linda Carrol Taylor
Manuel Maria Vela Jr.
Desiree Lee Velasquez
Patricia Ann Vincent
Rubi Karina Yanez
College of Engineering
Carlos Aguilera
Anuar Jesus Aguirre
Armando Delgado Jr
Todd Wayne Dorethy Jr
Zenia Alejandra Garcia
Christina Michelle Gasca
Andres Gonzalez
Maria Veronica Gonzalez
Joseph Andres Hernandez
Carlos Gonzalo Ibanez
Alcala
Ricardo Martinez
Hernandez
Richard Prince Maskill
Aaron Mendoza
Marquez
Jose Javier Motta-Mena
Sergio Armando Navarro
Luis Octavio Parga
Oscar Joel Phillips
Pablo Rangel
Ismael Sanchez
Martin Jesus Sotelo
Alejandro Vega
Benjamin Haslam Walker
Stephen Josiah Wells
College of Health Sciences
Melissa Breanne
Abraham
Stephanie Rita Almaraz
Hector Santiago Bernal
Michael Brandon Durling
College of Liberal Arts
Cesar Aguayo
Michelle Alarcon
Esmeralda Almanza
Patrick Michael
Almodovar
Aaron Alvarez
Georgina Armendariz
Mariana Aun
Maria A. Baca
Jennifer Candice Beeler
James Elijah Benson
Tobias Berger
Kenneth Charles Bier III
Adrian Alfredo Blanco
Randi Michelle Bossie
Sandra Elizabeth
Camacho
Perla Magaly Chaparro
Miryam Margarita
Chozet
Chris John Cintron
Pamela Lizette Cruz
Tamara L. Del Valle
Geraldo Jose Diaz
Arturo Dominguez
Raul Dorado Jr
Karina Duran
Jamie Enchinton
Alan Gabriel Escobedo
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Lisa Diane Estala
Matthew Estrada
Richard Sebastian Flores
Sandra Flores
Rafael Angel Franco
Shelly Lavon Gahan
Carmen C. Galindo
Jose Luis Garcia
Jessica Claudette Garza
Shanna Kay Gobin
Alejandra Gomez
Andrea Gonzalez
America Yvonne Guevara
Lisa Leigh Hairston
Shaunta Amanda
Henderson
Albert Michael
Hernandez
Irma Hernandez
Nazanin Heydarian
Adrian Donnell Hopson
Marie-Therese Joyce
James Robert Keyes II
KeAnne Lee Langford
Carolina Lara
Mayra Lucia Larios
Susana Yvette Maese
Berenice Maldonado
Guadalupe Marquez
Melissa Stephanie
Marquez
Richard Aubrey Massey
Alejandra Mayer
Maria D. Montoya
Dawn Christina Moses
Monica Nevarez
Irene A. O’Leary
Angela Danielle Olmos
Sabrina Chantell Parras
Lizzeth Celeste Pattison
Robyn L. Pelking
Matthew Josh Persall
Erick Posadas
Brenda Mary Powers
Pamela Prieto
Maria C. Ramos
Adrian M. Reyes
Eugene Keil Reyes
Laura E. Rodriguez
Stephanie Rose
Mariana Ruiz
Samuel Saenz
Justine Diana Salas
Shirley Anne Talley
Isabel Trejo
Julian Elias Valdes
Daniel Alfredo Vega
Omar Zaragoza
School of Nursing
Roberto Alvarado
Samuel Bentley
Renae Monique Black
Susan A. Brown
Carlos Samuel Castillejos
Erika Cordero
Cynthia Vanessa Duenas
Melissa Ann Dupree
Ana L. Esquivel
Anabel Fernandez
Laura Jaye Freydenfeldt
Crystal Elizabeth Fuller
Adriana A. Garcia
Zulema Hermosillo
Rolando E. Hinojo
George Jauregui
Krystal Lynn Kim
Claudia Leon
Alene Davis Marrott
Nancy Martinez
Alyssa Nicole Morales
Celina Padilla
Jesika Renee Perez
Carlos Prado
Miriam Aidee Quiroga
Eva Yvette Ramirez
Jessica Reed
Sarah Christina Ruiz
Patricia Sanchez
Laurie L. Scheid
Kayla Ann Smith
Leah Ann Smith
Ashley Rebecca Swann
John Toy
Marisol C. Valenzuela
College of Science
Fernando A. Alarcon
Joaquin Rogelio Arce
Maria A. Baca
Omar Farouk Baker
Lilia Barragan
Leonel Barreda
Rosemarie Barrios
Mario Javier Bencomo
Clifford Austin
Campbell
Alejandro Chacon
Marissa Flores
Matthew Warren
Folmar
Ahmad Khaled Ismail
Maria Isabel Macias
Melissa Kaye Manuelito
Stephen Anthony
Murga
Alba Leticia Quiroz
Jennifer Christine
Ramos-Chavez
Ana Lucia Saenz
Sarah Ann Sepulveda
Heidi Berenice Silva
Kayla M. Vasquez
Juan Carlos Villarreal
Beatriz H. Wancho
Hector Alejandro Zamora
Emmanuel Zubia
University College
Hilda Alarcon-Carrillo
Joel Avila
Kaysie M. Bentley
Leonardo Calderon III
Juan Jaime Castillo
Alejandra Diaz
Elizabeth H. Gallardo
Fanny Gallardo
Heather R. Gunn
Loni Johnnette Jaime
Sondra K. Jones
Guillermo Lopez
Elizabeth Lujan
Jesus A. Martinez
Laura Martinez
Amy Corbet Mc Donnell
Daniel Robert
Mott-Smith
Michael Joseph Reveles
Norma Graciela Reyes
Caren Dominique Rico
Dianne Soto
Sally Felicity Straba
Caitlin Thomson
Ricardo Villagran
Jessica Jerene Wilson
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Senior Honors Candidates
Graduating in May 2011
College of Business Administration
Rasha Ahmad Al-Najdawi
Adolfo A. Alvarez
Carlos Carrasco
Timothy Darryl Flosi
Anthony M. Hart
Willard Keith Hill
Nasser A. Ikhlail
Dimitry C. Isita
Marcela Jaquez Tarin
Rebekah Marie Jay
Natalia Kovtunova
Deborah Martinez V
Gloria Maria Mejia
Alejandra Mendez Castro
Alejandra Montalvo
Karla Karina Mora
Alejandro Munoz
Vicente Ortega
Ada Luz Paniagua
Marian Consuelo
Quevedo
Alicia Rodriguez
Michael P. Scott
Elizabeth Ann Sobczak
Patrick David Solis
Jeremy Shane Springer
Matthew Robert Taylor
Edgar Israel
Villasana-Morales
Adrian Viramontes
Nathalia Vota Echavarri
College of Education
Vilma L. Acosta
Laura Alejandra Acuna
Teresa Adovasio
Aurora Aguilar
Shawn Michell Albo
Carolina Elsie Aloma
Liz Abigail Alonso
Juana G. Alvarado
Rocio E. Alvarado
Diana Maria Aragon
Gloria Elizabeth
Armendariz
Julieta Arredondo
Belen Ruby Arriaga
Pamela Azaeta
Lisett Badillo
Bianca Baily
Gloria Banda
Rachel Dominique Battle
Tiffany L. Brooker
Ruby Buendia
Iris Irene Cadena
Luz Elena Campbell
Maria Guadalupe Cantu
Joanna J. Casey
Karen Selene Castillo
Griselda Champagne
Leticia Isabel Chavez
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Lorena Chavez
Brenda Chavez
Irma Olga Chavira
Rebecca Lynn Clarke
Mariel Mireles Contreras
Monica D. Cortez
Myra Cuevas
Gail Kathleen Danberry
Deanna Sue Davis
Teresa D. De La Cruz
Rosario De los Santos
Barbara Delgado
Brittney Elyse Devine
Silvia Dorador
Maria A. Escobedo
Amanda J. Fernandez
Blady Fernandez
Nailea Antonella
Fernandez
Norma Figueroa
Angelica Flores
Mardeny Flores
Michelle Christine Flores
Wendy Lynn Gaglione
Carolina Garcia
Daniel Garcia
Jenny Garcia
Gabriela Yolanda Garcia
Adriana Garcia
Kristine Marie Gonzalez
Celeste Desire Guevara
Chelsea Kay Haarstad
Christina M. Hendershot
Elizabeth P. Heredia
Kimber Leigh Hirsch
Azusena Huizar
Melanie Amber Irrobali
Monica Cristina Linden
Valerie Ann Lopez
Jacqueline Annette Lopez
Cindy Lopez
Sandy Lopez
Maria G. Loury
Priscilla Loya
Monica Leticia Marquez
Lilibeth Medina
Guadalupe Mendieta
Delfina Montana
Norma Velia Montes
de Lopez
Ashley Nicole Munoz
Vanessa Elizabeth Munoz
Marta Rocio Olivas
Gloria Paulina Olmos
Lourdes Ordonez
de Castillo
Aurora Elena
Ordonez-Loya
Silvia L. Orozco
Melissa Palacios
Stephanie Lynn Paoli
Alexias Altalucille Pena
Natalie Pichardo
Maribel Quezada
Olivia Quinones
Yuzuky Ramirez
Carmen Veronica
Ramirez
Nora Regalado
Zaira Lizeth Renteria
Noemi Ribot Munoz
Oscar Rodriguez
Gabriel Rojas
Ruth Romero
Amanda D. Rubio
Maria R. Salas
Patricia Samaniego
Roxanne Nicole
Sambrano
Denise Bentancourt
Sanchez
Marcela Sanchez
Cynthia Santillano
Rebecca L. Shindo
Cristina Silerio
Rocio Silvestre
Claudia M. Telles
Omar Teran
Patricia Tonche
Kristine Valadez
Liliana Veronica Valadez
Jade Valdez
Deborah Marie
Valenzuela
Krystal Valles
Stephanie Dianne Vega
Minerva Velez
Gloria Vidana
College of Engineering
Arturo Acosta-Zamora
Robert Gabriel
Almendarez
Ivon Armida Ayala
Baltazar Betancourt
Enrique Busquets
Gonzalez
Isaac Campos Flores
Carlos Carmona
Sylvia Carroll
Shaddy R. Castillo Ponton
Jose Juan Chavez
Martin Alejandro
De la Torre
Steven Andrew
Del Gaizo
Samuel John Dixon
Lizeth Fraire
Shane Louis Fuller
Christopher Genera
Tony John Martinez
Gregory Carl Maus
Joshua C. McKee
Edith Montes
Hector Hugo Moreno
Jacob Henry Ontiveros
Marcos G. Pacheco
Nicholas Henry Paine
Jaime Parra
Israel Prieto
Ernesto Javier Rubio
David Alberto Saenz
Yair Saenz
Ember Leanne Stone
Adrian Edward Veliz
Luis Humberto Villalobos
College of Health Sciences
Meena Aldouri
Laura Elena Alonzo
Jessica Aileen Bock
Crystal Antoinette Bolden
Aaron Camacho
Laura Margarita Carmona
Claudia Ivette Diaz
Hans Lars Olov Eriksson
Daniel Robert Fierro
Laura Susana Flores
Joshua Aaron Fong
Amanda Rocio Garcia
Diana Raquel Gomez
Eric Adrian Gomez
Daniel Gonzalez
Magda Hall
Kimberly Heredia
Marco Miguel Hernandez
Afton M. Kutzman
Marlene Lara
Andrew Sergio Martinez
Cassandra Muro
Yllorelle Veronica
Rodriguez
Evelyn Rodriguez
Maria Isabel Trujillo
Elizabeth Marie Veloz
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College of Liberal Arts
Juan Christian Acevedo
Celia Aguilar
Martha Yahareli Aguilera
Rubio
Marcela Aguirre
Miranda E. Alvarez
Jessica Armendariz
Wendy Alexandra Avalos
Arturo Molinar Avitia
Christina Belio
Anelisa Benavides
Tobias Block
Laura Anne Bombach
Laura Anne Bombach
Matthew Robert Brame
Dawn Gaye Brooks
Briana Stephanie Carbajal
Adela Carr
Celia Victoria Carzoli
Jason Michael Casey
Nancy Cavazos
Bihong Chang
Paola Chavez
Sean P. Conroy
Clarence Leon Court
Humberto Cruz
Cassandra Suzanne
Davisson
Michael S. Deslongchamps
Alejandra Sarai
Dominguez
Christine Anne Endlich
Annai Escobedo
Jeremy A. Espinoza
Thomas F. Finnegan
Heidy Aidee Flores
Jesse R. Flores
Mayra Gisel Flores
Montoya
Martin Ignatius Gallegos
Carla Yvonne Garcia
Laurie Michel Garcia
Luis Omar Garcia
Luzmarina Garcia
Lydia Berenice Garcia
Frank E. Gomez
Eric Michael Gonzales
Erika Gonzalez
Areli Guajardo
Adriana Gutierrez
Matthew John Harding
Deborah Hernandez
Michael R. Hernandez
Noemi Hewitt
Dolores Annette
Ituarte-Valenzuela
Alan A. Jimenez
Christopher Scott Jolley
Michelle S. Kaiser
Paul David LaPrade
Rosemary Lazarin
Michelle Marie Lee
Christine Louise Lemon
Elizabeth Michelle
Levesque
Eileen Marie Lopez
Alejandro Alberto Lopez
Alejandra Macias
Brenda Martinez
Jesus C. Martinez
Damaris Alejandra Mateo
Justin Anthony Monarez
Matthew J. Munden
Alessandra Narvaez-Varela
Daniel Aaron Natividad
Rebeca Anna Nunez
Sara Isabel Oaxaca
Abigail A. O’Leary
Belinda Jo Olivares
Crystal Orozco
Celina Osuna
Arlina Palacios
Melissa E. Pena
Bianca Ramirez
Gabriela Ramirez
Michael Patrick Reese
Louis Andres Reyes
Michael Paul Rios
Megan A. Rivera
Lorena Mondragon
Rodriguez
Cynthia Marie Rojas
Karla Alejandra Rosas
Karla Ruiz
Leonel Ruiz
Rosario Margarita Ruiz
Susane Theresa Salazar
Mathew Joseph Sanchez
Cilda Sandoval
Christina Richelle
Snodgrass
Claudia Elodia Terrazas
Jesus Arturo Torres
Fernandez
Ana M. Trillo
Jose Luis Valdez
Fatima Valles
Sabrina Vargas-Ortiz
Jennifer Ann Vega
Davida Danielle Washer
Tiffany Amorette Young
School of Nursing
Leslie Daniel Andersen
Pamela Dee Anstead
Luisana Argelia Aranda
Katy Michele Arnett
Monina Avalos
Paloma Athena Becker
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Julianne Aurelia Braudis
Sylvia Ann Brzeski
Yadira Ivonne Cabrera
Cesar Alejandro
De la Vega
William Isaac Estrada
Katherine Camille
Franklin
Gregory Gladstone
Omar Adrian Hernandez
Patricia L. Hood
Sory Kaba
Kirsten Elizabeth Kadlec
Kim L. Martin
Kirsten Rose Middleton
Justine Marie Murray
Monica Ozaeta
Jennifer P. Pauli
Sonia Maria Pena
Susie Wayman Pyle
Krystal Dawn Subia
Twain Patrick Thornton
Rosa Monique
Valenzuela
Carlos Valles
Naomi Dawn Yanke
Jacqueline Stevens
Yellen
College of Science
Jaqueline Alexandra
Abogado
Fernando A. Alarcon
Amanda Irene Andrade
Andrew Avila
Marisol Beltran del Rio
Monica Elena Benjamin
Katie L. Bryant
Jodie Dawn Callison
Rodolfo Rafael Canizales
Collazo
Sylvia Carroll
Jacob Isaac Contreras
Melissa Christine Desilets
Katherine Armine Diaz
Macey Victoria Downing
Karla Annette Esparza
Nancy Noemi Espinoza
Karla Kristine Frietze
Ivan Andres Gatewood
Jazmin Gonzalez
Angela Danielle Guerra
Eric B. Gutierrez
Celina Leticia Hodges
Alberto Isassi
Alfredo Daniel Jurado
Ernesto Licon
Alfred E. Lowe
Karina Ivanna Martinez
Alexander Thomas
Matney
Anna Cristina Ortiz
Brenda Lorena Rodarte
Maria Guadalupe
Rodriguez
Luis Alberto Rubio
Paloma Regina Sanchez
Rubi I. Santiesteban
Jennifer Lynnette Smith
Jacaranda Solis
Randle A. Umeh
Amanda Marie Yanez
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University Honors Program
Graduates, Candidates, and Scholars
The University Honors Program provides opportunities to meet the needs of
intellectually talented and highly motivated students. At the core of the program is
a series of honors classes taught by outstanding faculty, in which learning is based
on personalized and group interaction, with emphasis being placed on critical
thinking and effective communication. Students who participate in the program
may earn recognition in one of two forms: the Honors Certificate, which requires
18 hours of honors credit; or the University Honors Degree, requiring 30 hours
of honors credits in specified subject areas. Students may also elect to carry out
individualized research, culminating in the Honors Senior Thesis. Entering freshmen
must have graduated in the top 15 percent of their high school class or have
achieved a superior score on the SAT or ACT. A 3.3 cumulative grade point average is
the criterion for admitting current UTEP or transfer students.
University Honors Program Honors Degree Recipients, Fall 2010
Olufemi B. Adeniji................................................................. Multidisciplinary Studies
Carrie E. Green............................................................................................Kinesiology
Hermila Hernandez......................................................................... Biological Sciences
Jennifer C. Ramos-Chavez............................................................... Biological Sciences
Rita R. Robles......................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Karina Zazueta.............................................................................................Psychology
University Honors Program Honors Certificate Recipients, Fall 2010
Danielle N. Zazueta.................................................................. Environmental Science
Crystal M. Estrada................................................................... Interdisciplinary Studies
Angelica M. Gonzalez..........................................................................Political Science
Lorrie Lowe........................................................................................................ Nursing
Ashli R. Ridenour...........................................................................................Marketing
University Honors Program Honors Senior Thesis, Fall 2010
Jennifer C. Beeler............................................................................................... History
University Honors Program Honors Degree Candidates, Spring 2011
Celia V. Carzoli.................................................................................................... History
Rodolfo R. Canizales Collazo................................................................... Microbiology
Monica Delgado................................................................................Biological Science
Jazmin Gonzalez...................................................................................... Microbiology
Deborah Hernandez........................................................................................... History
Nadia Herrera................................................................. Biochemistry & Microbiology
Christina G. Luna...............................................................................Biological Science
Sarah A. Martinez.................................................................. Interdisciplinary Studies
Rebeca A. Nunez....................... English & American Literature and Political Science
Melissa E. Pena.............................................................................................Psychology
Luis Rubio..........................................................................................Biological Science
Leonel Ruiz...................................... Creative Writing, Political Science & Psychology
Paloma R. Sanchez................................................................................... Microbiology
Jessica Veliz........................................................................................................ Nursing
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University Honors Program Honors Certificate Candidates, Spring 2011
Luz B. Aguayo......................................................................... Interdisciplinary Studies
Christina Belio..................................................................................................... French
Sylvia Carroll..............................................................Biology & Electrical Engineering
Alejandra S. Dominguez......................................................... Psychology & Sociology
Ernesto Licon............................................................................................ Microbiology
Christopher J. Molina................................................................... Biology & Chemistry
Mirian Quevedo.......................................................................... Finance & Marketing
Jennifer L. Smith....................................................................................... Microbiology
Adrian E. Veliz.................................................................................. Computer Science
University Honors Program Honors Senior Thesis, Spring 2011
Nadia Herrera................................................................. Biochemistry & Microbiology
Houston Endowment Scholars, 2010-2011
The Houston Endowment Honors program and Houston Endowment
Professional and Leadership Development Fund play a vital role in
establishing a solid academic and personal development foundation for
many UTEP men and women. Recipients of the highly competitive Houston
Endowment scholarship award represent UTEP and the University Honors
Program in academic, leadership and professional development opportunities
on campus, regionally, nationally and abroad. Additionally, Houston
Endowment scholars consistently achieve great academic success, earning one
or more honors recognitions upon graduation. Houston Endowment scholars
also demonstrate above average leadership and assist as student ambassadors
for the University Honors Program.
Patricia A. Acosta.................................Organizational & Corporate Communication
Alejandra I. Garcia............................................................................................. Nursing
Lizette B. Granado............................................................................... Criminal Justice
Narges K. Kalantarian.......................................................................Biological Science
Deborah V. Martinez................................................................... Economics & Finance
Rocio J. Orozco.................................................................................................. Nursing
Melissa E. Pena.............................................................................................Psychology
Terry L. Peoples..................................................................................Biological Science
Ramiro Pinon..........................................................................Mechanical Engineering
Maegan R. Ramirez..............................................................................Political Science
Jacaranda Solis......................................................................................... Microbiology
Mercy E. Uwakwe..............................................................................Biological Science
Jessica Veliz........................................................................................................ Nursing
Jessica I. Zuniga...............................................................Speech-Language Pathology
Maegan R. Ramirez.............................................................................Creative Writing
Jacaranda Solis......................................................................................... Microbiology
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University Honors Council
The University Honors Council (UHC) is the representative student organization
of the University Honors Program (UHP). UHC focuses on the areas of: academic
success, service to the community, service to University Honors Program, and
service to UTEP, as well as a campus and community social networking opportunity
for students. University Honors Council officers and members further serve as
University Honors Program Ambassadors.
President................................................................................................Melissa E. Pena
Vice President....................................................................................... Jesse Navarette
Treasurer......................................................................................... Jonathan I. Tavarez
Secretary...............................................................................................Melissa L. Spear
Faculty Advisor..................................................................................... Terri S. Ramirez
Historian......................................................................................... Rain M. Arredondo
Community Service Chair................................................................ Stephanie Moreno
Mirna L. Acevedo
Luz Aguayo
Jorge Banos-Gomar
Miguel Bautista
Reena Beggs
Kathryn Bohle
Jonathan Candelaria
Veronna Corral
Alba Dominguez-Arriaga
Melissa Duran
Jeanette Galvan
Wendy Galvan
Cristina Gerardo
Gerrod Gomez
Daniel Morales
Cesar Perez
Krystal Soto
Sarah Valenzuela
University Honors Program
The University Honors Program (UHP) encourages eligible undergradute students
who are committed to academic excellence, students who want to be engaged
on campus and in the community, and students who want to make optimum use
of UTEP resources to be active program members.
Yedid A. Abogado
Edgar Aceves
Olufemi B. Adeniji
Linda R. Aguilar
Denise Aguirre
Nora M. Aguirre
Steven F. Aguirre
Jesus Alaniz
April Alvarez
Carlo Alvarez
Carlo A. Amato
Christopher Amaya
Alexandra Aragon
Yadira Arellano
Luis C. Armendariz
Luis R. Armendariz
Sayra S. Armendariz
Lilian Avila
Sonia A. Azua
Omar Barbosa
Daniel S. Barnhorst
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Luis A. Barrera
Kristina F. Barron
Angelica F. Becerra
Melissa Benitez
Kelly E. Bennett
Janet Bernal
Irene Borrego
Nancy S. Bracken
Jose F. Briseno
Gustavo Bueno
Brian M. Bulko
Emily Buntyn
Sarah A. Burchett
Nancy Campero
Francisco J. Campos
Jasmine Carbajal
Melanie L. Carrasco
Fernando Carreon
Alvaro Carrillo
Magali M. Carrillo
Chloe R. Casas
Ruben A. Casillas
Melanie M. Castaneda
Justin C’de Baca
Francisco Chagolla
Julio E. Chavez
Christina M. Chavira
Nathan S. Cintron
Nathan Coleman
Lizbeth Corella
Ruben Correa
Yedith Cortez
Veronica Cruz
Crystal Davis
Rochelle N. Davis
Victor M. De La Fuente
Elisabet De La Torre
Alejandra L. De Matias
Yvette P. Dearo
Alexandra M. Diaz
John M. Dixon
Howard M. Doblado
Bryan J. Doherty
Todd W. Dorethy
Ethaniel K. Elias
Janet Escudero
Lizette Esparza
Luisa A. Esquivel
Margarita L. Estrada
Valeria Estrada
Nita C. Falvey
Juliana Fierro
Aaron A. Flores
Cassandra N. Flores
Rebecca A. Flores
Rudis A. Flores
Guillermina Fragoso
Denise Franco
Vania Franco
Victor A. Franco
Justin C. Fuson
Gary Galindo
Joseph D. Gallegos
Carla K. Garces
Ayde Garcia
Crystal A. Garcia
Emily Garcia
Lizette A. Garcia
Nadine Garcia
Dan E. Gaspar
Lira Gerardo
Amanda C. Gonzalez
Cynthia J. Gonzalez
Danielle A. Gonzalez
Sam A. Gonzalez
Ashley L. Greenup
Alejandra Guerrero
Nataly Y. Guerrero
Israel Gutierrez
Jennifer S. Gutierrez
Luis A. Gutierrez
Melissa Gutierrez
Erick M. Hajat
Hadeel A. Hamdan
Ericka P. Hartford
Timothy J. Heise
Angela R. Hernandez
Ariana Hernandez
Daniel I. Hernandez
Manuel J. Hernandez
Adam C. Herrera
Jossue Herrera
Stephanie A. Herrrera
Meagan R. Hill
Nikayla M. Hizon
Mayra C. Huerta
Elissa A. Hughes
Travis M. Hughes
Airam E. Huntsman
Sairym Ibarra
Marjorie A. Ingle
Nicole Irizarry
Monique A. James
Stephanie Jimenez
Richard Juarez
Talitha M. Juarez
Christopher S. Ladd
Rochelle L. Le Mire
Enrique Lerma
Mayra J. Leyva
Martin Limon
Maria G. Llamas
Joe Lomeli
Agatha Lopez
Araceli Lopez
Ashley M. Lopez
Daisy Y. Lopez
Kristina M. Lopez
Timothy A. Lopez
Tomas Lucero
Laura L. Lugo
Brittany L. Macias
Lizeth Macias
Nayshawn A. Maddox
Jose Madrid
Jeannette P. Maillet
Anahi Marines
Lindsey M. Marquez
Matthew Marquez
Edwin Martinez
Enid A. Martinez
Rafael Martinez
Rodolfo Martinez
Susana J. Martinez
Yessenia Martinez
Vincent F. Medina
Pablo Mejia
Nallely Mendez
Ericka B. Mendoza
Nathaniel S. Meys
Roberto I. Meza
Rosalba Miranda
Guadalupe Montes
Eunice Montoya
Alberto Moreno
Priscilla M. Moreno
Jessika M. Morgan
Isaac A. Moya
Christine N. Munoz
Mayra Munoz
Juan C. Navarro
Jose L. Negrete
Crystal Nettles
Samuel Nevarez
Andrew Newport
Bernadette Nunez
Silvia Olivares
Adrian I. Ontiveros
Alexis L Orozco
Benjamin Ortega
Ivan Ortega
Jesus A. Ortiz
Michael R. Ortiz
Jeremy Pacheco
Noemi Padilla
Edgardo Peregrino
Adrian Perez
Daniel G. Perez
Rocio Perez
Alba P. Perez De Tejeda
Priscilla Pina
Angel Pineda
Raul I. Puentes-Lowry
Roderic Quinn
Gilbert Quintana
Melinna R. Quintero
Ana K. Ramirez
Gilbert J. Ramirez
Juan L. Ramirez
Selena N. Ramirez
Timothy E. Ramirez
Alyssa R. Rangel
Esteban Rangel
Victoria R. Rangel
Matthew J. Reilly
Aileen A. Renteria
Molly Reyes
Oscar D. Reyes
Yvette Rincon
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Marcos A. Rios
April J. Rivera
Nicholas A. Rodarte
Carlos Rodriguez
Eduardo Rodriguez
Hugo A. Rodriguez
Jaime Rodriguez
Vanessa Y. Rodriguez
Evangelina Romero
Lizabeth T. Ronquillo
Nicole A. Ronquillo
Arturo Ruiz
Nicholette Ruiz
Joshua Sainz-Ortiz
Angelica C. Salas
Consuelo Salas
Emmanuel Salazar
Adriana H. Saldivar
Natalia SalmeronMendoza
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Gerrit Schulze
Rosanna Segura
Silvia Segura
Angelica Sepulveda
Edwin C. Serrano
Joshua R. Short
Isela Sifuentes
Jennifer A. Sifuentes
Karla D. Silva
KiraLIse Silva
Nicole S. Simons
Jose. H. Smith
Deane Sosa
Cecilia N. Sotelo
LaQuanta K. Stewart
Christina Subt
Gabriel L. Tapia
Abril Tavarez
Jessica M. Tellez
Jose A. Terrazas
Anthony G. Tiscareno
Rafael Torres
Valerie C. Torres
Luz E. Trevizo
Kim L. Valadez
Juan G. Valuenzuela
Santiago Vasquez
Vanessa I Vasquez
Sandra K. Vega
Roman A. Velasco
Natalie Vidales
Irving H. Villanueva
Misty Villegas
Joshua E. Vincent
Sverre Vogt
Christopher White
Justin J. Williams
Roberto Yepen
Jessica Zamarripa
Oscar R. Zamora
CONFERENCE USA Awards
Conference USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal
Awarded to student-athletes who achieve a 3.75 cumulative GPA or above
Football
Jordan Leslie...........................................................................Mechanical Engineering
Wesley Miller.......................................................................... Business Administration
Michael Scott.......................................................................... Business Administration
Women’s Basketball
Kelli Willingham.......................................................................................... Undeclared
Women’s Soccer
Melissa Desilets...............................................................................................Chemistry
Tess Hall....................................................................................................... Undeclared
Victoria Martyn........................................................................................... Undeclared
Azia Nicholson....................................................................................................Biology
Skye Schultz................................................................................................. Undeclared
Women’s Volleyball
Jacqueline Cason....................................................................Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Figueroa............................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Marie-Therese Joyce.............................................................................Communication
Jennifer Nolasco..........................................................................................Kinesiology
Victoria Valencia..........................................................................................Kinesiology
Men’s Track
Richard Olsson....................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Women’s Track
Marine Menez....................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Women’s Softball
Kayla Black...................................................................................................Kinesiology
Ashley Collazo....................................................................................................Biology
Kelynn Frye.................................................................................................. Undeclared
Men’s Golf
Gerardo Castrellon................................................................. Business Administration
Gabriel Frank.......................................................................... Business Administration
HJ Roberts............................................................................... Business Administration
Ross Rotwein.......................................................................... Business Administration
Women’s Golf
Nathalie Castillo..................................................................... Business Administration
Alix Moncada.......................................................................... Business Administration
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Conference USA Commissioner’s Honor Roll
Awarded to student-athletes who achieve a 3.0 cumulative GPA or above
Football
Braxton Amy...................................................................... Masters Leadership Studies
Marcus Bagley............................................................................................. Undeclared
Joseph Banyard..................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Kyle Brown.................................................................................................. Undeclared
Richard Contreras............................................................................................... History
Jacob Garcia................................................................................................. Undeclared
Jordan Leslie...........................................................................Mechanical Engineering
DeAndre Little....................................................................................................Biology
Julio Lopez.......................................................................................................... History
Nathan McCage...........................................................................................Kinesiology
Carson Meger.......................................................................................Communication
Paulo Melendez........................................................................................... Undeclared
Wesley Miller.......................................................................... Business Administration
Jonathan Moore...................................................................................Political Science
Ruben Munoz....................................................................................... Criminal Justice
James Nelson......................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Hunter Nix.......................................................................................................... History
Will Osolinsky........................................................... Masters Business Administration
Michael Scott.......................................................................... Business Administration
Tate Smith.............................................................................. Multidisciplinary Studies
Richard Spencer...................................................................... Business Administration
Jeremy Springer...................................................................... Business Administration
Andrew Thomas.......................................................................................... Undeclared
Craig Wenrick.............................................................................................. Undeclared
Men’s Basketball
Tony Baker................................................................................................... Undeclared
Isaac Gordon...................................................................................................... Finance
Gabriel McCulley.................................................................................. Criminal Justice
Eric Munoz.............................................................................. Business Administration
Women’s Basketball
Gloria Brown......................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Baiba Eglite...........................................................................................Communication
Briana Green......................................................................................... Criminal Justice
Whitney Houston.............................................................. Masters Leadership Studies
Deanna Key................................................................................................. Undeclared
Erin McGarrichan.................................................................... Business Administration
Ashley Milian......................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Kimberly Smith...................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Anete Steinberga........................................................................................ Undeclared
Sviatlana Trukshanina............................................................ Business Administration
Kristine Vitola......................................................................... Business Administration
Kelli Willingham.......................................................................................... Undeclared
Tracy Wittebolle.................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
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Women’s Soccer
Chandra Bednar..........................................................................................Kinesiology
Melissa Desilets...............................................................................................Chemistry
Katherine Dorman............................................................................................ Nursing
Brittany Gonzalez.................................................................. Multidisciplinary Studies
Tess Hall....................................................................................................... Undeclared
Anoop Josan.......................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Sara Kaltwasser...........................................................................................Kinesiology
Kenah Linger............................................................................................... Undeclared
Victoria Martyn........................................................................................... Undeclared
Azia Nicholson....................................................................................................Biology
Skye Schultz................................................................................................. Undeclared
Ginalen Soto................................................................................................ Undeclared
Women’s Volleyball
Cassandra Burruel..............................................................................................Biology
Jacqueline Cason....................................................................Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Figueroa............................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Patricia Jarmoc...................................................................................................Biology
Marie-Therese Joyce.............................................................................Communication
Bridget Logan.................................................................................................Chemistry
Kyla Muela............................................................................. Multidisciplinary Studies
Jennifer Nolasco..........................................................................................Kinesiology
Melissa Toth................................................................................................. Undeclared
Victoria Valencia..........................................................................................Kinesiology
Men’s Track and Field
Adesuji Adeniyan............................................................................................. Geology
Justice Chirchir....................................................................................................Biology
Dimitrios Fylladitakis.............................................................. Business Administration
Solomon Gardea.......................................................................................... Undeclared
Abel Koskey................................................................................................. Undeclared
Richard Olsson....................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Nelson Ramos........................................................................ Multidisciplinary Studies
Women’s Track and Field
Gladys Chepsat............................................................................................ Undeclared
Karina Garcia......................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Kathya Garcia........................................................................ Multidisciplinary Studies
Risper Kimaiyo................................................................................................... Nursing
Laura Macauley....................................................................................Communication
Marine Menez....................................................................... Multidisciplinary Studies
Amanda Pulido.....................................................................................Communication
Kitria Stewart.......................................................................................Communication
Anna Wessman....................................................................... Business Administration
Women’s Softball
Kayla Black...................................................................................................Kinesiology
Camilla Carrera............................................................................................Kinesiology
Crystal Carrion............................................................................................. Undeclared
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Ashley Collazo....................................................................................................Biology
Kelynn Frye.................................................................................................. Undeclared
Joanna Krienitz........................................................................................... Undeclared
Chelsea Mayer..............................................................................................Psychology
Arlene Moore........................................................................ Multidisciplinary Studies
Kayla Oranger........................................................................ Business Administration
Laura Ramos.................................................................................................Psychology
Chelsea Troupe.............................................................................................. Education
Kayleigh Walts.............................................................................................Kinesiology
Men’s Golf
Gerardo Castrellon................................................................. Business Administration
Gabriel Frank.......................................................................... Business Administration
Devin Miertschin................................................................................................ History
Luke Ovenden......................................................................................Communication
David Persons......................................................................... Business Administration
HJ Roberts............................................................................... Business Administration
Ross Rotwein.......................................................................... Business Administration
Women’s Golf
Nathalie Castillo..................................................................... Business Administration
Emma Edin.............................................................................. Business Administration
Rosa Gomez Valdor...................................................................................................Art
Shang-Fan Huang................................................................... Business Administration
Teresa Nogues........................................................................ Business Administration
Ana Pastor Pinilla................................................................... Business Administration
Elizabeth Sobczak.................................................................. Business Administration
Women’s Tennis
Dariya Abdrakhmanova......................................................... Business Administration
Rebecca Calvillo....................................................................................Communication
Carolina Deluca....................................................................................Communication
Adriana Fuentes..................................................................... Business Administration
Alexandra Glebova................................................................ Multidisciplinary Studies
Marie-Audrey LeBlond...................................................................................... Nursing
Martina Trierweiler..................................................................................... Undeclared
Gabriela Vazquez...............................................................................................Biology
Women’s Rifle
Karina Hernandez....................................................................................... Undeclared
Alix Moncada.......................................................................... Business Administration
Hannah Muegge.................................................................... Business Administration
Areli Oros..................................................................................................... Undeclared
Andrea Palafox Lopez................................................................................. Undeclared
Korina Rodriguez........................................................................................ Undeclared
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University and
department awards
Accounting
Jose D. Guerra....................................................... Outstanding Senior in Accounting
(co-recipient)
Anthony M. Hart................................................... Outstanding Senior in Accounting
(co-recipient)
Courtney H. Rios.................................Outstanding Graduate Student in Accounting
Art
Laura Anne Bombach.................................................... Outstanding Senior in Metals
Cassandra S. Davisson................................................Outstanding Senior in Ceramics
Yazmin Marquez............................................. Outstanding Senior in Graphic Design
Arturo Molinar-Avitia................................................ Outstanding Senior in Painting
Arturo Molinar-Avitia................................................ Outstanding Senior in Drawing
Center for Inter-American and Border Studies
Kerry Doyle................................................................. Outstanding Graduate Student
in Latin American and Border Studies
Jessica Jones....................................................... Outstanding Academic Achievement
in Latin American and Border Studies
Chicano Studies
Celia Aguilar................................................... Outstanding Senior in Chicano Studies
Civil Engineering
Edith Montes................................................................ Andrew D. Jones Outstanding
Academic Achievement Award
Lourdes G. Pacheco............................................Best Graduate Student Paper Award
Clinical Laboratory Science
Meena Aldouri............................................ Outstanding Student Class of 2009-2011
Crystal Bolden...............................Outstanding Senior in Clinical Laboratory Science
(co-recipient)
Claudia I. Diaz...............................Outstanding Senior in Clinical Laboratory Science
(co-recipient)
Communication
Marcela Aguirre Rodriguez..............Outstanding Senior in Communication Studies
Esmeralda Almanza...............................................Outstanding Senior in Print Media
Patrick M. Almodovar.................................. Outstanding Senior in Electronic Media
Paola Chavez...................................... Outstanding Senior in Multimedia Journalism
Alejandra M. Diaz Salamanca.................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Communication
Marie-Therese Joyce...................................Outstanding Senior in Media Advertising
Lorena Mondragon Rodriguez....................... Outstanding Senior in Organizational
and Corporate Communication
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Computer Science
Cuahutemoc Muñoz................... Outstanding Graduate Thesis in Computer Science
Yair Saenz................................................... Outstanding Senior in Computer Science
Jun Zheng................................ Outstanding Graduate Student in Computer Science
Creative Writing
Silvana Ayala Pelaez.................... Outstanding Graduate Student in Creative Writing
Alessandra Narvaez-Varela........................... Outstanding Senior in Creative Writing
Criminal Justice
Jose L. Valdez................................................. Outstanding Senior in Criminal Justice
Economics and Finance
Enedina Licerio.....................Outstanding Graduate Thesis in Economics and Finance
Emmanuel Villalobos................................................ Master of Science in Economics,
Student of the Year Award
Kristen White................................................................Outstanding Senior in Finance
Educational Psychology and Special Services
Fernando Reyes.......................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Guidance and Counseling
Jose Galindo................................................ Outstanding Senior in Special Education
Jennifer Zuniga........................Outstanding Graduate Student in Special Education
Education
Mariel Mireles Contreras.........................................Outstanding Senior in Education
Rubi Yañez............................................ Outstanding Graduate Student in Education
Educational Leadership and Foundations
Leslie Gonzales........................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Educational Administration, Ed.D.
Leslie Gonzales.............................................................. Outstanding Graduate Thesis
in Educational Administration, Ed.D.
Jocelyn Scott............................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Educational Administration - K-12
Tomas Sigala............................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Educational Administration - Higher Education
Electrical Engineering
Cristiano Miosso......................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cristiano Miosso............................................................ Outstanding Graduate Thesis
in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Nicholas H. Paine.................................. Outstanding Senior in Electrical Engineering
English
Jorge A. Gomez.......................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in English and American Literature
Jose L. Gomez............................................................. Outstanding Graduate Student
in English: Rhetoric and Writing Studies
Adriana Gutierrez............................... Outstanding Senior in English Language Arts
Constance S. Luna......................... Outstanding Graduate Student in Master of Arts
in the Teaching of English
Crystal Orozco...................... Outstanding Senior in English and American Literature
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Geological Sciences
Ian Cappelle................................................................ Outstanding Senior in Geology
Katrina E. Pekar-Carpenter...................................................... Bruce Davidson Award
Antony Wamalwa...................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Geological Sciences, Ph.D.
History
Jennifer C. Beeler..........................................................Outstanding Senior in History
Jennifer C. Beeler............................... Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis in History
Selfa A. Chew-Smithart............................. Outstanding Graduate Student in History
Jorge Rodriguez........................................... Outstanding Graduate Thesis in History
Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering
Anuar J. Aguirre.................................. Outstanding Senior in Industrial Engineering
Prashanth Devaram.................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Industrial Engineering
Carlos Marco Ituarte-Villareal...................................... Outstanding Graduate Thesis
in Industrial Engineering
Intelligence and National Security Studies
Christiaan T. Renee..................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Intelligence and National Security Studies
Inter-American Jewish Studies
Rebeca Nunez........................................ Outstanding Achievement in Jewish Studies
Kinesiology
Carrie E. Green............................Kinesiology Major of the Year for Exercise Science
Afton M. Kutzman................. Kinesiology Major of the Year for Physical Education
Languages and Linguistics
Christina Belio.......................................Outstanding Achievement in French Studies
Nancy Cavazos............................................................... Outstanding Senior in French
Miguel Garcia........................................... Outstanding Graduate Student in Spanish
Jose Luis Garcia.............................................................Outstanding Senior in Spanish
Whitney R. Krause................................Outstanding Graduate Student in Linguistics
Celina Osuna............................................................ Outstanding Senior in Linguistics
Leadership Studies
Chad M. Forsythe...................Outstanding Graduate Student in Leadership Studies
Marketing and Management
Avilia Bueno............................................................Outstanding Senior in Marketing
Javier Caraveo............... Outstanding Graduate Student in Business Administration
Diana Garcia.......................................................Outstanding Senior in Management
Elizabeth Sobczak.................Outstanding Senior in Human Resource Management
Master of Public Administration
Edward C. Hyatt......................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Master of Public Administration
Jennifer L. Pence.............................. Outstanding Research in Public Administration
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Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
Cesar A. Zamora......................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
Mechanical Engineering
Bidhan Dam................................................................ Outstanding Graduate Student
in Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D.
Bidhan Dam................................................................... Outstanding Graduate Thesis
in Environmental Science and Engineering Ph.D.
Joseph Hernandez............................ Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering
Joseph Hernandez................................. Outstanding Academic Achievement Award
Tony A. Martinez.............................. Outstanding Senior in Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
David Alvarez............................................................. Outstanding Graduate Student
in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Gina Aranda................................................Outstanding Senior in Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering (co-recipient)
Samuel J. Dixon...........................................Outstanding Senior in Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering (co-recipient)
Edwin Martinez....................The Henry and Margaret F. Ehrlinger Memorial Award
(Undergraduate)
Diana A. Ramirez.................................................. The John Serrano Copper Research
Memorial Award (Graduate)
Music
Jesus Diaz..................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student in Music
Shelly L. Gahan..............................Outstanding Senior in Commercial Music, Strings
Eric M. Gonzales............................................ Outstanding Senior in Music Education
Katsuya Morishita.............................................................Inspiring Graduate Student
Daniel A. Natividad..............................................................Outstanding Music Major
Frank D. Pedroza............... Outstanding Senior in Music Performance, Instrumental
Davida D. Washer.......................... Outstanding Senior in Music Performance, Vocal
Philosophy
Sean P. Conroy........................................................ Outstanding Senior in Philosophy
Physical Therapy
Rachel Schaeffer........................ Outstanding Graduate Student in Physical Therapy
Physics
Mario Bencomo............................................................. Outstanding Senior in Physics
Churna Bhandari........................................Outstanding Graduate Student in Physics
Churna Bhandari...........................................Outstanding Graduate Thesis in Physics
Political Science
Kenneth C. Bier.............................................. Outstanding Senior in Political Science
Jordyn E. Haught.........................Outstanding Graduate Student in Political Science
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Psychology
Ana Areas da Luz Fontes....................Outstanding Graduate Student in Psychology
Stephen W. Michael...............................Outstanding Graduate Thesis in Psychology
Karina Zazueta....................................................... Outstanding Senior in Psychology
Social Work
Laura M. Carmona.................................................Outstanding Senior in Social Work
Corene M. Seymour................................................ Outstanding Achievement Award
Sociology and Anthropology
Alejandra S. Dominguez.......................................... Outstanding Senior in Sociology
Mary M. Nelan....................................... Outstanding Graduate Student in Sociology
Arlina M. Palacios..............................................Outstanding Senior in Anthropology
Jose J. Vasquez ............................................................. Outstanding Graduate Thesis
in Sociology and Anthropology
Teacher Education
Miriam Gardea........................................................... Outstanding Graduate Student
in Science Education
Olivia Quinones..........................................Outstanding Senior in Teacher Education
Teacher Preparation Program
Michelle S. Kaiser...........................................................................Outstanding Senior
in the Teacher Preparation Program
Theatre and Dance
Danielle A. Gonzalez................................................... Outstanding Senior in Theatre
Emmanuel R. Munoz...................................................... Outstanding Senior in Dance
Women’s Studies
Belinda J. Olivares........................................ Outstanding Senior in Women’s Studies
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UNIVERSITY outstanding GRADUATE
Thesis and dissertation Awards
Outstanding Graduate Thesis - Engineering, Science, Health Sciences, and Nursing
Roger A. Ashmus, Jr., Master of Science, Chemistry
“Synthesis and Conjugation of Terminal α-Galactose Containing Mono-, DI-, and
Trisaccharides for Immunization Experiments”
Katja Michael, Ph.D., Thesis Supervisor
Outstanding Graduate Thesis - Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arts,
Business and Education
Stephen Worth Michael, Master of Arts, Experimental Psychology
“Training to Detect Deception: The Role of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and
Impression-Based Cues”
Christian Meissner, Ph.D., Thesis Supervisor
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation - Engineering, Science and Health Sciences
Cristiano Jacques Miosso, Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical and Computer Engineering
“Compressive Sensing with Prior Information Applied to Magnetic Resonance Imaging”
Ricardo von Borries, Ph.D., Dissertation Supervisor
Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation - Humanities, Social and Behavioral Sciences,
Business and Education
Thomas J. Taylor, Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology
“The Impact of Cartel Related Violence on Ongoing Traumatic Stress and SelfMedication in Young Adults Living Along the U.S./México Border”
Theodore V. Cooper, Ph.D., Dissertation Supervisor
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Honor Societies
College and departmental Honor Societies
College of Education
Chi Sigma Iota - National Counseling Honor Society
(Educational Psychology and Special Services)............................... President: Melissa Ortiz
Advisor: Don C. Combs
Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in Education........... President: Amber Calvin
Advisor: Josefina V. Tinajero
College of Engineering
Alpha Phi Mu
(Industrial, Manufacturing and Systems Engineering).............. President: Karla Gutierrez
Advisor: Tzu-Liang B. Tseng
Alpha Sigma Mu
(Metallurgical and Materials Engineering).....................................President: Gina Aranda
Advisor: S. K. Varma
Chi Epsilon
(Civil Engineering)........................................................................ President: Iskra Rodriguez
Advisor: Carlos M. Chang Albitres
Eta Kappa Nu
(Electrical Engineering).................................................................President: Elliot I. Gurrola
Advisor: Eric MacDonald
Pi Tau Sigma
(Mechanical Engineering)................................................................. President: Mario Rubio
Advisor: Ahsan Choudhuri
College of Liberal Arts
Iota, Iota, Iota
(Women’s Studies)...................................................................... President: Christine Endlich
Advisor: Lee Ann Westman
Lambda Pi Eta
(Communication)...............................................................................President: Elida Portillo
Advisor: Stacey Sowards
Phi Alpha Theta
(History)..................................................................................... President: Michelle Delgado
Advisor: Joshua Fan
Pi Sigma Alpha
(Political Science).......................................................................... President: Bianca Ramirez
Advisor: Taeko Hiroi
Psi Chi
(Psychology)................................................................................. President: Martin Gallegos
Advisor: Christina Sobin
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Academic, honorary, and Professional
Honor Organizations
ALPFA-Association of Latino Professionals
in Finance & Accounting........................................................... President: Pablo Perez
Advisor: Oscar Varela
Alpha Chi..................................................................................... President: Luis Rubio
Advisor: Ezra Cappell
Alpha Lambda Delta............................................................... President: Alfred Lopez
Advisor: A. Kaay Miller
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics,
UTEP Charter Interest Group................................. Co-Chairs: Arturo Acosta-Zamora,
Zenia Garcia, Marjorie Ingle
Advisor: Norman D. Love
American Marketing Association......................................President: Raul Hernandez
Advisor: Robin Grambling
American Society for Microbiology
UTEP Student Chapter..................................................... President: Jazmin Gonzalez
Advisor: Rosa Maldonado
American Society of Civil Engineering..........................................President: Lily Salas
Advisor: Charles D. Turner
Association Internationale des Estudiants en Sciences
Economiques et Commerciales............................................ President: Alfonso Andre
Advisor: Laird Smith
Association of Information Technology
Professionals.....................................................................President: Roberto Arellano
Advisor: Admit Gosh
Be A Teacher-Texas State Teachers Association
Student Program UTEP Chapter.....................................President: Crystal M. Estrada
Advisor: Cesar Rossatto
Bilingual Creative Writing Student Organization...............President: Ruben Varona
Advisor: Jeffrey Sirkin
Biointx.................................................................................. President: Javier Ordonez
Advisor: Elizabeth Walsh
College of Science Graduate Student Council................... President: Jesica Navarete
Advisor: Marc B. Cox
Communication Students for Professional
and Research Development..............................................President: Ambar J. Calvillo
Advisor: Sarah Ryan
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Delta Sigma Pi........................................................................President: Krystal Rivera
Advisor: William B. Elliott
Financial Management Association..................................... President: Marcos Rocha
Advisor: Gary R. Hedrick
Future Clinical Laboratory Scientists............................... President: Clarissa A. Garcia
Advisor: M. Lorraine Torres
Future Educators of Math and Science............................. President: Belen Gutierrez
Advisor: Ellen Esposito
Future Leaders in Public Relations..................................President: Elizabeth Estrada
Advisor: Eli Garcia
German Club......................................................................President: Alex Maldonado
Advisor: Nick Zweig
Higher Education Student Association....................................President: Diana Riffle
Advisor: Eduardo Arellano
Human Factors and Ergonomics Society
University of Texas at El Paso...............................................President: Grisel Ventura
Advisor: Arunkumar Pennathur
i-Developers.............................................................................. President: David Saenz
Advisor: Michael P. McGarry
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
UTEP Chapter.......................................................................President: Lee D. DeLoach
Advisor: John A. Moya
Institute of Industrial Engineers................................ President: Eduardo Valdepenas
Advisor: Luis Rene Contreras
Master of Social Work Student Organization...................President: Amanda Volker
Advisor: Candyce Berger
Medical Professions Organization.....................................President: Paloma Sanchez
Advisor: Mary Wells
Mock Organization................................................................. President: Tyra Sanchez
Advisor: RuPaul Charles
Mortar Board National Honor Society................................. President: Adam Villalba
Advisor: Mahesh Narayan
National Association of Hispanic Journalists
Student Chapter................................................................President: Alejandra Matos
Advisor: Zita Arocha
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National Communication Association.............................. President: Marcela Aguirre
Advisor: Stacey Sowards
National Society of Black Engineers............................ President: Abdul Odunmbaku
Advisor: Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan
National Student Speech Language
Hearing Association............................................................... President: Carly Robalin
Advisor: Benigno Valles
Neuroscience Research Association...................................President: Murad Alaqtash
Advisor: Thompson Sarkodie-Gyan
Nursing Class 2012, Student Council..................................... President: Ryan Sterling
Advisor: Hilario Monreal
Nursing Student Nursing Council May 2011...................... President: Rosa MacIntyre
Advisor: Pedro Ramon
Order of Omega........................................................................ President: Deane Sosa
Advisor: Aimee Maczko
Pre-Pharmacy Organization................................................. President: Calvin Nguyen
Advisor: Bill Klein
Public Health - Graduate Student Association........................President: Amir Kamel
Advisor: Oralia Loza
Sigma Alpha Lambda.............................................................. President: Ryann Fierro
Advisor: Cinthia Jimenez
Society of Automotive Engineers....................................... President: MIguel Chacon
Advisor: Noe Vargas
Society of Human Resource Management.................... President: Christina Sanchez
Advisor: Richard Posthuma
Student Chapter of Rhetoric Society of America................. President: Todd Ruecker
Advisor: Helen Foster
Student Rehabilitation Counseling Association..................President: Ryan Anthony
Rodriguez
Advisor: Timothy Tansey
Sun City American String Teachers Association................. President: Sandra Herrera
Advisor: Stephanie Meyers
Texas Nursing Students’ Association
UTEP Chapter..................................................................... President: Eduardo Orozco
Advisor: Diane M. Rankin
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The Associated General Contractors of America................President: Marisol Alonso
Advisor: Austin Marshall
The Association for Operation Management....................President: Veronica Mares
Advisor: Jose H. Ablanedo
The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi.................................... President: Donna E. Ekal
Advisor: Jose H. Terri S. Ramerez
The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society...................President: Mayra Contreras
Advisor: Roy Arrowood
The National Society of
Collegiate Scholars........................................... President: Jacqueline Gamboa Varela
Advisor: Richard Gutierrez
Turkish Student Association.................................... President: Muhammed F Bogrek
Advisor: Josiah Heyman
Undergraduate Creative Writing Society................................President: Don Fenton
Advisor: Jeff Sirkin
University of Texas at El Paso
International Council on Systems Engineering...................... President: Jose Falliner
Advisor: Eric Smith
University of Texas at El Paso
Chapter of SIAM................................................ President: Uram Anibal Sosa Aguirre
Advisor: Leticia Velazquez
UT El Paso MBA Association..............................................President: Daniel Martinez
Advisor: Gary Braun
UTEP Disney College Program....................................... President: Mariana Martinez
Advisor: Sarah Ryan
UTEP Forensics Team....................................................... President: Luzmarina Garcia
Advisor: Mary Trejo
UTEP Student Advertising Federation............................. President: Monica Almeida
Advisor: Carolyn Mitchell
Women in Business Association..................................... President: Margarita Ortega
Advisor: Norma Mendoza
Women in Science and Engineering.................................... President: Sara I. Chavez
Advisor: Irene Tejeda
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2011-2012 Scholars Excellence Program
President’s Leadership Scholarship Award Recipients
The President’s Leadership Scholarship Award is the University’s newest initiative
and most selective award designed to recruit and retain El Paso’s top-ranked
high school students. This prestigious award of $6,000 is renewable for a total
commitment of $24,000.
Miguel Aguirre
Adolfo Arias
Jacklyn Baquera
Rogelio Bernal
Nelson Boland
Greg Bustamante
Molly Butler
Katherine Carrasco
Jessica Carreon
Fernando Carrillo
Stephanie Chaparro
David Chavez
Madeline Clark
Luis Cruz
Siria Cruz
Nicole De Santis
Nicole Edwards
Juan Fernandez
Joseph Fields
David Figueroa
Katherine Godinez
Mauricio Gonzalez
Lakeeyscia Griffin
Jessica Hamilton
Macey Hughes
Celeste Kim
Cheyanne Lozano
Silas Luna
Estrella Macho
Jacqueline McMahon
David Monticone
Thalia Moreno
Sarah Neely
Evelyn Orona
Stephanie Paredes
Jasmine Puente
Mia Rifai
Arturo Rios
Leopoldo Rodriguez
Armando Sandoval
Loktao Shing
Shea Sizemore
Riane Stene
Amanda Talamantes
Azmavet Vazquez
Katherine Wagner
Nicolas Watkins
Jaasiel Zuniga
Presidential Excellence Scholarship Recipients
The Presidential Excellence Scholarship is one of the University’s most prestigious
merit scholarships awarded to incoming freshmen who have achieved an
outstanding record in high school. This scholarship provides a $4,000 award
renewable for a total commitment of $16,000.
Marcela Aguayo
Aleksya Aguirre
Marilyn Aleman
Paulina Almada
Guillermo Alonso
Rosario Alvarado
Estefania Anaya
Genaro Andazola
Kathryn Andrade
Nicole Anklam
Amanda Avila
Alyssa Baca
Carlos Baca
Fidel Baeza
Rene Balandran
Joseph Balderrama
Emmanuel Barraza
Alexander Barron
Danielle Barron
Rose Ann Beltran
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Elijah Bidwell
Juan Bolanos
Rebecca Brady
Lauren Bransford
Karina Brasgalla
Kyle Brito
Berenice Camarena
Sarah Cardona
Andrew Carrion
Amaris Castanon
Jelina Marie Castillo
Alejandro Castro
Israel Cerda
Javier Chaparro
Stephanie Chavez
Gwang Choi
HaeSoo Chung
Carol Cleetus
Isaac Clemen
Valeria Contreras
Raul Corella
Gil Covarrubias
Jonathan Covarrubias
Jordan Cox
Cora Davis
Leticia De Jesus
Edna De La Fuente
Max De La Vega
Elizabeth Del Rosario
Laura Delgado
Brenda Diaz
Maralyn Doering
Diana Dominguez
Mona Duran
Denise Elliott
Jose Enriquez
Aaron Escajeda
Vianey Escudero
Maria Esquinca
Larisa Flores
Stephanie Flores
Mauro Galarza
Alexandra Garcia
Anthony Garcia
Khayla Golucke
Bianca Gomez
Valerie Gonzales
Alexandra Gonzalez
Marianna Gonzalez
Kara Greco
Leonel Griego
Ashley Guevara
Luz Gutierrez
Kirsten Hancock
Kevin Hatch
Kathryn Hemmert
Yasmeen Hernandez
Baltazar Herrera
Brooke Hinson
Harris Khan
Jennifer Kinder
Olivia Kolenc
Efren Lemus
Selina Leyva
Daniel Llausas
Jennifer Lopez
Elizabeth Loweree
Elizabeth Loya
Melanie Lozoya
Lorenzo Luevano
Marisol Macias
Natalie Macias
Valeria Madrid
Marc Magallanes
Jorge Martinez
Linda Martinez
Stephanie McGuire
Marcela Mendez
Crystal Mendoza
Ashley Merchant
Sarina Mireles
Laurel Mohrman
Valeria Montelongo
Kevin Moore
Marissa Morales
Joshua Morris
Kenya Morrow
Arely Munoz
Olga Najera
Gabriela Navar
Aqshemsmeten Nichols
Lucia Noe
Victor Ortega
Maria De Lourdes Ortiz
Jessica Ostos
Jose Ostos
Amanda Pak
Miryam Pando
Vidal Parra
Deeandra Pedroza
Alexandra Peek
Devon-Rose Perez
Natascha Poole
Claudia Preza
Luis Prieto
Beatriz Quezada
Nora Rausch
Sarah Rayas
Iris Reilly
Elizabeth Reveles
Jose Rivera
Mauricio Rivera
Cassandra Rocha
Kristina Rocha
Bianca Rodriguez
Daniel Rodriguez
Krystal Rodriguez
Maricela Rodriguez
Mayra Rodriguez
Amber Sanchez
Stephanie Sapien
Barbara Schmidt
Daniel Schobner
Gabriela Segovia
Nicole Sepulveda
Emma Shrum
Wesley Solis Avila
Claudia Sosa
Isela Soto
Rebecca Soto
Alex Stein
Kayla Suarez
Rebecca Tarango
Elisa Taylor
Elizabeth Terrazas
Ravi Thakker
Francisco Torres
Minh Tran
Raymond Turner
Alejandro Valenzuela
Esther Valenzuela
Clarissa Valles
Italia Valles-Ochoa
Lucero Velasco
Chelsea Villa
Kinsleigh Vranish
Marilyn Wallace
Vanessa Welch
Julia West
Danielle Willis
Shannon Wolf
Oskar Yee
David Zambrano
Jason Zehden
Stephanie Zubia
Presidential Scholarship Recipients
The Presidential Scholarship is an academic scholarship awarded to incoming
freshmen who have excelled in high school. This scholarship provides a $3,000
award renewable for a total commitment of $12,000.
Mayela Aldaz-Cervantes
Joshua Alvarado
Jonathan Ambriz
Ricardo Avila
Evelyn Barraza
Jacob Bautista
Javier Benitez
Salena Berge
Ethan Black
Aaron Blanchard
Kristen Bustamante
Ashley Caballero
Joseph Calderon
Joselyn Cardenas
Jesus Cardoza
Crystal Chavez
Stephanie De Avila
Luis Delgado
Joshua Diaz
Daniela Dominguez
Arriaga
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Gabriela Enriquez
Dionel Esparza
Viannette Felix
Genoveva FuentesCuellar
Steven Galvan
Samuel Garcia
Jorge Guerra
Cassandra Hernandez
Jovana Hernandez
Isla Juarez
Lauren Katada
Ernesto Lopez
Jorge Martinez
Melissa Matamoros
Guy Mc Gunegle
Abigail Medina
Hugo Melendez
Jesus Mendez
Joshua Monarez
Carmen Orozco
Stephanie Orozco
Leslie Prat
Laurren Quintero
Jorge Ramirez
Matthew Ramirez
Jessica Rodriguez
Sean Roth
Marisol Salado
Oscar Salcido
Anahi Sanchez
Jose Sanchez
Nallely Sanchez
Zack Sprinkle
Anahis Tena
Aidil Trevizo
Daniela Valadez
Aneli Vasquez
Cody Villalobos
Academic Scholarship Recipients
The Academic Scholarship is given to incoming freshmen who are in the top 10
percent of their class. These scholarships provide up to $1,500 per year and are
renewable for a total commitment of up to $6,000.
Taylor Adams
Joshua Allen
Stephanie Amerena
Cassandra Anaya
Cassandra Antillon
Jose Aragon
Jennifer Armendariz
Krista Arnold
Sergio Arriola
Julie Arroyos
David Artalejo
Hannah Asuchak
Hillary Avila
Angelica Bailey
Kasey Barrett
Stephanie Barros
Iliana Batista
Eduardo Bautista
Oscar Beltran
Mar Bonilla
Tyler Brooks
Yasmine Brown
Munir Buhaya
Hector Campa-Duron
Eunice Campos
Jonathan Cantu
Arturo Cardenas
Marisol Cardenas
Omar Carrasco
Elisa Carrillo
Victor Castillo
Israel Castro
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Alvaro Chavez
Alyssa Chavira
Aaron Clark
Ashleigh Curry
Jocelyn Davalos
Sarah Davila
Mario Devora
Ruben Dominguez
Daisy Duarte
Celina Duran
Julio Enriquez
Rebecca Escobedo
Vanessa Esparza
Christina Favela
Breana Flores
Adrian Galvez
Jocelyn Garcia
Lisa Garcia
Ricardo Garcia
Kevin Godina
Gloria Gonzalez
Jessica Gonzalez
Victor Gonzalez Vazquez
Stephanie Grado
Susana Guereque
Sergio Guerrero
Emmanuel Guevara
Joseph Gutierrez
Danielle Hansen
April Hernandez
Matthew Hernandez
Zachary Jackson
Itza Jaramillo
Amanda Jewett
David Johnson
Carolina Juarez
Krisalyn Kuklock
Desiree Lara
Charlyn Loera
Ann Luna
Guillermo Macias
Olga Macias
Randolph Mack
Priscilla Manglona
Ashley Martinez
Cristian Martinez
Jaquelin Martinez
Noel Martinez
Sofia Mata
Dominic Matson
Trent McCoy
Ashley Mcmullin
Edward Medina
Kristen Melton
Selina Moran
David Munoz
Marcos Negrete
Tayler O’Hayre
Catalina Ortega
Jimmy Ortega
Francisco Ortiz
Jade Pacillas
Felipe Palma
Jasmine Peralta
Jose Perez
Lorraine Perez
Jose Pineda
Gilberto Quintanilla
Deborah Ransom
Savannah Rappe
Ivan Regalado
Daniela Reyes
Lorena Rios
Michael Rivera
Jose Roque
Alyssa Salcido
Ynez Sanchez
Jasmine Schultz
Jazmin Schwerdtfeger
Aja Segapeli
Jessica Segovia
Michelle Shaheen
Rhonda Silva
Carlos Soto
Sarahi Soto-Talavera
Lauren Spencer
Dominque Stubbs
Matthew Torres
Jason Trejo
Sarahi Trejo
Maria Valenzuela
Aeriel Valtierra
Karla Vasquez
Rosemary Velasco
Chantal Vidal
Lauren Wade
Luis Zuniga
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