Class Notes Fall 2017

1980s

Allison Hicks-Mulvey ’88 BA was honored by The Irish Echo as one of the publication’s Irish Cultural Champions for 2017. She was honored for teaching children to write their names in either Ogham, one of the oldest written alphabets in the world, or the Irish Uncial alphabet.

1990s

Patricia Ruiz-Healy ’91 BA is owner and director at Ruiz-Healy Art. She transitioned from student and consultant to gallery owner with the opening of Ruiz-Healy Art in Olmos Park, Texas. She also runs an appointment-only gallery in New York City. She is one of only three International Fine Print Dealers Association members in Texas.

Ellen Chatterton ’92 MA after studying in Prague, Chatterton accepted a position teaching English as a Foreign Language at Learning Journey English School in Tanjung Pinang on Bintan Island, Indonesia.

Karla Pascarella ’98 BA joined the national construction law firm Peckar & Abramson, P.C. as their construction and infrastructure lawyer as a partner at the firm’s Austin office.

Daniel DeGarmo ’99 BSN graduated from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston with a Ph.D. in nursing on August 15, 2017. His dissertation is “Comparing the Effectiveness of the Video Laryngoscope with the Direct Laryngoscope in the Emergency Department: A Meta-Analysis of the Published Literature”.

Christine Krueger ’99 BA ’06 MBA is a director of third-party management and senior property manager for Weitzman, a leading retail-focused commercial real estate firm. Krueger’s responsibilities include management of a San Antonio focused shopping center portfolio.

2000s

Arnulfo D. Hernández ’01 BA, managing partner of Hernández & Associates, P.C., was named a Regional President of the Hispanic National Bar Association. As a regional president, Hernández gains membership to the bar association’s Board of Governors and will preside over the organization’s Region XIII, which includes Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming.

Lt. Col. Marypat A. Klee ’01 MA (Ret.), has launched the small business Dixie Wreaths by Marypat, which sells unique, one-of-a-kind handmade wreaths. For more information, visit facebook.com/dixiewreathsbymarypat.

Dr. Tina J. Siller ’04 BS, ’07 MBA, ’16 PhD graduated from the doctoral program with a Ph.D. in education with a concentration in organizational leadership and a certificate in adult education. Her dissertation title is “Alumni Commitment: Exploring the Process of Transition from Participants to Donors”. She currently serves as Alumni Association Board president and is assistant director of operations in UIW’s Extended Academic Programs Division.

Nedra Clingan ’09 MAA was presented the Dave Clark Lifetime Achievement Antonio Association of Health Underwriters (SAAHU). This prestigious peer award honors an individual who has consistently gone above and beyond all expectations. Clingan, a senior account executive for Renaissance Dental has been an active member of SAAHU since 2002.

2010s

Valerie Ramirez ’12 BAAS was named the San Antonio Association of Health Underwriters (SAAHU) Underwriter of the Year. This peer award is given to an individual who represents the epitome of professionalism as a health insurance agent. Ramirez, the director of account management of Davidson Camp Insurance Services LLC, has been an active member of SAAHU since 2012.

Crystal Wilkerson ’15 BA is currently working at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre in London, and her work will be on display in the Globe exhibition gallery this fall.

Heather Miles ’16 DNP, RN, FNP-BC authored “Improving Provider AASM Guideline Adherence for Adult Obstructive Sleep Apnea,” (Miles, H. M., Dols, J. D., & DiLeo, H. A.), which was accepted to The Journal for Nurse Practitioners.

Litzie Garza ’16 DNP, RN, FNP-BC authored “An Initiative to Improve Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults with Type II Diabetes Based on the ACC/AHA (2013) and ADA (2016) Guidelines,” (Garza, L., Dols, J.D., & Gillespie, M.), which was accepted to the Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners.

Cecilia Gutierrez ’17 BA is a meteorologist who covered Hurricane Harvey for Channel 5 News in McAllen, Texas. After graduating in May, Gutierrez returned to her hometown in the Rio Grande Valley and accepted the position as a meteorologist/reporter.

Daniel Santos Cantu ’17 BFA was accepted to the Gettysburg National Military Park U.S. Military Veteran Artist in Residence program. The National Park Arts Foundation is the only non-profit of its kind specifically focusing on opening doors for artists and veterans at our national parks and monuments.

Dr. Garrett D. Wentz ’17 OD has joined the staff of the Vision Center of West Texas in Lubbock, Texas.

Future Cardinals

Louise Rogillio White ’05 BA and her husband, Thomas White, announce the birth of their second son, Roosevelt Jude Scoffield, on Aug. 17 in Indianapolis, IN.

Noah Daniel with Brooklyn Rene and Isaiah Reed

Erin Martinez ’06 BA and Marcus Martinez ’10 BFA welcomed Noah Daniel, UIW class of 2039, on May 30, 2017 in San Antonio. Noah joins older brother Isaiah Reed, UIW class of 2032, and older sister Brooklyn Rene, UIW class of 2034.

James David

Erica McCraw ’14 BS and her husband Nick McCraw welcomed their first born, James David in the spring of 2017.

Engagements and Marriages

Joseph Torres ’08 BS ’13 PharmD and Alyssa Casas announced their engagement in the summer of 2017 in Cancun, Mexico. They will be getting married in the fall of 2018 in Spring Branch, Texas. 

Ellyse Sanchez and Gilbert Lopez Jr.

Ellyse Sanchez ’14 BA MA and Gilbert Lopez Jr. ’14 BA announced their engagement in the summer of 2017 in Tulum, Mexico. They will be getting married in the fall of 2018 in the Texas Hill Country.

Michael Farrenkopf and Lindsay Holmes

Michael Farrenkopf ’12 BS ’16 DPT and Lindsay Holmes ’16 DPT were married in Marble Falls, Texas on Sept. 4, 2016.