Phil Esquivel, of Kingsville, Texas, won the UIW Jingle Bell Raffle after buying his ticket at the football game against Texas A&M-Kingsville. The former mayor of Kingsville and owner of Phil Esquivel and Associates New York...
Read MoreThe University of the Incarnate Word presented Sarwat Husain as the 2010 Alumni of Distinction for Service in Mission at the fall Commencement ceremonies, which conferred 731 graduates Dec. 10-11. Husain received her Master of...
Read MoreMore than 6,200 guests flooded Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium to officially kick off the Christmas season at the annual Light the Way ceremony on Nov. 20. Because of the enormous popularity of the free holiday event, Dr. Louis...
Read MoreAsian New Year, one of UIW’s most popular events, celebrated the “Year of the Rabbit” on Feb. 2 with food, music, performances and a traditional lion dance. Marian Hall Ballroom was packed with guests sampling time-honored Asian...
Read MoreUIW hosted the 8th annual Red Dress Fashion Show and Health Fair on Feb. 15 to promote cardiac health in women. Red Dress is sponsored each year by the nursing school and fashion department. The theme of this year’s Red Dress...
Read MoreDr. Judith Beauford, of the Dreeben School of Education, presented “Number Names Research in Mexico and Bolivia” at the School Science and Mathematics Association Conference in Florida in November. Dr. Mary Ruth Moore and Dr....
Read MoreNursing building renovation and expansion will accommodate 50 percent more students By Ashley Festa UIW nursing students now have a brighter and much bigger place to call home after a $6 million upgrade to the 40-year-old...
Read MoreThree of UIW’s own are among San Antonio Business Journal’s list of up-and-coming professionals By Rudy Arispe ’98 BA As Robert Olivares ’11 Ph.D. sits behind his desk in his spacious office of Republic National Distributing Co....
Read MoreBy Mary Lance For 59 uninterrupted years, Mary Helen “Pinkie” Devine Pinner ’46 BA has hosted a Twelfth Night party for classmates, family and friends. “Oh, I’d celebrate Christmas all year long if I could,” said Pinkie, a...
Read MoreBy Andrew Festa Progress in UIW’s men’s basketball program is evident everywhere you look at the McDermott Convocation Center. It’s visible from the upgraded locker room and weight room to the new basketball goals, once used in...
Read MoreNew program gives pharmacy students real-world experience By Ashley Festa On staff for slightly more than a year and a half, Cynthia Villarreal, Pharm.D., is already making big changes for students at the Feik School of Pharmacy...
Read MoreBy Catherine Duncan In its continued quest to improve the educational experience, the University of the Incarnate Word is expanding its life-changing Study Abroad program to Athens, Greece. “We think Greece is a wonderful...
Read MoreThe following are excerpts from a book covering the first 25 years of Dr. Louis Agnese’s presidency at the University of the Incarnate Word. It will be published in August by Maverick Publishing Company. The book is being...
Read MoreIn this issue, meet Board of Trustees member John Peveto By Salwa Choucair If it’s true that enthusiasm is contagious, then John Peveto’s passion for the University of the Incarnate Word may cause an epidemic. “It’s a very...
Read MoreBy Sr. Sally Mitchell, OSF, ’95 MA My life has been committed to living the mission of Jesus Christ, but if I were to take the final test and be evaluated on how well I am doing, I wonder if I would pass. I’ve been offered the...
Read More1940s Mary Helen “Pinky” Devine Pinner IWHS ’42, IWC ’46 BA held the 59th annual Three Kings Celebration at Brackenridge Villa on Jan. 6. For more about this event, see page 17 in this magazine 1960s Sr. Kathleen Coughlin, CCVI,...
Read MoreMore than 300 alumni, parents, students and friends joined the Homecoming 2010 festivities during Homecoming Week, Oct. 22-31. Events included the Homecoming Kickoff Party, Alumni Night at Stonewerks at the Quarry and Dr....
Read MoreBy Dick McCracken When my mother, Betty Huth, was a student at Incarnate Word College in 1922, Incarnate Word had everything a fine arts student could ever want,” said Betty Stieren Kelso, UIW Board of Trustees member. “Mother...
Read MoreA legacy honoring special professors Gayle Biehunko Sette graduated summa cum laude from Incarnate Word College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics. She went on to earn a master’s in computing science from Texas...
Read MoreBy Pat LeMay Burr, distinguished chair and professor of international business When I wrote a white paper for Dr. Louis Agnese outlining how the H-E-B School of Business might initiate an iPad Pilot Program for Fall 2010, I had...
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