By Deyanira Romo Rossell For Marthe Curry ’07 Ph.D., completing doctoral research at the University of the Incarnate Word meant a 30-hour trip to Uganda, lodging in a hut without electricity or running water, with the occasional...
Read MoreBy Ashley Festa Dr. Patricia Watkins, who has been part of the University of the Incarnate Word community for 21 years and vice president of International Affairs since 2004, will leave a legacy of progress and a collection of...
Read MoreBy Lena Gokelman, BM ’85 UIW Coordinator of Liturgical Music The passing of my mother unexpectedly in 1995 is a moment powerfully etched into my memory. My mother, who was not a great adventurer, had decided to take a trip to...
Read MoreBy Andrew Festa UIW tennis coach John Newman stands in front of his players, who are assembled on the bleachers at Clarence Mabry Tennis Center on campus. It’s a chilly Saturday morning in January, a few weeks before the spring...
Read MoreIn this issue, meet Board of Trustees member Gary Henry Gary Henry learned as a teenager how to build a waterpark from the ground up; he helped construct some of the first rides at his family’s New Braunfels riverside resort,...
Read More1970s Susanne Valdez ’71 BA received the George Washington Medal from the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge for her outstanding volunteer work in St. Louis, Mo. Ellen Shull ’72 BA was honored in October with the Yellow Rose of...
Read MoreJuliet (Gonzalez) Hernandez ’94 BS and her husband, Dr. Jaime Hernandez, are happy to announce the arrival of their daughter, Joy, who was born Oct. 29. Miguel Prigadaa ’99 BA and his wife Elsa Prigadaa ’99 BBA welcomed...
Read MoreLynette Best ’93 BA married Royce Gray on Nov. 28 in the backyard of their new home in La Vernia. Melissa (Matt) Lenaburg ’93 BS, ’95 MAA got married in Chicago on Jan 2. Belinda (Rodriguez) Arechiga ’96 BBA married Alberto...
Read MoreLola Marrs Phillippi ’45, Santa Rosa School of Nursing Belva Dean Robertson Perkins ’53 BS Beatrice Garza Pena ’55 BSN Cassandra Stockton Rousseau ’52 IWHS, Class of 1956 Jo Ann Hirzel Ferguson ’53 BSN Alice Marie Ortiz Torres...
Read MoreCongrats to the fall contest winner! In the photo is David Miron, a UIW music student in the 1980s. Thanks to everyone who participated, and congratulations to those who answered correctly! Among the correct answers, the...
Read MoreDear Friends: Welcome to the annual donor’s issue of The Word, our way of saying “thank you” to the many special people from around the world who contribute to the continued betterment of the University of the Incarnate Word....
Read MoreUIW president Dr. Louis Agnese reinforced the university’s commitment to private-school education through a historic partnership with The Carver Academy announced Sept. 23. The university will provide each graduate of The Carver...
Read MoreUniversity of the Incarnate Word students and faculty members kicked off the fall semester celebrating the university’s Mission. UIW’s fourth annual Meet the Mission, held Friday, Sept. 11, took more than 225 UIW students and 30...
Read MoreUIW School of Optometry Founding Dean and Professor H. Simon Ghazi-Birry, MD, OD, Ph.D. OCS, shared progress for the university’s School of Optometry at a community gathering at the Datapoint location on Aug. 25. Visitors had...
Read MoreSan Antonio-area alumni quickly outgrew the reserved area at Martha’s Mexican Restaurant and Cantina where they held their summer mixer in August. And even though the event was scheduled to end at 8 p.m., the last guests didn’t...
Read MoreNine Incarnate Word communication arts students from UIWTV, KUIW Internet radio and the Logos student newspaper participated in a news conference about the Panamax ’09 military training exercise at Camp Bullis on Sept. 18....
Read MoreBy Ashley Festa Since the Post 9/11 GI Bill was approved, there have been many questions among veterans regarding how to use the benefits for academic success. Karen Wyatt, the university’s new veterans affairs coordinator and...
Read MoreThis year’s pharmacy students took an oath pledging their devotion to providing the best patient care possible at the fourth annual White Coat Ceremony on Sept. 25. Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin, founding dean of the Feik School of...
Read MoreBy Ashley Festa The staff of the Rosenberg Sky Room presented a booth at the San Antonio Wedding Guide and Bridal Extravaganza at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Sept. 20. Of the 300 exhibitors, which included venues,...
Read MoreBy Ashley Festa A class of about 30 UIW students, along with adviser Hank McDonnell, instructor of communication arts and the general manager of KUIW radio, hosted an open house Aug. 27 to show off the brand new UIWTV station....
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