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Points of Pride for June 1-14, 2013

Dear friends,
 
Summer classes are keeping our students, faculty and staff busy this June. We are excited to share selected highlights on the great things happening on our campus and beyond, and of course - GO SPURS GO!
 
Together in service for our University community,
 
Dr. Maria Hernandez Ferrier
President, Texas A&M University-San Antonio

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Changing the landscape of San Antonio

Texas A&M-San Antonio's beautiful and growing campus is featured in the current issue of the Commercial Real Estate Journal, a special publication of the San Antonio Business Journal. Check out the iconic images and some of the faces behind them!  

Editorial supports Texas A&M-San Antonio's growth

The San Antonio Express-News Editorial Board held up Texas A&M-San Antonio as an example of a vital public university in need of critical funding from the Texas Legislature. Read more here.

We will never forget

Dr. Edward Westermann, associate professor of history and the first Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence of the San Antonio Holocaust Museum, has been delivering lectures around the country on the history of the Holocaust. He was a facilitator and presenter at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. for a workshop on the Prevention of Mass Atrocity for service academy faculty (May 28-31); delivered the opening address at the Association of Holocaust Organizations annual conference in Austin, TX (June 1-2); and presented at the Holocaust Educational Foundation retreat on key issues in Holocaust studies in Chicago, IL (June 3-7). Thank you for your work in ensuring that future generations will "never forget."

Continuing the agricultural tradition

Congratulations to Andrew Brooks '11, who, only two years after earning his M.B.A. at Texas A&M-San Antonio, was appointed the new vice president of marketing at Certified Hereford Beef LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the American Hereford Association. A native of Elmendorf, Texas, Andrew received his bachelor's degree at Texas A&M University in agricultural economics. Find out more about Andrew.

A student's dream to meet her heroes

Sandra Silva, a student teacher candidate in the Teacher Preparation and Certification Center, accompanied Dr. Theresa Dorel, assistant professor of special education in the Department of Curriculum & Kinesiology, to the Second Annual Effective Educators Seminar held at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge (June 10-11). The organizers are Drs. Harry and Rosemary Wong, the authors of the seminal text on classroom management, and happen to be Sandra's personal heroes and inspirations for becoming a teacher. Meeting them made the two-day seminar an experience Sandra will remember forever!

Texas A&M University-San Antonio says "GO SPURS GO!"