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GENERAL UIW NEWS: A new web format at: http://www.uiw.edu/

CHECK OUT THE UIW ALUMNI NETWORK

http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/anet/

Alumni are joining the network all the time. Check it out regularly for news from friends.

THE WORD OF THE MONTH

The Word of the Month newsletter is now available for viewing on the web, at www.uiw.edu/wotm/

THE LOGOS ONLINE [last issue of the school year]

www.uiwlogos.com

LET'S SAVE SOME TREES! AND WIN SOME PRIZES!

http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/sweepstakes2003.html

SWEEPSTAKES was made easy, but it is tough to get used to "easy"... probably because we are all so programmed to filling out little pieces of paper for each entry. A few years ago a very bright UIW student helped to make our SWEEPSTAKES almost paperless when he designed a computer program for us. The program automatically enters the number of entries you want, and then selects the winners and alternates in a random selection. Never touched by human hands. Only a mouse.

So, if you want ten, twenty or even more entries, you only need to fill out ONE form. And you get two free entries for every ten. If you want to divide the entries with a spouse or a relative we can do that, but we need at least the name and phone number of each person.

And don't forget, if you have email you will get nothing else on Sweepstakes in the mail. You can do everything online. Just click on the link http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/sweepstakes2003.html

All proceeds for UIW, IWHS and St Anthony's student scholarships.

A SWEEPSTAKES PRAYER

Dear God, let me win the Sweepstakes in 2003. And God said, "Work with me on this. Take at least one entry!"

JULY 4 th ALUMNI and FRIENDS PARTY ON CAMPUS

"By the Dawn's Early Light" is the annual Alumni July 4 th party inside Brackenridge Villa---early enough to still be cool and also leaves time for other 4 th activities. We begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Villa and the winners of the 2003 Scholarship Sweepstakes are announced at 11:00 a.m. Good food and music by the acclaimed alumni jazz duo The Small World of Kyle Keener and Polly Harrison. Door prizes. No strenuous activities. All free.

Let us know if you can join us. 829-6014 or dickm@universe.uiwtx.edu

UIW CREDIT CARD AVAILABLE

Alumni/ae often ask about the UIW affinity Mastercard available through MBNA. In addition to a personalized UIW credit card, MBNA gives UIW a percentage of all purchases/charges at no extra charge to you. Even if you make a gift on your MBNA card we will still get a percentage as an extra gift.

We receive nearly $1,000 a quarter from this program, all designated for the Faculty Development Endowment.

To get more information on a card, just call MBNA at 1 800 847 7378 [Mastercard] and refer to source code YH9Q.

INCARNATE WORD PINS SELLING WELL

Proceeds are for the Faculty Development Endowment [to meet a matching grant]

http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/zelime.html

UIW Professor on sabbatical in China, Tim Henrich, visits a school where clothing was distributed. Tim and his wife are due to return to San Antonio and will be back teaching at UIW this fall.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Congratulations to Sister Teresa Stanley ,CCVI, BSN '60, Hon. '03 who has been invited to return to the Catholic Health Association in St Louis as Senior Director, Sponsor Services. She was Senior Associate for mission at CHA from 1990-1996. In this new position she will be responsible for development of programs and services designed to support leaders of religious institutes, other laity, and bishops who sponsor Catholic healthcare in the U.S. The Senior Director serves as a resource to sponsors as they seek to guide and influence their sponsored works and prepare for transition to evolving forms of sponsorship in support of their ministry commitments. Sister will make a retreat in July and assume her position in St. Louis in early August. Sister Teresa had served on the UIW nursing faculty, was director of the Division of Nursing, a member of the UIW Board of Trustees and served a term as the General Superior of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word.

Dr and Mrs Louis J Agnese, Jr (pictured right) at the Science and Engineering Center Groundbreaking ceremony. Mrs Agnese received an Insigne Verbum Award from the Board of Trustees which will be covered in THE WORD and the next e-Nnewsletter.

ALUMNUS & SACHS STAFF MEMBER PUBLISHES BOOK

By Hector Saldana, SA Express-News

Paul Alexander, MA '98 , knows high school football - firsthand as a high school star in Lockhart and as an Emmy-winning sports reporter. The familiar face of Fiesta Dodge commercials and former KSAT-TV sports anchor has penned his first book about small town high school football and will be signing copies at the County Line on Interstate 10 West Wednesday evening.

Its title, Movin' the Chains, is apropos for a labor of love that took 10 years to complete. That Alexander, 48, was a star athlete at Lockhart High School, where he lettered as a receiver and defensive back from 1969 to 1971, or that he was a rising star at CBS in the '80s covering sports, doesn't have as much to do with his new book as one might think. "It's more a matter of me wanting to stretch out," said Alexander, who is an instructor and football coach at St. Anthony Catholic High School . "After more than 20 years in TV sports, I was tired of dot-dot-dot sentences."

Of course, he doesn't deny his lifelong love of the game. "I tried to make sure that the football part of this came off real and I feel pretty good about that," he said. But the often-hilarious story is fiction, he insists. "My flippant answer is no, the protagonist in this book goes through dealing with the emotional stress of a string of dropped passes, something I wouldn't know anything about," Alexander said. "But my personal experiences are my taking off points."

It is set in 1971, what Alexander calls "a really pivotal time in American history." He points to events such as the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the sexual revolution and the hippie influence that had rendered "being an athlete not all that cool." "I wanted to look at it through small town Texas life, in particular, high school football was sort of a good way to get at those societal things," Alexander explained. The picture isn't quaint or sugarcoated.

"There is some bad (expletive) going on in this book," says Alexander about such topics as premarital sex, underage drinking, teen angst and racism. "None of this stuff is gratuitous. None of these things are glorified." Coaches of the era, too, were finding themselves with students questioning their authority, maybe for the first time, Alexander said. "A coach would say, 'Jump!' and you'd ask, 'How high?'"

Alexander's book is set in Gonzales, a small town not unlike his hometown "in size, scope and attitude." He began the book in 1983. It took 10 years to finish the first draft and then he "took a meat cleaver to it." Like many first-time writers, Alexander suffered numerous rejections of the manuscript by publishers. He decided to contract with a subsidy publisher and finance it himself. "Because of my background in media, I have a means to promote this," Alexander said. "I came to the conclusion that I feel strongly about this." Alexander's television sports background is extensive. After graduating from Southwest Texas State University in 1976, he worked at KTBC-TV in Austin, KOLD-TV in Tucson, Ariz., and at CBS-owned and operated KMOX-TV (now KMOV) in St. Louis from 1980-87.

In San Antonio, he spent four years as sports director at KSAT and later as news anchor at the syndicated News of Texas in the late '90s. But even as he pitches Dodge trucks on TV, Alexander is never far from the game. He recently co-produced "Big Game Hunters," a sports travel show on ESPN2. Football remains king in small town Texas where city water towers often depict high school team mascots rather than the name of a city. "High school football, in the early '70s, was the focal point of small town life," Alexander said. "That was the thing. Regardless if you were 3 years old or 90, you were part of that community and that high school football team was the most visible symbol of that community. . .it's what we are."

ADCaP GOES OVER 1,000 GRADUATES

A remarkable achievement for a program initiated in 1996, the Adult Degree Completion Program went over the 1,000 mark in graduates this year. These UIW alumni worked full-time while finishing up their degrees on one of the San Antonio campuses or in Corpus Christi, many while also handling family responsibilities. Here is a link to our ADCaP alumni as of May, 2003. http://www.uiw.edu/alumni/adcapgrand.htm

SUMMER SWIMMING AEROBICS SCHEDULE

The Barshop Natatorium and the Wellness Center are available to alumni at a discounted rate. There is an extra fee per month if you use both.

time	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
7:30 am	Aqua-mania (Vicky)	Aqua-mania (Vicky)	Aqua-mania (Vicky)	Aqua-mania (Vicky)	Aqua-mania (Vicky)
5:30 pm	F.I.T. for H2O & Ai Chi (Beth / Lydia)	Aqua-mania (Beth / Lydia)	F.I.T. for H2O & Ai Chi (Beth / Lydia)	Aqua-mania (Beth / Lydia)
6:30 pm			Swim Skills & Drills 1 st & 3 rd Weds only (Beth)

Aqua-mania: This is a 50 minute water workout designed to increase cardiovascular fitness, flexibility, strength and muscular endurance. Primarily in the shallow end of the pool, this is a good class for participants who want a great workout that does not involve swimming.

Deep Water Dynamics: This portion of other classes provides an invigorating aerobic fitness activity for swimmers and non-swimmers as floatation equipment is available to all. Deep water exercises promote cardiovascular fitness, muscular strength & endurance, flexibility and weight management through suspended challenges at the surface of deeper water.

*** non-swimmers are welcome & will be assisted as needed! ***

Aqua-itis: Not available at this time. Please contact Beth if interested.

F.I.T. for H2O: FUNctional Interval Training: This class will provide the participant with the ultimate fitness workout using aerobic intervals. Instructor will encourage and explain how to adjust resistance levels to improve strength and endurance . Along with anchoring and use of resistive equipment as desired, this method of aerobics strengthens the core while it tones the muscles of the extremities, conditions the heart & lungs, and even enhances your balance & coordination!

Ai Chi is the water version of the flowing energy of Tai Chi, used for balance, deep breathing and relaxation!

Swim Skills & Drills : This is an intermediate class for members who desire to have some interaction & coaching to refine your skills. This swim technique enhancement, taught by experienced swimmers and coaches, will focus on different strokes & aspects, with 10-15 minutes of instruction, followed by 30 - 40 minutes of coaching.

All water exercises, done properly, improve flexibility and provide a safe environment for group exercise.

The adjustable aquatic environment meets individual needs to strengthen the core 3-dimentionally, enhancing balance, coordination and endurance! And you can almost keep your hair dry!

SISTER MARGARET MARY [Lucilla] CURRY, CCVI DIES

Sister Margaret Mary Curry, CCVI, 78, entered into eternal life on Wednesday, May 28, 2003 at the Incarnate Word Retirement Community, San Antonio, TX. Sister Margaret Mary was born to Joseph Curry and Ellen (Dee) on September 30, 1924 in St. Louis, MO. She entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word on September 6, 1945, professing first vows in 1948 and perpetual vows in 1953. Sister Margaret Mary was a nurse, an administrator and a family therapist. She held a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, a Master's Degree in Administrative Nursing Education, and was a Registered Nurse with the State of Texas. She ministered to students at Incarnate Word College, now the University of the Incarnate Word, served as a Family Minister at Holy Name Parish in San Antonio, worked at the Polio Unit of (CHRISTUS) Santa Rosa Hospital, and as a Patient Care Coordinator at Villa Rosa Behavioral Health Center. She was also a member of the General Administration, the Congregation's leadership team, who was devoted to learning about and sharing with others the spiritually she found through the Congregation. "She was a voracious reader and stayed in touch with what was going on in the Church. In that way, she helped the Congregation maintain its connection with the world," recalled Father Thomas French, who was a dear friend to Sister Margaret Mary since 1952, when she was assigned to help him acclimate to Texas upon transferring from Ireland as a new priest. In an article about faith sharing - the process of gathering to share individual visions of God and responses to Him - Sister wrote, "Faith sharing is risky, but it is the only way... for us to build true Christian Community. It is through the experience of faith sharing that the Lord's presence overwhelms us and draws us to be one in Him..." Father French remembers Sister Margaret Mary as a dedicated nun and a special, wonderful gift from God, quoting Roman author Cicero from his writing De Amicitia, "There is no greater gift from the immortal God than the gift of friendship." Sister Margaret Mary's passing is mourned by numerous nieces, nephews and other relatives and by her Sisters in Christ. The Wake Service is scheduled for Sunday, June 1, 2003 at 6:30 P.M. and Mass of Resurrection will take place Monday, June 2, 2003 at 4:00 P.M. in the Chapel of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, TX with Interment immediately following at the Convent Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to the Incarnate Word Retirement Fund. Condolences may be sent at www.theangelusfuneralhome.com. Funeral arrangements provided by The Angelus Funeral Home.

Stephanie M Alvarez-We were also saddened to hear of the sudden death of Alumna of Distinction, Stephanie M Alvarez, BSHe 1969, MA '74, of a heart attack at age 56.

2003 PHONATHON

By the end of May the UIW alumni Phonathon was at the $111, 344 mark in gifts and pledges. The advancement team callers completed the process in early May. Mail and email appeals were sent to alumni unable to be reached by telephone. Now the Phonathon starts gearing up for the 2004 fiscal year. Have you made your gift or pledge payment in support the 2003 academic year? Now giving is just a click away at http://www.uiw.edu/giving/giv_index.html

DON'T FORGET!

Alumni and alumnae should start to think about incoming students they would like to nominate for a MARS alumni referral scholarship of $1,000 for the fall of 2004.

 

And thanks to UIW CIO Dr Steve Wilson for this: