Feature Stories
UIW student donates time, heart and soles
By Crystale Lopez All it took was a walk last summer for Eric Castillo, UIW kinesiology/communications major, and his partner Jessica Renee, a pharmaceutical representative for Pfizer, to take a good look around and realize a community need they had the ability to help fulfill. “Eric and I recognized the need others have for a
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Dear Friends: Many of you have probably heard that we’re investigating the viability of opening a medical school at UIW. The question I’ve been asked repeatedly since this process began last summer is, “Why?” It’s true that starting a medical school from scratch is an intricate and highly expensive proposition. It’s fair to say that
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Feature Stories
Pennies-a-day make a global impact
By Brance Arnold ’10 MA Little gestures can often achieve paramount results. The Feik School of Pharmacy (FSOP) recently implemented a philanthropic program utilizing the idea of small generosities to make a global impact, Pennies for Pure Water. Early in the spring semester of 2012, Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin, founding dean of the FSOP, asked Andrew
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UIW student grows a community
By Brance Arnold ’10 MA In the summer of 2012, as a student employee for UIW’s grounds department, Stephen Lucke had a vision to create a UIW Community Vegetable Garden on campus. He sought to bring the UIW community together for a project that would not only serve an ornamental purpose, but a functional one
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Dedicated to serving others
By Rebecca Esparza ’99 BBA & ’03 MBA When Katie Young ’11 BA started her freshman year at UIW, she had no idea what she wanted to study. But she did know one thing: she wanted to make a special impact on the lives of others. “I was ready to study anything and everything,” she
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UIW’s 26th Annual “Light the Way” event filled with surprises On Saturday, Nov. 17 nearly 7,500 guests joined UIW President Dr. Louis J. Agnese, Jr. at the Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium for the 26th Annual Light the Way event, A Miracle on Broadway. Dr. Agnese officially kicked off the holiday season by flipping the switch and illuminating the campus in nearly a million twinkling lights
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Class Notes 1960s Teddy L. Jones ’66 BSN has published a new book, “Halfwide: A Novel.” It’s available in both paperback and eReader formats from Amazon or
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University Collective Dr. Renee Bellanger, associate professor of pharmacy practice, has published an article “Migraine in Women: The Role of Hormones” in “U.S. Pharmacist,” volume 37(9): 29-32, September. Dr. Rebecca Attridge, assistant professor of pharmacy practice at the Feik School of Pharmacy, published “Internal Medicine: A Guide to Clinical Therapeutics,” in January 2013. Her book is a
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UIW golf teams strive for excellence on and off the course By Shane Meling “If you don’t expect someone to do something they probably won’t do it.” That was the first sentence uttered by University of the Incarnate Word Men’s and Women’s Golf Head Coach Brad Martin in a recent interview and it shows exactly what he is trying to do for his program—raise expectations. Currently,
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Larger than Life In April 2012, the university lost one of its dear nursing alumni… Capt. Margaret Cathlene Donoghue NC, USN, ’54 BSN. Anyone who knew “Maggie” would tell you she was larger than life. Donoghue stood six feet tall and projected herself in a way that demanded attention. Her commanding presence was integral to who she was
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