By Crystale Lopez Danica Martinez and Mario Perez, both senior math majors at the University of the Incarnate Word, took a fraction of their summer to help a non-profit organization plan for their future, and in doing so, the duo made history. Martinez and Perez completed their internship with ARTS SA, a non-profit organization that
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By Brance Arnold ’10 MA For the lucky, a passion can become a profession. For Asia Ciaravino ’98, the new CEO of San Pedro Playhouse, her work and her passion for the theatre are one in the same. A professional actor and accomplished business woman, Ciaravino has devoted her life to the theatre and holds
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By Deyanira Romo Rossell Chamoy apples offer a little taste of Mexico to anyone who bites into these tamarind and chili-covered treats. Twenty-one-year- old Nepthtali Valdez got the recipe just right, adding a real kick to his college experience at the University of the Incarnate Word. The UIW senior and his mom coated hundreds of
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By Rebecca Esparza ’99 BBA & ’03 MBA Sophia Suarez, ’12 BS, and Jacque Salame, ’11 BS, never dreamed a UIW class project for Dr. Neeta Singh’s Food Systems Management course would not only become a reality, but also make a tremendous difference in the lives of San Antonio’s underserved children. “Jacque and I were
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By Crystale Lopez Brother duo A.J. Moore ’04 BA and Antonio “Tony” Moore ’10 BA took childhood memories and brought them back to life through their comics and animation company “GudFit Entertainment.” The UIW alumni have created several web and print comics to include the colorful adventures of “Super Newts,” “Dorse and Doose,” and a
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By Margaret Garcia Once in a lifetime was just one of the ways students at the University of the Incarnate Word described their excitement about an upcoming trip abroad.  Since 2008, UIW has been providing students an opportunity to participate in an all-expense paid trip to Gwangju, Korea to teach English to Korean children at
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By Rebecca Esparza, BBA ’99 & MBA ‘03 Back in the mid-1990s, Donna Normandin, BBA ’96, had no idea how a friendly chat with UIW President Dr. Louis Agnese would forever change the course of her professional career. “At the time I was working at the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Dr. Agnese
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By Crystale Lopez New to the University of the Incarnate Word and to the state of Texas, Dr. Andrew Buzzelli, dean of the UIW Rosenberg School of Optometry (RSO), was presented with the “Educator of the Year” award by the Texas Optometric Association at the organization’s 112th Annual Convention in Austin. Before coming to UIW
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By Ashley Lindstrom Zelina Moncivais likes to smile — and along with 48 other students and graduates of the University of the Incarnate Word, this year she has one more reason to. The university has a long and well-known history of launching the careers of fine healthcare professionals. That tradition continues in 2012 with 49
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By Crystale Lopez The University of the Incarnate Word will be adding a new Fencing and International Sports Center. The facility is made possible by a $2 million grant from the Bexar County Community Venues Office through the voter approved Proposition 2 in 2008 that provided $80 million to amateur sports facilities in the city.
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