TAMIU Annual Report 2018

2018 Annual Report / IMPACT Philip S. Roberson, PhD Maria F. Robles ’15 Lorenzo A. Rodriguez ’94 Maria R. Rosillo Elizabeth Rubio Daniel Salazar ’14, ’18 Lisa M. Salazar ’17 Maria Isabel Salazar ’08, ’18 Yezmin D. Salazar Naiely M. Saldana ’08, ’13 Annie P. Salinas Dodd ’02 Gilberto Salinas, PhD ’99 Martha E. Salinas ’99, ’06 Anabelly Sanchez ’09, ’14 Bernice Y. Sanchez, PhD Pam Short Ruben Soto Juan E. Toledo Brendan Townsend Eddie Trevino Robert Trevino ’95 Marcela Uribe, PhD Miguel A. Valdez Triana G. Valdez Kristina Valenciano ’06 Carlos A. Vallarta Sonia L. Vela Irene Vela-Mendoza Juana E. Villagran Susan Wei, PhD Arek C. Zambanini ’10 Georgina Zamudio Phylis A. Zimmermann ’16 *Denotes Deceased Dental Society Scholarships Give TAMIU Students Something to Smile About This past March, three TAMIU Pre-Dental students had something to smile about as beneficiaries of scholarships from the Laredo District Dental Society, District 23. The three TAMIU Pre-Dental students:  Ana Laura Gomez-Vasquez, Laura Lomeli and Alyson Miller, each received $750 scholarships. All three were accepted into Dental School and began their studies this Fall 2018. Gomez-Vasquez attends The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Dentistry.  Lomeli enrolled at the Texas A&M University School of Dentistry and Miller attends The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio School of Dentistry. Dr. Alessandro Vallone, president of the Laredo District Dental Society, said the Society’s scholarship program is focused on helping students achieve their degree and perhaps return as Laredo District dentists. “We understand the process of obtaining a DDS degree can be a challenging, expensive, and long one. Our goal is to plant a seed by helping our local Pre-Dental students achieve that Dental degree with initial financial aid assistance via these scholarships, and perhaps one day having these future Dentists return to their roots and communities here in South Texas to provide an invaluable health service to an underserved area,” Dr. Vallone said. The group plans to make this an annual award, and that’s something to smile about all over again. ALegacy of Your Own? Interested in forging a legacy of your own at Texas A&M International University? Call Rosanne Palacios at 956.326.2178, email rosanne.palacios@tamiu.edu or mail donations to TAMIU Office of Institutional Advancement 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041. 28