TAMIU Annual Report 2020

Message from the President 3
A Tale of Commitment and Resilience 3
TAMIU Together/Laredo Together 4
Donors 5
TAMIU 'Reading the Globe' Students Award $5,000 in 'Glocal' Donations to Charities 5
TAMIU Meets 50,000 Service Hours Challenge, $1.1M Equivalency 6
Matias de Llano Charitable Trust's TAMIU Gift Elevates Our Community 7
Dusty's Food Pantry, Students Benefit from Donor Support 8
Faculty 9
TAMIU Professor Receives Acclaim in Social Post 9
TAMIU "Be Well Project" Creates Artwork for Local Health Care Heroes 10
TAMIU Reaffirms Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity and Equity with Robust Programming 11
20 New Faculty Members Join TAMIU This Year 12
Faculty Member Leads Students in PPE Effort to Help First Responders 12
Alumni 13
TAMIU Names Inaugural Alumni Rising Star Awards Recipients 13
TAMIU Alum Begins First RCA Fulbright Award Experience 14
Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients Connect with Alumni @ Home 15
Alumni @ Home Brings on the Virtual Fun Times 16
Students 17
TAMIU Community Garden Reaps Plentiful Harvest, Donates to Community Partners 17
TAMIU Reading the Globe Program Hosts Drive-in Lecture Featuring Author Colin Broderick 18
University Life Awards Transitions to Virtual, Livestreamed Event 19
Virtual Mosaic Welcomes Students Home for Fall 20
News 21
Despite Pandemic Challenge, TAMIU Sets Enrollment Record 21
At TAMIU Students Take Classes Led by Congressman Cuéllar 21
New Deans Leading TAMIU Forward 22
TAMIU Adds Three New Degree Offerings in Engineering and Public Health 22
TAMIU Awarded $1.6 Million in National Science Foundation HSI Funding for STEM Initiatives 23
TAMIU Accolades 23
A&M System Board of Regents Travel Here for Quarterly Meeting 24
TAMIU Gets $1.1M Grant from Texas' HHSC 25
Senator Judith Zaffirini Named to Education, Higher Ed Committees 25
City's Tennis Court Scores at TAMIU 26
TAMIU Unveils New Class Ring 26
Athletics 27
Pandemic Can't Stop Dustdevil Athletics Support for Veterans 27
Dustdevil Athletics 2020: Highs and Lows 28
Dustdevil Athletic Alums Shine Off the Playing Field Too 28
Outreach 29
TAMIU-LBV Literacy Partnership Launches YouTube Channel Supporting Children's Early Literacy 29
TAMIU Nursing Students, Laredo Stroke Support Group Share COVID-19 Outreach Initiative 30
Student Letters Cast Glow for Hamilton Senior Residents 31
Communication Sciences and Disorders Students Help Children Battling Cancer 31
Art Students' 'Be Well Project' Donates Art to Hospital Nurses 32
Giving 33
Annual Giving 2019-2020 33
Faculty and Staff Giving 2019-2020 35
Why I Give: Alfredo G. Pérez, '89, '09 36
Heritage Society Cumulative Giving 1970-2020 37
Class Giving 2019-2020 39
Why I Give: Jessica Palacios, '04 40
By the Numbers 41

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