TAMIU Annual Report 2022

Maria M. Charur Kondal R. Chintakunta ’02 City of Laredo Convention and Visitors Bureau Araceli ’99 and Michael Cortez ’82 Ricardo Cortez Gaby Duenas Roque ’10 Cindel F. Delgado ’21 Alfredo Duncan-Perez Alma L. Esquinca-Narvaez Evangelina Esquivel ’21 Karen Esquivel Jacklynn Everett Vidaurri ’12 Diana ’09 and Dr. Christopher Ferguson Follett Bookstores Andrea G. Garza ’11, ’14 Danielle A. Garza ’22 Gail Gonzalez ’90 Mayela A. Gonzalez ’22 Melissa B. Gonzalez H-E-B Grocery Co. # 5 Olga Herrera ’72 Rochelle Y. Johnson-Smith ’21 Vanessa and Ruben Juarez ’96 Melissa Kumnick Daniel A. Lathey Consuelo F. Lopez Lucero ’03 and Alaster Love ’03 Sofia C. Maldonado ’11, ’14 and Juan Carrera, Jr. ’10 Abigail M. Martinez Karina J. Martinez ’22 Kriztella ’95, ’96 and Pablo Melendez ’99 Jaclyn ’03, ’10 and Carlos Mendez Jose Mendoza Cecilia ’83 and Samuel Moreno Gabriela A. Navarro ’03 Larry A. Norton Anahi Perez ’22 Raising Cane’s Restaurant, LLC Adriana and Ed Ramirez, Jr. Tracie Y. Reed-King ’22 Jimena G. Reyes ’22 Alec J. Rodriguez Edgar Salazar Sara and Luis Sanchez ’20, ’21 Gerardo Sandoval Diana and Arnulfo Santos, Jr. ’76 Jade Settle Arlene T. Tafolla ’22 Bianca Trevino Lynne Twiss and Ellsworth Perro Alicia Valdez Sonia ’99, ’04 and Gerardo Vera Dr. Rosa Maria Vida ’74, ’86 and Frank Vida Maria G. Villanueva ’22 Margarita ’72 and Jose A. Villarreal ’73 Alexzandra ’18 and Hunter Watt Wholesome Builds Brianna J. Ybanez * Denotes deceased A PENNY IS FOR MORE THAN THOUGHTS This year, TAMIU students are proud to have raised over $4,137 through the annual Penny Wars Campaign to benefit Dusty’s Food Pantry, an on-campus answer to student food insecurity. Food insecurity is often considered an invisible epidemic on college campuses, with research noting a staggering 30 percent of all college students experience food insecurity during their college experience. The A. R. Sanchez, Jr. School of Business was the winner of this year’s Penny Wars Campaign. Penny Wars is an innovative fundraiser first established in 2015 by the Student Philanthropy Council, which since its inception has created and built a $50K scholarship endowment. Penny Wars encourages students to donate spare change in support of a specific campus area or program in a friendly competition between TAMIU Colleges and Schools. Since its launch, Penny Wars has raised over $18,000 for scholarships and programs…and that’s how pennies are for much more than thoughts! 34