TAMIU Annual Report 2022

Cover I
Around Campus 1
In This Edition 2
Message from the President 3
University News 5
Digital Outreach Efforts at TAMIU Reach Milestone + 1M Social Media Followers 5
Valerie Naranjo Joins TAMIU Artist-In-Residence Program 6
The Power of Web: Hubs Rule at TAMIU 6
University Remembers Fallen Leaders Drs. Cowart, Ball 7
Pylon, Long a TAMIU Beacon, Now Signals New Future 8
NSF, DE Research Grants Bring $3.5 Million to TAMIU 9
TAMIU, UT Health Houston Partnership Expands Public Health Study 9
LISD, TAMIU Team to Motivate Future Teachers 10
TAMIU's Economic Impact is Measured... and It's Impressive 9
University Donors 11
2022 Sames Scholars Cohort Introduced at Annual Orientation 11
Watson Retrospective at TAMIU Affirms Art of Giving 12
What Happened to Those Dinosaurs? Fascinating Lecture Offers Answer 13
Medline Internship Program Partnership Engineering Futures for TAMIU Students 14
University Faculty 15
TAMIU Border Lit Delivers 100 Student-Authored Books to TAMIU-LBV Literacy Partnership 15
New Faculty @ TAMIU 16
Dr. Momen, Dr. Cardona-Lopez Celebrate Book Publications 16
'Get PHIT' Summer Bootcamp Highlights Public Health Informatics 17
Profiles in Research Video Series Features University Faculty Efforts 18
TAMIU Names Faculty, Community Recipients at Award Convocation 18
TAMIU Students 19
TAMIU Offers First-Ever 'The Human Library' 19
Dancers Help Signal TAMIU's Return to Performance Space 20
TAMIU Collegiate Gamers Participate in Livestream at Trautmann Elementary 21
TAFE Students Score at National Competition 22
University Athletics 23
A Year that Previews Bright Future for Dustdevils Athletics 25
University Outreach 25
'Discover TAMIU' Helps Forge Campus Return, Reset 25
TAMIU Delivers 13th Annual 'The Big Event' 25
Partnership TAMIU: An Alliance for Good Affirms Community Engagement 27
TAMIU CPM Program Helping Advance City of Laredo 28
TAMIU Alumni 29
Dr. Carlos Ramos Gomez-Rejon ('04) 29
Virgilio Barrera ('11) 29
Dr. Raul Ramos ('14) 29
Dr. Vanessa Garza Clark ('04, '11) 29
Angel G. Ramos ('11) 30
Sergio Perez ('14) 30
Aaron Salazar ('03) 30
David Canales ('89, '94) 30
Diana Sayavedra ('98) 30
TAMIU Alumna Heads to Supreme Court 31
Giving Day 31
TAMIU Alumna Studies at Cornell for MPH 32
Annual Giving 2021-22 33
A Penny is for More than Thoughts 34
Faculty and Staff Giving 2021-22 35
Heritage Society Cumulative Giving 1970-2022 37
Tributes 38
Walk of Fame 38
Class Giving 2021-22 39
By the Numbers 41
Bragging Rights 42

RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy Mzk1Mzc4