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2005
Scholarship Recipients |
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2005 Recipients I Past
Recipients I Application I
Laura Vasquez Memorial Award
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 Randi
Leigh Williams -- 2005 "Building Tomorrow's Leaders Today" Award
Recipient
| Hometown: |
Cushing, TX (by way of Corpus
Christi, TX) |
| High School: |
Mary Carroll High School, Class of 2005 |
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| Current Status: |
Incoming Freshman Fall 2005 |
| College: |
UT McCombs School of Business |
| Major: |
Marketing |
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"I was very excited and honored to learn of
recieving this award. It is really nice to know there is an
organization that recognizes and awards the efforts of incoming
freshmen. I am planning on being a Marketing major as well as a member
of the Texas Exes Student Chapter. I will also continue to pursue my
jewelry business, Flaunt, and probably adapt it to fit the UT
spirit and community (i.e. - burnt orange beads!). A lot of thanks
to the Texas Exes for this honor, and Hook 'Em Horns!" (for
more information regarding Miss Williams' jewelry line, Flaunt,
please e-mail: randiw10@aim.com)
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 Stacey
Avalos -- 2005 Laura Vasquez Memorial Award Recipient
| Hometown: |
Sinton, TX |
| High School: |
Sinton High School, Class of 2005 |
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| Current Status: |
Incoming Freshman Fall 2005 |
| College: |
UT College of Engineering |
| Major: |
Mechanical Engineering |
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"Thank you, I really appreciate all that Texas Exes
contributes to entering freshmen and am extremely grateful that I was
chosen. UT first enticed me by offering me a free week at the MITE
summer program. I was thrilled to be project manager for my team's
rocket project and even more excited when we received first place.
The experience that UT allowed me to have was the reason (I decided) to
further my studies in UT's classrooms. I plan on being active in the
Women in Engineering Program and I am enrolled in a FIG, the
Visionaries. I want to change the world and I know I can
accomplish that with help from UT. HOOK 'EM HORNS!!!
-- Stacey"
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 Timothy
Ginn -- 2005 Scholarship Recipient
| Hometown: |
Corpus Christi, TX |
| High School: |
Calallen High School, Class of 2005 |
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| Current Status: |
Incoming Freshman Fall 2005 |
| College: |
UT College of Liberal Arts |
| Major: |
Government |
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Timothy's career plans include working on
political campaigns, and possibly becoming a lobbyist. His
best advice received is that persistence always pays off. He plans
to get involved in Freshman Leadership Organization, Student
Government, and would love to one day try out for mascot! |
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| Kenneth Graveson -- 2005 Scholarship
Recipient
| Hometown: |
Corpus Christi, TX |
| High School: |
W. B. Ray High School, Class of 2005 |
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| Current Status: |
Incoming Freshman Fall 2005 |
| College: |
UT College of Engineering |
| Major: |
Electrical Engineering |
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 Megan Noel -- 2005 Graduate Scholarship Recipient
| Hometown: |
Austin, TX |
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| UT Campus: |
UT Marine Science Center in Port
Aransas, TX |
| Current Status: |
Graduate Student Fall 2005 |
| College: |
College of Natural Sciences |
| Discipline: |
Marine Science |
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"I was overwhelmingly
excited to receive such an honor from the Texas Exes of Corpus Christi.
I
am a third generation longhorn, and I received my Bachelor from The University
of Texas at Austin in 2004. I am now working on my Master’s degree in Marine
Biology at UT’s Marine Science Institute. As a student in the Nunez lab, I study
elasmobranch endocrinology, or how hormones affect physiology and behavior
in sharks and stingrays of the Gulf of Mexico. Specifically, I study the interactions
of stress and reproduction in
Atlantic Sharpnose sharks (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae) and Atlantic
Stingrays (Dasyatis sabina). It may seem strange to purposefully
stress out a dangerous predator, but actually this kind of work is really
important, especially when thinking about the conservation of these
animals. Sharks are the big, top predators of their environments, and
therefore do not experience many natural stressors. However, with
increasing pollution, fishing pressure and other anthropogenic factors,
elasmobranchs are encountering more and more stressors, and it is unclear
whether or not they can naturally handle such intensified stress. My work
will focus on how stress affects reproduction in sharks and stingrays,
which I hope can be applied to conservation efforts of these
animals." |
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