UT Dallas Magazine - Winter 2012 - (Page 40)

McDermott Scholar Alumni Benedict Voit BA’08 and Jessica Harpham Voit BS’09 married in March in Dallas. Comets in the wedding party included Dr. Edward J. Harpham, Richard Voit BS’06, Dr. Sijy Voit BS’05, Dr. Walter Voit BS’05,MSCS’06, Felicity Lenes BS’09, Krissy Seaman BS’09, Bradley Wallace BS’09, Liam Skoyles BSEE’08, MSEE’09, James Fickenscher BS’08 and Jordan Youngblood BA’08. The Voits live in Dallas. Benedict is a financial advisor at ALM First Financial. Jessica is a third-year medical student at UT Southwestern. Ronald Mehler PhD'03 was appointed associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at California State University, Northridge. Andrew Terrazas BS’03 was recently named to the board of directors of the City of McKinney Housing Finance Corporation. The position carries a two-year term. Dr. Field G. Harrison BA’04 is the founder of Mint Dentistry in Dallas. While a student in the School of Interdisciplinary Studies, Field utilized the Health Professions Advising Center to better navigate his career path. He graduated from the Baylor College of Dentistry. Cleretha “Rita” Clay Hulin BA’04, MA’07 and Christopher Adam Boynick BA’98, MA’09 were married in November 2010 in Lewisville, Texas. The couple met at UT Dallas. Rita is employed as a third-grade teacher for Nova Academy in Dallas. Chris is employed as an English as a second language teacher for the Lewisville Learning Center. The couple resides in Lewisville. Scott Kuberski BS’04 is a global institutional product manager at Sompo Japan NipponKoa Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. Cynthia Gartman MBA’05 became president of IKOR USA Inc. in 2010. Tracey Bishkin TED’06 is Advanced Placement psychology and world history teacher at Lake Highlands High School in Richardson. She was 40 utdallas.edu selected by the Richardson Independent School District as a 2011 STAR Teacher. The winners were nominated by their schools and honored at the Excellence in Education Foundation Gala. Robert Janecka BA’06 completed a master's degree in international affairs in 2009 from the Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University. Following graduation, he was accepted to the Greater New OrleansTeach For America and served as a special education teacher at two elementary schools in the New Orleans area from 2009-10. He married Sarah Dempsey, whom he met at Texas A&M. Robert worked in the capitol office of Texas State Rep. Tryon Lewis (R-Odessa) as a legislative director for the 2011 regular session. Monique Antoinette Chabaud AUD’07 and Scott David Sinitiere were married on May 14, 2011, at St. Joseph Cathedral in Baton Rouge, La. Jon Jordan BA’07 recently accepted a teaching position with Coram Deo Academy in Flower Mound, Texas, where he teaches middle and high school history, theology and Greek. His wife, Vivien Tran Jordan BA’07, teaches elementary art in Mesquite, Texas. The couple met at UT Dallas and married in 2008. Janice Franklin PhD’08, professor of humanities and music at Mountain View College in the Dallas County Community College District, received the Minnie Stevens Piper/Miles Production Company Award for 2010-2011 and the DCCCD Miles Excellence in Teaching Award for Full-Time Faculty in 2010-2011. She also won an Excellence in Teaching Award from the National Institute for Staff & Organizational Development. Paul Ingram BS’08 and Steven Rosson BS’10 started a new business, SlotGuard, Inc., that targets a common frustration: junk mail. Kristi Rowan Humphreys PhD’09 accepted an assistant professorship in humanities at Alabama State University. Matthew Openshaw PhD’09 has been appointed to the position of lecturer and academic advisor in international studies at the University of North Texas. Amber Dawn Potts BS’09 was recently hired as an environmental health specialist for the City of Garland. 2010s Niloofar Allahyari BS’10 is attending medical school at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston. Roxanne Gonzales BS’10 recently began working for A-Z Therapy. Alexandra Ransom BS’10 is a property standards specialist for the City of Plano. Lisa Youngblood BA’10 is teaching seventh and eighth grade language arts at Frankford Middle School in Plano. http://www.utdallas.edu

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of UT Dallas Magazine - Winter 2012

UT Dallas Magazine - Winter 2012
Contents
On Campus
From the Lab
Arts and Culture
Courtside Success
Athletics
Research Is Teaching
Town and Gown
In Your Footsteps: An Alumni Perspective
Alumni Notes
In Memoriam
Hindsight

UT Dallas Magazine - Winter 2012