2023 Archive

Dr. Ronald Angelo Johnson – Texas State University alumnus, associate professor and Ralph and Bessie Mae Lynn Chair of History at Baylor University – won the 2023 Distinguished Alumnus Award from the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society. Read more in the TXST news.

Texas State University alumnus and recording artist Randy Rogers made a $25,000 gift to the Kent Finlay Endowed Scholarship in Texas Music History on Feb. 15 at Cheatham Street Warehouse. Read more in the TXST news.

Lead Scientists Sarah Fritts (shown here), assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Texas State University, and Sara Weaver (Ph.D '19), the Director of principal and natural resources at Bowman Consulting, are featured in one of five short nature documentaries presented by H-E-B in partnership with Fur and Fin Films and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department! Watch the documentary on YouTube.

Congratulations to Dr. Becky Spurlock ’94, ’96, Senior Vice President of Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at The University of Texas Permian Basin, has been named as one of the Top 50 Women Leaders in Education in 2023.  Read more in Women We Admire.

Congratulations to Will Conley '01, Interim CEO of the Greater San Marcos Partnership and principal at American StructurePoint, who was named a 2023 Austin Business Journal Power Player. Read more in Austin Business Journal.

Ana Yi Puig '20 is a main cast member in the spooky Goosebumps TV series streaming on Hulu and Disney+. Based on R.L. Stine's award-winning book series, a group of five high schoolers unleash supernatural forces upon their town. Now, they must work together in order to save it. Read more in The University Star.

Reba Hollingsworth '92, is a TV News Anchor for WTVR CBS 6 News and and four-time Emmy award winner. Read more in The University Star.

Litzy Santana '23 is recognized for her position as Chief Uno Player. The recent Texas State grad found her dream job on TikTok, challenging New York tourists at Uno Quatro, a variant of the popular card game. Read more in The New Yorker.

Richard Garcia '75, former FBI agent and distinguished alumnus, was recently interviewed on the CBS News podcast "Agent of Betrayal: The Double Life of Robert Hanssen" and on the CBS FBI True TV Series for his extensive work in the special agent Robert Hanssen spy case. Listen to the CBS News podcast and watch the FBI True TV episode.

Pamela Wills-Ward ’87 has been named on the Women in Trucking Association's "2023 Top Women to Watch" list and was a distinguished speaker at this September’s FreightFest, a nationwide gathering of trucking, transportation, and logistics providers. Wills-Ward serves as Chief People & Strategy Officer for Dallas-based MW Logistics. Read more from the Women in Trucking Association.

Congratulations to Distinguished Alumnus Jack Martin '73 on his induction to the Texas Business Hall of Fame this year. Jack currently serves as Chairman of the board of Baylor Scott and White Health, the largest not-for-profit health care system in Texas. Read More in the Texas Business Hall of Fame

TXST alum Ben Pfeiffer '05 founded the nonprofit Firefly Conservation and Research to advocate for the protection of lightning bugs and their habitats. Read more about his work in Hillviews magazine.

Sekula has served as Executive Vice President and CFO since January 2019 and has worked at RBFCU for 23 years. He is a McCoy College of Business alumnus. Read more from the PR Newswire.

Angelica Raquel Martinez ’16 was featured this summer in a solo immersive borderland folklore art exhibit, “Con Todo Mi Alma,” at the Museum of the Southwest in Midland. Born and raised in Laredo, Raquel’s artwork channels familial traditions of storytelling using needle felting, tufting, and painting. Read more in Southwest Contemporary.