2021-College-Report

Following a 30-year career as an editor, reporter and freelance writer in Chicago and Texas, Beth Clark earned a master of journalism degree at UNT. At Texas State, she pioneered online courses in copy editing and content management, and taught news reporting & writing, information gathering & analysis, and media writing. She directed Mass Comm Week 2013-15 and was campus test monitor for the annual Dow Jones Editing Internship program. A 2017 faculty workload release took her to Prague, where she began ongoing research into the WWII story of Lidice, Czech Republic. EL I Z ABETH CL ARK | Senior Lecturer , Journalism and Mass Communication endowed scholarships continued donor spotlight Teresa Gordon Scholarship for Vocal Music *Katie Bulen and *Brittney McKinney Woods Kone Music Scholarship Esther Park, Nathan Thompson DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE AND DANCE Barbara Piersol Presidential Excellence Endowment in Dance Lara Cerda, Izabel Cortinas, Gianna Soliz, and Alexzandria Turley Bill and Ann Stokes Endowment Erin Lavespere and Angelica Hadiwibowo Charlie and Joy Williams Endowed Scholarship in Dance Grace Crain Connie Webb-Brown Memorial Scholarship Jasmine Matthews and Emily Mendoza Dr. J. Peter Coulson Endowed Scholarship Austin Kelm and Hollie Nanes Gwen K. Smith Opening Door Dance Theatre Endowment Clarissa Coronado, Ashley Crayton, Kayla Roper, Sarah Smith, and Rachel Stevens Jeremy Torres Memorial Scholarship Casey Boriskie and Martay Whitfield Karen M. Earl Memorial Dance Scholarship Bayleigh Alexander, Reisa Dinatale, and Chloe Pudwill-Burton Larry Hovis Memorial Acting Scholarship Courtney Green and Olivia Singh Michael D. Sullivan Theatre Arts Alumni Scholarship Morgen Amalbert, Taylor Childress, John Durham, Willa Fossum, Jordan Gregson, and Daniella Trevino PSH Foundation Endowment in Musical Theatre Ian Deane, Connor Lewis, Kaitlyn O’Leary, Madeline Perez, Preston Perez, Anyae Reed and Eden Witvoet Patti Strickel Harrison Scholarship Rachel Brown, Daniel Cavazos, Gianna Eason, Samantha Hernandez, Zachary Nelson, William Phi, and Daniel Rodriguez Supple Endowment for Musical Theatre Lucia Chavez-Hernandez Starry Night Gala Musical Theatre Endowed Scholarship Samantha Beckman, Michaela Lamas, Alex Aponte, and Taylor Aronson Swan/Condit Memorial Scholarship Rachel Aho, Austin Kelm, and Brydon Lidle Tina and David Ostergaard Endowed Scholarship in Theatre Marcus Garcia Vivian Snow Votaw Theatre Endowment Zaria Brownlee * Scholarships graciously matched by the Reed Brantley Parr Endowment $ 12.2 mi llion - i n tota l - endowments 110 endowments ( 2 02 0 - 2 1 ) $ 390 thousand endowment distribution ENDOWMENT BY THE NUMBERS FOR MORE I NFO : ABOUT G I V I NG , V I S I T: ua.txstate.edu COL L EGE DONOR KAT I E HARVEY KatieHarvey has been a member of the Bobcat family for nearly 30 years. As Chief Executive Officer of KGBTexas, Katie has grown her full-service marketing and communications agency from its origins as a boutique public relations firm to one of the largest, woman-owned communications agencies in Texas. One of Katie’s strongest beliefs is that her and her team’s work should have positive consequence in the communities in which they and their clients work, live, play, and serve. Katie has received the university’s Outstanding Alumna Award and the Alumna Achievement Award. “As a ’91 graduate of Southwest Texas (Texas State), our university provided the foundational why i support to build a healthy communications agency, family, and life in San Antonio. As a recipient of God’s gifts, it is an honor to, in turn, provide opportunities for others through the KGBTexas give : Communications endowment and scholarship program. Seeing the individuals that benefit directly from the endowment is an incredible blessing.” COL L EGE DONORS TOM AND ROSA GONZALES When Tomand Rosa Gonzales married in 1952, only six months after Rosa graduated from S uthwest Texas State Teachers C llege with a music education degree, Tom had already enlisted in the USAF. His 30-year military career took them across the United States, as well as to Okinawa, Japan. While Tom retired at the highest NCO rank of Chief Master Sergeant, Rosa taught music in local public schools, directed church children’s choirs, volunteered with the Girl Scouts, and offered piano lessons. Together, Tom and Rosa raised three daughters. “As I, Rosa, recall my college days, an outstanding memory remains: would there be enough why we money to pay tuition the next semester? Therefore, when we sold our homestead of 40 years, the first thought was to share our blessing with others. What better way than to provide give : scholarship funds for talented Texas State music majors!” COL L EGE DONORS EL I ZABETH AND R ICHARD CONDI T Elizabeth and Richard Condit met at the University of California at Santa Cruz where both earned degrees in biology. Richard was a university professor specializing in virology, while Elizabeth took the lead in raising their three children. Following Richard’s 2015 retirement, they moved to Austin to be near their daughter, Sarah EC Maines, Chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at Texas State University, and her family. why we give : “Our family has a long-standing interest in theatre. When the masters program in Theatre Design began at Texas State in 2015, we saw the need for fellowships to help recruit and support students, who are the driving force in making the program a success. We gain great satisfaction seeing students flourish and we hope that our support will ensure the success of the program into the future.” 56 ■ C O L L E G E R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 ■ 57