2022 College Report

“ ” - “ ’ ’ ” ” 56 57 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS Cont inued THEATRE AND DANCE Barbara Piersol Presidential Excellence Endowment in Dance Fatoumata Camara, Lara Cerda, Anna Nunez, Sarah Paige, Jasmine Seegmiller, Gianna Soliz, Alexzandria Turley, and Melena West Bill and Ann Stokes Endowment Angelica Hadiwibowo, Austin Kelm, and Ryan Scarlata Charlie and Joy Williams Endowed Scholarship in Dance Christine De Kanter Cicero Alexander Rust III Endowed Scholarship in Musical Theatre Tyler Wesley Connie Webb-Brown Memorial Scholarship Holly Bowling, Alexia Henry, and Reagan Wells Dr. J. Peter Coulson Endowed Scholarship Jennifer Gonzalez, Austin Kelm and Rossina Lozoya Gwen K. Smith Opening Door Dance Theatre Endowment Casey Cuellar, Chloe Martinez, Sarah Smith and Reagan Wells Haley Frizzell Memorial Film Scholarship Madeleine Sodders Hoffman/Sailors Family Endowment Allan Lopez James G. Barton Endowed Scholarship Sofia Garcia-Leal, Oscar Hough, and Daniela Recabarren Mendoza Jeremy Torres Memorial Scholarship Zachary Masso and Joshua Roberson Joan Hays Orchesis Dance Endowment Bryana Coen, Christine De Kanter, Lauren Gier, Rishon Harvey, Sarah Junkins, Alyssa Manigault, Patricia Rivera, Olivia Schwem Walker, Veriti Stager, and Mazilyn Zapata Karen M. Earl Memorial Dance Scholarship *Bayleigh Alexander, *Kamryn Bowling, Lily Collier, *Grace Crain, Casey Cuellar, *Reisa Dinatale, Jayme Hammond, *Megan Hernandez, *Brittany Morin, *Erin Polasek *Melody Reese-Petry, * Jillian Tomasek, Rory Vinson, Brianna Waller, and Mazilyn Zapata Michael D. Sullivan Theatre Arts Alumni Scholarship Taylor Childress, Jordan Gregson, Anastacio Gutierrez, Reina Jabbour, and Montserrat Luna PSH Foundation Endowment in Musical Theatre Madeleine Bourgeois, Albert Igbinigie, and Ana Monterrubio Patti Strickel Harrison Scholarship Dallas Anderson, Madeleine Bourgeois, Rachel Brown, Daniel Cavazos, Grace Crain, Gianna Eason, Cutter Gonzalez, Jayme Hammond, Samantha Hernandez, Nolan Hopkins, Sophia Lopez, Ana Monterrubio, Julian Moreno, Zachary Nelson, Leeanne Pena, Jorge Rivera Guzman, Daniel Rodriguez, Faith Schoop, Gianna Soliz, and Emanuel Vela Shirley Knight Memorial Quasi Endowment Emiliano Morales Supple Endowment for Musical Theatre Emiliano Morales Starry Night Gala Musical Theatre Endowed Scholarship Alexander Aponte Tirado, Taylor Aronson, Samantha Beckman, and Emiliano Morales Swan/Condit Memorial Scholarship Rachel Aho, Piper Kleinberg, Brydon Lidle, and Mackenzie Mulligan Vivian Snow Votaw Theatre Endowment Henry DelBello *Scholarships graciously matched by the Reed Brantley Parr Endowment 1 13 ENDOWMENTS VALUED AT $12 MI LL ION DOLL ARS . $420K ENDOWMENT DI STRI BUT ION FOR ‘ 23 . DONOR Spot l ight SHANNON AND KATE F I TZPATRICK College Donors After the death of their father when they were little, Merry Kone FitzPatrick relied on her brother Lewis Woods Kone (Class of 1944) to help her raise her daughters Shannon and Kate FitzPatrick. Shannon would go on to become a teacher and then an attorney, while sister Kate became a landscape architect and then city planner. They both recently retired from their work with the State of Texas. WHY WE G I VE : We were blessed by a childhood surrounded by music and artists pursuing their dreams. Our mother (who along with her brother Bob Kone – who also had a degree in Music from Texas State) started the Woods Kone scholarship after Woods’ death. It has been an honor for us to continue this work to help succeeding generations to share their gifts with the world in memory of our beloved uncle. JAMES AND BRENDA KELLER College Donors James and Brenda met, fell in love, and were married on the SWT campus. After leaving SWT, both took their business degrees and moved to Houston. Initially, Brenda worked in the savings and loan business. She then earned a law degree and worked for Texas Commerce Bank and Harris County Probate Court #4 for twenty six years before her retirement. James went into the lumber business and became a business owner with Marine Lumber Company. He currently serves as the general manager for Deer Park Lumber Company. WHY WE G I VE : Since our graduation in 1973 we have supported SWT and Texas State in many areas. We were blessed to meet two special people who have become part of our lives, Kaitlin Hopkins and Jim Price. Kaitlin and Jim shared their vision of how to support students and make the Texas State Musical Theatre program one of the best in the country. Kaitlin s leadership has not only accomplished this but has made a difference in many young people s lives that we are very proud of. SHE I L A HARGET T College Donor Sheila Hargett was supervisor of the Costume Design/Technology Program at Texas State University for 45 years. Her designs have appeared in over 90 university productions as well as in regional theatres. Sheila received five Kennedy Center American College Theatre Awards. Her designs have been seen in local, state, national, and international theatrical exhibits and in many theatre design publications. Following her retirement in 2016, Sheila was recognized as a Distinguished Professor Emeriti. WHY I G I VE : “I began my journey in theatre in 1963 as an undergraduate student here at Texas State College. Following graduate school, I returned to this campus and launched my 45-year adventure of teaching students to pursue their dreams. Intensely aware of the financial needs of students, it is my hope that my donation will help those amazingly talented young artists reach their life-long goals of working in the theatre.