TABLE OF CONTENTS
Family Pride Lion Pride Building Community Sibling Revelry Alpha Pride For The Good Times
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Departments Campus Notes:
New Faces Just Ask Ted Living by Example Access and Success
4 6 7 8
Volleyball’s Leading Lady 9
Giving Back: A Well-Connected Life 30
Faculty Focus: Awarding Excellence 38
Branching Out: Partnerships 42
Noteworthy 44 Class Notes 46
Fall 2009; Vol. 8 Pride Magazine is published two times a year by the Texas A&M University-Commerce marketing communications department. Non-profit postage paid at Addison, Texas. Pride is distributed without charge to alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Texas A&M University-Commerce.
Editor in Chief Randy Jolly
Editor
Ashley Johnson
Assignment Editor Brent Lyday
Creative Director Nathan Pieratt
Photography Paul Bryan Jason Flowers Jared Horn
Illustrations Crystal Britton
Administrative Assistant Christan Hilbrand
Web Manager Ken Dickinson Address changes, inquiries and contributions of information may be made to Alumni Relations at 903.886.5765, via e-mail to alumni_relations@tamu-commerce.edu or to Texas A&M University-Commerce, Alumni Relations, P.O. Box 3011 Commerce, TX 75429. pride.tamu-commerce.edu
About the cover: Continuing a tradition started under Professor Mayo, President Whitley arranged for a photographer to take a panorama of the entire student body, faculty and administration in 1927. In the background is the Education Building, now known as Ferguson Social Sciences. (Photo courtesy of James Gee Library)
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