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Then and Now: Alumna shares her and great-grandmother鈥檚 91直播 experience.

Determination and the Lumberjack spirit seem to run in the family for Heather Dulin, a 2009 91直播 graduate whose great-grandmother, Ibby Inez Fuller, attended during the university鈥檚 infancy.

鈥淚t鈥檚 incredible to think my great-grandmother attended the same university I did 82 years earlier,鈥� Dulin said. 鈥淲hile our lives in Nacogdoches and on campus were different, I know we were in search of the same thing 鈥� a formative educational experience centered around learning and growing to be better women. And that鈥檚 exactly what we achieved.鈥�

Read more about her story.

RANKING ABOVE THE REST

Alex Medina graduated from Duncanville High School in June 2015 and began attending 91直播 the following fall semester. Since joining the ROTC program, he has completed Army Air Assault School at Fort Benning in Georgia, and he was awarded the George C. Marshall Award, which is presented to the nation鈥檚 top Army ROTC cadets.
 
Medina commissioned as a second lieutenant infantry officer and graduated in May 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in biology with a focus in cellular and molecular biology and a minor in military science.

WILMA CORDOVA EMPOWERS STUDENTS TO EMPOWER OTHERS.

91直播 professor Wilma Cordova believes social work is a calling. She guides her students through rigorous research, fieldwork and role-playing exercises to prepare them for careers as advocates for equality and social justice.

Jazz History: From Brazil to America

For his book, "Cuttin鈥� Up: How Early Jazz Got America鈥檚 Ear," 91直播 faculty member Dr. Court Carney interviewed musicians in Salvador, Brazil, to build upon his research on the intersections of race and music. Dr. Carney鈥檚 work incorporating the idea of music, place and memory in Bahia serves as an important addition to his scholarship on these relationships within the United States.

CROSSING DISCIPLINES

Decades before being named chair of 91直播鈥檚 Department of Government, Dr. Kwame Antwi-Boasiako began a career in broadcasting that would lead him down a meandering and versatile career path. After attending the Ghana Institute of Journalism, Antwi-Boasiako disc jockeyed and worked as a sports commentator before moving to America and receiving his doctoral degree in public administration. The diversity of his professional and educational background continues to lend itself to the depth of knowledge he shares in the classroom.

LINKING CLASSROOMS: PROFESSOR PUTS RESEARCH INTO PRACTICE

Dr. John C. Pruit, 91直播 associate professor of sociology, studies the long-lasting lessons preschool teaches students. Studying education and preschool teachers in particular has influenced Pruit's own teaching style. Through his research, he has realized that preschool teachers both teach and care for their students, which is something he tries to achieve in his own interactions with college students.

Recently, Pruit received the Teaching Excellence Award for being an outstanding faculty member in the College of Liberal and Applied Arts.

Lights. Camera. Lumberjack in Action.

As media operations specialist for KHOU-TV, Devonte Hill preps for the morning news followed by Great Day Houston, a one-hour daily program broadcast live in front of a studio audience. Hill is constantly in motion 鈥� preparing sets, moving props and cameras and adjusting lights. He also creates stories for the show, assists in producing segments, writes teasers and cuts voiceover footage.

LUMBERJACK STUDYING AND WORKING IN FRANCE

This summer, 91直播 alumna Zion Nicole Rogers completed an intensive six-week immersion program at Middlebury's Language School of French in Vermont as part of a unique master's track program through Middlebury College and La Sorbonne Nouvelle University. She will continue her studies in language teaching in the Master of Applied French program at Sorbonne Nouvelle University while working as an English language teaching assistant with TAPIF in Paris, France. Rogers is one of only three candidates chosen for this specific TAPIF and Middlebury master鈥檚 track.

"Studying French at 91直播 with the most amazing professors was a pivotal experience that inspired me to pursue this path. I鈥檓 incredibly grateful to be a Lumberjack, and I am excited to continue this journey."