New Honors College lauds first graduates in ceremony

UTSA Honors College graduates

New Honors College lauds first graduates in ceremony

(Dec. 17, 2002)--UTSA's new Honors College feted its first group of graduates in a Dec. 13 ceremony featuring graduates and faculty in academic regalia. Honors College Dean Richard Diem was master of ceremonies with Richard Gambitta, chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography and director of the Institute for Law and Public Policy, as keynote speaker.

Following Gambitta's speech, each graduate was introduced and faculty mentors placed Honors stoles over the graduates' regalia. The stoles, made of orange velvet with a royal blue border and embroidered with the words "UTSA Honors College," were also worn Dec. 14 at commencement ceremonies in the Convocation Center.

Pictured above are the graduates with Associate Dean Ann Eisenberg (lower left) and Diem (lower right).

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UTSA Honors College Graduates

December 2002

Daniel Joshua Ashton
B.S. in biology, summa cum laude
Honors thesis: "Changes in Lung Surfactant Protein Levels in Mechanically Ventilated Preterm Rabbits"
with Shamim Mustafa, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Bradford Joseph Bellard
B.S. in biology, magna cum laude
Honors thesis: "The Analysis of the Expression of ßIG-H3 in Adult Rat Myotendinous Junction and its Possible Binding to Extracellular Matrix Proteins"
with Richard LeBaron, Deparment of Biology

Olivia A. Cooney
B.B.A. in accounting, summa cum laude
Honors thesis: "Differential Earnings in German Firms that List Stock on U.S. Exchanges"
with Cheryl Fulkerson, Department of Accounting

Stephanie A. Drenner
B.A. in criminal justice
Honors thesis: "Family Functioning and Crime: What Do the Professionals Think?"
with A. Derral Cheatwood, Department of Sociology

Angelique Celeste Eslami
B.S. in chemistry
Honors thesis: "A Relative Bioavailability Study of Crushed Ondansetron Tablets Versus Ondansetron Solution Determined by the HPLC Method Using Ultraviolet Detection in Human Plasma"
with Francis Y.W. Lam, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Jether C. Farino
B.S. in biology, cum laude
Honors thesis: "Does Slice Preparation Affect Dendritic Spine Density in the Mammalian Brain?”
with Brenda Claiborne, Department of Biology

Gretchen K. Harting
B.A. in political science, summa cum laude
Honors thesis: "From Their Oasis into the Male's Realm: A Project for the New Women’s Movement"
with Richard Gambitta, Department of Political Science and Geography

Leisa Lei Marie Hrncir
B.B.A. in accounting, summa cum laude
Honors thesis: "The Importance of Forensic Accounting in the Investigation of Fraud"
with Sandra Welch, Department of Accounting

Elizabeth Ann Salisbury
B.S. in biology, summa cum laude
Honors thesis: "Testing the Amount of CGRP in the Trigeminal Nuerons Following Tooth Injury Relative to That of the NGF Receptors"
with Esther Wheeler, Department of Biology

Anie Vasant Somaiya
B.S. in biology, cum laude
Honors thesis: "Effects of Thiotepa on the Activity of Tribolium Castaneum"
with Paul Rodriguez, Department of Biology

Honors College students who graduated Summer 2002 were included in the ceremony. They are:

Sharon R. Babiak
B.S. in mathematics
Honors thesis: "Transient Resonance in Coupled Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey Systems: A Model for the LH Surge in the Menstrual Cycle"
with Mary Lou Zeeman, Department of Applied Mathematics

Christopher M. Boeck
B.A. in criminal justice, summa cum laude
Honors thesis: "Friend or Foe: Analysis of the Trends and Causes of Public Perception of Police"
with Rebecca Peterson, Department of Criminal Justice

Cynthia G. Davis
B.S. in biology, cum laude
Honors thesis: "Genetic Risk Factors of Prostate Cancer: CYP 17"
with Robin Leach, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

James Michael Hostetler
B.A. in psychology, magna cum laude
Honors thesis: "The Effects of Gender, Cost, and the Intended Receiver of a Gift on Cognitive Dissonance"
with Mary McNaughton-Cassill, Department of Psychology

Christopher M. Jaquez
B.A. in economics, magna cum laude
Honors thesis: "Participatory Democracy in the Texas Legislature?: Agents of Texas v. Texas Trustees"
with Richard Gambitta, Department of Political Science and Geography

Nancy Shelli Lyons
B.A. in criminal justice, cum laude
Honors thesis: "The Decline of the Democratic Party in the State of Texas"
with Richard Gambitta, Department of Political Science and Geography

Vitasta Manoj Mehta
B.S. in biology
Honors thesis: "A Comparison of Gait Characteristics in Older Adults Who are Fallers and Non-Fallers"
with Ann Newstead, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Kelley Marie Struble
B.S. in biology, cum laude
Honors thesis: "Endothelial-Neuronal Interaction and Dysfunction in Diabetes"
with Mark T. Roskowski, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

Stephanie Cantu Todd
B.A. in English, magna cum laude
Honors thesis: "The Modern Running Woman in the Novels of Margaret Atwood"
with Bonnie Lyons, Department of English, Classics, and Philosophy

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