6 to 11 p.m. • Saturday, Feb. 18, 2012

St. Mary's University
Alumni Athletics & Convocation Center | Bill Greehey Arena

Admission is $100 per person and includes:
Dinner
Open bar
Casino tables
Live music and dancing
Silent and live auctions
One entry in the Oysters & Pearls drawing (need not be present to win)

Grand Prize
A trip for two to New York City

Click here to purchase a ticket online
at www.blacktie-sanantonio.com
Type OysterPearl in the event-code box located in the top right corner.

You may also contact the St. Mary’s Alumni Association at (210) 436-3324.

Endowing the Mission

St. Mary's graduates are informed community builders inspired by faith, who seek understanding and wisdom for the common good, and who are prepared to lead extraordinary lives. They are coloring our world for the better in hues of gold and blue.

Endowing the Mission

Check out photos from the latest alumni events on our Flickr page!

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Be sure to put these future Homecoming Oyster Bake dates on your calendar:

2012: March 31
2013: April 6
2014: April 12
2015: March 28
2016: April 2

There are lots of ways to stay in touch with your Alumni Association:

By phone: 210-436-3324/800-699-9932
By fax: 210-431-6864
By mail: St. Mary's University
One Camino Santa Maria
San Antonio, TX 78228-8504
By e-mail:alumni@stmarytx.edu

As alumni/alumnae of St. Mary's, your generous support helps to promote academic excellence and leadership development. Growing annual fund and major gift support is vital to our vision and mission, which celebrates a tradition of success and shapes our educational future.

Here you can:

Donate to St. Mary's
Find out what other alums are up to
Get together at alumni reunions, Homecoming and Fiesta Oyster Bake

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Visit our Alumni Update page to update your information today!

Events

Feb 3: Softball vs. Angelo State University
Feb 3: Softball vs. East Central University
Feb 4: Women's Basketball *vs. St. Edward's University
Feb 4: Baseball *vs. Newman University (Game 1)
Feb 4: Men's Basketball *vs. St. Edward's University

News

St. Mary's Students Researching Parkinson's Clues

St. Mary’s University undergraduate biological sciences students Noel Shaheen, a senior, and Audrey Avila, a junior, are conducting graduate–level work through a highly competitive research program at the University of Texas Health Science Center of San Antonio. Shaheen and Avila were accepted into the South Texas Advanced Research Training Undergraduate Program (START–UP), a program funded through the National Institutes for Health to give advanced research opportunities to undergraduate students interested in pursuing doctoral programs in neuroscience. The program aims to allow the San Antonio area students opportunities for groundbreaking experimental research.

500 Girls Expected for Expanding Your Horizons

St. Mary’s University will host 500 middle school girls from the local area on Saturday, Jan. 28, for Expanding Your Horizons, a one–day conference encouraging girls to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers. The event will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Alumni Athletics & Convocation Center and other buildings throughout the St. Mary’s campus. The conference will feature a variety of hands–on workshops led by local female professionals, allowing participants to experience the exciting career possibilities available in science and math.

St. John Named Artist of the Year

Brian St. John, associate professor and chair of the Art Department at St. Mary’s University, has been named the 2012 Artist of the Year by the San Antonio Art League and Museum. The Artist of the Year is honored with a retrospective exhibition and catalog. This award has been presented every year since 1945 to artists within a 60–mile radius of San Antonio. St. John’s one–person exhibition will be at the museum from September 9 to October 23, 2012.

Jose Antonio Vargas to Speak at St. Mary's

Jose Antonio Vargas, a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, founder of Define American.com and an undocumented immigrant, will speak on the campus of St. Mary’s University on Feb. 16 as part of the Lin Great Speakers Series. The event starts at 7 p.m. in the University Center’s Conference Room A. It is free and open to the public.