A window into another world
Business students teach — and learn — during India immersion trip.
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Summer 2016
Brews and Bros
What started as a friendship among St. Mary’s classmates — and a shared love of brewing beer — has turned into Busted Sandal Brewing Company, which opened in San Antonio in 2013.
You Don’t Know Sumo
Jessica Brower has, perhaps, the best icebreaker in the history of conversation. The diminutive St. Mary’s University senior tells people, quite matter-of-factly, that she’s a sumo wrestler.
Breaking for Service
Spring break is not often synonymous with volunteerism and sacrifice, but since 1999 groups of St. Mary’s University students have spent the week giving to others, through a transformational experience called Alternative Spring Break.
The Stars Aligned
As a public affairs officer for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Katie Hambleton (B.A. ’04) gives the public the inside scoop on the latest space initiatives, like a new capsule that’s going to take people deeper into space than ever before.
The Caretaker
When St. Mary’s senior and triple major Enrique Torres Hernandez was a young boy, his father told him something he never forgot. “You’re the man of the house while I’m at work,” his father said as he left for work that day. “You take care of your mother and brother.”
Modern-Day Renaissance Man
Anthony Quesada (B.S. ’16) is something of a renaissance man. In his four years at St. Mary’s University, he was a tutor, dancer, singer and, according to the numbers, an outstanding medical scholar.
Good Fortune and Karma
Kristal Cuevas quit her corporate job and found her calling in a yoga studio. Eager for a change of pace away from the fluorescent lights and 9-to-5 office setting, she started a retail job. Cuevas enjoyed the position, but it wasn’t until she attended a yoga class that she discovered her calling.
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St. Mary’s Environmental Science Professor discusses Mars garnet
Scientists have recently discovered a garnet, about the size of a poppy seed, inside a meteorite that came to Earth from Mars. St. Mary’s University Professor of Environmental Science David Turner, Ph.D., says the finding is significant.
St. Mary’s student strives for world stage through power soccer and perseverance
Jada Cano’s schedule moves at full speed. After finishing her classes for the day at St. Mary’s University, the 20-year-old Political Science major heads to power soccer practice with the team she co-captains.
St. Mary’s alumnus dives into forensic accounting
Leo Muñoz analyzes numbers the way people read books. With his experience, his work as a forensic accountant helps uncover financial crimes such as embezzlement and kickbacks.