Summer 2025

Engineering alumna strives to reconcile development and preservation 

Joan Bryant (B.S. ’16) loves being outdoors. Growing up, she enjoyed local nature areas, not knowing her future would be preserving them as an engineer with the San Antonio River Authority.

St. Mary’s launches Rattler Records, an on-campus recording studio 

The St. Mary’s University Department of Music and Theatre Arts is creating Rattler Records, an on-campus recording studio.

St. Mary’s, Alamo College partnership increases dual credit educators 

Erika Melero (B.A. ’01) is one of 90 students from surrounding school districts in San Antonio to take advantage of a $1.1 million partnership between St. Mary’s and the Alamo Colleges District, through which high school teachers obtain certificates to teach dual credit and graduate degrees.

St. Mary’s University MBA alumna cooks up creativity and business

Entrepreneur Veronica Ume-Ezeoke (M.B.A. ’17) slides between the culinary worlds of her Korean childhood and her husband’s Nigerian homeland. What began as a love for family recipes grew into an Instagram channel where Korean and Nigerian cuisines collide with marketing savvy and measurable audience engagement.

Carnegie Classification showcases St. Mary’s University at the nexus of educational access and earnings outcomes

When asked how her college experience helped launch her career at USAA, Maryam Khezri’s eager smile belied a long day spent helping give St. Mary’s University students a vocational lift.

St. Mary’s University welcomes its first student to the Nursing Program

If the scrubs fit, wear them. Paige Severson is the first student to officially enter St. Mary’s University’s new Bachelor of Science in Nursing Program.  

Novel English class explores AI and the digital humanities

Graduate students explore how to use and the ethics of using the emerging tech In science fiction, artificial intelligence is often viewed as a threat to humanity.  Look no further than examples of Isaac Asimov’s book I, ...

St. Mary’s Mechanical Engineering professor fires up classes 

If you can’t stand the heat, don’t get out of the kitchen; talk to Morgan Bruns. He may play cool about his career, but his résumé, as members of Gen Z would say, is fire.

Rattlers mascot celebrates a century at St. Mary’s University

The emblematic snake that charms the hearts of students and alumni became part of the official verbiage for St. Mary’s University Athletics 100 years ago. The reptilian references evolved later into the beloved mascot, Rattler Man.  

Cybersecurity scholar tackles AI challenges for a safer tomorrow

Laurene Robinson is following her "techie" inclinations at St. Mary’s University, earning a bachelor’s in Computer Science and a master’s in Cybersecurity while playing Rattler Volleyball.

Twin brothers share love and experience of music with future musicians

Damien and Fabien Chavez look forward to spreading their love and knowledge of music to the next generation after graduating from St. Mary’s University this May.

St. Mary’s University Ministry leads students on a spiritual journey in Big Bend

During Spring Break 2025, undergraduate students, led by St. Mary’s University Ministry, embarked on a journey into the Chihuahua Desert in far West Texas.

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