Winter 2025

Psychology major finds lifelong mentor and a career at St. Mary’s

Not everyone is lucky enough to have a life-changing mentor. Even fewer have the chance to work next door to their close friend. Gaby Aquino, Ph.D. (B.A. ’19), has both. And it all began in a Psychology classroom at St. Mary’s.

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 Colleges 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.  

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.

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