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TWUTIMES
FALL 2005 ISSUE NO. 2
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New Academic
Administrators 2
Hispanic Nurses
Grant 3
TWU Takes Drama
to New York 4
Concert Choir Makes
Carnegie Debut 5
TWU's “Chancellor
on the Move” 6
Rendering courtesy of Kirksey Architecture
TWU Proposes New Campus at Parkland
Texas Woman’s University has announced plans to build a new 210,000-square-foot Institute of Health
Sciences – Dallas Center located at TWU’s Parkland campus. Chancellor and President Dr. Ann Stuart is
leading a $52 million fundraising campaign for the project.
TEXAS Woman’s
University will meet
the state’s increasing
demand for highly qualified
healthcare professionals
well into the future
with plans for a new
Institute of Health
Sciences – Dallas Center.
Located at TWU’s
Parkland campus in
Dallas’ prestigious
Southwestern Medical
District, this new, state-ofthe-art
urban campus will
prepare the state’s next
generation of nurses,
occupational and physical
therapists, healthcare
administrators and other
professionals to meet the
evolving health needs
of Texans.
“For more than 50
years TWU has provided
quality nursing and
healthcare education in
Dallas,” said TWU
Chancellor and President
Dr. Ann Stuart. “The new
institute will allow us to
continue that tradition of
excellence in healthcare
education by giving students
an exceptional facility
in which to learn and
become highly trained
healthcare providers for
the citizens of Texas.”
Funding for this project
will be a public/
private venture modeled
by Amanda Simpson
after TWU’s success in
building the new Institute
of Health Sciences –
Houston Center, scheduled
to open in 2006.
TWU’s Board of
Regents recently approved
a $10 million commitment
from the university for the
new Dallas institute and
gave its support for TWU
to embark on a $52 million
campaign to raise funds
for the project. The university
also will seek federal
funding for the new
building.
“Both the Texas
Higher Education
Coordinating Board and
the Texas Legislature have
complimented TWU on
our entrepreneurial
approach to funding new
educational facilities,” Dr.
Stuart said.
The proposed $52
million Institute of Health
Sciences – Dallas Center
will be a nine-story,
210,000-square-foot
“campus in one building,”
which would open in 2010
or 2011. The new facility
would be built where the
vacant TWU Parkland
Parkland, continued on page 5
Photo by Susan Sponsler-Carstarphen
Photo by Scott Bauer
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The Lowry Woods Community
exterior complements existing
campus buildings. TWU Residence
Hall Association President Cydni
Vandiver, left, was first in line to
sign up for space in Lowry Woods.
THE Lowry Woods
Community opened
its doors in August to 312
students who had eagerly
Lowry Woods Opens
anticipated moving into
Texas Woman’s University’s
newest residence
hall.
The complex features
housing for both married
and single students.
Cydni Vandiver, president
of the TWU Residence
Hall Association, was
so excited about moving
in that she camped out
overnight in Guinn Hall
last March to be first in
line for placement in the
new units.
“They’re gorgeous,”
she said. “I am so excited
about living here.”
Vandiver was among
the students, faculty, staff
and guests who toured the
complex prior to its grand
opening. Many guests
recalled their college days
and said they wished the
universities they’d attended
had offered amenities
like those in the Lowry
Woods.
Those amenities, as
well as much of the design
and color scheme, resulted
from input by a student
advisory committee.
“We wanted our new
residence hall to be on target
with students’ expectations,”
said Dr. Richard
Nicholas, TWU vice president
for student life.
Lowry Woods offers
students their own bedroom,
separate vanity
areas in shared bathrooms,
a complete kitchen with a
by Karen Garcia
TWU Junior Ashley Hardin moves
into her apartment in Lowry Woods.
garbage disposal and
dishwasher, thermostat
control, free cable and
Internet service and
Lowry Woods, continued on page 5
Photo by Shannon Drawe

Edwards Receives Excellence Award
Joan Edwards receives her
Excellence in Nursing Award from
Good Samaritan Foundation Board
Chair Mel Glasscock.
Her commitment to
educating tomorrow’s
nurses and her focus on
healthcare needs around
the world are among the
many reasons TWU nursing
faculty Joan Edwards
received a 2005 Nursing
Excellence Award from the
Good Samaritan Foundation
in Houston.
Edwards has been a
nursing instructor and a
practicing nurse practitioner
for more than 35 years.
Since 1999, she has traveled
to Ethiopia, Bulgaria,
Mexico and Zambia to provide
medical treatment and
to teach basic health care.
In April, she and one
of her TWU students traveled
to Zambia to present
a class on HIV/AIDS education
to a large group of
student nurses and staff at
a local children’s hospital.
Edwards also spent a
month in Banda Aceh,
Sumatra this summer,
running two health clinics,
six days a week in
tsunami-devastated areas.
She also recently
assisted in setting up
perinatal clinics in the
Tigrai area of Ethiopia, a
model that is now being
Local women and children in Banda Aceh, Sumatra, teach Edwards
the Acehnese language.
implemented throughout
the country.
“It’s a very humbling
experience to be honored
for nursing excellence
when I personally know so
many colleagues who are
just as deserving,”
Edwards said.
Photo by Shannon Drawe
TWU welcomed new leadership to the campus this summer with the arrival of
three academic administrators. Shown are, from left: Dr. Victoria McGillin,
associate provost; Dr. Jimmie Ishee, dean of the College of Health Sciences; and
Dr. Ann Staton, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences.
TWU Awarded $900,000
A $905,030 federal
grant awarded to the Texas
Woman’s University
School of Library and
Information Studies will
support a collaborative
effort to improve library
services for an increasingly
diverse student population
in the Dallas Independent
School District (DISD).
The federal Institute of
Museum and Library
Services awarded more
than $21 million in grants
to 37 universities, libraries
and library organizations
across the country to
recruit and educate a new
generation of librarians.
TWU’s grant was the
largest awarded to any
university or public library
in Texas.
The institute’s
“Librarians for the 21st
Century” grant will support
the A-PLUS project,
which will add 45 new
librarians to the DISD over
the course of the threeyear
grant.
The project is a partnership
between TWU, the
DISD and the Universities
Center at Dallas.
Photo by Susan Sponsler-Carstarphen
TWU Responds to Katrina
Donations from TWU faculty, staff and
students supplied Katrina evacuees Valerie
Howard and Jerome Vining, center, with the
ingredients for a New Orleans gumbo dinner
for evacuees and volunteers at Camp Copass.
Also shown are TWU’s Dr. Trisha VanDuser
and Kyle Voyles.
When Hurricane
Katrina devastated the
coastal areas of Louisiana
and Mississippi, the Texas
Woman’s University community
joined the rest of
the country in helping the
storm’s victims, many of
whom found shelter in
Houston and in
North Texas.
So many wanted to
help that a committee
comprised of faculty, staff
and students was formed
to coordinate volunteer
efforts. Dr. Trisha
VanDuser, assistant
director of
the TWU Center
for Student
Development
and chair of the
committee, said
the response was
overwhelming.
“So many faculty,
staff and
students volunteered
on their
own time and
helped with relief
efforts,” she said.
“It really brought
the TWU community
together.”
A link on TWU’s
home page provided
information about ongoing
efforts in the wake of
Katrina – from canned
food and blood drives, to
collecting school supplies
and teddy bears for displaced
children.
On the Denton campus,
the TWU Pioneers
raised $2,232 for the
American Red Cross by
collecting money from drivers
and pedestrians on
Bell Avenue and by donating
all proceeds from the
Photo by Shannon Drawe
Sept. 10 volleyball
game.
Camp Copass,
a Baptist church
camp on Lake
Lewisville, hosted
nearly 350 evacuees
from New
Orleans. While
volunteering there, TWU
Student Union director
Kyle Voyles was asked to
help evacuees fulfill a
wish to prepare an
authentic New Orleans
meal to thank those who
had helped them. Voyles
sent an email to the TWU
community asking for
donations, and the community
responded by giving
more than $2,300.
“The generosity of the
TWU community to
respond in such a large
manner in a short timeframe
was overwhelming,”
Voyles said.
“Students without much
money who dropped off a
dollar or some change,
that was the most touching
for me. They gave out
of the need to respond and
a desire to be involved.”
Faculty and students
at TWU’s
Dallas Center
volunteered
at shelters set
up in the
Dallas
Convention
Center,
Reunion
Arena, Potter’s
House Ministries
and at clinics
providing primary
health care and
medical services
for evacuees.
Several Houston nursing
faculty volunteered at
the George R. Brown
Convention Center and at
the Astrodome, first stops
for many New Orleans
evacuees. Dr. Beth Mastel-
Smith volunteered for five
days in the triage area at
the convention center
TWU student athletes collected money for the
American Red Cross during rush hour on Bell
Avenue in Denton. A blood drive sponsored by
Student Health Services and TWU’s Health
Occupation Students of America attracted many
donors, including TWU Regent Harry Crumpacker.
in Houston.
She said the experience
provided a valuable
lesson.
“I have concluded that
what is really important
are my family and friends.
The rest is truly just ‘stuff.’”
by Karen Garcia
Photo by Russell Mariott
Photo by Shannon Drawe
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Photos by Shannon Drawe
Texas Woman’s University’s 2005 summer orientation was the largest ever, with more than 1,000 freshmen and transfer students attending.
During the sessions, students received individual advising, registered for classes and were introduced to student clubs and organizations.
Participants also attended Pioneer Camp, an intensive and fun introduction to TWU campus life. Divided into groups by major, campers enjoyed
a variety of social, volunteer and recreational activities, including the popular “color call” competition.
Federal Grant Will Fund
Hispanic Nurse Program
Texas Woman’s
University’s College of
Nursing will use an
$800,000 grant from the
U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services to
partner with the DFW
Area Health Education
Center to address the
Hispanic nursing shortage
in Texas.
EXCELLENCE
THROUGH Diversity
The grant will be distributed
over a three-year
period to recruit and
retain Hispanic nurses
through the “Pioneering
Nursing’s Future:
Excellence Through
Diversity” program. TWU
will use the funds to offer
stipends, monthly workshops
and seminars to 20
Hispanic, pre-nursing
sophomores at the Denton
campus.
Participants who successfully
complete the
sophomore activities and
meet GPA requirements
will then be guaranteed
admission to the College
of Nursing at TWU’s
Dallas-Parkland campus.
Students will continue to
receive scholarships and
will participate in monthly
mentoring programs during
their junior and senior
years.
In addition to the
scholarships, Dr. Caryl
Mobley, associate dean of
nursing at TWU’s Dallas –
Parkland Campus, said
project funds will be used
to generate interest in nursing
among Hispanics in
middle and high school.
“The students also
will give back to the community
by participating in
programs that educate
Hispanic youth about
nursing careers,” Dr.
Mobley said.
Dr. Lori Millner with
the DFW Area Health
Education Center will
serve as the program
director and Dr. Mobley
will serve as a co-director.
TWU assistant professor of
nursing Elizabeth Esparza
Fuentes will serve as the
program’s coordinator.
TEXAS WOMAN’S UNIVERSITY...where Excellence Rules!
Yes!
Less than $1 million to go!
The new Institute of Health
Sciences – Houston Center
opens in summer 2006.
Log onto our building website,
www.twu.edu/houstoncampus,
to see real-time
construction photos and
find information about how
you can help us reach our
fundraising goal. Or, make
a contribution using the
coupon below.
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Martin Accepts Endowed Chair in Library Science
Dr. Robert Martin
When Dr. Robert S.
Martin was appointed to
the Lillian Bradshaw
Endowed Chair in Library
Science at Texas Woman’s
University this summer,
he became the second
endowed chairholder at
the university. More will
follow, as Chancellor and
President Dr. Ann Stuart
leads the initiative to
increase the number within
the next five years.
“An endowed chair is
the highest honor a university
can bestow on a
faculty member in recognition
of excellence in a
particular field of study,”
Dr. Stuart said. “Increasing
the number of
endowed chairs at TWU
not only will enhance our
teaching and research, but
also will attract faculty of
distinction.”
Dr. Martin was professor
and interim director of
TWU’s School of Library
and Information Studies
when President George W.
Bush nominated him to be
director of the national
Institute of Museum and
Library Services in 2001.
Dr. Martin was the
first librarian to serve as
director of the IMLS, a
federal grant-making
agency dedicated to helping
the nation’s 15,000
museums and 122,000
libraries serve their communities.
The U.S. Senate
unanimously confirmed
his nomination.
Dr. Martin’s term with
the IMLS ended July 12,
and he returned to TWU
this fall. He said that
knowing Mrs. Bradshaw
personally adds something
special to his new
position.
“It’s a great honor to
be the person who gets to
sit in this chair, as it
were,” Dr. Martin said.
The Lillian Bradshaw
Endowed Chair in Library
Science is named in honor
of Mrs. Lillian Bradshaw,
director of the Dallas
Public Library from 1962-
1984.
Dr. Judith McFarlane,
professor of nursing on
TWU’s Houston campus,
currently holds TWU’s
other endowed chair, the
Parry Nursing Chair in
Health Promotion and
Disease Prevention.
Photo by Patrick Sutton
The Texas Woman’s University
School of Management has
been named one of Entrepreneur
Magazine’s Top 10
Entrepreneurial Colleges in the
limited curriculum category for
the second consecutive year.
TWU is one of only 124
schools recognized nationally
in the category, which is
designed for smaller programs. The strength of TWU’s
Small Business Institute, Students in Free Enterprise chapter, shown above,
and its small business and entrepreneurship minor were key factors in the selection.
In Memoriam:
Ray Poliakoff
You can help fund the Texas Woman's University
Drama Department's first-ever theater performance
in New York City. TWU, in conjunction with the
Gaiety School of Acting in Ireland, will present the
performance art piece "The Long March" March 27-
April 2, 2006 in an off-Broadway theater. Some 30
students and five faculty and musicians will join
director Patrick Sutton and playwright Martin M.
Maguire for the production. Help us raise the
$50,000 needed for our New York debut by making
a contribution using the coupon on page 3.
Ray R. Poliakoff, the
husband of Texas Woman’s
University’s Chancellor and
President Dr. Ann Stuart,
passed away Sept. 24. He
was 86.
A remembrance service
was held on Sept. 28
in Hubbard Hall on the
TWU Denton campus
followed by burial in
Memorial Park Cemetery
in St. Petersburg, Fla.
Born March 12, 1919,
Poliakoff served in an Army
reconnaissance intelligence
unit in Europe during
World War II, and was
wounded twice in combat.
He earned a bachelor’s
degree in law and a doctorate
in jurisprudence from
Indiana University School
of Law. He also received a
master of arts degree in
humanities from the
University of Evansville in
Indiana.
Poliakoff spent most of
his career in the oil, gas and
mineral industries both
nationally and internationally.
He and Dr. Stuart
were married on Aug. 22,
1980, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
“The things I admired
most about him were his
integrity, his unselfishness,
certainly his intelligence
and the fact that he loved
me so,” Dr. Stuart said.
Memorials may be
made to the Ann Stuart and
Ray R. Poliakoff Scholarship
Endowment Fund, c/o
Texas Woman’s University
Foundation, P.O. Box
425618, Denton, TX
76204-5618.
Fuentes Honored by Academy of Nurse Practitioners
Photo by Chad Windham
Elizabeth Esparza Fuentes
The American
Academy of Nurse
Practitioners (AANP) has
honored TWU assistant
professor of nursing
Elizabeth Esparza Fuentes
with its State Award for
Nurse Practitioner
Excellence.
The award recognizes
one nurse practitioner
from each state who
demonstrates excellence in
practice, research, nurse
practitioner education or
community affairs.
Fuentes received the
honor during the AANP
20th Annual National
Conference in Fort
Lauderdale on June 19.
“Ms. Fuentes is one of
our distinguished Dallas
nursing faculty who
emphasizes the importance
of life-long, professional
education to her
students,” said Dr. Marcia
Hern, dean of TWU’s
College of Nursing. “I am
proud to say Elizabeth is
revered by her peers as a
master teacher and is
highly deserving of this
prestigious award.”
The AANP was
founded in 1985 and is the
oldest and largest full-service
national professional
organization for nurse
practitioners of all specialties.
With more than
19,500 individual members
and 106 group members,
AANP represents the
interests of approximately
90,000 nurse practitioners
around the country.
AANP continually
advocates for the active
role of nurse practitioners
as providers of high-quality,
cost-effective health
care.
“I was honored to
receive the State Award
for Excellence,” Fuentes
said. “As a native Texan, I
felt humbled just for being
nominated as our state's
representative. This
recognition by the academy
makes me proud to be
a nurse practitioner.”
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Texas Woman’s University welcomed a record
number of students, family and friends to TWU’s
Annual Family Day celebration October 8.
After being greeted by TWU Chancellor and
President Dr. Ann Stuart, more than 700 family
day participants enjoyed a tour of the TWU
campus and of Denton’s downtown square;
a performance by TWU’s International Folk
Dance Company; and face painting,
armadillo racing, mechanical bull riding and
other activities.
Photos by Shannon Drawe
The Texas Woman’s University
Concert Choir made its Carnegie
Hall debut in May during the
National Women’s Festival
Chorus. The TWU choir opened
the festival and was the only
choir invited to appear alone.
The choir performed several
selections, including “Seasons of
Love,” a work by Eleanor Daley
that TWU commissioned in 2003.
TWU Times staff
TWU TIMES
Fall 2005
Vol. 05 Issue No. 2
Texas Woman’s University
Chancellor and President
of the University:
Dr. Ann Stuart
Associate Vice President
for Marketing and
Communication:
Carolyn Barnes
Director of News and
Information:
Amanda Simpson
Parkland, cont. from page 1
residence hall now stands.
Along with the stateof-the-art
classroom facilities,
the new campus will
feature a parking garage
and include plenty of
green space. A two-phase
construction is planned so
classes will not be interrupted.
Kirksey Architecture
of Houston has drafted
plans for the new institute,
which is designed to offer
the latest medical technology
available in healthcare
education.
Approximately 1,000
students majoring in nursing,
occupational therapy,
physical therapy and
healthcare administration
are enrolled at TWU’s
Parkland and Presbyterian
campuses. The new
Institute of Health
Sciences – Dallas Center
will allow TWU to more
than double its Dallas
enrollment.
“This is particularly
important as we continue
to see the growing state
and national demand for
high quality healthcare
professionals,” TWU
Interim Provost Dr.
Carolyn Gunning said.
TWU’s presence in
Dallas began in 1954
through an agreement
with Parkland Memorial
Hospital that called for
TWU nursing students to
obtain their clinical training
at Parkland. This
model prevailed until
1966, when a $2 million,
two-story educational
building and a seven-story
dormitory for nursing students
opened at Parkland.
Ten years later, TWU
increased its capacity to
educate even more healthcare
professionals in
Dallas with the opening of
its campus at Presbyterian
Hospital in 1977.
In 1992, The Stroke
Center – Dallas was established
at the Parkland
campus. The center
partners TWU faculty with
The University of Texas
Southwestern Medical
Center to provide cuttingedge
treatment and
training in neurological
rehabilitation for stroke
patients.
TWU is one of the top
100 colleges for Hispanic
graduate students
according to Hispanic
Outlook in Higher
Education magazine.
Senior Writer: Karen Garcia
Creative Director:
Susan Sponsler
Senior Designer:
Kathy Derby
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TWU’s family housing capacity has nearly doubled with the opening of Lowry
Woods, which includes a playground and The Clubhouse after-school program.
Lowry Woods resident Crystal Six and her son unpack their kitchen.
Lowry Woods, cont. from page 1
outside storage space. The
complex consists of seven,
three-story buildings with
furnished units for single
students and unfurnished
units for students with
families.
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Photo by Shannon Drawe
Lowry Woods also has
a community center that
houses a student lounge
and a computer lab.
The community center
provides a new home for
The Clubhouse, an afterschool
and summer recreation
program available
for children in TWU’s
family housing.
The Lowry Woods
Community houses 61
students with children,
nearly doubling
TWU’s family
housing capacity.
“We have
always been
leaders when it
comes to meeting
the needs of our
students with
families,” Dr.
Nicholas said.
“We were among
the earliest universities
to offer
family housing
with a focus on
programs and
services for
students who
are single parents. We
have strived to be particularly
attuned to meeting
their specific needs.”
Echoes of the past also
are present in Lowry
Woods with the complex’s
seven buildings carrying
names of previous TWU
residence halls that have
all been demolished,
except Reagan Houston
and Mary Hufford, which
will be torn down by the
end of 2006.
The names for the four
single-student apartment
buildings are, Austin Hall,
Capps Hall, Fitzgerald
Hall and Reagan Houston
Hall. The family housing
apartment buildings are
called Sayers Hall, Smith-
Carroll Hall and Mary
Hufford Hall.
Lowry Woods marks
TWU’s first newly constructed
residence hall in
more than 35 years. The
$13.9 million facility was
built by Carlton Construction
and designed by Rees
Associates, Inc. of Dallas.
TWU TIMES FALL 2005 5

…honored State Representative Myra Crownover for her outstanding
service on TWU’s behalf during the 79th Texas Legislative Session at the
North Texas Society for Human Resource Management’s Annual Conference.
Crownover was a keynote speaker during the conference held at TWU.
…discussed plans for TWU’s new Dallas campus with U.S. Congresswoman
Eddie Bernice Johnson, left, at her Dallas office. Shown with Dr. Stuart and
the Congresswoman is TWU government major Elsie Owolo, who spent the
summer as an intern in Johnson’s office.
DR. ANN STUART...
…hosted a breakfast for the Federation of North Texas Area
Universities. Shown with Chancellor Stuart are, from left: Dr.
Norval Pohl, president of the University of North Texas; Dr. David
Payne, executive director of the Educational Testing Service; Dr.
James “Kal” Kallison, acting deputy assistant commissioner for the
Division of Academic Affairs and Research for the Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board; and Dr. Keith McFarland, president
of Texas A&M University-Commerce.
TWU’s “Chancellor
On the Move”
…attended a reception honoring
Marnie and Dr. Kern Wildenthal as
the 2006 recipients of the Virginia
Chandler Dykes Leadership Award.
Shown are, from left: Marnie and
Dr. Wildenthal, Chancellor Stuart,
Virginia and Roland Dykes, and
Gretchen Minyard and J.L. “Sonny”
Williams, 2005 recipients and
hosts of the reception.
…welcomed representatives from The Women’s Museum in Dallas to
the Denton campus for a luncheon and a tour. Shown with Chancellor
Stuart are, from left: Dr. Barbara Lerner, TWU coordinator for P-16
initiatives; Dr. Carolyn Gunning, TWU interim provost; Fran Lobpries,
director of development for The Women’s Museum; Tara Kirk, registrar
for The Women’s Museum; Wanda Brice, director of The Women’s
Museum; and Dr. Herbert Holl, TWU coordinator for the arts.
…hosted a luncheon at the Gertrude
Gibson Guest House to thank Mrs.
Orien Woolf, TWU alumna and patron
of the Bertha and Morris Levy
Endowed Scholarship for graduate
students in sociology and social work.
Shown with Chancellor Stuart are,
from left: scholarship recipient Lynne
Barga, Mrs. Orien Woolf and Karen
Hale, another scholarship recipient.
…attended the College of Nursing’s annual faculty excellence awards dinner. Shown with their
Susan Cass Doroghazi Excellence in Nursing Awards are TWU faculty, from left: Dr. Gail Davis,
Research Excellence Award; Dr. Sally Northam, Teaching Excellence Award; and Dr. Sandra Cesario,
Service Excellence Award. Also shown with Dr. Stuart are, from left: Dr. Bob Doroghazi and Susan
Cass Doroghazi, nursing faculty excellence awards underwriters; Dr. Carolyn Gunning, TWU interim
provost; Dr. Maisie Kashka, who received a special award as the retired TWU associate dean of
Nursing; Dr. Marilyn Sommers, keynote speaker and associate dean of research for the University
of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing; and Dr. Marcia Hern, dean of TWU’s College of Nursing.
...chose the interior designs for the new Houston building.
Shown with Dr. Stuart and Interim Provost Dr. Carolyn Gunning
are, back row from left: Harold D. Johnson, associate vice president
of facilities management and construction; Wes Good,
executive vice president of Kirksey Architecture; Darren James,
vice president and general manager of KAI Texas and consultant
to TWU; and Julie Gauthier, interior designer for Kirksey.
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