Contact: Jacquelyn Spruce
Phone: (210) 567-0414
E-mail: sprucej@uthscsa.edu

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The Health Science Center’s determination to reach out and help the community through our annual State Employee Charitable Campaign (SECC) hasn’t declined. In fact, this year’s campaign was another record-breaker with almost 40 percent participation from the Health Science Center community. Thanks to contributions from our colleagues, more than $327,000 was raised.

“Our goals were to have 30 percent participation and to raise $275,000,” said Robin Froman, R.N., Ph.D., dean of the School of Nursing and this year’s SECC chair. “The Health Science Center not only achieved our stated goals, but exceeded both!”

All donations benefit hundreds of state and local organizations, which include the United Way of San Antonio. In addition, 43 percent of our institution’s donations (approximately $140,000) was donated to organizations that are assisting the Hurricane Katrina victims.

“You should all be very proud of our Health Science Center community,” Dr. Froman said. “We participated in the SECC Pacesetter portion of the SECC this year and have raised the bar for future years. You have all done a wonderful job contributing to the health of both our local and broad community through your pledges. Thank you all so very much.”

The official campaign ended Sept. 30 but pledges will be accepted through the end of October.

Dr. Froman expressed special thanks to Rudy Gomez, assistant to the dean of the School of Nursing; Alexis Terrell, administrative assistant in the School of Nursing; Mary Yanes, computer support analyst; Elizabeth Shelton, manager of information systems; Kimberly Roth, programmer analyst; George Lyman, programmer analyst; and Paul Summers, administrator in acute nursing; and each department’s SECC coordinator for all of their hard work and dedication in making this campaign a huge success.

Dental Clinic employees held fundraisers to raise money for the 2005 SECC.

“The truly impressive part of this year's campaign is the number of areas that had 100 percent participation,” Dr. Froman said. “That is really teamwork and community spirit." These areas include the office of the senior vice president for external affairs and the office of the vice president for research.

The following is a list recognizing each SECC coordinator and their department.

School of Allied Health Sciences:
Kim Clendenen, Dean, Allied Health
Veronica Mansanarez, P.A. Studies
Rhonda Dietrich, Clinical Laboratory Sciences
Alice Narvaez, Dental Hygiene
Pamela Lenow, Dental Laboratory Technology
Bruce Butterfras, Emergency Medical Technology
Sharon Guevara, Occupational Therapy
Denice Trevino, Physical Therapy
Kenzie Arnold, Respiratory Care

Dental School:
Robin Druckman, Dean, Dental School
Diana Balderas, Community Dentistry
Elva Guerra, Dental Diagnostic Science
Claudina Gallo and Noemi Gonzales, Dental Outpatient Clinic/DSRDP
Dr. Glenn Walters, Endodontics
Eliza Rodriguez, General Dentistry
Nora Eblen and Lynn Mendoza, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Pattie Nield, Orthodontics
Angela Rendon, Pediatric Dentistry
Dr. Donald E. Willman and Madeleine Long, Periodontics
Dolores Ramsay, Prosthodontics
Petra Dimas, Restorative Dentistry

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences:
Janice M. Stong, Dean, Graduate School
Joanne Wright, Biochemistry
Cathy Bunnell, Cellular & Structural Biology
Christine Vasquez, Microbiology & Immunology
Diana Hottle, Molecular Medicine
Brenda Cantu, Pathology
Marlys Quick, Pharmacology
Dr. John Johnson and Lea Harlow, Physiology
Dori Asebedo, Barshop Center


School of Nursing:
Patrick (Dean) Lazenby, Dean, School of Nursing
Cecilia Eggiman, Acute Nursing Care
Laura Zischke, Chronic Nursing Care
Pat Keil, Family Nursing Care


School of Medicine:
Jill Stetzer, Dean, Medical School
Ruth Atkinson and Rachal Cardenas, Anesthesiology
Virginia Costello, Family & Community Medicine
Gisel Ramirez, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Margaret Minker, Ophthalmology
Diane DeLeon, Orthopaedics
Veronica Aleman and Sylvia Vargas, Otolaryngology-H&N Surgery
Robin McFall, Pediatrics
Doris Newman and Gloria Hoffman, Psychiatry
Alicia Jimenez, Radiology
Lucy Reina-Trevino, Radiation Oncology
Paul Murrell, Rehabilitation Medicine
Nichole Stanley, Research Imaging Center
Sarah Unland, Surgery and Transplant Center
Judy Mott and Myra Gonzales, Urology
Cynthia Lizette Villarreal, Center for South Texas Programs
Beverly Combs, Center for Neurosurgical Sciences
Minerva Castillo, Center for Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Office of the Executive Vice President for Academic Administration:
Brenda Clarke, Academic Administration
Jose Jones Jr., RAHC Administrative & Student Services
Katherine Prentice, Libraries
Sylvia Moreno, Student Services
Office of the Executive Vice President for Administration:
Eva McNicholas, EVP for Administration
Estella Castro and Mary Ismail, Facilities Management Housekeeping
Irma Sanchez, University Police

Office of the Executive Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Financial Officer:
Janet Hine and Oralia Mendez; Executive Vice President for Business Affairs, Budget and Planning Office, Business Systems and Technology
Rachael Shoquist; Assistant Vice President for Business Affairs, HUB, Financial Systems Technology
Judy Hopper, Accounting Office
Elsa Garay, Payroll Services
Mercedes Garcia, Bursar
Kenneth (Cliff) Kelley, General Services
Debbie Cash, Assistant Vice President for Human Resources
Karen Smith, Purchasing

Office of Vice President and Chief Information Officer:
Ellie Roberts, Vice President and Chief Information Officer
Dr. Ken Andrews, Academic Informatics Services
Dr. Debra Stark, Academic Informatics Services
Dr. George Thompson, Academic Informatics Services
Wendy Guyton, Computing Resources
Carol Schroth, Educational Media Resources
Deidre Lenow, IMIS Project Office
Bertha Rodriguez, IMS Business Office
Jody Varner and Katrin Huber, Telecommunications & Networking

Office of the Senior Vice President for External Affairs:
Jacquelyn Spruce, External Affairs

Office of the President:
includes the Office of the Vice President for South Texas Programs and Office of the Vice President for Governmental Relations
Mireya Gonzalez Martinez, Office of the President
Karen Rochester, Institutional Compliance Office
Gina Schiller, Internal Audit

Office of the Vice President for Research:
Gail Billbe; Office of the Vice President for Research, Center for Public Health Preparedness and Biomedical Research, Institutional Animal Care Program
Mona Lisa Mejia, Office of Sponsored Programs
Amy Groff, Laboratory Animal Resources
Mary Kay Mastracci, Office of Technology Ventures
Tanya Estrada, Environmental Health & Safety
Zhen Zhen Sun, San Antonio Cancer Institute