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Scholarship Recipients

Alexis Ruiz

2009/2010 Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship

Alexis is a senior at Texas State University with a double major in International Relations and French. Since becoming a Bobcat she has been involved with various organizations including Phi Sigma Pi, Le Cercle Francais, and Sigma Iota Rho-International Studies Honor Society for which she was Secretary and Co-President. She has also helped organize and has been involved in various events she is passionate about, including Relay for Life for 3 years, the MLK Commemoration Celebration for 2 years, and Texas State's Second Annual Tournees International Film Festival. While at Texas State she has received the Professional French Certificate from the Chambre d'Industrie et de Commerce de Paris, as well as the Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship for 3 years.
After graduating she hopes to acquire a teaching assistantship in France where she will help teach English to students of all ages. She would also like to pursue a Masters in either International Relations, French, or Linguistics.
 

Gordon Taylor

2009/2010 Cecil Mayo Scholarship for African American Males

Gordon Taylor is a senior at Texas State University majoring in Finance. He is an INROADS intern and works for Deloitte Consulting LLP under the service line of Enterprise Applications. As a Freshman Gordon was inducted into the Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society for making Dean's List for his first two semesters. He has since been on the Dean's List fives times since 2006. He has been a two-time recipient of The Brightest Start of Texas State Award, an honor given to students who have excelled in both academicsw and extra-curricular activities.

As a former member of the Texas State Basketball team he was a two-time recipient of the Oaks Farm Athletic Academic Award for having the highest GPA among all athletes at Texas State and in 2008 was recognized on the Southland Commissioner's Honor Roll.

Gordon has served as a senator for the Associated Student Government and currently serves as the Chief of Staff. His latest project is serving as the Founder and President of FOCUSED "African American Males Network," a non-profit organization designed to encourage African American males to accomplish achievement through accountability partners.

Brenna Ansley (photo by Chandler Prude)

2009/2010 Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies Diversity Studies Scholarship

Brenna Ansley graduated from Thorndale High School in 2006 as the class salutatorian.  She received scholarship from the KCM Scholarship Foundation and the Alcoa Foundation Sons and Daughters Scholarship Program.

Her major is a BFA in studio art with a specialization in fiber art.  She is a minor in women's studies and psychology.  She is currently working on her honors thesis focusing on film theory, and her studio thesis.  She is president and a founder of Feminists United, a student organization on campus. She is also a Texas State Alumni Association Scholar.

Multicultural and Gender Studies Scholarship for Women - Graduate
Alicia Schuster-Couch

2009/2010

 

Multicultural and Gender Studies Scholarship for Women - Graduate

Alicia Schuster-Couch graduated with honors with a Bachelor of Social Work degree from New Mexico State University in May 2005. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Women's Studies, with honors, from New Mexico State University in December 2006.

She began the Professional Counseling Program in July 2008 and hopes to finish in May 2011. She has been working with survivors of sexual violence for six years and intends to continue her work in the area of sexual violence throughout her academic and professional journeys.

 

Multicultural and Gender Studies Scholarship for Women - Undergraduate

Sheri Burkhalter

2008/2009

 

Cecil Mayo Scholarship For African American Males

Mr. Abel Kalum

 

Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship

Ms. Alexis Ruiz

                                                  

MCGS Scholarship

Ms. Brenna Ansley
 

 

2007/2008

 

Cecil Mayo Scholarship For African                       Nina Vaca-Humrichouse Scholarship

American Males


                                                            

    Mr. Jamar Keaton                                                                         Ms. Alexis Ruiz

                                                                

Center for Multicultural and Gender Studies
Flowers Hall, Room 336; Phone: (512)245-2361