Grad Spotlight: Aimee Galindo
12/02/2021Aimee Galindo has always wanted to give back to UIW students, so she chose to run for SGA president during one of the most challenging years in recent history. It changed her life.
2021 HEBSBA News
December
November
Beechner ’10, ’15 selected to Forbes Next 1000 List
11/16/2021Kim Beechner ’10, ’15 was selected to the Forbes Next 1000 list for 2021. Beechner is the founder and CEO of Embark Marketing, a Texas-based, digital marketing agency specializing in the food and beverage industry. Beechner founded Embark Marketing in 2010.
Service Spotlight: U.S. Army Veteran Christopher Lee Marmolejo
11/15/2021Christopher Lee Marmolejo, a Master of Business Administration student with a concentration in Human Resources, has volunteered at eight events this semester already, including Let’s Taco ‘Bout Mental Health, UIW’s First Responders Appreciation Football game and the Military Appreciation Game, Trunk or Treat, UIW’s Veterans Day Ceremony and more.
HEBSBA and Nursing Partner to Host Opportunity Recognition Workshop
11/03/2021Dr. Adesegun Oyedele, coordinator of International Business in the H-E-B School of Business and Administration (HEBSBA), partnered with professor Dr. Karen Weis, PhD, RNC-OB, FAAN, and assistant professor Julio Lujano, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, ENP-C, both from the Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing and Health Professions, to co-produce UIW’s first Opportunity Recognition Workshop on Nov. 1.
October
UIW’s Center for Medical Tourism Research Collaborates with Centro Fox on Upcoming Seminar
10/15/2021The University of the Incarnate Word's Center for Medical Tourism Research, in collaboration with Centro Fox, is presenting a special seminar titled Strategies for the Development and Management of International Medical Tourism. Dr. David G. Vequist, founder and director of the UIW Center for Medial Tourism Research, and Ilan Geva of the University of Chicago / DePaul University, will present to administrators and clinicians in the public and private medical sector, other medical tourism stakeholders and the general public on Oct. 19 and 22. Both seminars run from 9 – noon CT.
September
Two UIW alumnae named Top C-Suite Executives by the San Antonio Business Journal
09/28/2021Two UIW alumnae were named Top C-Suite Executives by the San Antonio Business Journal last month. Kim Beechner ‘10, ’15 (right), and Dr. Keely Petty, ’94 (left), were two of the 20 honorees selected by the journal.
April
Virtual Study Abroad: UIW Students in US, Mexico Partner to Launch Free-Trade Startup
04/29/2021Students at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) sold handmade crafts from the indigenous Chicimeca people of Mexico on campus Thursday, April 29, 2021, as part of a partnership made possible through the University’s innovative new virtual study abroad program.
UIW Names New Dean for HEB School of Business and Administration
04/01/2021The University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is proud to announce that Dr. Jeannie Scott has been elevated to the position of Dean at the H-E-B School of Business and Administration (HEBSBA). Scott has been serving as the interim dean since June 2020.