8/9/2019 UAHA Pres. Letter- Spring 2010

1/1

Spring 2010 |www.arizonaalumni.com/uaha

UAHA Celebrates Connued from page 4

Leer from UAHA President

Dear UA Hispanic Alumni Club Friends,

I wish to extendun abrazote and say that it has been apleasure and an honor to have served as your president for the

last two years. Many years ago, I was asked to join the UAHA

and its mission to beer our communitys future by enhancing

the opportunies of our Hispanic students and alumni. It is

with great pride that I can say we have done just that through

collaboraon, innovaon, and the eorts of so many dedicated individuals.

We have had many successes with our student scholarship and retenon

programs (Success Express and Leadership & Retenon) with connued growth

and unsurpassed graduaon rates among peer instuons. Working together

with others at the UA and in Tucson, UAHA has been part of innovave methods,

helping to ensure equal and accessible educaon for our leaders of tomorrow.

Many of you have joined us at mulple UAHA events on campus and have visitedwith UAHA scholarship recipients...weve had a wonderful me together. Our 25th

Annual UAHA Scholarship Dinner was a great milestone for us as a club and as

part of our growing community. It is with this type of collaborave support system

that we have prospered and endured the dicult economic mes.

Many of you are aware of the 2009 budgetary issues that endangered our

Chicano/Hispano Student Center along with other ethnic Centers. As a community,

we saved these respecve Centers and maintained the integrity of the UA as a

land grant instuon. Likewise, you are also aware of mulple bills that have

passed or are being considered by our State Legislature that are quesonable at

best. Through connued collaboraon, innovaon, and joint eorts I am sure we

can help create an inclusive, posive, and producve path for a beer today and

a greater tomorrow.

Once again, I thank you all for your eorts as UAHA members, volunteers,

friends, and Board of Directors. I look forward to the UAHAs 50th Annual

Scholarship Dinner in years to come. There, I will reect on how we all contributed

to a wonderful mission and most certainly be awed at what more we have

accomplished as UA Hispanic Alumni Club scholarship recipients and proud

alumni... Bear Downamigos!

UAHA would like to

congratulate the following

graduang UAHA

scholarship recipients:

UAHA Introduces Changes

to Membership Program

U

AHA introduced several exciting changes to

the Membership Program in 2010. In order to

accommodate those interested in joining the

club, UAHA now oers expanded membership levels.

Whether you are a UA alumnus (ormer student who

has completed over 30 units), a non-alumnus, or

a current UA student, UAHA oers a membership

level or you. Also new in 2010 are Lietime and

Joint Memberships. As always, current UA Alumni

Association (UAAA) members continue to get a discount

on UAHA membership dues.

Also new or 2010 is a beneft package or UAHA

members. The Board o Directors is working hard with

businesses nationwide to oer members an enticing

beneft package. While the member beneft programis in its initial phase, we have high hopes it will rapidly

expand and we will update the UAHA website with new

benefts as they emerge. I you or someone you know

may be interested in oering a beneft to the dynamic

and growing UAHA membership, please contact Oscar

Lujan at (520) 626-9327 or email lujano@al.arizona.

edu.

I you havent signed up or UAHA membership in

2010, please do so by completing and returning the

membership orm on the back o this newsletter.

ITS NOT TOO LATE! Be a part o this emerging group

and support UAHAs mission.

Crystal Lee

Lucia Lucero

Elizabeth Mazon

Claudia Meece

Sara Montano

Tomas Navarro

Violeta Ramos

Daniel Robles

Michael Robles

Elena Ruiz

Azucena SanchezJesus Torres

Alex Urquidez

Enrique Zarate

Karla Acosta

Cassandra Andrade

Lucinda Barcelo

Jaime Campos

Samantha Castro

Damaris Cuen

Esther Del Valle

Lucee Estrada

Vicente Federico

Denise Garcia

Joel GarciaLizeth Garcia

Ana Crisna Gomez

Clemenna Grijalva

Jesus Ernesto Ibarra

Valencia also served previous terms on

the Pima Community College Foundaon

Board of Directors; the UA Hispanic

Alumni Board of Directors and the Tucson

Unied School District Blue Ribbon

Commiees Student Achievement/

Desegregaon Issues Subcommiee.

She was also a founding member of the

Tucson Hispanic Coalion. Current civic

acvies include the Pima County Real

Estate Research Council, Arizona List,

Reading Seed Program, Tucson Airport

Authority Board, Tucson Diocese Sexual

Misconduct Review Board and the Society

for College and University Planners.

Very best regards,

Humberto N. Stevens

President, UA Hispanic Alumni Club