Alumni Spotlight

David Morris

Master of Fine Arts 2011

Shortly after graduating from the University of Dallas I traveled to Taiwan for a three month artist residency at the Yingge Ceramics Museum, in New Taipei City.

Sarah Constance Kisner

Bachelor of Arts 2009

Sarah Kisner is a curator and researcher interested in art worlds which intersect multiple domains, particularly those that present alternatives to current socio-ecological systems.

Rahul Kumar

Master of Fine Arts 2008

Is a Fullbright Scholar. This experience under Dan Hammett had immense influence in Rahul's approach and expression.

Studied Studio Arts at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. In 2006, he received a Master of Art in Art from the University of Dallas in Irving, Texas. Humberto finished his studies in 2008 at the University of Dallas by receiving a Master of Fine Arts with a concentration in Printmaking.

Mandy Stigant

Master of Arts 2008

Began her studies in ceramics as a post-baccalaureate student at University of Dallas. In 2006 she began her graduate studies there, completing an MA in 2008. Mandy recently worked as an Artist in Residence at the Cub Creek Foundation in Appomattox, VA.

Angela Skees

Bachelor of Arts 2007

Some days I still wish I had become a studio major, but then again Art History has served me well. Each and every day, I think about all the classes studying the great artists of the past while creating new work for a modern time. The ability to think, to write and to create are invaluable tools to have. My friends from college have gone on to become some great clients and mentors. My old professors continue to inspire me to never stop learning and being curious.

Carol Mackiewicz

Bachelor of Arts 2007

My four years at UD were the best I have had in my young adult life. My education at UD prepared me for the real world, teaching me how to be tenacious, courageous, and true to myself.

Ester Ippolito Harrison

Bachelor of Arts 2007

I am the Membership Database Coordinator at the Nasher Sculpture Center.

Micael Dura n

Bachelor of Arts 2004

At INABA, his team created the winning entry for a project in Stavanger, Norway. He has been a guest critic on architecture reviews at the Pratt Institute and the University of Southern California.

Gabriel Brubacher

Master of Fine Arts 2002

David Fiegenschue

Bachelor of Arts 1976

He has developed and taught design courses at Brookhaven College, lectured at the University of Phoenix, and taught a course on Self Promotion to graduate art students at the University of Dallas.

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UD in the Community: Gospel of Life Dwellings Affirm Lives

Although she can no longer see, Tia does her best, like the mother she still is, to ensure the comfort of those around her from her perch on the edge of her bed. She is one of three elderly residents of St. Adelaide in Grand Prairie, one of Gospel of Life Dwellings' two locations. First conceived by Joe Flaherty, M.D., BA '86, a geriatrician, the idea for these homes was embraced and implemented -- and is continuously sustained -- by numerous UD alumni.

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New Crusader Baseball Clubhouse Completed

Positioned off Crusader Drive, behind the batting cages and the centerfield wall of the baseball field, the university's newly constructed baseball clubhouse opened the first week in May, the last week of the season for the UD baseball team. This milestone marked the end of a years-long endeavor supported by the university's Baseball Booster Club to upgrade the team's existing locker room and practice facilities.

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Classical Charter School to Cultivate Fulfillment in Community

Valor Public Schools founder David Williams, who pursued graduate coursework at UD from 2006-7, and superintendent Steve Gordon, BA '97 MA '01, believe that a school should be an environment filled with joy.

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