DECEMBER 2018
NEWS

SGA Recognizes Silvia Medrano 
Distinguished undergraduate student award recipient   
The Student Government Association recognized Silvia Medrano, an accounting major from Kingsville, with the Distinguished Undergraduate Student Award at the Fall 2018 Commencement Ceremony. To be nominated for this award, a student must be a graduating senior with no less than 60 credit hours earned at Texas A&M-Kingsville.
 
Bilingual in Spanish and English, Silvia has served as accounting clerk with Hahn & Oldham PC since 2016. She has been recognized with several academic achievements including a 3.81 GPA and earning President's List, Dean's List, and Honor Roll distinctions.  Congratulations to Silvia for this well deserved honor!  
 
   

Alum Serves As Keynote Speaker for Fall Commencement
McCormick addresses business graduates     
 
Philip McCormick, CPA, is an experienced financial executive who practiced public accounting for 26 years, followed by seven years as a senior financial officer of three public companies and 20 years as a member of the Board of Directors of seven different companies, three public.
 
McCormick was a partner in KMG Main Hurdman and in KPMG, serving on the board of each firm. He was managing partner of Main Hurdman's Southwest Region and led the committee that negotiated a merger with Peat Marwick Mitchell to form KPMG. 
 
During his 54 years active in business, McCormick has been a director of numerous community and civic organizations in communities where he lived and worked. He holds two business degrees from Texas A&I University and was a regent of its governing body, The University System of South Texas. 
 
He has 30 years of service to the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Foundation, including 19 years as Chairman. McCormick has served on two Dean Search Committees, one Presidential Search Committee, was President of the Alumni Association and was recognized in 1991 as a Distinguished Alumnus. Born in San Antonio, McCormick grew up in Kingsville and met his wife, JoAnn, on the campus of Texas A&I University. JoAnn also is a graduate and holds her bachelor's degree from A&I in education.  
 

MBA Hooding Ceremony             
Master's students to be recognized
 
The College hosted a Hooding Ceremony to recognize all Graduate Business degree candidates on December 14th.

During the ceremony a faculty member placed the master's hood over the head of the graduate, signifying his or her success in completing the graduate program. The ceremony is similar to the Commencement Ceremony in that faculty and students are dressed in academic attire.

The Hooding Ceremony helps students and their families commemorate their degree together in a more personal setting. Dr. Jesus Carmona, Associate Dean & MBA Director, personally congratulates each candidate on their academic achievements.