SBS staff, volunteers, and friends enjoy visiting at the SBS tent during last year's Homecoming festivities on the UA Mall. — Robert Walker, photographer
SBS Homecoming
Homecoming Fall 2004!
This past year, we celebrated homecoming with our alumni, both at our homecoming tent on the UA mall and at The Shanty, a fun Tucson pub.
We had many people stop by our tent, which was twice the size of last year’s, and it still wasn’t large enough to accommodate all of our units!
Our tent had professors and students, department handouts, prize drawings, a book sale, and delicious empanadas from Mamma Llama’s in Tucson.
Our annual bash at The Shanty, hosted by alumnus Bill Nugent, was also a lot of fun!
Our homecoming chair and speaker this year was Patty Weiss, a journalism alumna. Patty was the first woman evening newscaster in the state of Arizona. She has been an anchor for KVOA since 1975. She received her degree, cum laude, with honors in journalism, and minors in political science and economics. Patty is involved in a variety of community organizations. She serves on the advisory boards of the journalism department, the psychiatry department, UApresents and the Institute for Children, Youth and Families.
Our student speaker was Jennifer Lum, a senior with a major in political science and a minor in journalism. She has a 3.9 GPA. Jennifer serves as president of Pi Sigma Apha, UA’s political science honorary, which was awarded best chapter of the year from 2003-2004.
We would love for you to join us next year at our homecoming events! If you would like more information, please contact Edna Meza Aguirre, our associate director of development, at 520-621-3454, ema1@u.arizona.edu.
Journalism alumnus, Steve Myers (center) stopped by for a chat with April Thompson, administrative assistant for the journalism department, and her boyfriend Le’Darien Hunter. Myers is the publisher/president of Myers Publishing in Tempe, AZ.
Leah Gilbert (History, Class of ’65, pictured left) and Joyce Steers (Psychology, Class of ’66).
Saundra Taylor, senior vice president for Campus Life; J.P. Jones, head of geography and regional development; Patty Weiss, our homecoming chair; Christopher Maloney, head of philosophy; and Janet Bingham, vice president for University Advancement.
Alumna Dr. Barbara K. Schiller stopped by the SBS booth with her Chelsea Chow. Dr. Schiller received her BA in political science in 1982. She was also an advising coordinator for the psychology department from 1986-1998.
Jennifer Lum, our student speaker, is the president of Pi Sigma Alpha, the UA’s political science honorary. She was the prime organizer of a debate watching party on campus, and spoke about the importance of voting.
Linda and Stephen Tuttle join in the celebration. Stephen (Political Science, Class of ’87) is a 4th generation political science alumnus from the UA and is the vice president of communications for TASER
International in Scottsdale, AZ.
To thank psychology alumnus Bill Nugent for his years of support to SBS, Al Kaszniak, head of psychology, announced the creation of the William Owen Nugent Scholarship, which will be used to help undergraduates in the department. Nugent is a member of our advisory board and has hosted our Shanty event for the past four years.
Daniel Longanecker and Natasha Thomas Longanecker (Political Science, Class of 2002) hold up the raffle prizes they won.
Patty Weiss had joked on the news that she had always wanted to be homecoming queen, but being homecoming chair would do. Here, Jim Shockey, associate dean of SBS, presents Patty with a tiara.
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