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year or re-engraving the eagle and shield
are sometimes done if a former student
requests it, but Lancaster said extra care
is always taken.
“Hand engraving is like handwrit
ing,” Lancaster said. “They have a cer
tain script, a certain design, that you’re
supposed to do the exact same way, but
some people make it skinnier, some
people make the lines deeper or wider
or thinner.”
Right across from Lancaster is Leon
Mercer’s workstation. Mercer holds two
distinctions — he is the longest-working
craftsman at the factory with 47 years of
employment that started in Massachu
setts before moving with the factory to
Austin. He is also the oldest.
“I’m 78 years young,” joked Mercer
as he took the ring from Lancaster. Mer
cer smooths, cleans and waxes the ring
repairs. After the previous restorations,
the ring’s sides are typically sharp enough
to cut the wearer, and Mercer must dull
them to avoid wearer injury. Despite the
ring’s edges and the heat that dulling and
polishing generates, Mercer only began
wearing thin plastic gloves a few years
ago to better stay clean.
“It’s the feeling you’ve got to have,
and with your fingers you get that feel
ing,” Mercer said to describe why he
doesn’t use finger guards.
The Final Cut
Lancaster and Mercer send the rings
to get re-antiqued or to have diamond
repairs if requested before they end up
back at Hebert’s desk after two to three
weeks. The ring returns to its owner ex
actly as they requested it — some look
completely new, while others still show
case a lifetime of wear. For Carter, the
7
work done on his Aggie Ring after the
fire made it look new again.
“When I got it I just couldn’t beHeve
it,” Carter said. “I thought some of it
would have melted down, but it almost
looks like the day I got it. I was just so
ecstatic to see what they could do with
that ring, because it was charred black.”
Carter’s restored ring again joined
those of his son and daughter as symbols
of a time on campus that they will always
remember.
“It’s a lot of work to get an Aggie
Ring,” Carter said. “It doesn’t come
cheap. It’s a lot of work to get there,
a lot of hours, a lot of classroom, a lot
of course study, and it’s one of those
things you drive through because once
you know you got there you know you
— you’re pretty well rounding third
base heading for home because you only
have another two semesters or so to fin
ish out.”
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The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi
and the Office of Undergraduate Studies
Proudly Announces Our New Members for 2015
Induction Ceremony & Introduction of the
Phi Kappa Phi Outstanding Juniors for Texas A&M University;
Texas A&M University at Galveston, Texas A&M University at Qatar,
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Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 2:00 PM
Rudder Theatre Complex
The mission of Phi Kappa Phi is to recognize and promote academic excellence in all
fields of higher education & to engage the community of scholars in service to others.
www.phikappaphi.org
COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
AND LIFE SCIENCES
Kallie Fuchs, Outstanding junior
James Aldrich
Lauren Baker
Christa Bryce
Helena Carroll
Paula Castillo
Grace Chen
Caroline Cooke
Henrique Da Ros Carvalho
Elliott Foxley
Hope Gonzalez
Hunter Greer
Andrew Gustafson
Samuel Hall,VI
Hillary Henderson
Jeremy Hewlett
Sara Jackson
John Jenkins
Monique Kolander
Mandy Little
Tanner Luckemeyer
Paige Martin
Jane McFarland
Martha Mcjunkin
Liliana Nolasco-lsaula
O'Neisha Pinkney
Ashley Raynor
Tiffany Rechner
Delicia Sanchez
Kendall Schaefer
Linda Stapper
Taylor Stolt
Ashley Stonecipher
Melyssa-Anne Stricklin
Paige Stuhrenberg
Sarah Sumbera
Catherine Tregre
Grayson Tung
David Walther
Evelyn Weaver
Cal Ian Young
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John Wooldridge
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Emma Epps, Outstanding junior
Larissa Armstrong
Laurelyn Arterbury
Adrienne Bailey
Madeline Bailey
Bethany Bell
Amy Bowman
Bridget Branch
Stacie Carrier
Katherine Esposito
Michelle Evans
Lexandra Francisco
Tiffany Gambrel
Heather Harper
Jesus Hernandez
Robin Holbrook
Lindsey Horne
Katelyn Humphrey
Beth Hutson
Allison Janak
Jaclyn Kadlecek
Michelle Mata
Kaden Mi Man
Stacey Naylor
Stephanie Noh
Karissa Pasket
Connor Pogue
Catherin Porter
Ashley Pulatie
Lisa Reynolds
Sarah Sadberry
Jaclyn Upshaw-Brown
Erica Uptmor
Alexandra Van Zandt
Allison Waldrop
Casey Westmoreland
David Williams, Jr
Kathryn Young
COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
Taylor Herrmann, Outstanding Junior
Simar Aliabbar
Christophers. Hunter
Brian Jonescu
David Kernodle
Hyun-Woo Kim
Jayakrishnan Sindhu
Jeremy Robinson
Taylor Roche
Spencer Solomon
Trace Tomlin
Charles Williams
MAYS BUSINESS SCHOOL
Julia Deleeuw, Outstanding Junior
Cody Atkinson
Alexandra Campbell
Julia Deleeuw
Casey Dunn
Cameron Elafros
Spence Fitzhenry
Charlotte Griffith
Logan Hays
Chloe Heidelberg
Katiana Hewitt
Katherine Huddleston
Karis Jochen
Curtis Keal
Emily Kirchof
Matthew Koops
Hayley Lemmons
Kyle Luhn
Sydney Marek
Jeremy Nichols
William Pheeny
Brooke Podlogar
Vidhya Rajasekar
Arden Robertson
Austin Rohwer
Jennifer Ryan
Alison Savage
Carleigh Temofonte
David Tharp
Tri Tran
Ashley Vincent
DWIGHT LOOK COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING
Austin Hahn, Outstanding Junior
Daniel Brown
Austin Cantrell
Mohsin Choudhury
Vu Cu
Forrest Field
Reagan Foxley
Sarah Gibson
Eddie Gil
Cullen Guglielmo
Norman Hall
Punyavee Kerativitayanan
Katherine Klassen
Timothy Kroeger
Narendra Kumar
Jeremy Lawrence
Khuong Le
Tiffany Lewis
Andrew Littlefield
Yan Liu
Monica Long
Kyle Malone
Nathan Mehlhop
Junfeng Men
Lindsay Miller
Hyunseong Min
Jenny Nacu
Tyler Nichols
Johnathan Perez
Jack Reid
Mohsen Rezasoltani
Maryam Rezvani
Matthew Riley
Nicole Rivera
KunalShah
Neal Simpson
Steven Snow
Olajide Sobanjo
Shanran Tang
Trey Torno
Luke Westmoreland
Vincent Zaballa
COLLEGE OF GEOSCIENCES
Collin Kohlmeyer, Outstanding Junior
Souichiro Hioki
Carlos Martinez
John Reed
COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS
Kaitlyn Kellermeyer, Outstanding junior
Michael Austin
Jacob Beach
Douglas Bell
Laurel Christ
Kaitlyn Covert
Candace Davis
Desirae Embree
Sarah Feigenbaum
Lauren Felder
Elizabeth Frank
Jasmine Garibay
Sammy Gong
Emily EJenkel
Nelson Holmes
Matthew Humble
Alexander Jones
Daniel Jurdi
Rachael Klemm
Alexandra hammers
Songyang Li
Katelyn Marshall
Cameron Meyers
David Miller
Erin Mitchell
Jon Niemeyer
Tiana Noffsker
Alexa Padalecki
Courtney Pierce
Geoffrey Presley
Kyleigh Price
Carley Richardson
Kelsey Ricketson
Mia Romo
Hannah Seela
William Shaw
Erin Simoni
Lauren Smart
Jonathan Smith
Michael Soules
Rachel Spelman
Courtland Spotts
Alexis Swanzy
Brendan Terry
COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
Karen Doersch
Alicia Leahy
Shang-Pu Tsai
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Shayla Blackwell
Sukyong Chun
Yin Hong
Jamie Johnson
Cheryl Killion
Ashley Kopech
Kristen Whatley
COLLEGE OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Olayinka Abiodun-Ojo
Taiwo Adedipe
Anuoluwapo Adelodun
Kelsey Anderson
Ajay Balasubramanyam
Morgan Corpening
Liza Creel
Ibraheem Karaye
l-Chia Liao
Toluwalase Okubote
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE
Eleni Mijalis, Outstanding Junior
Hannah Albers
Dalton Baird
Adam Burkhard
Erin Goodnight
Brett Hokr
Rachel Laird
Michael a Love
Jason Mahaffey
Antony Mathew
Sara Maynard
Kate Rameden-Tipton
Molly Steeves
Renee Swischuk
Yi-Yun Tsao
Xiao Wang
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY
MEDICINE & BIOMEDICAL
SCIENCES
Andy Habib, Outstanding junior
Christina Baker
Jonathan Brewer
Kenneth Ford, IV
Angelica Hatfield
Erin Lynch
Samuel Matthys
Tyler Novy
Alii Sarcar
Brittany Witt
FACULTY
S. Kent Anderson, Ph.D
TEXAS A&M AT GALVESTON
Amanda Sterne, Outstanding Junior
Jaimie Albach
Tessa Bass
Ashley Blumentritt
Fabiola Casas
Dillon Coale
Fanny Flisowski
Christi Gamble
Keith Gary
Abigail Grant
Corbin Hennick
Tyler Kendrick
Jennifer Lee
Allison Martin
Erin Mattson
Jake Morrison
Chris Nguyen
Jeffrey Plumlee
Christia Poucket
Cady Prochazka
Nicolas Ramos
Aaron Scott
Alan Sinclair
Katharine Spratt
Alex Tharakulprateep
Jaclyn White
TEXAS A&M AT QATAR
Salwan Abou Salem, Outstanding Junior
Shima Abdalla
Noor Alakhawand
Shaden Daghash
Hossam El Husseini
Sally El Meragawi
Mai Hamed
Abdul Khan
Gihong Kwak
Pavithra Manghaipathy
Ali Mansour
Bishoy Me try
Muhammad Rafique
Muhammad Raza
Tala Rifka
Deem a Saeed
Abdul Siddiqui
Vamsi Vegamoor
THE GEORGE BUSH SCHOOL OF
GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC
SERVICES
Cindy Alvarado
Courtney Anigian
Joshua Kutz
TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF LAW
Ashley Abernathy
Christopher Breton
Kara Medlock