Alumni and Friends

From assisting her grandmother with delivering twins into the family to dedicating 43 years to clinical experience, A&M-Texarkana alumna and current Master of Science in Nursing-Nursing Administration student, Mary Adele Philips, sees nursing as more than her career—it’s her life’s calling.

Meet Hope Francis Hughes, a 2012 TAMUT alumnae living in Charleston, South Carolina, where she works as mortgage marketing manager for SouthState Bank.

A graduate of Atlanta, TX, High School, Hope earned an associate’s degree in general business from Texarkana College before completing her bachelor’s degree in mass communications at A&M-Texarkana. After graduating she went to South Carolina to visit family and ended up staying for two years working in the hospitality industry before eventually returning to Texas to work in the financial sector. Looking for a better career fit she changed directions and became a marketing coordinator for BWI and eventually took on a similar role with Texana Bank.

A&M-Texarkana alumnae Jade Fulce goes to work every day in a large office building. A very large office building, to be exact. Her building houses more than 25,000 employees and includes credit unions, dozens of restaurants, hair salons, coffee shops, cellular service providers, clothing stores, a dentist and a post office. Jade currently works in the Pentagon as the Strategic Advisor and Spokesperson for the Office of the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. She has been in her current role for two years.

Meet Logan Buck. Born in Texarkana and raised in Hooks, TX., he’s a graduate of Hooks High School who completed his bachelor’s degree at A&M-Texarkana in December of 2023 and is currently in medical school at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Tyler, TX.

Introducing alumnus Tim Frith, former Eagles baseball player and 2020 A&M-Texarkana graduate who is now an attorney with Wright Lindsey Jennings in Little Rock, Arkansas.

Originally from Stayton, Oregon, Tim played baseball for two years at Treasure Valley Community College in Ontario, Oregon before finding his way to Texas. Tim never visited the campus before enrolling at the university but heard about the program through one of his coaches while playing summer ball in the Great West League. “The affordability of the university was a big thing,” Frith said. “And I thought a change of scenery would be nice.”

Ellie is a 2018 graduate of Texas A&M University-Texarkana and a former member of the Eagles soccer team. Ellie received a bachelor’s degree in business administration and is employed as an Account Manager with Pharma Nobis in Texarkana.

When Alex Oviedo was a freshman in high school in his home country of Mexico, he decided he wanted to come to the United States to attend college. He began the hard work he knew was necessary to make that dream a reality. As he got closer to the end of his high-school career he learned of A&M-Texarkana and its tennis team through some connections in amateur tennis competitions.

Thank you, Alex, and Lydia Oviedo, for all you brought to the A&M-Texarkana community. We will miss your presence here but know you will find much success in your future endeavors. #Soar Eagles.