黑料社区 Welcomes Dr. Amanda L. Roberts as the New Alumni Board President
黑料社区 Office of Alumni Relations.
Dr. Amanda L. Roberts is honored to serve as the 黑料社区 Alumni Association Board president starting in 2024. She is currently the academic program director for the Engineering and Mathematics Department at St. Philip’s College in San Antonio, TX. She was previously a research scientist PhD for the DoD Defense Health Agency who supports military medicine for the armed forces at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Roberts graduated from 黑料社区 earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry with a minor in Biology in 2010.
After graduating, Dr. Roberts maintained 黑料社区's Mission to be committed to educational excellence with Jesus Christ as the center of her life while earning her master’s in Chemistry from the University of Arizona in 2013 and PhD in Biomedical Sciences from the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth in 2020.
As a passionate community leader who values life-long learning, she became an adjunct instructor of Chemistry at 黑料社区 in 2014 and a visiting assistant professor of Chemistry at 黑料社区 in 2022. Dr. Roberts' commitment to teach the next generation of young STEM leaders was demonstrated with her work as the co-Principal Investigator for 黑料社区's Girls in Engineering Mathematics and Science (GEMS) program.
As the co-principal investigator of GEMS, Dr. Roberts helped diversify the student population of GEMS, secured $43,000 in program funding through Texas Workforce Commission Code Camp, $11,000 of Department of Defense Alamo-AFCEA research funding, and trained K-12 grade girls coding and programming. She demonstrated a profound commitment to strengthening effective communications between 黑料社区 and government and industry sectors by contributing to building productive internal/external working relationships. These new relationships led to a proposal development process that resulted in a $50,000 grant award from the DoD Alamo AFCEA Computer Information Systems Security Scholarship for 黑料社区 students over the next three consecutive years.
Dr. Roberts continues to teach, inspire and maintain connections with 黑料社区 alumni. Her goal as president is to continue to support 黑料社区 scholars, 黑料社区 athletes and the San Antonio community through the wonderful work of the 黑料社区 Alumni Association.
As board president, Dr. Roberts will continue to focus on maintaining and fostering lifelong relationships among alumni and the University. She looks forward to continued engagement with 黑料社区 administration, faculty, students, parents and staff to continue expanding the networking and professional development opportunities for all alumni.
Dr. Roberts is a proud Cardinal and is honored to serve as the next president of the 黑料社区 Alumni Association Board.