July 17 bears special significance for Susana Alemán: not only is it her birthday, it’s also the 40th anniversary of the day she arrived at The University of Texas from the South Texas town of Falfurrias: July 17, 1972.

Yesterday morning, in a small ceremony at the Alumni Center, Alemán, BS ’75, MEd ’78, JD ’84, Life Member and former assistant dean for student affairs at the UT School of Law, made her biggest commitment to UT yet: she formally endowed the new Alemán-Wilson Challenge Grant Scholarship. The scholarship will support Mexican-American students from South Texas who are studying in the College of Education.

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