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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Helen Small began college for the first time in 1938. Seventy years later, she continued her degree at UTD. She graduated in 2010 with her master’s in psychological sciences. She was 90 years old at the time. Photo by Yash Musalgaonkar | Mercury Staff.

Head Start, Late Finish: Alumna oldest in UTD history

August 22, 2016

Helen Small’s experience at UTD was a decidedly unconventional one. At her graduation, former president David Daniel held his arm out and walked her across the stage to get her diploma. Her family —...

Man charged with kidnapping of alumna Christina Morris

March 13, 2015

A man was charged with the aggravated kidnapping of UTD alumna Christina Morris by a Collin County grand jury on March 10.   24-year-old Enrique Arochi was formally accused of kidnapping Morris...

Alumna missing since August

September 22, 2014

Friends and family of UTD alumna Christina Morris gathered around Celebration Parkway in Allen on Sept. 18 for a candlelight vigil. The Plano resident has been missing for more than three weeks. Morris...

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