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Shout out to Cynthia Izaguirre

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I attended the Irving Schools Foundation "Breakfast with the Stars" this morning at the Irving Convention Center, which was emceed by Cynthia.  This event awarded 253 seniors with scholarships in front of aproximately 1,000 people.  Corporate sponsors, business and civic leaders were all present in the audience.  Cynthia, in her opening remarks, of course mentioned she was a proud UNT graduate, but this year also made it a point to mention that the Mean Green were the NIT Baskeball Champions.  When announcing winners and where they were going to school, she put special empahsis on UNT and always followed it with a "Go Mean Green."

She always touts UNT but I was glad to hear the NIT Championship mentioned.  It never hurts for students, heads of corporations, civic leaders, and the public at large to hear the accomplishments of UNT from such a visible alum.  By the way, she does an excellent job as a emcee for an event that lasts about 4 hours.  Live snipits on the news at 5, 6, and 10 on Channel 8 although I don't think the UNT statements are included!

Just wanted to share how the NIT Championship is worth a lot in publicity in different types of settings as well as hopefully recruiting.  Thank you, Cynthia, and GMG!

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I don't watch the news a lot, but when I do, I usually watch WFAA.  I've heard her mention UNT during the newscast on several occasions.  If only all the local media members who are UNT grads were as vocal/supportive as she and George Dunham.

Thanks for sharing!

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The few times I catch the news on WFAA, she's mentioned UNT. The newscast after Wisconsin (maybe the following day) included a clip of her watching the UNT-Wisconsin game in studio and celebrating the win. She also made it a point to mention she was wearing green and why.

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I wish there were more of Cynthia’s in DFW media because sometimes they’ll completely skip over UNT, either a regular season basketball game or whatever it may be. Sometimes just mentions at the end of the broadcasts.

Hopefully football steps it up, and we will get great recognition soon.

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