On Friday, November 6th, two distinguished alumni of the department were on campus to receive “Distinguished Alumni Awards” from President Trauth. The Honorable Oliver Del Cid , Belize’s ambassador to Mexico and Judge Nelva Gonzales-Ramos of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas spent the morning in the department where they talked to undergraduate classes and attended a reception for faculty (including a number of their old professors) and graduate students.