HSA promotes scholarship, fellowship and multicultural awareness, and represents the Honors Program on campus and in the community. Student leaders select speakers for campus presentations on general and professional topics and organize social and service events for Honors Program students.
2023-24 Officers
- President: Clay Loper
- Vice President: Avery Schafer
- Secretary: Tressa Reading
- Treasurer: Tom Hodge
- Historian: Kaci Wainscott
- Intramurals Liaison: Logan Leto
Community Service
One of the things that the Honors Student Association proudly volunteers and interacts with, year in and year out, is the great community of San Angelo, Texas.
Life with HSA
Starting off at college is rough, and students in HSA are encouraged to connect with each other through various social events on campus. Networks of honors students are where some of our favorite memories come from.
Intramural Fun
Students in HSA are active in on-campus intramural sports. This allows our students to spend time together competing against other on-campus teams in a variety of sports.
Business Meetings (7:30 p.m.)
- Jan. 22
- Feb. 19
- Mar. 18
- Apr. 15
Speaker Meetings (7:30 p.m.)
- Feb. 5
- Mar. 4
Social Events
- Super Bowl Party: Feb. 11, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
- Casino Night: Feb. 24, 3-5 p.m.
- Trivia Night: Mar. 19, 5:30-7:30 p.m.
- Arts & Crafts: Apr. 12, 6-8 p.m.
- End of the Year BBQ: Apr. 28, 2-4 p.m.
Service Events
- Chamber of Commerce Annual Banquet: Jan. 18, 5:30-9 p.m.
- Cultural Affairs Council Gourmet Dinner: Feb. 10, 5:30-10 p.m.
- Children’s Advocacy Center Champagne & Diamonds: Feb. 14, 4:30-8 p.m.
- WHIT Program’s Brighter Minds Brighter Future: Feb. 22, 5-10 p.m.
- Adult Literacy Council’s Dr. Seuss’s Birthday Celebration: Mar. 2, 1:30-4 p.m.
- Annual Honors Easter Egg Hunt: Mar. 30, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Feb. 5, 2024
Barbara Rallo
The desire to paint in France was simmering, and a 1998 calendar of “The Most Beautiful Villages in Provence” was the catalyst to send Barbara Rallo to those same villages to sketch and paint “en plein air” annually for over 25 years now. Today, her sketches and paintings are an intimate connection to the rich architecture of Europe, the beautiful colors and scents of Provence, and the incredible friends and artists met in those yearly sojourns to France.
An accomplished watercolorist, one of Barbara’s French sketches won the 2016 June/July Sketchbook Award for the PleinAir Magazine Salon, and she was the winner of the 2014 Plein Air Easton Quick Draw “Best Non-Competition Artist” Award. Her work has also been accepted into national shows in Texas and Louisiana, and she has shown her paintings in the local Stribling Art Extravaganza since 2002.
Barbara is also the founder and coordinator/co-chair of EnPleinAirTEXAS, one of the premier plein air competitions in the U.S., hosted by the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. This extraordinary international juried competition celebrated its 10th successful year in San Angelo this past October. Barbara is an active participant in PASA (Plein Air San Angelo), an artists group she helped form 11 years ago, and a board member of the San Angelo Cultural Affairs Council. She served on the Texas Tech University System Public Arts Committee and has been a judge for several area painting competitions. Her first gallery show at Art Gallery Prudencia in San Antonio in the summer of 2023 generated successful sales and an invitation to stay as one of the artists in the gallery.
As a mentor, “encourager/cheerleader” and teacher, Barbara’s desire to help friends and strangers embrace their artistic passions keeps her engaged with people across the world.
Sept. 25, 2023
Charlotte Anderson
Charlotte Anderson is a native of Houston, where she worked in the oil and gas industry. She moved to West Texas in 1991, and in 1994, she and her husband developed a business model to open Angelo Burger Company in San Angelo.
After opening five successful stores over 17 years and earning the Chamber of Commerce Diversity Award and several “Best Burger” features, Charlotte joined the Walmart Corporation and Sam’s Club in 2011 and led the region in marketing and business development. She had the best membership profile in the Southwest Region and ranked in the top 1% of the company. She also led and trained associates in Abilene, Lubbock and the Dallas area.
Additionally, Charlotte has served the Children’s Miracle Network, San Angelo Convention and Visitors Bureau and Women’s Roundtable Event, and has been a guest speaker, leadership emcee and facilitator for numerous community and chamber events.
For the past three years, Charlotte has been the executive director of Keep San Angelo Beautiful (KSAB) and conservation manager for the City of San Angelo. KSAB is a Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB) three-year Gold Star Affiliate and won the 2023 KTB Beautify Texas Award for Public Education and Outreach and the 2023 Governor’s Community Achievement Award for Sustained Excellence. She is also a KTB mentor and webinar and conference guest speaker.
Charlotte also serves on the SAISD Career, Technology and Education Board, supporting nonprofit educational opportunities; the San Angelo Clubhouse Advisory Board, providing programming and resources for the mental health community; and the Tom Green County Horticulture Committee for the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, where she fosters a love of the environment.