Join us as we celebrate Alumni accomplishments so far in 2026!

While the Terry Banquets and Picnics are great opportunities to give back by connecting with and celebrating our students, the Virtual Alumni Gathering is a way to connect with and celebrate fellow Terry Alumni. This gathering is hosted virtually to increase the chances of making new Terry connections inside and outside Texas.

This event will last one hour and is an opportunity for Alumni to receive an update from the Terry Board of Directors, to connect with familiar faces, and to meet new friends in our Terry Alumni Community.

Our Virtual Gatherings are casual, and appearances by family members and pets are allowed and encouraged!

Featured Speaker

Reyes Ramirez (he/him) is a 2008 UH Terry Scholar. He graduated from University of Houston with a B.A. in Political Science and Government & Creative Writing, and he earned an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Texas State University.

Reyes is the 2025 – 2027 Houston Poet Laureate, as well as a writer, educator, curator, and translator of Mexican and Salvadoran descent. 

He authored the short story collection The Book of Wanderers (2022), the poetry collection El Rey of Gold Teeth (2023), and Cerveza Songs: Houston, TX (2024), a collection of craft beer poetry reviews and photography. His latest curatorial project, The Houston Artist Speaks Through Grids, explores the use of grids in Houston art, literature, history, and politics. 

Reyes has been honored as the: 2025 Anne Frydman Translation Prize Winner from The Hopkins Review; 2024 Speculative Play and Just Futurities Fellow; 2023 Intercultural Leadership Institute Fellow; 2023 Dobie Paisano Fellow; 2022 Crosstown Arts Writer in Residence; 2021 Interchange Artist Grant Fellow; and received awards from the BIPOC Arts Network and Fund, Houston Arts Alliance, Poets & Writers, and The Warhol Foundation’s Idea Fund. 

He loves puzzles, cold brew coffee with sugar free vanilla and oat milk, and his wife’s laugh.