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November 16, 2009

UTSA bookstores offer faculty-staff appreciation days Nov. 17-18

UTSA faculty and staff members will receive a 30-percent discount on selected merchandise at a UTSA Bookstore special event. The annual faculty-staff appreciation event is 2-4 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17 at the Downtown Campus Buena Vista Street Building bookstore and 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18 in the Main Campus University Center bookstore. Light refreshments will be served.

More information: 458-2865 (Downtown Campus) or 458-4220 (Main Campus)

 

'Celebrate UTSA' diversity event is Nov. 18 at University Center paseo

The UTSA community is invited to a free special event, "Celebrate UTSA! All Different. All Roadrunners," from 5 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 18 at the University Center paseo on the Main Campus. A performance by country singer David Bradley will be at 6 p.m., as part of a showcase including other performances, readings and speeches, and information on UTSA student organizations, services and departments. Sample ethnic foods, get a free t-shirt and prizes, and enjoy other activities. If it rains, the event will move to the University Center Ballroom (1.104).

More information: Ann Margaret Trujillo, 458-4770

 

UTSA Police Department hosts Nov. 19 town hall meeting

The UTSA Police Department will host a town hall meeting for UTSA students, faculty and staff from 1:30 to 3 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19 in the University Center Harris Room (2.212) on the Main Campus. UTSAPD representatives will discuss the department's vision and mission, services and campus safety issues, followed by a question-and-answer session.

More information: 458-4242 or UTSA Police Department Web site

 

Author-journalist Ron Suskind to speak at UTSA Nov. 19

The UTSA Office of Learning Communities will host a lecture by Washington, D.C.-based author and journalist Ron Suskind at 3:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 19 in the University Center Ballroom (1.104) on the Main Campus. Suskind is the author of "A Hope in the Unseen: An American Odyssey From the Inner City to the Ivy League," a biography about a young man's transition from inner-city high school achiever to culture-shocked college survivor. The book won him the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing. The lecture is free and open to the public.

More information: Learning Communities, 458-7490

 

John Peace Library renovation celebration is Dec. 1

Students, faculty and staff are invited to celebrate the completion of the first phase of the John Peace Library renovation. There will be a dessert buffet, live music and plenty of giveaways from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1 at the Sombrilla Plaza mezzanine outside the second-floor entrance to the John Peace Library on the Main Campus.

More information: Anne Peters, 458-4863

 

HOP changes: Updated policy

In the UTSA Handbook of Operating Procedures (HOP), the following policy has been updated or created to address institutional requirements. Periodic updates to the HOP online will be announced in @UTSA.

More information: Heather Foster, Institutional Compliance and Risk Services, 458-5537

 

 

FY 2010 UTSA Holiday Schedule

Employee Discount Program

Training and Development Classes

UTSA Calendar

Payroll Calendar

UTSA Handbook of Operating Procedures

 

 

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