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Jan. 14, 2005

Husband of architecture professor dies Jan. 14

Bill Hays, the husband of Assistant Professor Diane Hays, died early Friday, Jan. 14. He was a member of the UTSA School of Architecture Advisory Board. She is an architecture faculty member. Together they established an endowed UTSA architecture scholarship. "We will miss his numerous contributions as a friend of our school and I will miss him as a personal friend," said Julius Gribou, architecture dean. A service celebrating his life will be at 3 p.m., Tuesday, January 18 at Alamo United Methodist Church near the Quarry Market on Basse Road. A reception will follow at 5 p.m.

More information: Julius Gribou, 458-3010

 

W-2 forms are ready to download at UTDirect

Your 2004 Form W-2 is ready to download and print. Just go to https://utdirect.utexas.edu/payroll/w2/w2.WBX and follow the instructions. If you cannot access the site or have forgotten your logon or password, contact Cindy at 458-4343 or Barbie at 458-4556. If you decide not to print your W-2, a printed copy will be mailed to you by Jan. 31.

More information: Payroll, 458-4280

 

UTSA Library offers tours and workshops

The UTSA Library is offering tours and workshops throughout the semester to help orient people to the services and information available at the library. Walk-ins are welcome. Students can request individual consultations with a subject specialist at the reference desk. During the first week of classes, tours at the John Peace Library on the 1604 Campus will be provided at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Jan. 19; 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 20 and 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 21. Tours and workshops begin at the reference desk. For more information or to make an appointment for an individual consultation, call 458-4573.

Tour schedule: http://lib.utsa.edu/Instruction/workshops

 

Submit items to UTSA online calendar

Are your department's events posted on the UTSA calendar? If not, contact your dean's office or administrative office and ask for the person who posts UTSA calendar items. Items can be posted anytime up to a year in advance -- advance notice is a plus for event attendance. Submissions are posted after a quick approval process. Keep in mind that submissions must be of interest to the greater UTSA community. Submissions must include date, time, location, name and brief description of event, contact person, e-mail and phone. The six most current items on the General Events calendar are dynamically placed daily on UTSA Today.

More information: Tim Brownlee, 458-5112

 

Facilities Services requires advance notice for event set-up

The Office of Facilities Services requires that service requests including special event set-ups be submitted 10 working days before an event. To download the work request form or verify work-order status, go to: http://physicalplant.utsa.edu and click on "Work Orders" in the left column.

More information: Darleen Wurth, Downtown Campus, 458-2845 or Kim Brandt, 1604 Campus, 458-4262

 

ITC needs volunteers for Feb. 12 Asian festival

Volunteers are needed Saturday, Feb. 12 at the Institute of Texan Cultures for the Asian Festival. Volunteers will serve as information attendants, freight elevator operators, participant helpers (loading and unloading), set-up/tear-down assistants and other positions as needed. Shifts are approximately three and a half hours long between 7:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Volunteers receive free admission for themselves and a guest, and free parking near the festival.

More information: Denise Villarreal, 458-2275

 

UTSA Aikido Club offers free self-defense training

The UTSA Aikido Club is sponsoring free training in self-defense tactics from noon to 1:30 p.m., each Friday beginning Jan. 28 in the Physical Education Building (downstairs in the south gym), 1604 Campus. Attendance at every class is not required -- come to as many as you can. No experience in martial arts is necessary. Although based on the gentle art of aikido, the emphasis will be on practical techniques that can be learned by anyone, and not on the formal martial art. A uniform is not required; wear comfortable workout clothing.

More information: Jim Clark, 458-5850

 

Professor seeks mentors for SMILE research project

Michael Karcher, associate professor of counseling, educational psychology, and adult and higher education, is seeking 80 volunteers for a research project. The volunteers will serve as mentors to middle and high school students in the Study of Mentoring in the Learning Environment (SMILE) project, which is part of the Communities In Schools of San Antonio organization. Each mentor will meet with one student one hour per week through the 2004-2005 academic year. Download an application and view a list of participating schools.

More information: Debby, 458-2963

 

 

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