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Welcome to the
University of Texas at San Antonio’s Honors College. The mission
of the Honors College is to recruit and enrich the educational
opportunities of academically talented, curious, motivated, and
diverse students through an interdisciplinary curriculum that
includes opportunities for research, service, and leadership.
Our vision is to be a nationally recognized leader in attracting
highly talented and motivated students and to provide through
excellence in its undergraduate programs and initiatives an
avenue for them to affect the state, the nation, and the world.
Through our core values of honesty, opportunity, nurturance,
originality, respect, and success the Honors College seeks to
educate our students through broad interdisciplinary
perspectives while demonstrating excellence in their chosen
field.
UTSA’s Honors
College is open to students from all academic disciplines.
Offering small classes, special interdisciplinary seminars,
community service opportunities, supervised research
experiences, and study abroad opportunities, the Honors College
is a community of bright scholars, caring advisors and
enthusiastic professors. We are building an exciting community
and welcome you to join us.
Sincerely,
Richard A. Diem, Ph.D.
Dean, Honors College
Honors College
Study Abroad Program
The USTA Honors College Study Abroad
Program offers students the opportunity to engage with and learn
from different cultures. Over the past five years Honors College
students have participated in programs based in China and Italy.
Watch for announcements of upcoming international programs for
2009.
UTSA Honors Terry
Scholars
An accomplished
student, Alexandra Villalobos graduated summa cum laude from Douglas
MacArthur High School in San Antonio, Texas. A violinist in her high
school orchestra, Alexandra competed in U.I.L. and performed in
All-Region orchestra. She also earned Superior U.I.L. solo ratings in
piano and violin. In addition to being named a National Merit Finalist
and National Hispanic Scholar, she participated in various service
projects as a member of the National Honor Society. During her junior
year, her team won first place in state and second place nationally in
the 2007 Junior Engineering Technical Society's TEAMS contest.
Alexandra is a Mechanical Engineering major, and she plans to pursue
graduate studies in either Mechanical or Biomedical Engineering.
Honors Upcoming Event
On Thursday, September 4, 2008 from
6:00-9:00p.m. in BB 2.06.04 the UTSA Honors College will begin
the semester with its 3rd annual Casino Kickoff. We are sure it
will be fun and a great chance to meet other Honors students.
Enjoy games, food, prizes and meeting fellow Honors students.
Prizes include a portable DVD player, digital camera, I-pod nano,
movie tickets, gift cards and more! All Honor students are
invited free of cost. We hope to see you there.
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