Inclusion and Community Engagement Center

Mural Design Competition

The Inclusion and Community Engagement Center is a new department in the Division of Student Affairs and is responsible for helping to create a campus climate that celebrates ethnic and cultural diversity and promotes volunteerism and service to the community. The Center will be a vibrant active place for students to come and receive support for diversity programming, utilize a complete resource library designed to provide opportunities for self exploration, and learn from one another.

With this in mind, we have purposefully designed a center that will physically support these goals. As part of that design we are looking for talented artists who might be interested in designing a wall mural for the Center. This mural will be the centerpiece of the main reception area of the Center and is intended to express our mission and vision artistically.

The Process

Mural entries must be full color and can either be submitted electronically or

on paper. If submitted on paper the entry must be no larger than 11x17.

Review of entries will begin on October 1, 2007; the competition will remain open until a winner is selected. Electronic entries must be emailed to marlon.anderson@ utsa.edu. Paper entries must be delivered to the Office of Student Activities (UC 1.02.08) by 5:00pm on September 28, 2007.

All entries must have a cover sheet with the following information:

Name

Address

Phone Number

Email Address

Criteria for Selection

The winning mural will be selected based on the artists overall interpretation of our mission and core values.

Mission Statement

The Inclusion and Community Engagement Center is committed to fostering a campus culture in which issues relating to culture, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and sexual identity are addressed with sincerity and respect and all members of the campus community feel safe, welcome and valued. We seek to empower and develop all members of the UTSA community to celebrate our diversity by providing varied educational opportunities and support services.

Core Values

The Inclusion and Community Engagement Center strives for cross-cultural understanding and appreciation of all our diverse histories and experiences.

We value:

Meaningful dialogues across ethnic, cultural, sexual orientation and gender identity lines while providing support for single group interest.

Exploring the educational benefits of active volunteerism for our students.

Access to higher education and other retention efforts which encourage the

success, educational and professional development of all individuals, particularly

those from underrepresented groups.

Cross-Cultural collaboration with the San Antonio community through

programming, symposia, volunteer experiences and skills development activities,

which enhance the community involvement and academic mission of UTSA.

Guidance, training, and support to other campus units towards the

accomplishment of a vision of equality and diversity.

All entries will be judged by a Selection Committee and the winner will have the opportunity to paint their mural on a wall measuring 6’ wide by 10’ tall.

All decisions of the committee are final.

All entries become the property of the Inclusion and Community

Engagement Center.

For more information on this design competition, please contact Marlon

Anderson, Director for Inclusion and Community Engagement at (210) 458-

4770.