UTSA Faculty Center heralds a new semester for faculty development

The UTSA Faculty Center provides a wide array of workshops for faculty

By Ryan Schoensee
Communications Specialist

(Sept. 17, 2015) -- UTSA students aren’t the only Roadrunners finding themselves very busy during these early days of the semester. Faculty are working hard to balance their fall schedules with new classes and research initiatives, making this the ideal time to brush up on services offered by the Faculty Center, the university’s central hub for faculty support and development.

>> Watch a video about the UTSA Faculty Center.

This semester, the Faculty Center again has compiled a wide array of workshops on topics ranging from teaching to research to technology. The workshops are all designed specifically for UTSA faculty, and registration is now open.

The 4500+ square-foot Faculty Center facility, located on the fourth floor of the John Peace Library, features meeting rooms for six to 20 people and a collaborative digital studio. The center also includes a casual seating area where faculty can informally meet, work alone, or just relax with a complimentary cup of coffee. Next door is the Assembly Room, a presentation venue seating up to 120 people. Faculty can reserve Faculty Center meeting rooms and the Assembly Room via the Faculty Center website.

The Faculty Center also has a virtual presence with a robust website that many faculty use as their home page. A widely used feature of the site is the faculty knowledgebase, which provides answers to hundreds of faculty-related questions. In addition to faculty news and events, the website also features a resources page that compiles faculty links and information from across campus, including funding opportunities, teaching tools, library resources, research support, university policies, technology support, and event planning.

Open during the same hours as the John Peace Library, the Faculty Center is jointly run by the UTSA Libraries, UTSA Research and the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Support.

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Events

April 15-19, various times

Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase

The UTSA Office of Undergraduate is proud to celebrate National Undergraduate Research with an annual event sponsored by the (OUR) featuring students will showcase undergraduate student research and creative endeavors from all disciplines across campus.

Various Locations

Friday, April 19, 11:00 a.m.

Día en la Sombrilla

Día en la Sombrilla, formerly Fiesta UTSA, is a festival hosted each spring as a part of Fiesta® San Antonio events. Sponsored by Roadrunner Productions, the event features music, food, confetti, games, event t-shirts, and more.

Sombrilla Plaza and Central Plaza, Main Campus

April 20-21

Fiesta Arts Fair

Fiesta Arts Fair features contemporary art from more than 100 artists from across the U.S., Fiesta favorite foods, drinks, live music by local and regional performers, and a Young Artists Garden providing opportunities for budding artists to learn, explore and express their creativity.

UTSA Southwest Campus

Wednesday, April 24, 11:30 a.m.

Denim Day

Join the PEACE Center and Wellbeing Services for Denim Day, a day of learning about the importance of consent and why we wear denim on the last Wednesday of the month each April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stop by our Denim Day display to take a photo in front of our Denim Wall, spin the "Is It Consent?" Wheel, and get a Concha or goodie.

Student Union Window Lounge, Main Campus

Wednesday, April 24, 5:00 p.m.

Simplifying Citations With Zotero

Learn to use Zotero®, a citation manager that can help you store and organize citations you find during your research. Zotero can generate bibliographies in various styles, insert in-text citations and allow you to share sources with collaborators.

Virtual Event

Friday, May 3, 11:30 a.m.

McNair Scholar's Spring Celebration

This event is to achnowlege the graduating seniors and induct the new cohart of scholars to our program.

North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140,) Main Campus

Friday, May 17, 10:00 a.m.

Commencement: Ceremony One

Celebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.

Alamodome

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Spotlight

UTSA’s Mission

The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.

UTSA’s Vision

To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.

UTSA’s Core Values

We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.

UTSA’S Destinations

UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .

Our Commitment to Inclusivity

The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to promoting access for all. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.