UTSA invites community to dinner and Great Conversation! Feb. 23
Share this Story(Jan. 4, 2016) -- Tickets are now on sale for The University of Texas at San Antonio’s 16th annual Great Conversation!, a signature fundraising event which brings together community leaders, scholars and UTSA supporters for engaging dinner conversations about a diverse array of stimulating topics. The event benefits UTSA Honors College student scholarships, research stipends, and leadership and global learning opportunities.
Great Conversation! is scheduled from 6 to 9 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2016 at the UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures. The museum is located at the university’s Hemisfair Campus, 801 E. César Chávez Blvd., San Antonio, Texas 78205-3296.
Each table at this year’s event will include one or two conversation leaders who will strike up engaging dinner discourse on one of four dozen varied topics. The occasion will also increase public awareness about the important cultural and intellectual role that UTSA has in San Antonio.
Visit the Great Conversation! website for a full listing of the event’s conversation leaders and their topics, such as:
Are Movies Better -- or Worse -- Than Ever?
Steven Kellman, Professor, UTSA Department of English
Behind the Mask: What Superheroes Tell Us About Ourselves
Jamon Halvaksz, Associate Professor, UTSA Department of Anthropology
Texas Journalism in the Modern Age
Brian Sweany, Editor-in-Chief, Texas Monthly
Miscellaneous Musings
Ed Whitacre, Former Chairman and CEO, General Motors and AT&T
Mental Health in the Criminal Justice System
Susan Pamerleau, Sheriff, Bexar County
What’s Happening in the San Antonio Real Estate Market?
Thomas Thomson, Quincy Lee Distinguished Professor of Real Estate and Finance, UTSA
Infusion: Mariachi Music and Tequila
Raúl Lomelí-Azoubel, Co-founder and Executive Chairman, SABEResPoder
Science and the Psychology of Eating
Mary McNaughton-Cassill, Professor, UTSA Department of Psychology and Aaron Cassill, Professor, UTSA Department of Biology
Cybersecurity: Keeping America Safe
Greg White, professor, UTSA Department of Computer Science and director, UTSA Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security
Tech Movements: How the Next Generation Can Build Its Legacy
Marina Alderete Gavito, Executive Director, TechBloc SA
Other conversation leaders include San Antonio Mayor Ivy Taylor, City Councilman Ron Nirenberg, retired Texas Supreme Court Justice Hon. Wallace Jefferson and others.
Individual tickets for this year’s Great Conversation! fundraiser are $85 per person through January 15, 2016 or $100 per person thereafter. Table sponsorships, between $1,500 and $50,000, are available by contacting Raitza Garcia at 210-458-6505 or raitza.garcia@utsa.edu. Or, sponsor the attendance of a UTSA Honors College student for $50.
Upon registration, sponsors and attendees will be asked to designate the tables/conversations where they prefer to sit.
This year’s co-chairs include Beverly Purcell-Guerra, Rose Marie Banack, UTSA alum ’94, Susan ’91 and David Hough, Mitchell Kilby ’05, Hon. Marialyn Barnard, and Harriett and Ricardo Romo.
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To learn more about Great Conversation!, contact 210-458-6505 or visit www.utsa.edu/great.
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Events
This event will acknowledge graduating seniors from the McNair Scholars program at UTSA before inducting the new cohort of scholars into the program.
North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140), Main CampusAt this memorable celebration, UTSA graduates will be introduced one-by-one to cross the stage and accept their doctoral degrees.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusRoadrunner Walk is an event for graduating students to have a memorable walk on campus to celebrate an important milestone and their achievements. Graduates will walk along the Paseo while being celebrated by the UTSA community, friends, and family members.
Student Union Paseo, Main CampusCelebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.
