Editor's Note: UTSA President Taylor Eighmy, UTSA Provost Kimberly Andrews Espy and UTSA Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Myron Anderson sent this email to faculty and staff today.
(Jan. 29, 2019) -- Dear Roadrunners,
At its core, inclusive excellence promotes an environment where people from all backgrounds and diverse points of view can engage, learn and thrive.
Reinforcing a culture of inclusive excellence must start with leadership, inspiring us to write this joint message to you, our Roadrunner community. Together with UTSA’s entire senior leadership team and deans, we are 100% committed to embracing a framework of inclusive excellence here at UTSA and eager to embed practices and philosophies that encourage all forms of diversity into every aspect of our university.
With our new Office of Inclusive Excellence launched this month under Vice President Myron Anderson, we’re taking a moment to acknowledge the importance of the pathway before us, recognizing that every step of the journey will make UTSA an even better place to study, work and live. Indeed, creating an inclusive excellence ecosystem—one that is woven into the very fabric of our institution—is fundamental to supporting the success of our students and achieving overall excellence as a university of the future.
To set things in motion, Dr. Anderson is embarking on a campus listening tour to gain a deeper understanding of UTSA and our current campus climate. Part of this process will entail gathering information about existing campus diversity and inclusion programs, community experiences, capabilities and initiatives. This audit will serve as the launching pad for developing opportunities to increase inclusive excellence delivery across all facets of our university.
These opportunities will be broad, covering a wide array of institutional fronts from our systems, policies and procedures to strategic initiatives, university committees and programs to increase our collective cultural intelligence.
Because this work will touch the entire Roadrunner community—students, faculty, staff and our community stakeholders—regular communication around these efforts will be important. You can expect to receive periodic updates from Dr. Anderson as our inclusive excellence framework comes together and specific projects get underway.
As always, thank you for believing in UTSA and for joining us on the journey.
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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.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.
To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.
We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .
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.
