MARCH 25, 2020 — UTSA is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak with a commitment to supporting the safety of the university community while enabling the academic progress of students. Here is your digest of updates and tips.
SPREAD THE WORD
People from across the university are stepping up to let everyone know just how supportive, resilient and Roadrunner Stronger our UTSA community is. Listen to their #UTSAtogether message:
COMMUNICATION
FOR STUDENT EMPLOYEE SUPERVISORS: Do you supervise students who are working remotely? Check out these helpful resources:
ASK ONLINE: The Student Activities front desk is available online to answer questions for students, student organizations, faculty and staff. Reach out to the Student Activities Virtual Front Desk via Zoom between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays (until 5 p.m. on Fridays).
CORONAVIRUS EXPENSES: Department administrators, in addition to your weekly coronavirus-related expenditure reports, the Texas comptroller of public accounts has requested information on personnel-related costs. Download the new weekly template for more information.
HEALTH
SUPPORT IS HERE: The UTSA Recovery Center supports students who are in recovery, struggling with substance abuse or interested in learning more. If you know any students who need support, encourage them to reach out to recovery@utsa.edu or join a meeting via Zoom. Follow them on Twitter and Instagram at @UTSARecovery.
Recovery Support Groups
Group members support each other while learning skills to build and maintain recovery and to develop positive social support typically lacking in early recovery. Faculty and staff are welcome to join.
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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 CampusLearn 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 EventThis 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.
