APRIL 10, 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 university news and tips.
THANK YOU, ’RUNNERS
President Taylor Eighmy sends a message of appreciation to our students on the front lines working essential jobs to support the community during the coronavirus outbreak.
COMMUNITY NEWS
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS UPDATE: With the situation still evolving around COVID-19, The University of Texas System’s Office of Employee Benefits announced that UT SELECT and UT CONNECT plans will cover in-network medically necessary services at 100% for testing and treatment of COVID-19, including physician services, hospitalization and emergency services.
ONLINE LEARNING & TELECOMMUTING
A VIRTUAL RESOURCE LIBRARY: The new and improved Learning Online resource page is now live as a handy resource for students. It includes digital learning tools and resources as well as academic and well-being resources to support students’ remote learning success. And don’t miss the resource pages Teaching Virtually for faculty and Working Remotely for staff.
BE A PRO: University Technology Solutions is now offering faculty, staff and students access to LinkedIn Learning, an on-demand platform for skills building and training. LinkedIn Learning offers a customized experience featuring instructional content relevant to your professional interests and goals. To get started, log in using your myUTSA ID and passphrase.
BUILD A BETTER YOU: If you missed our virtual town hall meetings this week, you can watch them online now:
SUMMER LEARNING: The university announced this week a plan to move all summer classes online. The move to deliver all courses remotely supports the university’s goal to protect the health of the entire UTSA community while minimizing disruption to students’ academic progress. If students reach out with questions about summer registration, have them contact the One Stop Enrollment Center.
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The Secular Student Alliance is proud to present guest speaker Dave Troiano, Board Secretary for the Greater Houston Chapter Americans United for Separation of Church and State. This event will emphasize how reproductive health care is intertwined with separation of church and state.
Student Union, Willow (2.02.12)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.
