Tri-Campus Bulletin Board: a digest of important happenings
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Information sessions set for educational leadership doctoral program
(Oct. 15, 2002)--Information sessions on the UTSA doctor of education program in educational leadership will be 6:30-8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16 and Wednesday, Dec. 4. Sessions on both dates will be at Business Building Room 3.04.08, 1604 Campus, and Frio Street Building Room 2.508, Downtown Campus. The sessions will be connected via interactive television. Each session will include a presentation about the doctoral program and discussion with current and former doctoral students and program faculty. Those interested can attend one or both sessions.
For more information, contact David Thompson at (210) 458-7394.
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College of Business hosts information session Oct. 29 for doctoral program
(Oct. 15, 2002)--The UTSA College of Business is hosting an information session for its doctoral program in business administration at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29 in Business Building Room 4.02.10. The session, which is sponsored by the Office of Graduate Studies and Research, is free and open to the public.
The program prepares students for successful careers performing teaching, research and service as faculty members in business schools. Areas of concentration for the doctoral program are accounting, finance, information technology and management and organization studies. This full-time integrated program of coursework, colloquia, research and writing is rich in theoretical knowledge and methodological skill development.
Applications are currently being accepted for the Fall 2003 class. Financial support will be available for doctoral candidates.
For more information about the information session, call (210) 458-7325 or visit the business administration Ph.D. program Web site.
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COLFA offers study skills workshop Oct. 28
(Oct. 15, 2002)--The College of Liberal and Fine Arts Academic Advising Center will present a free study skills workshop 3-5 p.m. Oct. 18 in the University Center Oak Room (2.01.20) on the 1604 Campus. The workshop is open to all UTSA students. The workshop is appropriate for all students and includes instruction on notetaking, time management, test taking techniques, as well as other study tips. The workshop presenter is Cynthia Harper Gosselin, COLFA Advising Center academic adviser.
For more information or to reserve a seat, call (210) 458-4900 or stop by the COLFA Advising Center, HSS 4.05.32.
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Athletics E-Notes
BLOOD DRIVE TO BENEFIT BASKETBALL MANAGER
The Department of Athletics is sponsoring a replacement blood drive and bone
marrow registry at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 18 on the upper west side of the UTSA
Convocation Center. The drive and registry will benefit men's basketball team
manager Joey Longoria, who is currently undergoing treatment at a local
hospital. For more information, call Jerry Greeson at
(210) 458-4178.
DISCOUNT SENIOR PGA TOUR EVENT GOLF TICKETS AVAILABLE
The athletics department is selling discount golf tournament tickets for the
SBC Championship (Senior PGA Tour Event) to be played Oct. 18-20 at Oak Hills
Country Club. One day passes, normally $20 each at the gate, are available
for only $10. For more information, call Alice Hutson at (210) 458-4182.
ROADRUNNER ROUNDUP SET FOR OCT. 10
UTSA athletics is sponsoring Roadrunner Roundup All-Sports Day beginning at
9 a.m. Oct. 19 at the 1604 Campus. All sports will be featured in the day-long
activities that include a noon luncheon and 2 p.m. volleyball game against
Stephen F. Austin University. Lunch, provided by Aramark, will include hamburgers,
hot dogs, chips, drink and cookies for only $5. To RSVP, e-mail tjohnson@utsa.edu
or call (210) 458-4646.
Roadrunner Roundup lineup of events:
9 a.m. Men's Basketball Team Practice
10 a.m. Men's Tennis Hosts UTSA Invitational
10 a.m. Baseball intrasquad scrimmage
11 a.m. Women's Basketball Team Practice
11 a.m. Track and field demonstrations
11 a.m. Golf demonstrations
12 noon Roundup Luncheon
2 p.m. Volleyball - UTSA hosts Stephen F. Austin
4 p.m. Softball Alumni Game
VOLLEYBALL RETURNS TO CAMPUS
The UTSA volleyball team returns to campus this weekend for matches against
Sam Houston State, Friday, Oct. 18 at 7 p.m.; and against Stephen F. Austin,
Saturday, Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. Both matches will be held in the Convocation Center.
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College of Business Scholarship Salute reception
College of Business honors scholarship recipients
(Oct. 15, 2002)--Forty-one College of Business students were recognized recently during the college's annual Scholarship Salute. The event honors College of Business scholarship recipients and recognizes the donors who provide the scholarship support. The scholarship reception allows donors and scholarship recipients to meet and develop mentoring relationships.
Alex Castaneda, director of advancement, led the program which included remarks from Dean Bruce Bublitz. Scholarship recipients Brandi Banks, Roxanne Cardenas and Sally Howington were featured speakers.
A three-member faculty committee judges applications and selects recipients. For the 2002-2003 academic year, 51 scholarships totaling $63,000 were awarded. Honorees included 38 undergraduates and three graduate students. Their average grade point average was 3.52 on a 4.0 scale.
There are 28 different active scholarships within the College of Business. Fourteen of these are endowed. Awards are made in the fall and are divided equally between the two semesters. Recipients must meet grade and hour requirements to receive the remainder of the award amounts. Students may earn more than one award. In addition to this general pool, individual departments also award scholarships.
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Institute of Texan Cultures Oct. 25 event has stories to chill your bones
(Oct. 15, 2002)--The Institute of Texan Cultures (ITC) and the San Antonio Storytellers Association invite you to “Ghosts and Cucuis,” frightening tales just in time for the scary story season. San Antonio storytellers will take the stage Friday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. on the ITC Exhibit Floor. Come spend an evening with us, if you dare. General admission is $5 and free parking will be available in our secure lot.
Storytellers for the evening include Mark Babino, John Davis, Xavier Garza, Donna Ingham, Mary Grace Ketner, Chris Odell, Consuelo Samarripa and Wayne Stevenson Thomas. “Ghosts and Cucuis” is presented in conjunction with the exhibit "Los Cucuis: Hispanic Folklore of South Texas," on display in the Photo Gallery through Nov. 10.
ITC, one of the three campuses of UTSA, is an educational center concerned with the history and diverse cultures of Texas. ITC is located at Bowie St. and Durango Blvd. in downtown San Antonio. For more information, call (210) 458-2300 or visit the Institute of Texan Cultures Web site.
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UTSA Archives presents 'Flood of 2002' exhibit
(July 24, 2002)--In recognition of Archives Month, the University of Texas at San Antonio Archives announces “Flood of 2002: Collecting Today’s History for Tomorrow,” an exhibit now on display at the John Peace Library. The exhibit highlights UTSA’s effort to document the flood of 2002 by collecting personal accounts in the form of photographs, videotapes, letters, e-mail, newsclippings, fliers and posters. Collectively the personal accounts document the damage, recovery efforts and spirit of our community in the face of devastation.
For more information on how to donate photographs, videotapes, letters, e-mails and personal stories from the Flood of 2002, call the UTSA Archives at (210) 458-2381.
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Institute for Economic Development opens new Web site
(Oct. 15, 2002)--After several months of work, a new Institute for Economic Development Web site is now open. The new site reflects the mission and scope of all institute programs and incorporates a new logo that will be used in all publications and promotional materials.
Theresa Sasso and Carolyn Ellis were instrumental in the implementation of the new site, with regular updates planned. A new feature is online registration for workshops. Comments and suggestions can be sent to any member of the IED Web site committee: Theresa Sasso, Carolyn Ellis, Deirdre Dwyer, Jane McNamee, Mary Peters, Gary Bridges, Mike Reyes and Jerry Haynes.
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Carla Doenges
Office of Student Affairs announces hiring of Child Development Center director
(Oct. 15, 2002)--The Office of Student Affairs announces the appointment of Carla Doenges as the new director of the Child Development Center. Doenges comes to UTSA from St. Philip's College where she was the Child Development Center coordinator. She has over 12 years of experience in early care and education, holds a master's degree in psychology and is currently working toward a Ph.D. in human resources development at Texas A&M University. Until the new Child Development Center is completed this fall, Doenges has a temporary office near Counseling Services in University Center Room 2.01.08, 1604 Campus.
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New media coordinator comes to Downtown Campus
(Oct. 15, 2002)--The UTSA Downtown Campus has a new WeBCT support resource.
Johnny Flores, electronic media
coordinator, is available during business hours in Frio Street Building Room
2.420, at the back of the Student Computing Services lab. Flores's duties
include assisting faculty, staff and students with WebCT and other distance
education tools. He is also available to assist with UT TeleCampus courses.
Support is provided on a walk-in basis or by appointment.
Flores has over twenty years of information systems experience and over eight
years of experience as an instructor in adult and higher education. He holds
a bachelor of arts degree in mass communications from the University of New
Orleans and an M.B.A. from the University of Southern Mississippi. He
is currently enrolled at UTSA as a special undergraduate student in electrical
engineering and has been admitted as a doctoral student to the new College
of Engineering program in electrical engineering starting this fall.
Contact Flores at (210) 458-2698.
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PREP moves to Downtown Campus
(Oct. 15, 2002)--After being at the UTSA 1604 Campus for 24 years, the Prefreshman Engineering Program (PREP) has moved to Durango Building Room 4.118 at the UTSA Downtown Campus. Contact the PREP office at (210) 458-2060 and by fax at (210) 458-2061.
The office of Manuel Berriozabal, professor of mathematics, PREP director and coordinator of TexPREP and Proyecto Access, is now located in Buena Vista Building Room 1.320. Contact Berriozabal at (210) 458-2057 or by fax at (210) 458-2058.
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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
UTSA
and UTHSCSA hook up to high-speed Internet network
Alcohol
Awareness Week events to educate and entertain
With
much ado, London actors return to UTSA
Tri-Campus Bulletin Board: a digest of important happenings
Nominations
requested for 'Who's Who Among Students'
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