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“UTSA
in the News” is a synopsis of items that have appeared in periodicals
mentioning UTSA, its faculty, staff, students and programs. January 2003 Only a few months ago, Brian Lutz,
Margaret Covarrubia and Sandra Cantu were students at UTSA's Center
for Information Assurance and Security. Last fall, the trio landed jobs
at San Antonio-based SecureInfo Corp., a decade-old company that's growing
thanks to government contracts. When the UTSA College of Business established
the center with the input from area computer security companies, SecureInfo,
now with 103 employees was eager to help. SecureInfo is the leader of
a joint venture that won an 11-year, $103 million contract from the
U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for creation of a Computer Incident
Response Center to guard VA customer information. 2003 Fiesta officials
announced University of Texas at San Antonio President Ricardo Romo
and his wife, Harriett, a UTSA associate professor of sociology, will
be the grand marshals of the annual Battle of the Flowers Parade on
April 25. "It's a great honor for me because I grew up in San Antonio,
" said Romo. The human resources profession has
undergone some significant changes wth the advent of the new high-tech
driven "knowledge economy," according to a pair of management
professors at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Mary Lengnick-Hall
and Cynthia Lengnick-Hall have recently published a book on the changing
role of human resources entitled "Human Resource Management in
the Knowledge Economy: New Challenges, New Roles, New Capabilities."
The book looks at the ways that human resource management must change
to remain a vital part of an organization in today's economy. To uncover architects' creative process,
Vince Canizaro looked for the things that are usually thrown away--scribbles
on menus, layers of torn and frayed tracing paper, sketchbooks and crude
cardboard models. Canizaro, who teaches architecture at UTSA, said he
was more interested in showing how architects solve their conceptual
problems than in the actual finished project. "I want to show my
students how architects work through their ideas not just the polished,
final presentation architects make to their clients. Along with co-curators
Bill Fitzgibbons and Mark Blizard, Canizaro put together "Frozen
Music: The Architectural Arts of San Antonio, the first exhibit to take
a serious look at the city's architects as creative artists. With a violin tucked under her arm
and a bow dangling in her hand, Janelle Pierce launched into her story
about the girl who was told she was not old enough to play an instrument.
At 9, she's already comfortable speaking in front of a group of strangers.
The budding leading lady was one of about 30 students who competed Saturday
in the Texas Storytelling Youth Olympics at the Institute of Texan Cultures.
Honing their storytelling ability will give them skills and confidence
throughout their lives, said Mary Grace Ketner, a member of the executive
council of the San Antonio Storytellers Association. Amy Jasperson, an assistant professor
of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio has been
named as a representative to the 2003 San Antonio Express-News advisory
board. The panel has traditionally included a cross section of newsmakers
and civic leaders in the San Antonio area. Members will meet monthly
throughout the year to discuss coverage by the newspaper, and provide
feedback and new perspectives and ideas. Behind a grassy hump of land downtown,
a fierce beast is rearing its massive head, its cavernous mouth gaping
a silent roar. A drum pounds the hard pulse of the beast's movements,
and as it weaves it little body through a stunned crowd, young children
scream in mixed horror and delight, feeling the animal's glittering
eyes upon them. The shrill shreiks wafting from the hill on South Bowie
Street will lead you to the Institute of Texan Cultures, where the first
day of the lunar year is underway at the Asian New Year Festival, celebrating
the year of the ram. This week, lovers of the classical
guitar have no reason to , uh fret. The University of Texas at San Antonio's
biennial Southwest Guitar festival offers five days of performances
and master classes by some of the best in the business. Established
in 1991, the festival had a modest profile until the 2000 edition, which
was held concurrently with the Guitar Foundation of America Convention
and Competition. The foundation connection greatly expanded the festival's
schedule, brought it artists of international stature, boosted its exposure
and attendance and pumped its budget from $12,000 to more than $100,000,
according to Matthew Dunne, the festival's director and a member of
the music faculty at UTSA. The University of Texas and Texas A
& M systems implemented hiring freezes Tuesday to help answer state
leader's demand for a 7 percent budget cut. The freeze, however, does
not appear to immediately affect the University of Texas at San Antonio.
UTSA President Ricardo Romo said administrators are working to reduce
spending by nearly $5 million, about 7 percent of the school's $70 million
annual budget over the remainder of the fiscal year which ends Aug.
31. Romo said the university is considering delaying some renovation
projects and curtailing travel. He also said UTSA is considering limiting
the number of consultant contracts to help save money. Comments or
questions to Kris Rodriguez
(krodriguez@utsa.edu)
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