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Apr 24, 2025
Business Affairs remembers Gregory Peyer
This week, Business Affairs mourns the loss of a long-time team member. Gregory Peyer, known for his dedicated work with UTSA Real Estate and Property Management on the Facilities team.
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Feb 21, 2025
Diploma Dash 2025 Road and Intersection Closures
Main Campus road and intersection closures will take place Saturday, Feb. 22 along the 2025 Diploma Dash 5K race route to ensure participant safety.
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Feb 20, 2025
Streamline Your Purchasing Process with New Rowdy Exchange Training
The Purchasing team has developed a newly redesigned on-demand training course aimed at streamlining the learning process for Rowdy Exchange users.
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Feb 17, 2025
Union Perk Brings Friends-Inspired Vibes and Local Flavors to Campus
The University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) newest, Friends-themed coffee shop—Union Perk—opened its doors at the start of the semester. Conveniently located on the first floor of the Student Union next to the Rowdy Campus Store, this inviting spot is the perfect place to grab a drink, hang out or catch up on studying.
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Feb 13, 2025
UTSA HUB Vendor Fair Returns Feb. 26
This month, the UTSA HUB Vendor Fair returns after a six-year hiatus. Featuring vendors from around San Antonio and Texas, the fair highlights historically underutilized businesses and gives university departments the opportunity to make valuable connections.
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Feb 13, 2025
Campus Race to Zero Waste 2025
UTSA is stepping up its sustainability efforts this spring by competing in Campus Race to Zero Waste, a national challenge promoting waste reduction and recycling. This marks UTSA's 16th year participating in the contest, which runs from Feb. 2 to March 29.
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Jan 31, 2025
UTSA Public Safety launches new safety mobile app
UTSA Public Safety and UTSA Business Continuity and Emergency Management recently launched SafeZone, a new campus safety app that helps students, faculty and staff stay connected and safe on campus. The new app joins the robust lineup of safety resources available to the Roadrunner community.
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Jan 23, 2025
UTSA Dining Introduces Farmer’s Fridge for Healthy, Convenient Meal Options
UTSA Dining recently installed new Farmer’s Fridge smart refrigerators at the Main and Southwest Campuses, offering students, faculty and staff a convenient way to access fresh, nutritious meals at any time of day.
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Jan 17, 2025
Elisabeth Cuadros Selected to Lead DTS
Congratulations to Elisabeth Cuadros, Ph.D., Financial Affair’s new director of Disbursements and Travel Services (DTS).
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Jan 6, 2025
Five things to watch at UTSA in 2025
UTSA has big plans for 2025. From academic excellence and innovative research to community outreach and growth initiatives, UTSA is forging a path to become one of the state’s leading public universities.
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Dec 19, 2024
UTSA staff celebrate graduates of inaugural Business Affairs Communications Academy
This month, the UTSA Office of the Executive Vice President for Business Affairs celebrated the successful completion of the inaugural Business Affairs Communications Academy.
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Dec 17, 2024
UTSA to proceed with remote operations on January 2 and 3
As the semester comes to a close, we recognize what an important opportunity winter break provides for rest and well-being for our employees.
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Dec 10, 2024
UTSA Tackles Food Insecurity While Supporting Local Farmers
In a groundbreaking collaboration, UTSA Dining has partnered with The Common Market Texas, a nonprofit food distributor, and UTSA’s Roadrunner Pantry to launch the Farm-Fresh Box Program.
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Nov 26, 2024
President Eighmy announces administrative leadership updates
At the beginning of the year, I announced a move to a leadership structure with two executive vice presidents as members of the President’s Cabinet — one for Academic Affairs and one for Business Affairs
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Nov 11, 2024
Business Affairs Shares Strategies for Collaborative Leadership at SACUBO
UTSA Business Affairs leadership presented at the Southern Association of College and University Business Officers (SACUBO) 2024 Fall Workshop.
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Nov 4, 2024
UTSA provides update on strategic compensation plan for 2025
Three years ago, we launched a comprehensive strategic plan to increase compensation, and we have remained committed to investing in our faculty and staff with numerous strategies implemented in fiscal years 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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Oct 21, 2024
Anna Morton Rivera joins Real Estate and Property Management Team
Anna Morton Rivera recently joined UTSA Real Estate and Property Management as the new Executive Director of Energy Management.
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Oct 4, 2024
National Night Out Unites the Roadrunner Community
The UTSA Department of Public Safety welcomed hundreds of Roadrunners to their annual National Night Out (NNO) on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
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Sep 27, 2024
UTSA and VIA partner to expand on-demand transportation service downtown
UTSA students, faculty and staff have new travel options free of charge throughout downtown San Antonio.
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Sep 3, 2024
Peanut Butter Parking Campaign collects peanut butter as payment for eligible parking citations
UTSA Campus Services is asking Roadrunners to help stock the Whataburger Resource Room by paying eligible parking citations with a donation of peanut butter as part of the annual Peanut Butter Parking Campaign.
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Sep 3, 2024
UTSA Chief Medical Officer Dr. Beth Wichman retires after decades of UTSA, UT System service
Dr. Beth Wichman, chief medical officer at UTSA, retired on Aug. 31, 2024, after an extensive career supporting the Roadrunner community. She worked with UT System for over 30 years and at UTSA since 1998.
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Aug 28, 2024
UTSA Public Safety creates a safe and welcoming environment for all
The UTSA Department of Public Safety fosters a safe, welcoming and engaging environment for the Roadrunner community through a wide array of safety programs and resources.
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Aug 21, 2024
UTSA bookstore renovations and dining refreshes improve campus experience
In its first major renovation since 2008, the Rowdy Campus Store at UTSA will get some exciting updates aimed at enhancing the in-store experience for students, faculty, staff and visitors.
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Aug 20, 2024
San Antonio Business Journal honors Mary Hernandez with 2024 Women’s Leadership Award
Mary Hernandez, UTSA interim vice president for business affairs and senior associate vice president for administration and operations has been recognized as an honoree in the San Antonio Business Journal’s 2024 Women’s Leadership Awards program.
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Aug 19, 2024
UTSA Police Department holds annual awards ceremony
The UTSA Police Department (UTSAPD) recently held its annual awards ceremony to recognize officers, staff and community members who provided exemplary service over the past year
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Aug 15, 2024
Leadership provides update on campus growth initiative
As we prepare for the new academic year, we are excited to share an update regarding UTSA’s campus master planning efforts. Since 2019, we have been engaged in a thoughtful campus master planning initiative, which serves as a roadmap to guide the university’s strategic growth in alignment with our academic mission.
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Aug 15, 2024
UTSA, TAMUSA Behavioral Intervention Teams host annual coalition
UTSA and Texas A&M University-San Antonio (TAMUSA) recently partnered to host the annual San Antonio Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) Coalition, which provides a forum for in-depth discussion on advancing campus safety.
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Aug 9, 2024
UTSA downtown expansion strategy advances with plans to purchase One Riverwalk Place
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) today announced the next step in its strategic vision to create new educational and workforce collaboration opportunities in downtown San Antonio.
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Jun 11, 2024
UTSA brings Roadrunner spirit to 2024 Corporate Cup
This year’s San Antonio Sports Corporate Cup main event was held Saturday, June 1 at the University of the Incarnate Word.
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May 13, 2024
Centro, UTSA and VIA Announce Micro Transit Solution Now Also Available to the Downtown San Antonio Community
Centro San Antonio (Centro), in collaboration with The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), VIA Metropolitan Transit (VIA) and eCab North America (eCab) announced today the approval of permits authorizing free public use of The Little Runner shuttle service.
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May 1, 2024
Risk and Emergency Management Weather Notice: Potential for Excessive Rainfall this Afternoon
-- Isolated to scattered strong to severe storms are forecast for this afternoon through tonight. Locally heavy rain could lead to flooding. Large hail and damaging winds are the primary threats.
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Apr 11, 2024
Carrie Charley appointed new associate vice president for Campus Services
Carrie Charley recently joined UTSA Business Affairs as the new associate vice president for Campus Services.
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Mar 28, 2024
UTSA earns STARS Gold rating for sustainability achievements
The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education has awarded UTSA with a Gold rating on its Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS).
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Mar 25, 2024
Business Affairs Employees Nominated for University Excellence Awards
Congratulations to the Business Affairs team members who were nominated for this year’s University Excellence Awards!
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Mar 25, 2024
UT Health San Antonio opens facility on UTSA Park West campus
A new UT Health San Antonio outpatient and surgery center, UT Health at Kyle Seale Parkway, is now open.
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Mar 7, 2024
UTSA partners with Centro to provide downtown eShuttle
UTSA and Centro are partnering on a pilot program to provide free an e-shuttle service in downtown San Antonio.
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Mar 1, 2024
UTSAPD and TxDOT Present "Drive Sober. No Regrets."
The University of Texas at San Antonio Police Department (UTSAPD) is partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for the annual "Drive Sober. No Regrets." event, which will be held Monday, March 4, 10 a.m.–3 p.m., in the Student Union Paseo.
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Jan 26, 2024
Salazar and Shipley to assume executive vice president positions at UTSA
Effective immediately, Veronica Salazar will assume the position of Executive Vice President for Business Affairs and Chief Enterprise Development Officer. Dr. Heather Shipley will assume the position of Interim Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs.
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Jan 25, 2024
Financial Affairs Welcomes Marco Garcia and Phranses Williams
Financial Affairs is pleased to welcome two new assistant vice presidents who bring substantial knowledge and experience in supply chain and budget operations and management.
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Jan 16, 2024
UTSA welcomes students to campus for spring semester classes
A new year and a new semester have arrived. University buildings, eateries and classrooms will once again be filled with the hustle and bustle of Roadrunners returning to campus following the month-long winter break.
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Dec 22, 2023
UTSA Police Department Kicks Off Holiday Season with Toy Distributions
The UTSA Police Department’s (UTSAPD) Blue Santa made his first ever appearance as officers teamed up with UTSA’s Alpha Phi Sigma, Walmart and Braun Hall for toy distributions this month.
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Nov 8, 2023
TxDOT’s $11.7M grant to improve walkability and bikeability on UTSA campus
UTSA has been awarded an $11.7 million grant through the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Transportation Alternatives (TA) program to improve bicycle and pedestrian paths on its Main Campus.
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Nov 3, 2023
O. Henry residence to relocate to UTSA Downtown Campus
This weekend, the O. Henry House will be relocated to a new location at 702 Dolorosa St., where permanent foundations will be built for the structure.
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Oct 31, 2023
Take the Extra Steps: Join Us for a Wellness Walk downtown!
Walking is an accessible and beneficial exercise that requires no special equipment and readily fits into busy schedules. Walking just 30 minutes per day is an excellent goal to promote overall mental and physical well-being.
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Oct 27, 2023
UTSA updates community on ITC visioning scenarios with release of evaluative report
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) today shared with the community an evaluative report on scenarios for the future of The Institute of Texan Cultures...
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Oct 6, 2023
National Night Out Highlights Crime Prevention Programs
The UTSA Police Department (UTSAPD) celebrated National Night Out (NNO) on Tuesday, Oct. 3. to promote police partnerships with the Roadrunner community.
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Sep 18, 2023
UTSA named a top employer in Texas by Forbes for second year in a row
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has been named a top employer in Texas by Forbes for the second year in a row, demonstrating the institution’s dedication to fostering an exceptional workplace.
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Sep 15, 2023
UTSA Wellness shares important resources for National Suicide Prevention Month
September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicide is a serious public health concern in the United States. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2021, 48,183 people died by suicide in the U.S. That is one death every eleven minutes.
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Sep 14, 2023
HACU names two UTSA leaders as fellows to national HSI leadership academy
The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities (HACU) has named Mary G. Hernandez, UTSA senior associate vice president for administration and operations, and Erica T. Sosa, a professor and associate dean for research success in the UTSA College for Health, Community and Policy (HCAP), as fellows in its leadership academy, La Academia de Liderazgo.
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Aug 28, 2023
Peanut Butter Parking Campaign lets Roadrunners pay eligible parking citations with peanut butter donations
UTSA Campus Services is asking Roadrunners to help stock the Whataburger Resource Room in an innovative way: paying eligible parking citations with a donation of peanut butter.
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