Community Connect

Office of the Vice President for Community Services

2014

Table of Contents | Past Issues

Outreach Activity

By the Numbers

UTSA engages and reaches out to individuals and organizations, from kindergarteners through graduates, alumni, businesses, families and others in our community. Each year, UTSA provides direct services and enrichment activities to far more than half a million people in our region.

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Story Index

Help through Service Dogs

Small Business success story

Paint against Prison

Students mentor at-risk youths through art

Ramp it up Texas Style

High School students depict skate culture


Departments

P-20 Initiatives - Ready for UTSA

Assessment and preparation program focuses on math and reading skills, allows participants to earn university credit hours

CAPRI - Foster Youth in College

Providing comprehensive mentoring and year-round housing, UTSA's support for an underrepresented group is leading the way for other universities

Architecture - A City between Real and Ideal

Architecture students conveyed their own understanding of San Antonio in a multimedia exhibit, inviting the public to participate

Public Policy - UTSA Lecturer Reduces Suspensions by 84 Percent

Pilot project brings "restorative discipline" approach to Ed White Middle School

Athletics - Rowdy Readers

UTSA athletes mentor and support elementary school students

Outreach Activity - By the Numbers

Briefs

Q&A

Empowering Communities

Community Connect - a VPCS publication

Community Connect magazine is an annual publication produced by the Office of the Vice President for Community Services (VPCS). The mission of Community Services is to extend UTSA beyond its campuses into San Antonio and South Texas through public service, extension, outreach and community education. This mission is accomplished through a variety of programs and initiatives, some of which are showcased on this website.

Office of the Vice President for Community Services
The University of Texas at San Antonio
501 W. Cesar Chavez Blvd.
San Antonio, TX 78207
Email: communityconnect@utsa.edu