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Office of the President

Latest Updates, Emails and Presentations

Jan 13, 2025

Our path toward Day 1 of integration

On the heels of a new year, we face an opportune time to reaffirm our vision and commitment to building a world class university to serve our city, state, nation and beyond. Since announcing our merger last August, we have been deeply encouraged by the enthusiastic support of our San Antonio community. Read more  
Dec 17, 2024

Remote operations on January 2 and 3

In an effort to support the continued well-being of our campus community, UTSA will proceed with remote operations on January 2 and 3. Overall, our goal is to reduce on-campus operations on these days, and we ask that employees conduct remote operations whenever possible. Read more  
Dec 11, 2024

Wrapping up the fall semester

It has been an extraordinarily busy season, filled with many opportunities for the growth and advancement of our university, but with some challenges too. As we close out this semester, we want to take a moment to celebrate how far we have come as a campus community. Read more  
Dec 10, 2024

Updates on our bold path toward integration with UT Health San Antonio

Today, we’re writing to share further progress and forecast what you can expect to learn more about early in the new year. Read more  
Dec 5, 2024

Executive Order GA-48

On November 19, Governor Abbott issued Executive Order GA-48. This order creates additional requirements for Texas public higher education institutions and other state agencies regarding activities involving China, North Korea, Iran, Cuba, Russia and Venezuela. Read more  
Nov 26, 2024

Divisional and administrative leadership updates

To support continued growth, I’m writing to announce several administrative leadership updates. Read more  
Nov 15, 2024

Updates on our bold path toward integration with UT Health San Antonio

We’re advancing steadily toward the outlined goals within phase one of our projected, multi-year timeline. Read more  
Nov 11, 2024

In appreciation of our Veteran Roadrunners on Veterans Day

In honor of Veteran’s Day, I’d like to extend my deepest gratitude for your service to our nation, as well as your contributions to UTSA. Read more  
Nov 8, 2024

Closing our Day of Reflection

Today, we did something at UTSA that we’ve never done before by pausing classes for a full day to center on our community’s mental health and well-being with a Day of Reflection. Read more  
Nov 7, 2024

Day of Reflection: Our plans to address well-being at UTSA

We know there are deep concerns about the well-being of members of our community as we witness an increase in stress, anxiety and uncertainty across our campuses. Read more  
Nov 4, 2024

Strategic Compensation Plan for Fiscal Year 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. Compensation remains at the forefront of our priorities, supporting our strategic destination to be an innovative place to work, learn and discover. Read more  
Oct 21, 2024

Presentation: UTSA & UT Health San Antonio Integration

Presentation: UTSA and UT Health San Antonio Integration key takeaways Read more  
Oct 11, 2024

Updates on our path to integration with UT Health San Antonio

In our last email, we outlined recent progress made by our Integrated Steering Committee including updates on our new joint mission statement and the launch of four task forces. Today, we’re writing to share the latest developments. Read more  
Oct 10, 2024

Recognizing World Mental Health Day

While we recognize the significance of today, we also know how important it is to live out this commitment every day. We encourage you to reach out to friends, peers, and colleagues on a regular basis to check in, offer support, and let them know they are not alone. Read more  
Oct 7, 2024

Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Awareness and Resources

We are reaching out to our entire campus community to reaffirm our commitment to a zero-tolerance environment for sexual assault. If you need support or want to learn more about how to support others, we encourage you to explore the free resources available to you. Read more  
Sep 30, 2024

Presentation: UTSA & UT Health San Antonio Integration

Presentation: President Eighmy and leadership shared the plan to merge UTSA and UT Health San Antonio during Town Hall meetings to faculty and staff on August 22 and 23, 2024. Read more  
Sep 27, 2024

Updates on our path to integration with UT Health San Antonio

In our last update, we introduced the process to unify UTSA and UT Health San Antonio into one world class university. In that message, we also announced the launch of an integration website to serve as a resource for updates, timelines, progress and more. Today, we’re writing to share the next steps of the process. Read more  
Sep 13, 2024

Our bold path toward integration with UT Health San Antonio

It’s been three weeks since we announced UT System’s visionary intent to integrate UTSA and UT Health San Antonio to build a world-class university for our community, state, nation and the world. Today, we’re pleased to introduce the integration process and share the launch of a new joint website to serve as a centralized hub of information about the integration. Read more  
Sep 6, 2024

A note on expressive activities

UTSA is an institution dedicated to creating a dynamic campus experience focused on dialogue and discovery. Today, we write to you to confirm our shared commitment to civil discourse through peaceful assembly and free expression while simultaneously prioritizing campus safety. Read more  
Aug 27, 2024

Welcome to Fall '24 and an exciting academic year ahead!

Welcome to a new academic year! The start of each semester always brings great excitement as we look ahead to all the events and traditions that make UTSA such a special place. Read more  
Aug 23, 2024

Building a world class university for San Antonio

As you learned yesterday, we’re beginning a bold journey toward integration with UT Health San Antonio as we join forces to build a world-class university. Read more  
Aug 22, 2024

A world class university for San Antonio

The UT System Board of Regents has asked Chancellor Milliken to work with us to develop a plan to merge UTSA and UT Health San Antonio to create a premier university that brings all of our individual academic, research and clinical strengths together to build a unified and profoundly impactful university of the future. Read more  
Jul 8, 2024

A note of thanks and celebration

Today, I’m writing to recognize and celebrate your contributions that continue to advance our mission and progress toward achieving our three strategic destinations. Read more  
Jun 12, 2024

Presentation: Externally Focused R&D Collaboratories

Presentation: President Eighmy and Provost Shipley present at the PEW Leadership Forum on Public Impact in Research on June 12, 2024. Read more  
May 20, 2024

Presentation: UTSA Legislative Priorities

Presentation: President Eighmy presents UTSA legislative priorities to UT System on May 20, 2024. Read more