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The Paseo A Stroll Around Campus
Teaching Our Future
The teachers and faculty at Forester Elementary exemplify the education pipeline.
Alumni Profiles
There’s a code for that
Dariela Rodriguez ’00, M.A. ’08
Banking with a heart
Steve Schipull B.B.A ’89
Let’s Circle It
One San Antonio middle school is working with UTSA and UT Austin to change how students are disciplined.
In Brief
Football Games Rescheduled
The scheduling of three UTSA football games has been changed to accommodate national television.
Flowing Fountain
Sombrilla Fountain re-dedication ceremony was held March 4 at the Main Campus.
Economic Impact
The UTSA Institute for Economic Development generated $1.6 billion in business growth for its clients during the 2013 fiscal year.
Diploma Dash hits 30
On March 1, more than 2,100 runners turned out for the 30th annual Diploma Dash.
Roadrunner Sports
Athlete Spotlight
Meet Megan Low, the UTSA softball team’s not-so-secret weapon.
Sports Briefs
Find out what's been going on with UTSA Athletics this semester.
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Community Uniting Our Alumni
President's Note
Today, we couldn’t fit them onto a single stage!
This year’s spring commencement is a wonderful occasion for the UTSA community to pause and celebrate yet another milestone in our university’s history— the graduation of 100,000 students since UTSA was established.
Forty years ago, the first graduating class of 82 students fit comfortably in the frame of a single photograph. Today, we couldn’t fit them onto a single stage! That first class may have been small in number, but the hopes and dreams of its graduates were just as large as the aspirations of those who received their diplomas this May.
To mark the occasion of 100,000 graduates, this issue of Sombrilla takes us to the past and looks to the future. It allows us to relive that first graduation, on Aug. 18, 1974, and tells the stories of some who were there. With the knowledge and skills they acquired at UTSA, these graduates went on to achieve great things in their professional and personal lives. In the process, they have changed the world.
Of course, the story would not be complete without an introduction to some of our most recent graduates. We get to know about their families, their triumphs and challenges, and their future as educators, entrepreneurs and engineers
Throughout its history, that’s what UTSA has been all about—cultivating the future. Just imagine how that future is being changed by 100,000 Roadrunner alumni! Our students come from around the world, and then they go out and remake it.
While 100,000 graduates is a great milestone on the road to Tier One designation, it is much more than just a single achievement for UTSA. It represents a multitude of achievements for every graduate who dared to build a better life and every parent who sacrificed in that pursuit.
So on this historic occasion, congratulations are in order for all UTSA grads and their families—every class from then to now.
Together, we have accomplished more than awarding 100,000 academic degrees. We have fulfilled hundreds of thousands of dreams.
And of course, there’s more to come.
Saludos,
Ricardo Romo
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THEN & NOW
Graduation traditions then and now
View the Flipbook
COVER PHOTO
One of the thousands of recent UTSA graduates displays her excitement on her mortarboard at the fall 2013 ceremony.
Cover photo: Mark McClendon
BACKGROUND PHOTO
Students celebrate at the fall 2013 commencement.
Background photo by: © Edward A. Ornelas/San Antonio Express-News/ZUMAPRESS.com