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Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities
Training Sessions
The following training sessions are organized by the Hub and Spoke Training Work Team. If you have questions, please email StudentSuccess@utsa.edu.
Technology and Systems Training
| Compositing Photos with Adobe Photoshop | |
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| Description |
Ever want to change the background of an image? In this session you will learn how to merge two photos in Adobe Photoshop. By using masks and adjustment layers, you will be able to seamless combine two images. The photos that you create can be used for flyers, videos, promotional uses, or even social media. Course Objectives: After this session you will be able to: Presented by Willie Schaefer, Adobe Specialist |
| Date/Time | Thursday, February 16, 2023 • 1:00-2:00pm |
| Location | Zoom |
| Audience | This training is geared toward professional staff, faculty, and student staff in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Register for CT1015 Compositing Photos with Adobe Photoshop on MyTraining |
| Intro to Adobe Premiere Rush | |
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| Description |
This session will cover the basics of Adobe Premiere Rush. Premiere Rush is a video editing tool that, as the name implies, will let you quickly edit videos, add graphics, and import audio. You will learn how to take your footage from something shot on your phone and turn it into a high-quality video that can be shared on YouTube and other social media platforms. Course Objectives: After this session you will be able to: Presented by Willie Schaefer, Adobe Specialist |
| Date/Time | Wednesday, March 8, 2023 • 1:00-2:00pm |
| Location | Zoom |
| Audience | This training is geared toward professional staff, faculty, and student staff in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Register for CT1016 Intro to Adobe Premiere Rush on MyTraining |
View recording and resource links for past Technology and Systems Trainings in the Past Trainings section below.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training
| Mental Health First Aid | |
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| Description |
Mental Health First Aid is a course that teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The training gives you the skills you need to reach out and provide initial help and support to someone who may be developing a mental health or substance use problem or experiencing a crisis. Presented by Erica Wallace, College of Health, Community and Policy; Supported by the Division of Student Success and Dr. Tammy Wyatt |
| Date/Time | Friday, April 14, 2023 • 8:00am-5:00pm |
| Location | Zoom |
| Audience | This training is geared toward professional staff and faculty in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Register for Mental Health First Aid on Qualtrics |
| Veteran Cultural Considerations | |
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| Description |
Coming soon |
| Date/Time | Tuesday, April 4, 2023 • 1:00-2:00pm |
| Location | Zoom |
| Audience | This training is geared toward staff and faculty in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Registration link coming soon |
| Supportive and Inclusive Language | |
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| Description |
Coming soon Presented by Ann Margaret Trujillo, Associate Director, Multicultural Student Center for Equity and Justice |
| Date/Time | Date and Time TBA |
| Location | Teams |
| Audience | This training is geared toward professional staff and faculty in Student Success, College Student Success Centers, Career Engaged Learning, and Student Affairs. |
| Registration | Registration link coming soon |
Equity Book Club
The Equity Book Club, started in Summer 2022, is part of UTSA’s Hub and Spoke Student Success Initiative and supports the shared goals of providing foundational training on DEI topics across all units and developing a collective ecosystem of student success supports.
Past selections have included the following (all free through UTSA Libraries or elsewhere):
- From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education (Book)
- College Students’ Sense of Belonging: A Key to Educational Success for All Students (Book)
- "A socio-ecological perspective on sense of belonging among racially/ethnically minoritized college students: Implications for equity-minded practice and policy" (Article)
- Minding the gap: The distance between compositional diversity and institutional transformation by D-L Stewart (YouTube video)
For Spring 2023, we'll be listening to various podcast episodes related to equity and higher education. Selection details are coming soon. The Equity Book Club will run from mid-February through April. You may join for as many or few sessions as you would like. Equity Book Club is open to all UTSA professional staff members.
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Additional UTSA Professional Development Opportunities
The following training sessions are organized by various UTSA offices. Please click on the registration links below for more information.
Green Dot Bystander Overview
UTSA PEACE Center and UTSA Wellbeing Services are offering multiple sessions of Green Dot Training this year. Each 90-minute interactive overview introduces the basic elements of Green Dot and the issues of power-based personal violence prevention.
- Dates and Times: Thursdays, various dates, 1:00 to 2:30pm CST
- Location: Zoom
- Register: For more information and to register, search for Green Dot on RowdyLink.
Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part I: Building Your Knowledge of the LGBTQ+ Community
Description: This first part will help us build our knowledge about LGBTQIA+ identities and the community. The course is interactive and includes many opportunities for discussion. Objectives: By attending this course participants will be able to: 1) Build your understanding of terminology and identities within the LGBTQIA+ community 2) Engage in conversations about current challenges and issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community 3) Grow your knowledge about resources and support for LGBTQIA+ students on and off campus.
- Dates and Times: February 22, 2023, 9:00-10:30am; March 23, 2023, 2:00-3:30pm
- Location: In-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for SD0670 Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part I on MyTraining
Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part II: Applying Allyship
Description: This is a newly restructured LGBTQIA+ Ally course. Part II will assist us in learning how to effectively advocate and provide support for LGBTQIA+ students and colleagues. This course is interactive with opportunities for open and honest discussion. Objectives: By attending this course participants will be able to: 1) Build skills for being an advocate for the LGBTQ+ community 2) Build knowledge on advocacy for policies and procedures that support the LGBTQ+ community at UTSA
- Dates and Times: March 8, 2023, 9:00-10:30am; April 6, 2023, 2:00-3:30pm
- Location: In-person on Main Campus
- Register: Register for SD0671 Becoming an LGBTQ+ Ally Part II on MyTraining
Dreamer Ally Training
Description: Training is led by the UTSA DRC for staff and faculty. The 2.5 hours training provides an overview of the federal and state policies that impact the lives of Dreamers and undocumented students. Additionally, training provides knowledge about their experiences, activities to reach a greater understanding of how the needs of the undocumented population can be addressed, and tools to become allies and advocates. The training is revised regularly to reflect changes in state and federal policy. Objectives: By attending this course participants will be able to: 1) Establish a university-wide network of easily visible allies that can provide support, information, and assistance to Dreamers and undocumented students 2) Provide tools for staff and faculty to demonstrate their support of undocumented students 3) Provide students an opportunity to respond to instances of discrimination and harassment based on perceived or self-reported immigration status 4) Educate members of the educational community on the needs and concerns of Dreamers and undocumented students 5) Foster a campus atmosphere that supports the academic and professional success of immigrant students, as well as their personal and social growth 6) Advance the university's progress toward a campus that discourages discrimination and openly celebrates Dreamers on-campus and in our community
- Dates and Times: February 23, 2023, 2:00-4:30pm; March 23, 2023, 9:30am-12:00pm
- Location: Online on Zoom
- Register: Register for SD0436 Dreamer Ally Training on MyTraining
Understanding and Challenging Microaggressions
Description: Microaggressions are the subtle, covert ways bias influences our actions, thoughts, and behaviors toward marginalized communities such as people of color, women, persons with a disability, and LGBTQ people. The accumulative impact of microaggressions can lead to systemic inequities and a hostile community. Join Inclusive Excellence, Multicultural Student Center for Equity and Justice, and campus partners to build our knowledge about microaggressions and begin to take action toward addressing and challenging microaggressions at UTSA. Objectives: By attending this session participants will be able to: 1) Begin to understand what microaggressions are and what may cause them to show up 2) Recognize the concept of implicit bias and how it is inherent in microaggressions 3) Articulate a greater awareness of resources and scholarship around microaggressions and their impact on students 4) Create an action plan for combatting microaggressions as a member of the UTSA community.
- Dates and Times: February 24, 2023, 10:00am-12:00pm; April 18, 2023, 10:00am-12:00pm
- Location: In-person on Main Campus for February 24 session; Online on Zoom for April 18 session
- Register: Register for SD0437 Understanding and Challenging Microaggressions on MyTraining
Past Trainings
Training sessions have been offered on the following topics. Links to recordings and guides, where available, are below:
- Getting Started with Adobe Express, presented by Willie Schaeffer
- Intro to Adobe Illustrator, presented by Willie Schaeffer
- Using Qualtrics as an Assessment Tool
- PDF guide for Using Qualtrics as an Assessment Tool • Email StudentSuccess@utsa.edu for a link to the recording
- Introduction to and Groups and Reports in Civitas Inspire
- PDF guide for Civitas Inspire • Email StudentSuccess@utsa.edu for a link to the recording
- Introduction to and Building Reports in TracCloud
- Email StudentSuccess@utsa.edu for a link to the recording
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Understanding and Challenging Microaggressions
- Trauma Informed Care 101
- RowdyLink Administrator Training
Questions?
If you have any questions, email us at Student Success .
