UTSA community: Wear a UTSA t-shirt, show your UTSA colors Friday, May 20

By Tim Brownlee
Assistant Director of Public Affairs

(May 19, 2011)--As part of College Week in San Antonio, UTSA President Ricardo Romo encourages UTSA community members to wear a UTSA t-shirt and our orange-and-blue on Friday, May 20 to show support for the pursuit of higher education. Students, employees and other supporters at colleges, universities, retailers and businesses across the city will wear college t-shirts on Friday.

College Week is an initiative of San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro to boost the idea of attending college. Events are scheduled throughout the week, culminating in College Signing Day at the AT&T Center at 1 p.m., Sunday, May 22. UTSA President Ricardo Romo, UTSA mascot Rowdy and representatives from other area colleges and universities will be part of the Sunday event.

"The mayor sees this as a great way to plant the seed of earning a college degree in the next generation, and I agree 100 percent," said Romo. "Due to my parents' expectations, I automatically knew college was the next step for me. And, if we can encourage that type of commitment citywide and help our young students navigate the process of attending university, I know we can transform the educational level of our city within the next 10 years."

On Monday, Castro kicked off of College Week at Cafe College in downtown San Antonio. The initiative, which the mayor organized with Cafe College, the San Antonio Education Partnership and Generation TX, is "a great way of telling the next generation of students that this is what we expect, this is what we want for you," said Castro. "Getting and education is the key to fulfilling your dreams."

"We want to enshrine and celebrate academic accomplishment the same way we do athletic accomplishment," said the mayor. "It's a great way of telling the next generation of students that this is what we expect, this is what we want for you. We want to create a city of tremendous opportunity in the 21st century."

Cafe College is a city resource where students can get information on how to apply for college and financial aid. At Cafe College, the San Antonio Education Partnership College Access and success advisers provide assistance with these key services:

College admission assistance
Financial aid guidance
Career exploration
College applications
Advising
SAT and ACT preparation

>> Read a May 17 San Antonio Express-News story on College Week.

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College Week events

Thursday all day: Encourage a young person to go to college
Thursday, 6 p.m.: Workshop on transferring from a two-year to a four-year institution at Cafe College
Friday all day: Wear a college t-shirt
Friday, 6 p.m.: Movie night at Cafe College
Saturday, 11 a.m.: Battle of the Bands competition at Cafe College
Sunday, 1 p.m.: College Signing Day at the AT&T Center, hosted by Mayor Julian Castro and the San Antonio Spurs. The winner of the Battle of the Bands will perform.

Events

Thursday, December 7, 7:00 p.m.

Doctoral Hooding Ceremony

Come celebrate the doctoral students graduating this commencement season.

H-E-B Student Union Ballrooms, UTSA Main Campus

Saturday, December 9, 10:00 a.m.

Commencement: Ceremony One

Celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates of the College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and College of Sciences.

Alamodome, 100 Montana St, San Antonio, TX 78203

Saturday, December 9, 4:00 p.m.

Commencement: Ceremony Two

Celebrate the accomplishments of the graduates of the Carlos Alvarez College of Business, College of Education and Human Development, Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design and University College.

Alamodome, 100 Montana St, San Antonio, TX 78203

Friday, December 29, 6:00 p.m.

First Friday Stargazing

First Friday Stargazing gives anyone free access to the night sky using university telescopes and teaching equipment. Weather permitting, experienced astronomers will provide a handful of telescopes of varying designs, give training on how each operates, and point to various astronomical objects that may appear in the sky for that given time of the year. If you have a telescope and do not know how to operate it, feel free to bring it and get instructions on its use.

4th Floor of Flawn Science Building, Main Campus

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