UTSA College of Architecture opens Center for Architectural Engagement

"Labyrinth" sculpture and Durango Building, UTSA Downtown Campus

By Jesus Chavez
Marketing Associate

(Sept. 13, 2013) -- The UTSA College of Architecture (COA) announces the opening of the Center for Architectural Engagement. The new center will be housed within the College of Architecture and will serve to support the college's community engagement and service-learning initiatives.

"The creation of the Center for Architectural Engagement has been something I have been working toward since my arrival four years ago," said John D. Murphy Jr., dean of the UTSA College of Architecture. "My expectation is that this entity champions and oversees all ongoing and new engagement activities for the College of Architecture. By doing so, we can take our engagement programs from good to great for the city and the region."

Under the leadership of inaugural director Sue Ann Pemberton, FAIA, the center will bring together students, faculty and staff to address, support and execute community engagement activities with the City of San Antonio, several counties and cities in Texas, and other community organizations.

"The College of Architecture has been involved in partnerships with city and county governments for a long time now," said Pemberton. "It seems only right that we synthesize all of our community engagements efforts and channel them through this center. This way, we'll be able to not only support our ongoing projects, but we can ramp up efforts in new areas of engagement."

In the past, the College of Architecture has spearheaded several initiatives such as: the SPARK School Park program, an initiative aimed at improving school playgrounds; the Students Together Achieving Revitalization (S.T.A.R.) program, which provides students with neighborhood and historic revitalization projects; and several design-build projects throughout Bexar County.

For more information, visit the UTSA College of Architecture Center for Architectural Engagement website.

Events

Saturday, September 7, 2:00 p.m.

UTSA Volleyball vs. UIW

It's a battle of the birds! Support the UTSA Volleyball team as they take on the Cardinals! Join the crowd of cheering Roadrunners in the Convo.

Convocation Center

Saturday, September 7, 3:00 p.m.

UTSA Football Watch Party

Grab your friends, put on your favorite orange and blue shirt, and join us for an epic football watch party for UTSA Football as we join the American Athletic Conference and take on the University of Houston Cougars.

H-E-B SU Lawn and Ballroom, Main Campus

Tuesday, September 10, 3:00 p.m.

Multicultural Greek Council Meet and Greet

Interested in learning more about the different fraternities and sororities in the Multicultural Greek Council? Come meet our organizations and enjoy free food and music.

Retama Galleria (SU 2.02,) Main Campus

Thursday, September 12, 12:00 p.m.

Automate Your Citations with EndNote

In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to setup an EndNote library, save references and PDFs, and automatically create and edit a bibliography. Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to have EndNote already installed on a personal computer.

Virtual Event

Saturday, September 14, 10:00 a.m.

Dieciséis de Septiembre Parade

Join this annual community celebration of Mexico’s independence sponsored by the Avenida Guadalupe Association. UTSA’s Westside Community Center—located at the parade’s starting location at Guadalupe and Brazos Streets—will be open to visitors for the duration of the event.

UTSA Westside Community Center, 1310 Guadalupe St, San Antonio, TX 78207

Monday, September 16, 5:00 p.m.

Simplifying Citations with Zotero

Don’t mind the writing but hate formatting citations and bibliographies? Working on your thesis or dissertation, or even a long paper this semester? Citation managers such as Zotero® can help you store and organize the citations you find during your research. Take part in this session about using Zotero®.

Virtual Event

Wednesday, September 18, 4:30 p.m.

Introduction to Digital Methods in Research

Are you interested in learning more about incorporating digital methods into your research? This workshop will introduce you to approaches and tools that can help support your research. Through hands-on activities, you will learn about text analysis and digital mapping and how these methods can enrich your projects.

Group Spot B, 2.01.22, John Peace Library

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