UTSA wins 10 awards at CASE regional conference

Some of the UTSA winners of 2014 CASE Accolades awards

By Tim Brownlee
Associate Director of Internal Communications

(April 18, 2014) -- The University of Texas at San Antonio won 10 CASE Accolades Awards in the CASE District IV competition. The winning entries in the magazines, photography, marketing campaigns and illustrations categories were announced and displayed at the 2014 CASE Conference April 13-15 in Houston, Texas.

UTSA awards were for the Bring Rowdy Home campaign to raise funds for a roadrunner statue, a donor thank-you direct mail piece, and publication photographs and designs.

The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) is an international association of educational institutions and advancement professionals in alumni relations, communications, development, marketing and allied areas. CASE is a leader in providing resource development, training programs and marketing services in alumni relations, communications and philanthropy.

Serving nearly 74,000 advancement professionals, CASE helps its members build stronger relationships with their alumni and donors, raise funds for campus projects, produce recruitment materials, market their institutions to prospective students, diversify the profession and foster public support of education. CASE District IV represents 2,904 members from 261 institutions in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.

Founded in 1974, CASE has headquarters in Washington, D.C., with offices in London (CASE Europe, 1994), Singapore (CASE Asia-Pacific, 2007) and Mexico City (CASE América Latina, 2011). It is one of the world's largest nonprofit educational associations and includes members from more than 3,600 colleges and universities, primary and secondary independent and international schools, and nonprofit organizations in 82 countries.

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UTSA CASE Accolades 2014 winners

Annual Giving Program -- Silver award
Bring Rowdy Home
Division of External Relations
Integrated Marketing Campaign -- Silver award
Bring Rowdy Home
External Relations
Social Media – Campaign -- Gold award
Bring Rowdy Home
Division of External Relations
Design – Illustrations -- Gold award
"Thankful"
Office of University Communications and Marketing
Design – Magazine – Single Spread -- Silver
"A Tangle of Memories" – Sombrilla Magazine
Office of University Communications and Marketing
Design – Magazine – Complete Spread -- Gold
"Boomtown, Texas" – Sombrilla Magazine
Office of University Communications and Marketing
Design – Magazine – Complete Spread -- Bronze award
"Unlocking the Vault" – Sombrilla Magazine
Office of University Communications and Marketing
Magazines -- Gold award
Sombrilla Magazine, Spring 2013
Office of University Communications and Marketing
Black and White Photography -- Gold award
"Paul"
College of Education and Human Development
Digital or Computer Enhanced Image -- Silver award
"Apples with Roadrunner," Giving Magazine, Fall 2013
Office of University Communications and Marketing

Events

April 15-19, various times

Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase

The UTSA Office of Undergraduate is proud to celebrate National Undergraduate Research with an annual event sponsored by the (OUR) featuring students will showcase undergraduate student research and creative endeavors from all disciplines across campus.

Various Locations

Friday, April 19, 11:00 a.m.

Día en la Sombrilla

Día en la Sombrilla, formerly Fiesta UTSA, is a festival hosted each spring as a part of Fiesta® San Antonio events. Sponsored by Roadrunner Productions, the event features music, food, confetti, games, event t-shirts, and more.

Sombrilla Plaza and Central Plaza, Main Campus

April 20-21

Fiesta Arts Fair

Fiesta Arts Fair features contemporary art from more than 100 artists from across the U.S., Fiesta favorite foods, drinks, live music by local and regional performers, and a Young Artists Garden providing opportunities for budding artists to learn, explore and express their creativity.

UTSA Southwest Campus

Wednesday, April 24, 11:30 a.m.

Denim Day

Join the PEACE Center and Wellbeing Services for Denim Day, a day of learning about the importance of consent and why we wear denim on the last Wednesday of the month each April during Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Stop by our Denim Day display to take a photo in front of our Denim Wall, spin the "Is It Consent?" Wheel, and get a Concha or goodie.

Student Union Window Lounge, Main Campus

Wednesday, April 24, 5:00 p.m.

Simplifying Citations With Zotero

Learn to use Zotero®, a citation manager that can help you store and organize citations you find during your research. Zotero can generate bibliographies in various styles, insert in-text citations and allow you to share sources with collaborators.

Virtual Event

Friday, May 3, 11:30 a.m.

McNair Scholar's Spring Celebration

This event is to achnowlege the graduating seniors and induct the new cohart of scholars to our program.

North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140,) Main Campus

Friday, May 17, 10:00 a.m.

Commencement: Ceremony One

Celebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.

Alamodome

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Spotlight

UTSA’s Mission

The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.

UTSA’s Vision

To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.

UTSA’s Core Values

We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.

UTSA’S Destinations

UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .

Our Commitment to Inclusivity

The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to promoting access for all. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.