(March 30, 2018) – The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) President Taylor Eighmy today announced new reporting lines for the units responsible for the university’s community engagement efforts.
As of today, the following units have moved under new areas:
“UTSA must be fully woven into the very fabric of our city, applying the talents of our people and our research prowess to help solve San Antonio’s grand challenges,” said Eighmy in an email sent to faculty and staff this morning.
“I believe that the best way to achieve this synergy is by integrating our community services functions within our academic, student development and research enterprises,” he continued. “Realigning our community engagement efforts into our core as a student-centric university will realize benefits on all fronts – fueling transformational student experiences as well as enhanced opportunities for all our community partners.”
The reorganization does not involve any staffing changes, only new reporting lines to the vice presidential and decanal levels. Employees within the affected units were apprised of these changes last evening, and their respective vice presidents and deans will be working with them on integration plans in the weeks to come.
The reorganization follows the announcement made earlier this month that Vice President for Community Services Jude Valdez will retire this summer after nearly 40 years of service to UTSA. As a cost saving measure, UTSA will not refill the position of Vice President for Community Services.
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