Editor's Note: UTSA President Taylor Eighmy, UTSA Provost Kimberly Andrews Espy and UTSA Vice President for Inclusive Excellence Myron Anderson sent this email to faculty and staff today.
(Jan. 29, 2019) -- Dear Roadrunners,
At its core, inclusive excellence promotes an environment where people from all backgrounds and diverse points of view can engage, learn and thrive.
Reinforcing a culture of inclusive excellence must start with leadership, inspiring us to write this joint message to you, our Roadrunner community. Together with UTSA’s entire senior leadership team and deans, we are 100% committed to embracing a framework of inclusive excellence here at UTSA and eager to embed practices and philosophies that encourage all forms of diversity into every aspect of our university.
With our new Office of Inclusive Excellence launched this month under Vice President Myron Anderson, we’re taking a moment to acknowledge the importance of the pathway before us, recognizing that every step of the journey will make UTSA an even better place to study, work and live. Indeed, creating an inclusive excellence ecosystem—one that is woven into the very fabric of our institution—is fundamental to supporting the success of our students and achieving overall excellence as a university of the future.
To set things in motion, Dr. Anderson is embarking on a campus listening tour to gain a deeper understanding of UTSA and our current campus climate. Part of this process will entail gathering information about existing campus diversity and inclusion programs, community experiences, capabilities and initiatives. This audit will serve as the launching pad for developing opportunities to increase inclusive excellence delivery across all facets of our university.
These opportunities will be broad, covering a wide array of institutional fronts from our systems, policies and procedures to strategic initiatives, university committees and programs to increase our collective cultural intelligence.
Because this work will touch the entire Roadrunner community—students, faculty, staff and our community stakeholders—regular communication around these efforts will be important. You can expect to receive periodic updates from Dr. Anderson as our inclusive excellence framework comes together and specific projects get underway.
As always, thank you for believing in UTSA and for joining us on the journey.
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Huddle Against Hunger is a fundraising competition with Texas State that benefits our Roadrunner Pantry. Donations this week will help UTSA earn additional prize monies provided by RBFCU.
In-Person and VirtualJoin UTSA Libraries for an update on federal public access policies and how the library can assist with compliance.
Virtual EventWe invite you to join us for Birds Up! Downtown, an exciting welcome back event designed to connect students with the different departments at the Downtown Campus. Students will have the opportunity to learn about some of the departments on campus, gain access to different resources, and collect some giveaways!
Bill Miller PlazaThere are many citation managers. Which one is right for you? This workshop will explain what a citation manager is and how it can help you organize your citations, insert citations as you write your paper, and generate your bibliography.
Virtual EventPubMed is an essential database for anyone conducting biomedical or health-related research. This workshop will teach attendees how to effectively navigate this free resource and locate peer-reviewed articles using advanced search features, MeSH subject headings, and Boolean operators.
Virtual EventIn 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 EventJoin UTSA Libraries and Museums to learn more about the publishing discounts available for UTSA researchers. Current agreements include Elsevier, Cambridge University Press, Wiley, and more. Bring your questions and feedback for the library as we continue to pursue partnerships with publishers to reduce costs for our researchers.
Virtual EventThe 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.
To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.
We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
