APRIL 1, 2020 — UTSA is responding to the COVID-19 outbreak with a commitment to supporting the safety of the university community while enabling the academic progress of students. Here is your digest of university news and tips.
ONLINE LEARNING & TELECOMMUTING
HONE VIRTUAL SKILLS: Faculty members, UTSA has created a Teaching Virtually resource page with an array of tools and guidance that you can use to learn more about remote teaching or further enhance your skills.
MORE WAYS TO LEARN: We’ve also added sections on the Trainings & Town Halls page for upcoming tech Q&A sessions, town hall meetings and faculty webinars—in addition to the Tech Café training sessions for Jabber, Webex and Microsoft Teams.
ACTUALIZACIONES EN ESPAÑOL: Did you know that the student versions of these Coronavirus Update email digests are available in Spanish too? Learn more in this video from Veronica Salazar Mendez, chief financial officer and senior vice president for business affairs.
PREPPING FOR FINALS: Faculty, please be advised that any final examinations originally planned to be conducted in person and on campus will now need to be reexamined and reformatted as part of the move to online instruction. Your colleges will work with you to provide ideas, guidance and advice regarding various choices for final exams conducted remotely.
COMMUNITY NEWS
PASS/FAIL OPTION ADOPTED: UTSA is adopting an optional credit/no credit (“pass/fail”) grading system for undergraduate and graduate courses for the spring 2020 semester at the recommendation of the Faculty Senate and Academic Council and in accordance with the UT System Board of Regents’ Rules and Regulations. Other UT System institutions also are adopting similar temporary grading adjustments. Students have been advised to wait until next week—once eligible courses have been determined—before contacting their academic advisers or other areas for guidance.
HOW ’RUNNERS HELP: One of the best things about Roadrunner Nation is how we all come together to help each other out. In response to many inquiries about how to offer support to current students, UTSA has created a Coronavirus Relief site with ways to help students who may be struggling.
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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 LocationsDía 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 CampusFiesta 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 CampusJoin 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 CampusLearn 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 EventThis event is to achnowlege the graduating seniors and induct the new cohart of scholars to our program.
North Paseo Building (NPB 5.140,) Main CampusCelebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.
AlamodomeThe 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, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .
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.
