DECEMBER 9, 2021 — Editor’s note: The following message was sent via email today from President Taylor Eighmy, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly Andrews Espy, and Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President for Business Affairs Veronica Salazar to all faculty, staff and students:
As you know, Omicron—the latest COVID-19 variant—is currently spreading across the country and the first cases are now being reported in Texas.
Based on the latest information, it is still too soon to tell how Omicron compares to other variants in terms of transmissibility and infectiousness. We also continue to monitor the ongoing status with the Delta variant locally as San Antonio Metro Health has this week changed the risk level from low to mild.
Looking ahead, we encourage you to continue practicing what we know works: social distancing when possible, masking up indoors and around crowds, and getting your COVID vaccine and/or booster. Most importantly, please stay home if you are sick.
At this time, we do not expect any changes in operations over the holiday break or into the spring semester. As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are closely monitoring the situation and remain in constant communication with our Public Health Task Force Expert Advisory Group, San Antonio Metro Health, our colleagues at UT Health San Antonio, our colleagues at UT System and relevant state and federal agencies. We promise to keep you informed and updated if current health conditions necessitate any operational changes down the road.
The health and well-being of our community has been and remains paramount. Together, we successfully navigated the surge of the Delta variant this past summer and early fall. Now, we ask you to continue to keep yourself and others healthy as we evaluate the impact of this latest variant.
As always, we are so proud of this community and your resilience through these challenging times. We wish you a restful and restorative holiday season, and look forward to welcoming you to the spring semester.
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At this memorable celebration, UTSA graduates will be introduced one-by-one to cross the stage and accept their doctoral degrees.
Arts Building Recital Hall, Main CampusRoadrunner Walk is an event for graduating students to have a memorable walk on campus to celebrate an important milestone and their achievements. Graduates will walk along the Paseo while being celebrated by the UTSA community, friends, and family members.
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Buena Vista Building, Gregory Luna Room, Downtown CampusCelebrate the accomplishments of College of Education and Human Development, College for Health, Community and Policy, College of Sciences and University College.
Alamodome, 100 Montana St.Celebrate the accomplishments of Alvarez College of Business, College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
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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.
