OCTOBER 13, 2023 — Editor’s note: The following message was sent today via email from Interim Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Heather Shipley, Chief Enterprise Development Officer and Senior Vice President for Business Affairs Veronica Salazar and Chief of Staff and Senior Vice President for Institutional Strategic Planning, Compliance Risk Management and Office Operations Carlos Martinez to all faculty, staff and students.
In late August, we shared the engagement strategy that UTSA would use to review programs, activities and initiatives to comply with Senate Bill 17 (SB 17). A transparent and inclusive process that considers student, faculty and staff input before implementing any changes is now in place. Today, we’re writing to update you on the progress made to bring all programming into compliance by January 1, 2024, as required by the new law.
The Program, Activity and Initiative Review (PAIR) team is currently engaging in dialogue with a campus-wide stakeholder working group to collect and review information related to UTSA’s diversity, equity and inclusion activities. To date, more than 300 submissions have been entered for review.
Building on the work of the stakeholder working group, the PAIR team is now evaluating each submission to determine its status; some activities are exempt, some need modification and others will need to be discontinued to comply with SB 17’s requirements. Preliminary recommendations will be forwarded to a group of university and student leaders for review before they are submitted to President Eighmy in early November.
Over the coming weeks, we’ll share more about this work through community forums, social media, email and UTSA Today. This week, we discussed SB 17 and SB 18 (recent changes to the law related to faculty tenure) in meetings with the Faculty Senate and Department Chair Council. We will continue to meet with the Staff Senate, the Student Government Association and other campus organizations.
As the law will impact every member of the UTSA community differently, we encourage you to stay engaged in the process, share your concerns and learn more about the framework and legal guidance from UT System by visiting our SB 17 website.
Please know we remain committed to free expression and academic freedom inside and outside the classroom to maintain the core mission and values of our Roadrunner community.
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There 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. If you plan to attend one of our hands-on Endnote®, Zotero®, or BibTeX® / LaTex® workshops, we recommend that you start with this overview.
Virtual EventJoin us for a recital featuring a variety of Hispanic music from Spain and Latin America. The evening’s entertainment will include pieces by UTSA faculty, the UTSA Mariachi Los Paisanos, and special guest artists including the director of Texas A&M International University's Mariachi Internacional.
UTSA Recital HallJoin Dr. Rachel Yvonne Cruz, Assistant Professor of Mexican American Studies, for an interactive discussion on how music can challenge patriarchy, sexism, and colonialism through a guided discussion and live acoustic performance.
Assembly Room, 4th Floor (4.04.22), John Peace Library, Main CampusIn 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 EventAre you required to use LaTeX for writing your research papers? This workshop is divided into two parts: an introduction to Zotero, a citation management tool, and a demonstration of the features of Overleaf, a free online LaTeX editor.
Virtual EventCome listen to the UTSA Jazz Ensemble at a free event.
UTSA Recital HallLiterature reviews are a key element of evidence synthesis and scholarly inquiry. In this workshop, attendees will learn the differences between systematic, scoping, narrative, and other literature review types. The session will also detail the guidelines and components of various literature reviews, as well as resources to best support each.
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, 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.
