In celebration of the Martin Luther King holiday, The University of Texas at San Antonio is proud to present An Evening with Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon on Saturday, January 22, 2011 at 7pm in the University Center Ballroom. Dr. Reagon will educate and entertain our community on “The Song Culture of the Civil Rights Movement”. A child of southwest Georgia, an African American woman’s voice, born in the struggle against racism in America during the Civil Rights Movement of the 50’s and 60’s. Reagon’s life and work support the concept of community-based culture with an enlarged capacity for mutual respect: for self, for those who move among us who seem to be different than us, respect and care for our home, the environment-including the planet that sustains life as we know it.

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UTSA faculty and staff members can apply to participate as presenters in the third annual Professional Development Conference to be hosted this spring by the UTSA Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs.

"With the theme "Building Bridges," it is an opportunity to share expertise and strategies on leadership approaches... For the full article, visit: URL

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(Jan. 6, 2011)--The UTSA Staff Council invites UTSA faculty, staff, students and friends to participate in the Strikes for Scholarships bowling fundraiser and silent auction. The event is 6-8 p.m., Monday, Jan. 24 at University Bowl, 12332 West Interstate 10, near De Zavala Road. Proceeds will support the Staff Council annual scholarship awarded to at least one staff undergraduate student and one staff graduate student.

The event will include a silent auction, giveaways, door prizes and competition.......

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The Best Dressed Door and Office Competitions are sponsored by the Campus Activities Board to encourage all UTSA faculty and staff to decorate their doors or departmental offices as part of the homecoming festivities. For homecoming, we will be playing Lamar University Cardinals and our theme is “Capture the Cardinals, Battle in the Birdcage”.

This year, we will separate the competitions and offices will have to pick between decorating their office or decorating their doors. They will be judged separately.

Judges will be looking for those with the most UTSA Spirit, creativity, and use/integration of the homecoming theme. Decorating may begin on Monday, January 24th and must be completed by Friday, January 28th. Judging will take place January 31st – February 2.

DT/ITC and 1604/UH winners will be announced at Rowdy Rampage on Friday, February 4th. Plaques will be awarded in multiple categories. First place winners will also receive breakfast tacos in their office on a day and time which works for them.

Interested departments/offices need to fill out the online form by noon on Friday, January 21st, 2011 to enter the competition. If you have questions or are having trouble with the online form please contact Francisco Lugo at francisco.lugo@utsa.edu or 210.458.4728.

Be A Responsible Roadrunner Consultants participated in a Spring Retreat on Sunday, January 9 to gear up for Spring activities.

The consultants had hands-on training as they learned how to set up and use a sound system for their events. They also discussed individual values and how they contribute to building a successful team and programs.

The first Be A Responsible Roadrunner event is their Welcome Back Thirsty Thursday on Thursday, January 13 from 11-1 on the UC Paseo. They will also host a Meet and Greet in January for students to come and learn more about the organization, the members, and how to get involved.

Current Be A Responsible Roadrunner Consultants are: Nicole Cascia, Monica Ceja, Yaleen Christensen, JaQuille Collins, Jami Delgadillo, Vida Ugochukwu, Yesenia Villegas, and Graduate Students Jessica Beemer and Nick Cioci.

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The 2011 Golf Cart Parade will be one of the best and biggest in UTSA Homecoming history. It all starts with the Decorating Party on Thursday, February 3 at 7:00 p.m. on the UC Paseo just outside the Convocation Center. Organizations participating in the parade will be creatively decorating their carts in the “Capture the Cardinals: Battle in the Birdcage” theme. This is a great opportunity for organizations to come together, have fun and celebrate the UTSA community. It wouldn’t be a Golf Cart Parade Decorating Party without the pizza and beverages provided by the President’s Office and the hip music provided by DJ Gumby. If your organization wants to participate in the Homecoming Golf Cart Parade please contact John Montoya at 210.458.4936 or John.Montoya@utsa.edu

UTSA Campus Recreation is hosting the 3rd Annual Homecoming Golf Tournament on Saturday, February 5, 2011. This will be a 4-person, 18 hole scramble, which will be held at Silverhorn Golf Club located at 1100 West Bitters Rd. in San Antonio. Online registration is now open at utsa.edu/recreation/intramurals/golf_tournament.cfm

The Student Affairs Development Office is pleased to announce the first call for grant proposals/applications to the Student Affairs Transformation Fund. The deadline for completed proposals/applications is Thursday, February 17, 2011. Dr. Gage E. Paine will review all grant proposals and make award decisions by March 15, 2011. Complete guidelines along with the application are attached. We would like to thank all Transformation Fund donors for their support. Without their contributions, we wouldn’t be able to provide this innovative opportunity in our division.

Please direct any questions you have to Brittany Pratt

SU0518/Four Generations at Work (for Supervisors) or

SD0318/Four Generations at Work (for employees).

All training classes can be found on: https://mytraining.utsa.edu/ Customer Service Trainings for UTSA Employees during Spring 2011

Training classes can be found on:https://mytraining.utsa.edu/

Judging a contest is never easy and this one was no different. The Staff Development Team recently created a contest to find out your thoughts about your career in Student Affairs at UTSA in order to increase the awareness of Careers in Student Affairs month during October. The team posed three questions as part of the contest and received some great responses. The Staff Development team reviewed all 26 entries and, after much deliberation, identified 6 winning answers. Congratulations to both the winners and everyone who took the time to submit their entry!

Question & Winners:
1. If you could be Vice President of Student Affairs at UTSA for one day/week, what would you do with the opportunity?

1st Place: Michelle Rench, Enrollment Services Center
2nd Place: Nickolaus Cioci, Inclusion & Community Engagement Center

2. What do you think is most rewarding about your career in Student Affairs at UTSA?

1st Place: Kelsey Bratcher, Student Activities
2nd Place: John Montoya, Student Activities

3. Which UTSA Student Affairs Professional Development opportunity (Education Workshop, Student Affairs Orientation, True Colors, Four C’s, Spring Conference, etc.) has benefitted you most and why?

1st Place: Sally Bench, Registrar’s Office
2nd Place: Carol J Lee, Student Activities

Honorable mention: Mark Macias, Student Health Services

Individual Responses...

(Jan. 5, 2011)--Offices across the UTSA Division of Student Affairs were joined this holiday season by the UTSA Ambassadors, women's basketball team members and Campus Living Villages in adopting 25 families and four seniors, totaling 134 individuals, through the Family Service Association Adopt-a-Family program.

Sixteen volunteers and 10 packed cars and trucks delivered gifts to The Neighborhood Place on Dec. 15......

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(Jan. 12, 2011)--UTSA students, faculty and staff are invited to enter a naming contest for the University Center Retail Center, which will move this semester next to the Rios Golden Cut salon on the UC paseo on the Main Campus.

The UC Retail Center is known primarily for selling discounted PARSCORE and SCANTRON test products, blue books, pens and pencils.......

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(Jan. 11, 2011)--UTSA faculty and staff members are invited to take an online survey about the university and the Roadrunners football team.

Participation in the survey is voluntary. Participants can decline to answer any question and can withdraw from participation at any time.......

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