By Kyle Stephens Assistant Athletics Director for Communications

(Oct. 7, 2011) -- UTSA head football coach Larry Coker is up for the 2011 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year Award.

Coker, who has built the Roadrunners program from the ground up over the last two years, is seventh in the voting at the Division I -- Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level with more than 900 votes.

Fans can vote once per day at the Coach of the Year website by searching for Larry Coker and submitting the form. For more information, visit the Coach of the Year website.

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UTSA Student Affairs Awards and Recognition Team will be hosting a discussion panel that is geared towards undergraduate students interested in a career in Student Affairs. Facilitated by Dr. Gage E. Paine, Vice President of Student Affairs, students will have the opportunity to hear stories from UTSA’s Student Affairs Professionals as it relates to their personal journeys within the field. No RSVP is required for students to attend this event. For all questions regarding this event, please contact Pesha Mabrie, at 210-458-5879 or Pesha.Mabrie@utsa.edu.

Join us for the Fall 2011
Discussion Panel: Making Student Affairs a Career
October 27, 2011
3:00pm-5:00pm
UTSA Main Campus
The University Center – Phase III
Bexar Room (UC 1.102)

-No RSVP Required-


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The UTSA Office of Student Activities, the student organization Be A Responsible Roadrunner (BARR) and other UTSA departments will sponsor a series of events Oct. 24-29 in observance of National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week.

On more than 1,000 campuses across the country, college and university students will join with their peers to raise awareness of the personal responsibility involved in consuming beverages with alcohol.

There will be a variety of programs and events for students, faculty and staff including:
• Happy Hour Comedy Tour with Bernie McGrenahan on Monday, October 24 at 6:00 p.m. in the University Center Ballroom. “Happy Hour” opens with a hysterical comedy show then segues into his experience with alcohol. He encourages students to avoid excessive consumption, motivating them to follow a more healthy and productive way of life. He also acknowledges most students of legal drinking age do consume alcohol moderately and responsibly. This event is made possible by UTSA Athletics, Be A Responsible Roadrunner and Student Activities.

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• The traditional Campus Crawl is Thursday, October 27 with stops across three campus housing properties. Campus Crawl is a student designed and executed program that provides students a creative events that inform them about the risks and responsibilities associated with alcohol. Participants will learn about alcohol poisoning, dangers of drinking games, how easily you can be drugged at a club, how to intervene in a situation, and where you can find assistance on campus.

Campus Crawl Schedule:
7:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. University Oaks Basketball Courts
8:15 p.m. – 9:15 p.m. Chaparral Village Neighborhood Centers
9:30 p.m. – 10:30 p.m. Chisholm Hall Activity Center
10:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m. Campus Crawl Late Night Breakfast

Campus Crawl is made possible by the Resident Assistants and Staff at University Oaks, Laurel Village, Chaparral Village, and Chisholm Hall; Be A Responsible Roadrunner; UTSA Athletics; Student Conduct and Community Standards; Student Activities and UTSA Crime Prevention.

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• Roadrunners Late Night will feature Dueling Pianos on Saturday, October 29 from 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m. in the UC Ballroom. Participants will test the knowledge and skill of two pianists as they submit song requests from Elvis to Lady Gaga to encourage the piano battle. Entertainment for Roadrunners Late Night is sponsored by Campus Activities Board.

For more information about the events, please contact the Office of Student Activities at 210-458-4160, email barr@utsa.edu or visit www.utsa.edu/sa/so and log in to Collegiate Link.

(Oct. 18, 2011) -- The UTSA Bank of America Child and Adolescent Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) ACCESS Center is hosting a luggage drive to benefit San Antonio foster youths. Luggage can be donated through Oct. 21.

With more than 4,000 youths in the Bexar County foster-care system, the young people often are moved from one home to another carrying their belongings in trash bags. This is embarrassing and yet another reminder of how little they have. Through the luggage drive, the goal is to help foster youths make these transitions with dignity...

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Do you want FREE MONEY for school? Attend this FREE event to learn how to apply and compete for scholarships!

Attend Various Sessions:
· Information Fair: Visit with many colleges and universities, as well as UTSA departments
· Scholarship Expert Panel: Scholarship experts will provide institutional and miscellaneous scholarship information
· Essay Writing Tips: Learn how to improve your essays!
· Financial Aid Information: Informational session for parents and family members


When?
Saturday, October 22nd, from 8:00 am-12:00 pm

Where?
UTSA Downtown Campus Buena Vista Street Building, Theater, 1.326

Attend Various Sessions:
· Information Fair attended by many colleges, universities, and organizations
· Panel Discussion regarding scholarship applications
· Essay Writing Tips Session for students
· Financial Aid Information Session for parents and family members

Please RSVP:
www.utsa.edu/financialaid

Table manners and dining etiquette play an important part of making a favorable impression and are often essential for professional success. Our students often do not understand the basics of dining out, let alone fine dining. The University Career Center will host a Dining Etiquette Dinner on Wednesday, October 26th in the Denman Room (UC 2.01.28) to provide an opportunity for our students to learn the art of fine dining and to understand and appreciate the protocol of business etiquette. To assist as table hosts for the event, we have invited employers to participate in this professional and educational function for students.

The event will start off with a Networking Reception from 5:30 – 6:00 pm and continue on to the Dinner & Program 6:00 – 8:00 pm. There is a $15 registration fee per person and students can register online at RowdyJobs. Business professional dress is required for the event and will be enforced at the door. For questions about the event, please contact the University Career Center at 210.458.4589 or stop by the office at UC 2.02.04.

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The UTSA Family Association awarded $500 scholarships to four, first-semester students during the first week of October. Bernard Hurte, Theresa Trevino, Shelby Miranda, and Destiny Santillan were recognized for this honor by Vice President of Student Affairs Dr. Gage Paine and the Orientation and Family Programs office. In their application essays, the students discussed their commitment to contribute to UTSA and the San Antonio community by taking advantage of the opportunities available at UTSA, from VOICES (Volunteer Organization Involving Community Education & Service) to Air Force ROTC. The Family Association looks forward to supporting these students as they step into leadership roles across campus.

SAN ANTONIO — The UTSA football program’s inaugural season is featured on the cover of the new AT&T Real Yellow Pages directories serving the greater San Antonio area. The cover photograph is from UTSA’s season opener, a 31-3 victory against Northeastern State at the Alamodome.

More than 1.3 million copies of the directory have been produced for distribution in the area this year. Directory delivery is underway and continues for about five weeks. The directory also will be available to new residents and businesses throughout the year.

“This has been a very special season for the UTSA Roadrunners that was years in the making,” AT&T Advertising Solutions area marketing manager Roland Rodriguez, said. “Featuring San Antonio’s first Division I football program on the cover of the new AT&T Real Yellow Pages is a great way to commemorate something extremely special for our city

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The UTSA Student Leadership Center announces Xavier Johnson as Roadrunner of the Month for September 2011. Xavier was nominated by John Montoya, Assistant Director of Student Activities and SGA.

Xavier is from Austin, Texas where he graduated from Lake Travis High School. He is currently a junior studying Sociology at UTSA. With his degree, Xavier would love to become an entertainment lawyer and represent artists, musicians, actors, and actresses.

As the President of the Student Government Association, Xavier has been an excellent example of leadership at UTSA. At the Fall Convocation Xavier addressed the freshman class by talking to them about community, leadership, scholarship and integrity. According to John Montoya, “Xavier exemplifies leadership on campus by being a leader who recognizes that his job is to serve his constituents”. While at Roadrunner Camp he encouraged the incoming freshman to get involved and provide him with feedback in order to enhance their UTSA experience.

When asked what leadership meant to him, Xavier stated, “Leadership means helping others selflessly and wholeheartedly. Leadership means taking initiative and motivating others to do so as well”.

The Roadrunner of the Month award is sponsored by the Student Leadership Center to recognize outstanding UTSA student leadership contributions.

Nominees must meet these criteria to be considered for the award:
• Must be a full-time UTSA undergraduate or graduate student
• Must have a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher at the time of nomination
• Must have demonstrated excellence in leadership above and beyond typical expectations
• Nominations should be for actions that positively impact the UTSA community

Submit nominations at the UTSA Student Leadership Center Website. www.utsa.edu/slc/

On behalf of the entire Orientation and Family Programs’ office, we would like to extend a BIG thank you to everyone that helped make R.O.W.D.Y.S. Camp 2011 possible (Oct 14-16)! Because of YOU, 36 roadrunners had the opportunity to attend camp and evaluate their current transition strategy to UTSA through StrengthsQuest lead sessions. As a result of the camp experience participants identified their personal barriers to academic and social success, increased their awareness of successful strategies to overcome barriers and developed an action plan for their future academic and social success at UTSA. It’s certain that all our students left with a new network of friends and UTSA mentors. Once again, thank you!

Special Thanks to:

USAA
ROWDYS Camp 2011 Sponsor

Nominators
Thank you for taking the time to nominate your students

The Development Office

UTSA Staff & Camp Facilitators
Edwin J. Barea-Rodriguez, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Biology
Keynote Speaker: StrengthsQuest

Dionne Davila, Career Counselor, University Carrer Center - Downtown
Session: Strengths Defined
Lisa Alonzo, Director, Orientation & Family Programs
Session: Using Your Strengths (Academics)

Diana Howard, Academic Advisor III, Honors College
Session: Using Your Strengths (Personal / Social)

Arianna Garcia, Graduate Intern – ROWDYS Camp, Orientation & Family Programs
Session: Putting Your Strengths to Use (co-facilitated)

Jackie Heiman, Program Coordinator / ROWDYS Camp Coordinator, Orientation & Family Programs
Session: Putting Your Strengths to Use (co-facilitated)

Student Leaders
Camp Team Leaders
Jose Cordova, Student Coordinator, Orientation & Family Programs
Black Team

Diana Hernandez, Student Coordinator, Orientation & Family Programs
White Team

Venus Mendoza, Student Coordinator – ROWDYS Camp, Orientation & Family Programs
Blue Team

Porscha Presely, Student Coordinator, Orientation & Family Programs
Orange Team

Camp Student Leaders
Chrisshun Jamerson, Returning OL & Team Leader
Norma Gonzalez, Returning OL
Brian Mannas, Returning OL
Kendra Pittman, Returning OL
Nick Townsend, Returning OL
Bryan Barahona, OL Alum
Dominique Smith, OL Alum & OFP Work-Study

T Bar M Camp – High Ropes Team

The entire Orientation & Family Programs team and Student Affairs support team

(Oct. 18, 2011) -- More than 250 UTSA students recently participated in a range of projects to help beautify the UTSA Main Campus. Called Extreme Makeover UTSA, projects included improving the garden at the Arts Building shuttle stop, painting handrails and doors near the John Peace Library, spreading mulch around trees and flower beds at the Chaparral Village and Laurel Village residence facilities, scraping up chewing gum near Sombrilla Plaza and picking up trash throughout the campus.

With plans to make it an annual effort, Extreme Makeover UTSA was a collaboration of the sponsored student organization VOICES (Volunteer Organization Involving Community Education and Service), the Inclusion and Community Engagement Center and the Office of Facilities...

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The Storytelling Series Luncheon is an event hosted by the Student Leadership Center each semester. The purpose of the luncheon is to bring together students, faculty and staff in a casual atmosphere where they can connect and share their leadership stories. Those that attend are given the opportunity to network through sharing leadership ideas, experiences and challenges. This semester the Student Leadership Center held a special version of the luncheon for women. This suggestion was brought to the Student Leadership Center by students that attended LeaderShape® in May 2011 and were greatly impacted by one of the guest speakers, Jelynne Burley.

The Women in Leadership Storytelling Series Luncheon was held on October 4, 2011 in the Bexar Room in the UC3. The luncheon provided an opportunity to share leadership stories and take knowledge back to each individual’s community. Those that attended discussed topics such as double standards for men and women in leadership, leadership skills possessed by women, why women don’t sit at the table, and how women can support each other in leadership.

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By Travis Jourdan
Member, The Movement

(Oct. 6, 2011) -- The Movement, a UTSA student organization, has partnered with Nike to promote sustainability and recycling of old tennis shoes. Movement member Michael Adames created the plan and worked diligently to secure the partnership with Nike.

The Movement and Nike hope to collect 500 used, unwanted athletic shoes to support a Nike recycling program. The shoes will be taken apart and re-used to create new surfaces for sport courts around the nation. Adames also worked with the UTSA Recreation Center to set up shoe collection bins at the facility.

Campus Rec and The Movement also will collect shoes at the fourth annual Rowdy Rec 5K Run on Oct. 23. UTSA community members are encouraged to register for the race and bring their old athletic shoes to recycle. The Movement will collect the shoes until late November.

For more information and to get involved in this and other initiatives, visit The Movement website or email TheMVMNT@hotmail.com.

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