By Jana Schwartz
Graduate Assistant, Student Leadership Center

(Dec. 13, 2011) -- The UTSA Student Leadership Center announces Martha Wright is Roadrunner of the Month for November 2011. She was nominated by Afamia El-Nakat, research associate professor in the College of Engineering.

Wright is from Encinitas, Calif., where she graduated from La Costa Canyon High School. She is a senior studying environmental science. With her degree in hand, she hopes to continue her research on sustainable energy and clean water. Additionally, she would like to continue with her education and pursue a master's degree.

As an active member of the Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute, a resident assistant and the secretary of the UTSA Honors Alliance, Wright is an excellent example of leadership at UTSA...

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SAN ANTONIO — Former UTSA men’s basketball player Devin Gibson has received an invitation to the San Antonio Spurs 2011 Training Camp, which gets underway Friday at the Spurs Practice Facility.

The Houston native helped guide the Roadrunners to a 20-14 record — the program’s first 20-win season in 19 years — and to the Southland Conference Tournament Championship in his final season in 2010-11. UTSA earned the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament and defeated Alabama State, 70-61, at the NCAA First Four for the school’s first-ever NCAA postseason victory in any sport.

One of two players in NCAA Division I to post two triple-doubles last year, Gibson ended his collegiate career as the Southland’s all-time career steals leader (323) and finished third as the third-leading scorer in school history with 1,681 points behind former Spurs guard Devin Brown (1,922) and Derrick Gervin (1,691). He also established career records for games played (119), starts (111), free throws (643) and assists (549). Gibson made a school-record 232 free throws as a senior and finished second in assists (183) and third in steals (91) on the single-season charts.

Gibson received first-team All-Southland honors after leading the league in assists (5.4), steals (2.7) and minutes played (35.0) and ranking fourth in scoring (17.0). He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 2011 State Farm Southland Conference Basketball Tournament after leading No. 7 seed UTSA to upsets of the top three seeds en route to its first title since 2004. He also was tabbed first-team All-District 23 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and he repeated as Southland Men's Basketball Student-Athlete of the Year.

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Twenty offices across the Division of Student Affairs were joined by UTSA Ambassadors, Honors Alliance, the Sports Medicine Society, and Alpha Omicron Pi in adopting 21 families and 14 seniors, totaling 134 individuals, through the Family Service Association Adopt-a-Family program this holiday season.

Thirteen volunteers and ten packed cars and trucks delivered gifts to The Neighborhood Place on December 14th. The Family Service Association coordinated the adoption of 750 families in our community this year. Families are carefully selected for the program. Most of the selected families are very low income and many of the families have experienced job loss, death in the family, or medical emergencies this year.

This is the fourth year of UTSA Student Affairs participation in the program and each office and organization puts its own tradition into the service project. In some offices, each staff member adopted one family member and shopped for the needs and wants of that individual. Other groups have a gift wrapping party as a part of their holiday celebration, and many offices donate canned goods and gently used clothing in addition to new gifts. “Participating in the Adopt-a-Family program at UTSA each year reminds us all how lucky we are to work at an institution that values giving back to the community” said John Kaulfus, Associate Dean of Students. “The time I spend picking out gifts for my family members helps me to remember the real reason for the holidays….giving thanks for my many blessing and giving to others.”

To receive a monthly email with service opportunities please email engaged@utsa.edu, or visit www.utsa.edu/ice/vs to learn more about UTSA’s volunteer efforts. For more information about the Family Service Association and the Adopt-a-Family program visit http://family-service.org.

The Student Leadership Center is extremely proud to announce that six students who attended the 2011 Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference (SBSLC) have been accepted this year as part of the 2012 SBSLC Advanced Leadership Institute. It is such an honor to have six UTSA students chosen to participate in such a selective and prestigious leadership institute.

The Southwestern Black Student Leadership Conference is now in its 24th year as a student created and student ran leadership conference focused on developing and strengthening leaders at all levels. In 1999, The Advanced Leadership Institute (ALI) was developed to provide seasoned leaders with a more in depth leadership experience that will prepare them to be transformational leaders on their campus and community.

For the first time, UTSA students were offered the opportunity to apply to be a part of ALI. The six selected students submitted well-written, focused, and truly moving answers to why they should participate in the institute. The students selected to attend ALI 2012 are: Torrie Jackson, Kiara Gradney, Samantha Staton, Stephanie Agboola, Oluwaseun Adeyinka, and LaKendria Ellis.

When asked why they wanted to be included in the institute, they shared the following statements:

“SBSLC touches various goals in my life and being granted the opportunity to participate will allow me to immerse myself even more into the interactive workshops and truly bring back ideas to my chapter and to my campus as a whole.” – Torrie Jackson

“This year, if I am selected to attend, I want to enhance my skills of leadership and broaden my network so that UTSA can benefit from having great leaders on its campus, and also benefit by having insightful presenters that are willing to come to UTSA and help us change our campus community.” – Kiara Gradney

“If given the opportunity to attend, I will fully take advantage of the learning and networking skills. I am excited and honored to have this conference offered to UTSA students and looking forward to building my strengths and experiences.” – Samantha Staton
“In being able to attend, I would take it as an honor and privilege being as I was able to apply many of the strategies and character building skills learned last year to my life and organization. I learned so much from the conference that I counted it as nothing short of a blessing and I know ALI will be even greater.” - Stephanie Agboola

“The wisdom I obtained from last year’s conference can be further used and developed now that I have the foundations of what is expected and required to become a strong leading force.” – Oluwaseun Adeyinka

“I am ready to start and prepare for my future, I believe this will be a great step in helping me prepare for the world I am about to approach.” – LaKendria Ellis

Congratulations to a very deserving group of student leaders. The Student Leadership Center could not be more proud to have you representing UTSA.

Each year the Student Affairs Conference is a success thanks in large part to the willingness of staff to share their expertise with each other. Do you have topic that you’d like to share with your fellow Student Affairs staff? Topics could range for new research to leadership to customer service to student engagement and much, much more. Submit a proposal today to the Staff Development Team to be considered as a presenter at our 2012 Conference: New Traditions, New Successes! Submit the application online from the PDF on our Staff Development Team’s website.

The deadline to submit a proposal is January 17, 2012.

The date for the mandatory Student Affairs Orientation is quickly approaching. The date is Wednesday, February 8 from 8:30am-12pm in the UC Denman. This is an excellent program to orient your newly hired staff to our division. The Staff Development Team will be contacting directors regarding staff attendance soon. For questions regarding this event, you can email staffdevelopment@utsa.edu or contact either Erika Cox or Keri Shiplet.

Otis L. Scott, Jr. known to many as “Scotty” is the new Career Counselor for the Engineering Department, where he will be working with students to help them in determining their career path. Prior to joining UCC, he was the Manager for CPS Energy’s Diversity and Institutional Alliance program. He worked in various Human Resource positions while at CPS Energy, from recruiting to HR Manager, for 12 years. He had a brief career with CARMAX in Houston and helped open the San Antonio Superstore that is currently located on IH-10. Prior to this, he served our country in the U.S. Air Force for 24 years. Starting out in Security Force and working his way up to become the Superintendent for Advanced and Basic Courses at the Security Force Academy, Lackland Air Force Base. His knowledge and expertise resulted in him becoming a Counterintelligence Specialist and Superintendent with the On-Site Inspection Agency. This agency was responsible for enforcement of treaty requirements with signatory countries involving nuclear, biological and chemical weapons destruction. Promoted to Chief Master Sergeant, he was selected as the Command Senior Enlisted Advisor for the Air Force District of Washington. In this role he advised and oversaw issues dealing with quality of life and professional development of the enlisted force. He completed his BA with honors from National Louis University and his MA with Webster University, majoring in Human Resource Development and Management. His goal is to provide exceptional service in helping others on their career path and ultimately making them good corporate citizens for our country -- through guidance, mentorship and instilling the values of UTSA.

The Office of Orientation and Family Programs invites you to promote your department or office in the 2012 Roadrunner Planner. The Roadrunner Planner is a customized UTSA monthly/daily planner that is distributed to all incoming freshmen, and transfer students during Roadrunner Roundup New Student Orientation.

Similar to the Yellow Pages concept of white and yellow pages, the Roadrunner Planner has the Blue and Orange Pages. All UTSA student organizations, departments and student organizations will be featured in the Blue pages section while the Orange Pages will display business listings for participating local business within a twenty mile radius of UTSA. And yes, the pages will actually be BLUE and ORANGE!

This is a great opportunity to reach new incoming students at a reasonable price! Along with this, Orientation and Family Programs has other opportunities for donorship, please take a moment to review all the attachments to find one option that meets your needs!

Requests will be processed on a first-come, first-serve basis, and will only be processed when the following has been completed:
· Request form has been filled out completely and correctly
· Completed request form is emailed to Mary Vadillo at mary.vadillo@utsa.edu
· Forms that are not complete and/or are sent to any other e-mail address will not be accepted
· Deadline for submitting request forms: Noon on December 19, 2011.

Artwork:
· All Artwork must be emailed to Diana Hernandez at diana.hernandez@utsa.edu
· Deadline to submit artwork is Noon on January 10, 2012
· All Artwork must be created and sent using either Microsoft Word, Microsoft Publisher, or JPEG file
· All Artwork must be the correct size and camera ready
· All Artwork should be one-color (black).

If you have any questions about this opportunity, please feel free to contact Mary.Vadillo@utsa.edu or ReShanda.Bridges@utsa.edu at (210) 458-4724. Thank you in advanced for your support!

For questions, contact the University Career Center at 210-458-4589.

2012 Planner Donorship Request Form (Internal)
2012 Planner Options and Prices
2012 Planner Art Dimensions guide

After serving the UTSA community for 23 years, Carol “C.J.” Lee will be retiring as of December 30, 2011.

She began her career in 1988 with the “Center for Economic Development” (now the Institute for Economic Development) when it was located at Hemisphere Park in Downtown San Antonio. She then took an administrative position with Extended Education working for Dr. Jude Valdez. Since 2000, she has been working in the Office of Student Activities at the Downtown Campus. During her tenure at UTSA, C.J. served on Staff Council, the Downtown Holiday Luncheon Committee and State Board Member of the Texas Association for Black Personnel in Higher Education (TABPHE). She is an active volunteer in the San Antonio community and has achieved both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Social Work from Almeda University.

Reflecting on the past 23 years, C.J. stated, “My time at UTSA has been fun, exciting, fruitful, inspirational, and exhausting. I would not change the experience I have had one iota. The rough times have made me strong and the fun times have been great. I have learned so much about life, people and myself. This retirement comes after a long, hard decision. I have to follow my heart and unction from the Lord. UTSA will always be a part of my life and I will not forget the wonderful, loving people that I have met here. Thank you UTSA for being another part of my family.”

In appreciation for all of her time and dedication there will be a reception held on Thursday, December 15, 2011 at the Downtown Campus from 12:00pm to 2:00pm in the Student Activities Center – Durango Building (DB 1.116).

STEM Fair (Science, Technology, Engineering & Math)
Thursday, February 9th
9:00AM-12:00PM
UC Ballroom

All Majors Career Fair
Thursday, February 9th
1:30PM-4:30PM
UC Ballroom

Liberal and Fine Arts Fair (COLFA)
Tuesday, March 27th
9:00AM-12:00PM
UC Ballroom

Educator Career Fair
Thursday, April 5th
8:30AM-11:30AM
Convocation Center

For questions, contact the University Career Center at 210-458-4589.

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