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Friday, November 20, 2009
UTSA students win research awards from American Society for Microbiology
Ann Reyes, Tricia Van Laar, Steve Rodriguez are honored at conference
Thursday, November 19, 2009
UTSA achieves 91-percent participation in state charitable campaign
UTSA faculty and staff donate more than $266K to 2009 SECC
Thursday, November 19, 2009
UTSA undergrads compete for $100K in prizes at technology competition
Competition challenges UTSA students to form a viable technology start-up
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Institute of Texan Cultures presents range of holiday activities, exhibits
Institute offers first holiday ornament, Dec. 5 Family Day, vintage nativity display
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
International students develop English speaking skills with UTSA program
Intensive English program is housed in bicultural-bilingual studies department
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
UTSA choirs, orchestra perform American masterworks by Copland, Bernstein
Concert is 3 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 22 in Arts Building Recital Hall, Main Campus
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Institute of Texan Cultures shares family's tradition with nativity display
Czech family's 1890s nativity scenes will be on display Nov. 21-Jan. 3
Friday, November 13, 2009
Rep. Ciro Rodriguez conducts roundtable with vets who are students, staff
Congressman encourages veterans to apply for federal education benefits
Friday, November 13, 2009
UTSA faculty endowments are the gifts that keep on giving
Gifts ranging from $250K to $2 million help recruit, retain researchers, artists
Thursday, November 12, 2009
Possible exposure to tuberculosis determined at UTSA Downtown Campus
UTSA students and staff needing testing have been notified
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
UTSA Satellite Space hosts painting and installation exhibits Nov. 5-22
Two M.F.A. candidates present colorful paintings, installation with clown theme
Monday, November 09, 2009
Director hired for new UTSA alternative and renewable energy institute
Les Shephard is energy expert recruited from Sandia National Laboratories
Friday, November 06, 2009
UTSA College of Business ranked nationally by BusinessWeek magazine
For second consecutive year, UTSA's part-time M.B.A. program is ranked
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Climbing to tier one: UTSA reports 34 percent increase in research spending
University increased research spending 97 percent over five years
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Pair of UTSA basketball games to be televised by Southland TV Network
UTSA men's Feb. 6 game and women's Feb. 13 game to be televised
Monday, November 02, 2009
Institute for Economic Development celebrates 30 years of growing business
Network of business expertise contributes to UTSA's community engagement mission
Professor Roxanne Henkin receives Halle Award for Outstanding Middle-Level Educator
Roxanne Henkin
Share this Story(Oct. 26, 2009)--Roxanne Henkin, professor of interdisciplinary learning and teaching in the UTSA College of Education and Human Development, is the recipient of the 2009 Halle Award for Outstanding Middle Level Educator by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE).
The Halle Award honors a junior high or middle-level educator who has worked to promote understanding of the developmental needs and characteristics of young adolescents, especially in English language arts. The award will be presented in November at the annual NCTE conference.
"I am honored to receive this award as a true recognition of the work I have done in the field of literacy," said Henkin.
A "middle-level educator" is defined as anyone who has worked to improve schools and schooling for the middle-level teacher, principal, university staff, curriculum specialist or supervisor.
The criteria for nominees are:
- Encouraging a spirit of inquiry and development of critical and creative thinking within the profession
- Showing evidence of exemplary professional involvement through workshops, association programs and projects and connecting the classroom with the community
- Fostering the development of literacy education and promoting research on the middle level student
Henkin, who joined UTSA in 2003, serves as co-editor of Voices from the Middle, which is published by NCTE. She directs the San Antonio Writing Project, which promotes writing to classroom teaches by sharing their expertise with other teachers in the community. Before joining UTSA, Henkin was a professor at National-Louis University in Chicago. She has spent 37 years in education, 18 of those years as a classroom teacher and curriculum instructor.
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