Spirit of the Roadrunner Candidates
Each Spirit of the Roadrunner candidate has a platform for how they intend to impact the university and the student experience here at UTSA. Read about each candidate’s platform, in their own words.
Voting for Spirits of the Roadrunner will be on RowdyLink from Tuesday, October 15 at 12:00 PM to Thursday, October 17 at 12:00 PM.
The 2024-2025 Spirits of the Roadrunner will be announced at the UTSA Football Game at Halftime on Saturday, October 19.
Candidates and Platforms
Alessandro Espinosa
‘Better Together’ focuses on connecting UTSA students with the greater San Antonio community. In collaboration with nonprofits, community-based startups, and local governing bodies, the university would provide a platform for external organizations to discuss their missions, along with opportunities for students to engage in their operations: either by working/volunteering or attending their events.
Beyoncé Garza
The "I Am UTSA" platform emphasizes each person's unique identity and sense of pride in their contribution to the vitality and spirit of the UTSA community. By presenting a variety of identities, experiences, and lesser-known student organizations that add character to UTSA, it hopes to promote a stronger feeling of community and solidarity among students. This promotes others to share their backgrounds and experiences that showcase the diverse students that make the UTSA community.
Ireland Robinson
“Through my platform, Celebrate and Elevate the Arts, I provide students with opportunities to engage in creative expression and community-building that enrich their personal and professional lives.
Celebrate and Elevate the Arts will offer a variety of ways for students to make an impact on campus. Students can get involved in showcasing talent through film screenings and art exhibitions, live performances with acting and music, collaborating with arts organizations, bridging connections with local schools, promoting cultural awareness, and supporting artistic development for all ages and majors.
This initiative will enhance our university’s cultural landscape, encouraging collaboration and creativity, and allowing students to connect their passions with the community. By actively participating in these opportunities, students will foster a vibrant campus environment that celebrates diversity and strengthens school spirit.
Russel (Russ) Ogbor
My platform "“Roaming New Frontiers” is set to aid in UTSA's master plan to develop downtown campus with infrastructures such as San Pedro I & II. Downtown already hosts the colleges of architecture, data science, criminal justice, etc. Over the next 10 years, more programs will be headed out of downtown including cyber/ai, business, and education. With this incoming influx of students experience their degree plan downtown, I want to create a platform to build awareness to this section of campus as it’s ever expanding.
