SEPTEMBER 6, 2024 — Editor’s note: The following message was sent via email from President Taylor Eighmy, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Heather Shipley and Interim Vice President for Business Affairs Mary Hernandez to all faculty, staff and students.
UTSA is an institution dedicated to creating a dynamic campus experience focused on dialogue and discovery. Today, we write to you to confirm our shared commitment to civil discourse through peaceful assembly and free expression while simultaneously prioritizing campus safety.
Creating a community actively engaged in civil discourse is part of our mission to prepare our students to thrive in this complex world. While we embrace free speech and expression, we want to remind you that our campus policies and procedures state we will not tolerate disruption, harassment, vandalism, building occupation, encampments or violent protests on our campuses.
Together, we have navigated many complex issues, and we are confident that our community will continue to engage in open discourse with civility and respect. In that spirit, we encourage you to engage with the various programs and initiatives we’re continuing to build to help inform our community.
You may have already read about the Honors College’s pilot educational programs that focus on methods to advance civil discourse and civic engagement, and you’ll learn more about those offerings in the weeks to come. We also recently announced the new Center for Dialogue & Deliberation (CDD) to equip students with the needed skills to discuss difficult topics and learn how to constructively disagree.
As we work to create even more educational opportunities for our students and the campus community at large, we encourage you to stay informed and engaged. We look forward to sharing more as the semester unfolds.
Thank you, as always, for all you do to support our Roadrunners.
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In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to setup an EndNote library, save references and PDFs, and automatically create and edit a bibliography. Attendees are encouraged, but not required, to have EndNote already installed on a personal computer.
Virtual EventJoin this annual community celebration of Mexico’s independence sponsored by the Avenida Guadalupe Association. UTSA’s Westside Community Center—located at the parade’s starting location at Guadalupe and Brazos Streets—will be open to visitors for the duration of the event.
UTSA Westside Community Center, 1310 Guadalupe St, San Antonio, TX 78207Don’t mind the writing but hate formatting citations and bibliographies? Working on your thesis or dissertation, or even a long paper this semester? Citation managers such as Zotero® can help you store and organize the citations you find during your research. Take part in this session about using Zotero®.
Virtual EventDid you know the library offers much more than books and study spaces? Our librarians can also support your research and publishing and strengthen your instruction. Join us for a one-hour workshop about all that UTSA Libraries offers.
Virtual EventAre you interested in learning more about incorporating digital methods into your research? This workshop will introduce you to approaches and tools that can help support your research. Through hands-on activities, you will learn about text analysis and digital mapping and how these methods can enrich your projects.
Group Spot B, 2.01.22, John Peace LibraryLearn to use the simple but powerful features of EndNote®, a citation management tool. In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn to setup an EndNote library, save references and PDFs, and automatically create and edit a bibliography.
Virtual EventAproduction of the Gudalupe Cultural Arts Center, Rio Bravo showcases the vibrant music and dance traditions of the Texas-Mexico border region. Featuring the Guadalupe Dance Company and Mariachi Azteca de América, the performances will be filmed live both nights, courtesy of UTSA's College of Liberal and Fine Arts.
UTSA Downtown CampusThe University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world.
To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment.
We encourage an environment of dialogue and discovery, where integrity, excellence, inclusiveness, respect, collaboration and innovation are fostered.
UTSA is a proud Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) as designated by the U.S. Department of Education .
The University of Texas at San Antonio, a Hispanic Serving Institution situated in a global city that has been a crossroads of peoples and cultures for centuries, values diversity and inclusion in all aspects of university life. As an institution expressly founded to advance the education of Mexican Americans and other underserved communities, our university is committed to promoting access for all. UTSA, a premier public research university, fosters academic excellence through a community of dialogue, discovery and innovation that embraces the uniqueness of each voice.
