APRIL 20, 2025 — There are just a few days left to share your ideas and help shape the future of UTSA Today, the university’s official news source, and Sombrilla Magazine, its flagship magazine. University Strategic Communications is planning enhancements to these communications channels to more powerfully reflect UTSA's rise in prominence.
UTSA students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the university community are invited to share their ideas for these channels via two readership surveys, open through 11:59 p.m. CT on Wednesday, April 23. The surveys will take 10-15 minutes to complete.
UTSA Today receives 1.1 million visits each year. In addition to serving as the newspaper of record for UTSA, this news channel advances UTSA’s reputation, memorializes its history and cultivates a sense of pride across the university. Stories focus on UTSA’s impactful teaching and learning, research and discovery, and community engagement.
Sombrilla Magazine, available in print and digital formats, is known for compelling storytelling that ties UTSA alumni and the greater Roadrunner community to the university. Its print issue is distributed without charge to 100,000 people each year.
“UTSA Today and Sombrilla Magazine are important communications channels in UTSA’s long-term strategy and vitality. They distinctively tell the university’s story, introducing so many to the students and alumni whose lives have been enriched by UTSA and to the innovators at the university who are defining their academic fields,” said Joe Izbrand, UTSA chief communications officer and associate vice president for strategic communications and external relations. “We encourage our readers and supporters of the university to join us in shaping the next generation of these impactful storytelling channels.”
To acknowledge participants for their time, UTSA will give away 2025 UTSA Fiesta medals to 100 people once the survey period ends. These winners will be randomly selected from a pool of survey respondents and individuals who enter the giveaway here.
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AlamodomeThe 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.
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