HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: July 2024

Hello from the Honors College! In partnership with Academic Advising, we are sending a monthly Honors College Communique on the Advising listserv, in which we will send short updates about:       

1. Honors opportunities open to all students     

2. A highlighted benefit of being an Honors College member     

3. A student highlight from your advising areas     

4. Contacts within Honors for more information     

Honors News: 

New Program Alert! The Honors Strategist Program is open to ALL UNDERGRADUATE UTSA students. 

Honors Strategist Program - Come apply what you know and learn even more in this paid, applied research opportunity through the Honors College, ACOB, and the Najim Center. Over 8 weeks, you will delve into what it means to have safe housing for multifamily (often apartment) communities, and you will work in teams to come up with a solution to one of its most pressing problems. Deadline to apply is August 19th, 2024. More information and application can be found here. 

Honors Academics: 

Honors Courses – here's some helpful information regarding the required Honors courses. Questions? Contact the Honors Counselors at honors.advising@utsa.edu.  

HON 1000 – required in the first semester of joining Honors. This is an 8-week, online, asynchronous course. It’s the student’s introduction to Honors and the Honors curriculum. Students have the opportunity to explore options for experiences and chart their path in Honors. 

HON 2301 – can be taken any time it best fits the schedule. This is an 8-week, online, asynchronous course. It’s a course that covers civic engagement, along with the ethos & philosophy of doing volunteer work. *Note, new option for Fall 2024! We are allowing students to take HIS 4603 Migration, Democracy, and the American Experience and PAD 2073 Foundations of Civic Engagement.  

CSH 1213 (Honors)– can be taken any time it best fits the schedule. This course counts in the core curriculum and is offered in the fall and spring semesters. This course is a global/cultural course, and topics vary each semester. *Note, new option the Fall 2024! First and second year students can take special sections of CHN 1014 and RUS 1014.  

WRC 1023 (Honors) - students only need to take the Honors section if they have not come in with the course completed upon entering Honors.  

AIS – Honors students are not required* to take an Honors AIS, but can do so if they want to. Honors AIS courses count towards the core requirement and as their first experience in Honors! *Note, students in COS Honors, APPEX, and ESTEEMED are required to take a special section of Honors AIS. Restricted sections of AIS are:  

· AIS 1203.H5H and H6H Ph.D the Other Dr. (these are for COSH, APPEX, ESTEEMED students) 

· AIS 1203.028 with S. Kelly (this section is for COLFA FIG students) 

Honors Opportunities for All Students: 

Honors courses available for non-Honors students! Do you have a new or current student who is looking for courses to round out their schedule? We have some GREAT Honors courses they can take. Non-Honors students can request to take Honors courses by submitting this request form (link), and course descriptions are on our website (link).   

WRC Courses

· WRC 4123.001, CRN 19262, Cook. Eat. Write. Repeat, R 10am-12:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: D. Abdo.  

· WRC 4123.003, CRN 26265, Growing Our Own, W 10am-12:45pm, mix of in-person and online. Instructor: L. Ratcliffe.   

ANT Courses

· ANT 4953.001, CRN 24298, Fantastic Maps, TR 1pm-2:15pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: J. Halvaksz.     

· ANT 4953.002, CRN 26621, US Labor: Cultural Meaning of Work, W 6pm-8:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: T. Schwegler.  

HON Courses

· HON 3233.014, CRN 26221, Fantastic Maps, TR 1pm-2:15pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: J. Halvaksz.    

· HON 3233.017, CRN 26226, Creative Paranormal, W 1:00pm- 3:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: J. Santos.    

· HON 3403.002, CRN 26094, US Labor: Cultural Meaning of Work, W 6pm-8:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: T. Schwegler.    

· HON 3223.003, CRN 26434, Power, Identity, and Naming, R 2:30pm-3:45pm, mix of in-person and online. Instructor: C. Sue.    

· HON 3233.010, CRN 24060, Peace and Justice, MW 11:30am-12:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: M. Webb. (Email Instructor for permission to enroll: Mel.Webb@utsa.edu)   

· HON 3253.003, CRN 16776, Paradox, Paradigm Shift, and Revolutions in Science, MWF 11am-11:50am, traditional in-person. Instructor: C. Witt.     

More Courses

· STA 4803.001, CRN 25992, Statistical Quality Control, TR 4pm-5:15pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: D. Han.   

· ES 4953.002, CRN 26353, Growing Our Own, W 10am-12:45pm, mix of in-person and online. Instructor: L. Ratcliffe.    

· GES 4953.002, CRN 26664, Growing Our Own, W 10am-12:45pm, mix of in-person and online. Instructor: L. Ratcliffe.    

· ENG 4033.002, CRN 26356, Literary Modes and Genres, W 1:00pm- 3:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: J. Santos.    

· SOC 4853.003, CRN 26434, Power, Identity, and Naming, R 2:30pm-3:45pm, mix of in-person and online. Instructor: C. Sue.    

· HTH 3663.002, CRN 25320, Program Planning & Evaluation, asynchronous, online only. Instructor: S. Wilmoth.  

· CSH 1213.07H, CRN 26166, Topics in World Cultures: Philosophy of the Americas, W 6pm-8:45pm, traditional in-person. Instructor: A. Welchman. (Email Instructor for permission to enroll: Alistair.Welchman@utsa.edu) 

Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members: 

Costa Rica Bound! This summer, the Honors College will travel to Rancho Margot, where students spend one week at an off-the-grid farm learning about ecology, sustainability, and mindfulness. This trip is tied to a fall Honors course, where students put into practice the activities they engaged in, in Costa Rica with San Antonio community entities (such as local community gardens, learning about watershed processes at Confluence Park, and much more!). This program is open to any major and includes spaces for our first-year students who are just starting their time at UTSA. The program counts as an Engaged Living experience in the Honors curriculum. Learn more about the program on our website. 

Program Highlight: Citymester

The UTSA Citymester Program is a student engagement initiative developed by the Honors College. Through Citymester, UTSA and community partners work together to educate our future leaders using internships, service-learning projects, and networking opportunities. The program provides selected students a summer of engaged learning outside the classroom. Students will work with non-profits, businesses, and other agencies in San Antonio to gain valuable career skills to supplement their UTSA education. This program is open to ALL UTSA students.

Check out the Summer 2024 cohort: 

· 27 Students: 9 freshmen, 6 sophomores, 8 juniors, 4 seniors 

· Majors:  

o COS: BIO, BCH, ES, PHY 

o ACOB: ACC, BUSA, CYS, MGT, MKT,  

o KCEID: ARC, CE, ME 

o COLFA: MHU, MLA, POL 

o HCAP: PSY, PUH 

· Internship Sites: 

o BEAT, LLC 

o Frozen Beverage Distributors Partnership, LP 

o Family Violence Protection Services 

o Intercultural Talent 

o Mission Crafts Chandlery 

o Patel Pain Management, LLC 

o Real Estate and Property Management 

o SA Sports and Social Club 

o SA Chamber of Commerce 

o San Pedro Clubhouse 

o SBDCNet 

o UTSA: 

§ Dr. Combs’s Hypersonics Lab 

§ Dr. Gervais Public Opinion Lab 

§ Dr. Ghannoum Civil Engineering Lab 

§ Dr. Jeffrey Hutchinson’s Lab 

§ Dr. Kaur UTHSCSA School of Dentistry 

§ Dr. Timothy Richards’s Artificial Intelligence Lab 

§ English Language Center 

§ National Security Collaboration Center 

§ Nutrition Department 

§ University Tech Solutions 

· Service Placements: 

o Family Service 

o Family Violence Prevention Services 

o Kinetic Kids 

o Plaza de Paz 

o Special Reach 

o Texas Diaper Bank 

o Witte Museum 

· City Sites (local entities the cohort visits) 

o The Good Hood 

o Visit with President Eighmy 

o William Museum – Juneteenth Coalition speaker 

o VIA 

o Leon Valley City Hall Council Chambers 

o Confluence Park, San Antonio River Foundation speaker 

o Southtown, Gimme Gimme, South Alamo Corridor 

o The Alamo 

o Haven for Hope 

Best Regards,     

Alegra Lozano, Director of Counseling, Honors College, alegra.lozano@utsa.edu

Hector Aguilar, Associate Dean, Honors College, hector.aguilar@utsa.edu

Honors email: honors@utsa.edu

Honors advising email: honors.advising@utsa.edu

Honors website: https://honors.utsa.edu/

Honors Experiential Learning Lab: https://honors.utsa.edu/academics/experiential-learning-lab.html