HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: JUNE 2022

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: 

Honors has been busy since March, onboarding our new first-time freshmen. To date, Honors has advised 300+ new freshmen, through special VIP tours & sessions, virtual meetings, and in-person sessions. We have met many wonderful students who are eager & excited to start their journey at UTSA!  

An Honors College student was one of three UTSA students to receive a Fulbright Award to travel in 2023! Forough Askarirad, was selected to travel to Bulgaria to participate in the English Teaching Assistant Program. Read article here. Have a student in mind you think might be a good candidate? Let us know! Learn more about Fulbright here. Dr. Drew Chapman is the Director of the UTSA Office of Nationally Competitive Awards & Fellowships, and is the contact for the Fulbright Student Program.

Honors Opportunities for All UTSA Students: 

Did you know non-Honors students can take Honors courses? It’s simple! Non-Honors students with 3.3 GPAs or higher are eligible; they fill out this form for each course. We enroll them and then confirm via email. Below are some of the super cool Fall 2022 courses. Please share this opportunity with any of your students that might be interested! 

CE 4953.002: Collaborative Web Mapping for Social and Environmental Issues. Students develop a collaborative online mapping website for an issue they select. (TR 4:00-5:15pm; in person)

ENG 3153.001: Orature: Performing Literature Out Loud. Students will work with professional actors to produce their own performances in a classic 1960’s-style coffee shop poetry reading. (TR 11:30-12:45pm; in person)

GEO 2113.002: Fundamental of GIS. Students learn spatial analysis to understand green initiatives around watersheds, wildlife habitats and parks and develop a project around an issue of their interests. (MW 1:00-2:15pm; in person)

HON 3223.901: Design & Sustainability. Students combine photography and architectural design to investigating sustainability and the world of fast food. *Downtown course! (R 2:00-4:45pm; in person)

MAT 1053.11H: Math for Business. Students research student debt and college financial services to provide feedback on UTSA services around financial wellbeing for students. (MWF 11:00-11:30; in person)

PHY 4953.003: Fourier Trans using Mathematica. Students learn how to use Mathematica for 1-D and 2-D transformations used in optics and digital image processing. (TR 1:00-2:45pm; in person)

Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members: Honors Housing

Honors housing is in Guadalupe Hall and is structured to provide our Honors students with a supportive, close-knit community, that is designed to help them succeed. Check out our website to learn more about Honors housing!  

Student Highlight: Charles Otte, Senior, major in Biomedical Engineering, with a minor in Foreign Languages. 

· Works as a CVS Pharmacy Technician 

· Completing a summer 2022 internship for Texas SPDC (Small Business Development) 

· Involved in a research lab on UTSA campus with development on an Allergen chip and response rate.  

· Is an entrepreneur and owns his own revenue generating business: https://www.3dprintsanantonio.com/

· Career goal is to develop technical medical equipment 

Best Regards,      

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

Jill Fleuriet, Honors College Associate Dean, jill.fleuriet@utsa.edu