HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: January 2023

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 now has two VPAA Faculty Fellows working with us in for the Spring and Summer: Gina Amatangelo and Hector Aguilar. Both are award-winning educators and Honors friends and collaborators.

Hector will serve as the Faculty Fellow of Academic Affairs in Honors. Essentially, he’ll be doing the Associate Dean responsibilities. Gina will serve as the Faculty Fellow in Civic Engagement in Honors. Gina will build out an Honors community partner database with existing and new partners for our Special Programs, collaborate with our team to develop a plan to become more visible in more city spaces, and work with Kristi Meyer to develop a Civic Scholars program.

Honors Opportunities for All UTSA Students:

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 semester or 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.

There are three components to the Citymester Program: Cityskills, Citysolutions, and Citysites

· Cityskills the internship component. City Skills: (3 hours) Cityskills is the Internship component of Citymester. Placements are based on student career interests and matchmaking with current partners. Through the internships, students and community partners work together to strengthen our local businesses and institutions

· Citysolutions the service project. City Solutions: (3 hours) City Solutions is the Service Learning component of Citymester. This is an opportunity for students to work with civic or non-profit partners to identify and develop solutions to improve our community. Students will have an active role in serving the community and developing city solutions.

· Citysites the seminar. City Sites: (3 hours) The community becomes the classroom in this upper-division, interdisciplinary seminar. San Antonio’s key institutions and landmarks host students for classes and unique opportunities to connect with city leaders in government, industry, and philanthropy

With Citymester, the city is your classroom. See our video on the website! An information session will be held on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. in the GSR 1.204F. Open to all majors. The deadline to apply is January 26^th, by 11:59pm. Apply here! Questions? email Kristi.Meyer@utsa.edu

Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members:

Honors Events: Honors College members have access to a number of events including professional development workshops, chats with recent alumni, and social activities. There are occasionally events open to the all UTSA students such as lectures by invited guests and scholarship workshops. These regular events offer our Honors students frequent opportunities for development while providing an avenue for Honors students to network and build a community with our faculty & staff, and among each other.  

Student Highlight: Naomi Edwards, Senior, major in Business management with a concentration in human resources in the College of Business.   

· Peer Coach with the Honors college

· Student Clerk with the Alvarez Student Success Center

· Intern with the United States Air Force Civilians as a PCIP

· Participant of Virtual Global Strategy Challenge with the College of Business

· Volunteer with local church

· Involved with Chi Alpha

· Hobbies: reading, doing hair, cooking

· Future plans: pursue master’s in HR and work with the Air Force Civilian Services as an HR Specialist

Best Regards,         

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

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