HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: June 2021 

  

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:  

We have some staffing changes in the Honors College! As of June 1st, Alegra Lozano is the Director of Counseling for the Honors College, and Drew Chapman will continue to serve as the Director of Nationally Competitive Awards and Fellowships as well as work on developing a new Russian program for COLFA. On July 1, Dr. Sean Kelly will return as the Dean of the Honors College and Dr. Fleuriet will return as the Associate Dean. Kalia Glover’s last day with Honors is June 14th, as she is starting a new position with COLFA’s new Student Success Center as the Senior Program Coordinator. While she will be missed in Honors, we are very excited for her and look forward to collaborating with her in the future! 

 

Honors Opportunities for All Students: Office of Nationally Competitive Awards and Scholarships 

The Office of Nationally Competitive Awards and Scholarships advises students on developing successful applications to awards and scholarships to pay for undergraduate research and study abroad and graduate school. To get a feel for the amazing opportunities for our students, check out the News on the Office’s webpage. Want more info? Contact: andrew.chapman2@utsa.edu for scholarship program workshops and Elisa.Perkins@utsa.edu for information on the Archer Fellowship. 

 

Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members: check out this cool Fall course! 

 

Interdisciplinary Service Learning Course. HON 3103.002: The Fairy Tale Meets Modern Day Dystopia  (Instructor: Ms. A. Hauck) We have all been raised with fairy tales that were meaningful to us. But what happens when the Fairy Tale meets Dystopia? Interestingly, more Dystopian fiction has been produced since 2000 than in the previous 100 years. What does this say about our sociopolitical zeitgeist? That we are retelling, reimagining, and longing for deeper and more realistic stories of struggle and overcoming. In Fairy Tales, the hero/ine often comes from the outside, but in Dystopias, they rise up from within. This has never been more true in our culture today. With multiple layers of challenge from pandemic, to political chaos, to fires and snowstorms, our nation is currently in disarray but has seen so many rise up from the inside to affect change around them. Many have mused that the American Dream has now become more of an American Nightmare. Yet still, we long for hope and look for stories to share, tell, and believe that will carry us through. What can we do to help the next generation meet in the middle? What messages seem important for children to hear? Do we still have fairy tales to tell? In this service learning course we will look at both the fairy tale and dystopian genres in an effort to reimagine some of the classics for today’s children. We will work together, using the Adobe Creative Suite, to write and illustrate a set of children’s e-books. No prior experience needed. This course counts as a Service Experience in the Honors College curriculum. 

 

Interested in more Honors College courses? Click here.  

  

Current students can also join the Honors College!  

Do you know a current UTSA student with a 3.5 GPA or above (under 45 cumulative hours) that might be interested in joining the Honors College? Benefits of joining the Honors College include small interdisciplinary courses and a tight-knit community across all UTSA colleges, Honors-specific scholarships, access funds to pursue experiential learning opportunities, and professional coaching. Students eligible to join the Honors College (3.5 higher GPA and less than 45 cumulative hours) will be notified in May once grades are posted.  

  

Student Highlight: Meet Nehemiah Jackson, major in Politics & Law in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, minors in Civic Engagement and Public Administration, 2021 

 

 

·        Spring 2021 Honors College graduate with distinction  

·        Student speaker at the spring 2021 Honors Stole & Laurel ceremony 

·        Participated in the UTSA Citymester program 

·        Participated in the Archer Fellowship, in Washington D.C.  

·        UTSA Orientation Leader and Student Coordinator 

·        Member of UTSA’s Air Force ROTC, and has entered the US Air Force as a Second Lieutenant 

·        Future plans include pursuing a Master’s degree in Public Administration and attending law school 

 

Best Regards, 

 

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

 

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

 

 

Alegra Lozano, M.A., ACUE

Director of Counseling, Honors College

Assistant Professor of Practice

Faculty Advisor, Hunger and Homelessness Movement

The University of Texas at San Antonio

Honors College

alegra.lozano@utsa.edu

GSR 2.210C.11

One UTSA Circle,

San Antonio, TX 78249-3209

(210) 458-4106

 

Questions? Please visit the Honors College Virtual Front Desk

 

Honors Counselor Schedules: To set an appointment with a Counselor: Visit the Counselor Appointment Schedule and choose a day and time that works for you.