HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: OCTOBER 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  
  1. A highlighted benefit of being an Honors College member  
  1. A student highlight from your advising areas  
  1. Contacts within Honors for more information  

  

Honors News:     

 

Fall 23 Honors College Experiential Learning Fair (ELF) – we invite the advising community to be judges for our fall ELF.

 

What is the ELF? Each semester, community members and UTSA staff, faculty and graduate students serve as judges for our Experiential Learning Fair (ELF). In the “ELF,” UTSA Honors College students present significant accomplishments outside of the classroom in Service, Professional Development, Intellectual Achievement & Research, Cultural Exploration, Engaged Living, and Skill Development. The ELF is an opportunity for them to share their experiences and learn to speak about them in meaningful ways. We intentionally invite community members and UTSA partners to judge to make explicit our belief that education is a civic good. Student efforts in our curriculum should benefit our communities. 

 

Judging Process. The judging process will be relatively simple:  

  

Interested and available? Thank you! Please RSVP here by November 1st . If you RSVP yes, we will send a meeting invite that includes the same info as above by November 1st . Please share this invitation with other UTSA faculty and staff that might be interested. We invite anyone who works at UTSA to be a judge, aside from undergraduates who would be peers. Questions? Send an email to Associate Dean, Hector Aguilar at Hector.Aguilar@utsa.edu.

 

  

Honors Opportunities for All Students:   

 

Citymester - UTSA Citymester is a student engagement initiative developed by the Honors College through which UTSA and community partners work together to educate our future leaders using internships, service-learning projects, and networking opportunities. You do not have to be a part of the Honors College to participate.

 

Applications for Citymester are now open! The direct application link can be found here. The application will close on January 15, 2024.

 

Why Citymester? 

 

Learn more at an information session this month:  

Tuesday, October 17 |4-5 p.m. | Virtual | RSVP

Tuesday, October 24 | 12- 1 p.m. | GSR 1.204F | RSVP

 

Eligibility - The Citymester Program is available to undergraduate students of all majors and areas of study, and we welcome a diverse array of student interests and backgrounds. Students do not need to be members of the Honors College to be a part of the Citymester Program.

 

Students must meet the following eligibility requirements in order to apply:

 

To learn more about Citymester: UTSA Citymester Program | Honors College | UTSA | University of Texas at San Antonio

Questions? Please email us at citymester@utsa.edu

 

    
Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members:   

 

Funding assistance – The Honors College has multiple sources of funds that can help support expenses related to an experience, which include outside the classroom experiences, study abroad, research opportunities, and graduate education costs.   

 

For experiences:

 

Plus, additional scholarship opportunities! Check out the:

 

 

   

Student Highlight: Will Hughes, Senior, majoring in Chemistry in the College of Science with a minor in Japanese 

 

 

 

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