[Advising] Honors College Communique - July

HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: July 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 Opportunities for All Students: Honors has seats available in some really cool, interdisciplinary, upper-level seminars! Non-Honors students with 3.3 GPAs or higher can take Honors courses. It's a simple process of filling out this form<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2... and submitting it to honors@utsa.edu<mailto:honors@utsa.edu>. Here are the course titles and descriptions are on our website<https://honors.utsa.edu/students/courses>;: * HON 3223.001 Radioactive Dreams? Facts, Fictions, and Futures of Nuclear Energy (Face-to-face; MW 4:00-5:15pm; Instructor: Mx. A. Villanueva) * HON 3233.001 In Search of Self: Writing and Reading Creative Non-Fiction (Face-to-Face; W 1:00-3:45pm; Instructor: Mr. J.P. Santos) * HON 3233.003 Writing on Walls: Identity and Power Through the Walls of San Antonio (Face-to-Face; TR 10:00-11:15pm; Instructor: Dr. F. Matos) * HON 3253.003 Decision-Making in the Modern World: No! You Did it Wrong, Again! (Face-to-Face; TR 2:30-3:45pm; Instructor: Dr. A. Cassill) Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members: Honors College students can opt to live with each other and scholars from other university programs in the new UTSA residential building, Guadalupe Hall<https://housing.utsa.edu/guadalupe-hall/>;. A built-in community of diverse scholar students, Guadalupe Hall will offer social, professional development, and academic events throughout the school year. Living in Guadalupe will be a great way for first students to get to know each other! Student Highlight: Jasmin Paquet-Durand Ford, Junior, major in Economics in the College of Business [cid:image001.png@01D779AC.784EB980] * College of Business Honors student * 2020 Millenium Fellow<https://www.utsa.edu/today/2020/10/story/millennium-fellows-nam... * Completed internship with Congressman Lloyd Doggett<https://honors.utsa.edu/news/utsa-honors-college-students-serv... * Student representative on the UTSA Sustainability Council<https://sustainability.utsa.edu/sustainability-council/> * SGA Vice President * Member of the Green Society and Business Student Council * Honors College Peer Coach<https://honors.utsa.edu/students/programs/peer-coaching> * Future plans include attending law school and pursuing practice in environmental law and policy Best Regards, Alegra Lozano, Director of Counseling, Honors College, alegra.lozano@utsa.edu<mailto:alegra.lozano@utsa.edu> Jill Fleuriet, Honors College Associate Dean, jill.fleuriet@utsa.edu<mailto: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(a)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<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2... Honors Counselor Schedules: To set an appointment with a Counselor: Visit the Counselor Appointment Schedule<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2... and choose a day and time that works for you.