HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: October 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:

Interested and available? The UTSA Honors Experiential Learning Fair (ELF) is back and in-person! We’d be honored to have you as a judge. The judging is Wednesday, November 16^th . There are two judging sessions: 11:00-12:30 and 2:00-3:30, both in the HEB SU Ballroom. We’ll have judge training and poster previewing in the first 30 minutes of the sessions. If you could, please RSVP yes or no by Monday, November 7, by clicking here. 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.  

Honors Opportunities for All UTSA Students:

Grow with Google – Grow with Google (GwG) is a free, self-paced digital skills program where students complete five flexible learning paths that focus on building digital skills, exploring career paths, and internship preparation. The goal is to help students gain the knowledge and skill sets to help them achieve their professional goals, whether it be to land their dream job, start their own business, or gaining skills to succeed in the workplace. Find more information here: https://honors.utsa.edu/programs/grow-with-google.html. Program details are at the bottom of the page. Click on each section to expand it for details.

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:

· The Honors Development  Award: https://honors.utsa.edu/scholarships/development-award.html

· Alvarez Opportunities Fund https://honors.utsa.edu/scholarships/alvarez-fund.html

· The Honors College Study Abroad Planning Award: https://honors.utsa.edu/scholarships/study-abroad-award.html

Plus, additional scholarship opportunities! Check out the:

· National Fellowships and Awards: https://honors.utsa.edu/onca/awards/

· Honors College Endowed Scholarships: https://honors.utsa.edu/scholarships/list.html

Student Highlight: Christina Morales, Sophomore, major in Neuroscience in the College of Science with a minor in Psychology

· Pre-med Neuroscience major, psychology minor

· First-generation Mexican-American; first-generation college student

· Internal Events Coordinator, Womxn in Medicine

· Social media coordinator for Honors College

· Hospice Volunteer

· Hobbies: reading, photography, hiking

· Future plans: pursue an MD or DO degree

Best Regards,       

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

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