HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: December 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:  Honors operations over winter break

Winter break begins Saturday, December 24 and continues through Sunday, January 1, 2023. Below is our general contact information. The emergency contact will respond as soon as possible. For all other inquires, we will respond upon our return on January 2^nd.

General Honors inquiries: honors@utsa.edu or 210-458-4106

Honors admissions inquiries: honors.admissions@utsa.edu

Honors counseling/advising: honors.advising@utsa.edu

Honors emergency contact: Dr. Jill Fleuriet, jill.fleuriet@utsa.edu

Honors Opportunities for All UTSA Students:

Did you know that after priority registration, any student with a UTSA GPA of 3.3 or higher can enroll in Honors courses? It’s just a simple matter of filling out this form. Here are some Spring courses that still have seats! Check out the attached document for available courses + descriptions. Questions can be sent to honors.advising@utsa.edu.

Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members:

Four times a year, the Honors College reviews applications to award Development Fund scholarships. These awards up to $500 help students fund professional development opportunities and experiential learning activities that may also count toward Honors College Requirements. Examples include:

- Study abroad, such as participation on the COLFA and Architecture Urbino programs.  

- Certifications outside of UTSA, such as EMT and Technical Writing

- Conference attendance for undergraduate researchers 

- Costs related to founding startup ventures or non-profit organizations 

Student Highlight: Abby Kassal, Senior, double major in Politics and Law in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and Criminal Justice in the College of Health, Community and Policy.

· Fall 2022 Graduate, Summa Cum Laude, graduated Honors with Distinction

· Spring 2022 Archer Fellow, interned at The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies

· Student athlete on the UTSA Women’s soccer team: 4-year letter award winner, 1^st Team All-Academic in 2021, received C-USA Commissioner’s Academic Medal, and was part of UTSA soccer’s first ever Conference USA tournament championship win

· President of OneGoal, Treasurer of the Undergraduate Political Science Association, Member of Pi Sigma Alpha National Political Science Honor Society

· Two-time Honors College Experiential Learning Fair award winner

· In January, Abby will be moving to Langhorne, Pennsylvania as a John Jay Fellow, where she will study theology, philosophy, ethics, culture, and jurisprudence to prepare for a career in public service. After completion of the John Jay Fellows Program, she plans to attend law school.

Best Regards,         

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

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