HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: SEPTEMBER 2024

 

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 Pathways – Did you know Honors students have a multitude of ways to earn credit in the Honors curriculum? The Honors College offers students the opportunity to participate in a number of different programs to further expand knowledge, especially in the realms of professional development, leadership development, and public service. Special programs are fully integrated into the Honors College curriculum, making credit transfer simple and ensuring that students are working toward Honors requirements.

Examples of special programs and pathways are:

• College-based Honors programs: Honors has agreements with College of Business and Sciences, and is working on agreements in the other colleges. Special courses (ex: AIS) and experiences (ex: internship, research, study abroad) they are doing, automatically count as experiences in the Honors curriculum.
• Special Programs: The Archer Fellowship, Citymester, and Legislative Fellows are programs open to all UTSA students, but these programs also provide a pathway into Honors (for interested students) and several experience credits.
• Athletics: Honors has been working with Athletics to identify student athletes and athletic-related path of study (ex: Trainers, KIN major with intended path of study in working with athletes), to create opportunities for them to apply and earn credit in experiences for Honors.
• Upcoming: Honors has been working to establish other pathways with ROTC, Data Science, SAISD, and more!

Honors Academics: 

Honors now has an option for students to create a plan in DegreeWorks! Just like the semester plans that can be created for the degree, students can now create an Honors plan to map out their path in Honors, towards graduation.

Honors Opportunities for All Students: 

Featured Opportunities for all students – Check out these upcoming sessions on opportunities that are open to all UTSA students, offered by the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards and the Special Programs Office.

• Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad
• Information Session, September 23^rd, 1-2pm (Rowdylink)
• Writing Workshop, September 26^th, 12-1pm (Rowdylink)
• Legislative Fellows Information Session
• September 24^th, 12-1pm (Rowdylink)
• October 7^th, 12-1pm (Rowdylink)
• Citymester Information Session
• September 24^th, 4-5pm (Rowdylink)
• October 7^th, 4-5pm (Rowdylink)
• October 22^nd, 12-1pm (Rowdylink)
• Truman Scholarship Information Session, October 2^nd, 2-3pm (Rowdylink)
• Department of Defense SMART Scholarship Information Session, October 15^th, 11-12pm (Rowdylink)
• National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates Information Session, November 11^th, 2-3pm (Rowdylink)

Highlighted Benefit for Honors College Members: 

Priority registration - Honors students (freshmen-senior) have priority registration, which means they are one of the first groups to register for classes. While we encourage our students to meet with their Honors Counselor to review their Honors progress, we also encourage them to meet with their Academic Advisors early to discuss the major/degree classes they need for the upcoming semester. If you, or Honors students, have questions about Honors courses or the curriculum, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. You can email honors.advising@utsa.edu and an Honors Counselor will get back with you.   

 

Student Highlight: Jamie Trevino, Senior, double major in History and English, with a minor in Foreign Languages, in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts

• Legacy student 
• Distinguished Presidential Scholarship 
• Honors College Dean’s Scholarship, 2021
• President’s List: Fall 2021, 2022, 2023; Spring 2024
• Honor Roll: Spring 2022
• Dean’s List: Spring 2023 
• Multilingual: English, Spanish, and Korean 
• Internship with local San Antonio middle school, Fall 2022
• UTSA Honors College Day of the Dead Exhibit design team member, Fall 2023
• Formally active with the Korean Book Club
• Studied Abroad in South Korea (Summer Language and Culture Program) with UTSA Korean language faculty, Summer 2023
• Volunteered: UTSA Kimchi Festival 2023, UTSA Study Abroad Fair 2024, Global Connections 
• Current Fulbright applicant 
• Current Honors College Peer Coach 
• Member of The National Society of Collegiate Scholars and The National Society of Leadership and Success 
• Future Plans: Fulbright, graduate school, and teaching locally and abroad. 

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

Alegra Lozano, M.A., ACUE

Director of Counseling, Honors College

Assistant Professor of Practice, Honors College

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Honors College Website

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Honors Experience Form

Honors Apparel is now available for purchase through the UTSA Bookstore! Visit the online website here to see the inventory and place your orders now! Make sure to tag our Instagram @UTSAHonorsCollege with pictures of your new Honors gear!