Greetings, Information about applications for WAPASA below. Thank you, April D. Lawver, MA Director Academic Advising [cid:image001.png@01CDC0B0.ADCBBCC0] From: Womens Professional Advancement & Synergy Academy Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 8:29 AM To: Womens Professional Advancement & Synergy Academy <wpasa(a)utsa.edu&gt; Subject: Call for Applications | 2018-2019 WPASA | UTSA's Women's Professional Advancement and Synergy Academy Dear UTSA Colleagues:

 We are pleased to announce that the Women's Professional Advancement and Synergy Academy (WPASA) is accepting applications for its 2018-2019 cohort. WPASA was founded at The University of Texas at San Antonio in 2011. WPASA has since offered professional development and leadership training to three cohorts of faculty and staff in 2012, 2014, and 2016. WPASA alumni total seventy-one. WPASA has strengthened the culture of UTSA’s institution, with the creation of professional networks of women, who hold positions across our University, and whose connection fosters career satisfaction, efficiencies, and dedication within our institution.   The WPASA model has been recognized beyond the UTSA campus. In October 2015, WPASA was a featured as a best practice model at the UT System Advancing Women, Making Change: Best Practices Symposium<http://www.utsystem.edu/sites/sr-women-leadership-network/ad...;.   Access the application for additional details, eligibility requirements, and deadlines: WPASA Application<https://goo.gl/forms/9OktdfqKBqbVZnOF2>. Please email all questions to wpasa@utsa.edu<mailto:wpasa@utsa.edu>. We look forward to receiving your application.   Sincerely, The WPASA Steering Committee ~~~~~~~~~ Rebecca Anderson, Marietta “Em” de la Rosa, Rhonda M. Gonzales, Raquel R. Marquez, and Nina Sosa