HONORS COLLEGE COMMUNIQUE: September 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 News: Honors College Fresh Start 2021! The last year was hard. In acknowledgement of the interruption and challenges to education during the pandemic, the Honors College suspended 2020 and 2021 Satisfactory Progress Reviews. Satisfactory Progress Reviews check to make sure our students have the required GPA for Honors membership and they are progressing through the Honors curriculum. Starting Fall 2021, we will institute our Fresh Start program. Here is how it works: each July, we will pull student GPA two ways, since students began at UTSA and since the beginning of Fall 2021. Whichever GPA is higher, we will use that one as the GPA for the Satisfactory Progress Review. In August, we will let students know the results of their Satisfactory Progress Review. Honors Opportunities for All Students: Upcoming Scholarships & Awards The Office of Nationally Competitive Awards<https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F... will offer the following workshops in September. Any student can RSVP on RowdyLink: * Critical Language Scholarship/Boren Scholarship: Monday, September 20 at 2:00 - https://rowdylink.utsa.edu/event/7185865, and Monday, September 27 at 4:00 - https://rowdylink.utsa.edu/event/7185862, deadline to apply is early November. These awards<https://honors.utsa.edu/onca/awards/boren-cls.html> fully fund students to study critical languages, many of which are taught at UTSA: Russian, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. The scholarship also allows students to study languages not offered at UTSA: Arabic, Bangla, Indonesian, Swahili, and Urdu. * Truman Scholarship: Friday, October 1 at 2:00 - https://rowdylink.utsa.edu/event/7192905, deadline to apply is December 1st. The award<https://honors.utsa.edu/onca/> is for students with demonstrated leadership and interest in careers in public service. * Gilman Scholarship for Study Abroad: the deadline to apply is October 5th. The Gilman Scholarship<https://honors.utsa.edu/onca/awards/gilman.html> is a study abroad scholarship that provides students with limited financial means and often from underrepresented backgrounds with an opportunity to study, intern, or do service abroad. 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 their Honors Counselor or the Director of Counseling, Alegra Lozano (alegra.lozano@utsa.edu<mailto:alegra.lozano@utsa.edu>). Student Highlight: Enrique Iglesias, Senior, major in Biology in the College of Science with a minor in Anthropology [cid:image001.png@01D7AA3C.C6DF1F70] * Biology major, Anthropology minor * First-generation Mexican-American; first-generation college student * President, Pre-Medical Society * Honors thesis on biomedical culture and curricula * Fellow, Provost Undergraduate Research Fellowship * Fellow, Mellon Humanities Pathways * Currently taking an Anthropology graduate seminar * Hobbies: drumming, dancing, hiking, reading * Future plans: pursue an MD/PhD in the humanities 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@utsa.edu<mailto:alegra.lozano@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.