Happy Wednesday! We hope your day is going well. It is our pleasure to announce that Brandy Barksdale has accepted the Associate Director of Advising position. Please help us congratulate Brandy on her new roles by using the Kudoboard included in her introductions below. It will be available for you to add kudos until Wednesday, September 22, 2021. [cid:image001.jpg@01D7AA33.216E74E0] Meet Brandy Barksdale Brandy holds a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities and a Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from UTSA. She is also currently pursuing her PhD at Liberty University Online. She has worked for The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) for almost 9 years and has over 13 years of experience in education. Her experience at UTSA began as an Administrative Associate in the Philosophy department in February 2013. She joined Academic Advising as an Advisor I with Student Placement Advising (now Exploratory Programs) in 2014 and in September 2017, Brandy was one of two Senior Academic Program Advisors to build the Resilience and Retention Advising Program. In addition to being the 2021-2022 Staff Senate Chair, she is excited to begin her new role as the Associate Director for Academic Advising for our Roadrunner community. You can post a congratulatory message to Brandy using this link: https://utsaadvising.kudoboard.com/boards/cs8Z65fs Sara Tate, M.S. Senior Instructional Manager The University of Texas at San Antonio Academic Advising Administration One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249 Phone: (210) 458-4900 sara.tate@utsa.edu<mailto:sara.tate@utsa.edu> Students: Please be sure to include your Banner ID or MyUTSA ID when corresponding with UTSA officials. UTSA is closely monitoring the coronavirus. For more information: https://www.utsa.edu/coronavirus/ CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION: This email and any file transmitted with it may contain confidential information intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the delegate responsible for delivering the communication to the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this communication in error and that any disclosure, copying, distribution, printing or use of this information is strictly prohibited; please notify the sender immediately of the error. [cid:image004.jpg@01D75B77.C3250CA0] [cid:image005.png@01D75B77.C3250CA0]