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doctoral student named to AERA student committee |
Bryan Duarte, doctoral student in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, was recently named to the American Education Research Association (AERA) Division A Graduate Student Committee and will serve as the Foster-Polite Scholarship Chair.
He is one of 13 graduate students from across the United States named to the committee. (Courtesy Photo)
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UTSA
Benefits Annual Enrollment is Coming |
Benefits Annual Enrollment is the period when you may change your benefit elections and add, update, or remove dependents
from coverage. The period runs July 15 to July 31, 2018.
HR Benefits Office will host its Annual Enrollment Benefits Fair on Wednesday, July 11, 2018.
-MAIN: 10 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. in the Business Building near the University Room
-DOWNTOWN: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Durango Building near River Walk Room
Three benefits presentations (two in English, one in Spanish) will be held at the University Room, BB 2.06.04, and another will be at the DB River Walk Room 1.124. Register online to attend a presentation: http://training.utsa.edu/.
Stay informed by checking your email frequently and viewing the AE website http://www.utsa.edu/hr/Benefits/AE.html |
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External News
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UTSA
Downtown Campus expands course schedule options |
by REBECCA
LUTHER - UTSA Today | Pub: 06/28
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UTSA students taking classes at the Downtown Campus this fall will have more options to optimize their course
schedules and reduce the need to travel between the Downtown Campus and Main Campus to fulfill degree requirements.
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2018’s
Best & Worst Cities for Texas Families |
by VANESSA
A. SANSONE - WalletHub | Pub: 06/26
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Texas is one of the largest states in the country, both in terms of square mileage and population, which should
be no surprise considering everything is supposed to be bigger there.
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When
Denver stopped lunch-shaming, debt from unpaid meals skyrocketed |
by ANN
SCHIMKE - Chalkbeat | Pub: 06/25
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After the Denver schools chief made a high-profile announcement last August guaranteeing a full meal to students
whether or not they had the money to pay, many advocates cheered the end of so-called “lunch-shaming” in the 92,000-student district.
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UTSA
Academic Affairs announces leadership changes |
by REBECCA
LUTHER - UTSA Today | Pub: 06/25
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UTSA Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly Andrews Espy today announced that George Perry,
a leading Alzheimer’s researcher and Dean of the College of Sciences, will become the Chief Scientist in the newly established UTSA Brain Health Consortium, effective July 1. A national search for the next Dean of the College of Sciences will be initiated
immediately, chaired by John Murphy, Dean of the College of Architecture, Construction and Planning.
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Fronteras
Extra: PrEP, Sex Education For LGBT Community |
by NORMA
MARTINEZ - TPR | Pub: 06/25
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Phillip Schnarrs is an assistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio in the College of Education
and Human Development, and a co-director at the South Texas Consortium for HIV and STI Research.
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Fronteras:
Gay-Related Stigma Among Latino Men & Exhibit Celebrates LGBTQ Community |
by NORMA
MARTINEZ - TPR | Pub: 06/25
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Phillip Schnarrs, assistant professor at the University of Texas at San Antonio’s College of Education and Human
Development, and co-director of the South Texas Consortium for HIV and STI Research, conducted research that showed Latinos are less likely to take PrEP, a drug which dramatically reduces the chances of HIV infection.
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Publications
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The
effect of input on bilingual adolescents’ long-term language outcomes in a foreign languag |
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BECKY
H. HUANG, PHD - Bicultural-Bilingual Studies | International Journal of Bilingualism, Online First: 07/02 |
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Huang, B. H., Chang, Y. H. S., Zhi, M., & Niu, L. (2018). The effect of input on bilingual adolescents’ long-term language outcomes in a foreign language instruction context. International Journal of Bilingualism, Online
First. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006918768311
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Good
Samaritan Literacy Camps |
Good Samaritan Community Services
Awarded: $3,273
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PI: Marcy Wilburn Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
CI: Misty Sailors Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching
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Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities
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