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The UTSA College of Education and Human Development would like to wish you and your family a joyous Holiday Season and a happy New Year!
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Announcements
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COEHD
closed for the holidays |
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The UTSA College of Education and Human Development will be closed from Monday, Dec. 25 through Monday, Jan. 1. We will
return on Tuesday, Jan. 2. |
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Principal
Street and BRG Exit/Entrance Partial Closures |
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Principal Street will be partially closed off, weather permitting, from December 27, 2017 through December 29, 2017 as
part of the BRG tile replacement project. The BRG south exit and entrance will also be closed during this time to accommodate equipment that will be used in the removal of the overhead wall tile. Flaggers will also be posted in and around the road closure
to assist with traffic. For additional information, contact the Facilities Service Center at 458-4262. |
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External News
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UTSA
winter break operating hours announced |
by UTSA
TODAY - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/20
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Over the winter break, all classes and many University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) business operations will
be closed or operate on skeleton crew beginning Monday, Dec. 25, 2017 through Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. Most university buildings will be locked during winter break unless otherwise noted on this schedule.
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Tips
for TESOL Teachers on ELL Advocacy |
by ALPHA
A. MARTÍNEZ-SUÁREZ - TESOL Blog | Pub: 12/18
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This is a guest post by Alpha A. Martínez-Suárez, a doctoral student in the culture, language, and literacy
program at the University of Texas at San Antonio. She works as a research scientist for the Academy for Teacher Excellence and volunteers as an advocate for the Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights, helping unaccompanied minors detained by immigration
officials. Alpha also serves as board member and chair of the Advocacy Committee for TexTESOL Region II. In this post, she discusses what she learned at the 2017 TESOL Advocacy and Policy Summit.
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UT
System Chancellor Bill McRaven will resign in May |
by MATTHEW
WATKINS - The Texas Tribune | Pub: 12/18
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Bill McRaven, the nationally famous and lately embattled chancellor of the University of Texas System, is stepping
down in May. He announced the decision Friday afternoon during a meeting over the phone with the UT System’s Board of Regents. It comes after months of pressure from board members and state lawmakers. But McRaven cited health reasons for his pending departure.
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Carmen
Tafolla — the voice of S.A. |
by STEVE
BENNETT - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 12/18
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When we consider the question of who might be the voice of San Antonio, who best represents the history and
culture of the city and who continues to have a finger on its pulse, the name that comes up again and again is Carmen Tafolla.
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