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Week of Thu, August 07, 2014


Recent News:

COEHD alumna travels to Africa to do humanitarian photography

By Jo Ann Jones  |  August 04, 2014


Sarah Brooke Lyons, a graduate of The University of Texas at San Antonio’s (UTSA) College of Education and Human Development (COEHD), traveled abroad this summer to Burkina Faso, West Africa to continue her work in humanitarian photography.

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COEHD alumnus and Marshall HS principal named 2014 Innovator of the Year

Courtesy of NISD  |  August 01, 2014


Bright and early Wednesday morning, Anthony Jarrett, Principal of Marshall High School, settled down in his seat in the auditorium at Brennan High School, prepared to listen to the Superintendent talk to all the District’s administrators about the upcoming school year. 

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Meet a Roadrunner: Student to compete in first world martial arts games in Canada

By Jesus Chavez  |  July 30, 2014


Meet Sierra Luna. This UTSA kinesiology major is on track to travel to Richmond, Canada, to compete in the inaugural TAFISA World Martial Arts Games in September as part of the U.S. Martial Arts (U.S.M.A.) team.

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ELPS professor serves as guest editor for international journal

By Jo Ann Jones  |  July 29, 2014


Dr. Maricela Oliva, associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, was the principal editor of a special issue of the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education. Oliva was joined by Dr. Harriett Romo, professor of Sociology and director of The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Mexico Center, and Dr. Victor Zúñiga, director of research and extension at the Universidad de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico, as guest co-editors.

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UTSA hosts 70 Mexican students for summer English camp

By Jo Ann Jones  |  July 24, 2014


The University of Texas at San Antonio’s Office of ESL Services welcomed more than 70 undergraduate Mexican students and 14 faculty members from three Mexican universities at a special Welcome Ceremony on Friday, July 18, 2014. The students, which came from the Universidad de Guadalajara, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, and Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Hidalgo, are participating in the Intensive English Summer Camp, which began on Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

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Research/Grants/Awards:

VPR Weekly Awards Recap

07/21/14 – 07/25/14


Principal Investigator

Co-PI

College/Department

Project Title

Sponsor

Award Amount

RSC

Cory Hallam

Anita Leffel

COB/ETM-Entrep & Tech Mgmt

Summer YALI program (Young African Leaders Initiative) with UT Austin

UT Austin

$18,000

ABH

Raymond Mauldin

 

COLFA/CAR

Mission Espada Restoration

Pugh Constructors

$15,251

ABH

Ram Krishnan

Ravi Sandhu

Engineering/ICS

TWC: Small: Attribute Based Access Control for Cloud Infrastructure as a Service

NSF

$500,000

ENG

Nikolas Gatsis

 

Engineering/Electrical & Computer Engineering

CIF: Small: Collaborative Research: From Communication to Power Networks: Adaptive Energy Management for Power Systems with Renewables

NSF

$171,409

ENG

John Frederick

Heather Shipley; Gabriel Acevedo; Valerie Sponsel

Engineering/COLFA/Science/VP Academic Affairs

ADVANCE IT-Catalyst: Institutional Self-Study on Women
Faculty in STEM and SBS Disciplines at UTSA

NSF

$168,000

ENG

Ruoting Pei

 

Engineering/Civil & Environmental Engineering

"The Role of Cell-to-Cell Communication in Microcystis Aeruginosa Blooms

NSF

$290,468

ENG

Xiaodu Wang

 

Engineering/Mechanical

Intrafibrillar mineralization vs bone fragility

NIH

$362,174

ENG

Albert Salgado

 

Small Business Development Center - Regional Office

South West TX SBDC FY 14-15 Renewal 3rd Year

US Small Business Adm.

$2,572,632

IED

Rigdon Woods

 

San Antonio Small Business Development Center

UTSA-SBDC Satellite Center for Comal & Guadalupe Counties Renewal FY14-15

Center for Entrepreneurship

$152,042

IED

Deborah Schueneman

 

Small Business Development Center Network

National Information Clearinghouse (SBDCnet)-Renewal YR2 FY14-15

US Small Business Adm.

$300,000

IED

Douglas Frantz

 

COS/Chemistry

New Catalytic Asymmetric Methods to Control Axial Chirality in Allenes

NSF

$390,000

SCI

  



 


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Contact Us

 

Byron Spencer

Sr. Communications Specialist

COEHD Office of the Dean

The University of Texas at San Antonio

T: 210.458.7396 

 

Jo Ann Jones

Communications Specialist

COEHD Office of the Dean

The University of Texas at San Antonio

T: 210.458.4486 

 

Marissa Villa

Multimedia Editor III

Office of University Communications and Marketing

The University of Texas at San Antonio

T: 210.458.4937 

External Media:

Expert offers tips to help college students avoid serious health conditions down the road

 

(Medical News) -- To attract customers, restaurant chains have been rolling out budget deals, offering $5 pizzas, $3 meals — even $1 sandwiches. But while these new offerings are light on its customers' wallets, they hit them where it hurts in terms of calories, fat, and sodium…

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Room For Improvement In Elementary School Children's Lunches And Snacks From Home

By Andrea Grossman  |  July 23, 2014

 

(Red Orbit) -- Open a child's lunch box and you're likely to find that the lunches and snacks inside fall short of federal guidelines, according to new research.

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How to grown green energy along with endowments

By David Brancaccio  |  Aug 6, 2014


(NPR Marketplace) -- What if colleges could grow their endowment by being environmentally friendly?

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Students and families are borrowing less for college

By Dan Abendschein  |  Jul 31, 2014

 

(NPR Marketplace) -- Higher education isn't getting cheaper, but how families pay for it is changing.

 

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Keeping student data safe from the marketing machine

By Adriene Hill | Aug 6, 2014

 

(NPR Marketplace) -- More states are passing laws to protect the privacy of all sorts of student data.

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Upcoming Events:

Introduction to School Based Play Therapy

Introduction to School Based Play Therapy

Sat, August 9, 2014

Time: Registration= 8:30 a.m.; Workshop= 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Location: Downtown Campus

Building: Frio Street Building 1.406

Schools and College Readiness: Strategizing the School Curriculum

Schools and College Readiness: Strategizing the School Curriculum

Wed, August 13, 2014

Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Location: Downtown and Main Campus

Building: Frio Street Building 1.512; John Peace Library Assembly Room 4.04.22

Transition Days: Strategies for Success

Transition Days: Strategies for Success

Tue, August 19, 2014

Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building: Business Building 2.05.04

P-20 Summit: Parent Engagement

Sat, September 6, 2014

Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. OR 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Downtown Campus

Building:

23rd Annual Texas Autism Conference

23rd Annual Texas Autism Conference

Fri, November 7, 2014

Time: All Day

Location: Corpus Christi, TX

Building: American Bank Convention Center

 

 

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