Dear COEHD Faculty and Staff,
It is with mixed emotions that we share the news two of our student development specialists have accepted new positions as Retention and Graduate Program Coordinators with the Graduate School. Sam and Eric are a part of our UTSA COEHD family
both have served COEHD Faculty, Staff and Students well.
Samantha Sifuentes
Samantha Sifuentes has been working as a Student Development Specialist since summer 2017. Interestingly Sam was an undergraduate student here at UTSA and actually started working within the COEHD as a work-study within the Department
of Counseling back in 2013 and in One Stop for a while before starting with COEHD. Sam has assisted every department at the Downtown Campus. She served as Student Development Specialist for Educational Psychology, she assisted with duties within the Department
of Counseling and even filled in as Student Development Specialist for Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS). Sam also completed her Master of Education in Higher Education Administration from the ELPS Department. Sam will be missed and we appreciate
her years of service to both Graduate Studies and the College.
Eric Uriegas
Eric Uriegas started with the College in summer 2019. Eric had worked as an Elementary School Teacher and Recruitment Specialist for Urban Teachers. Eric’s primary roles have been with the Department of Bicultural/Bilingual Studies and
Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching. Eric is also a second-year student in the Ph.D. in Educational Leadership – Higher Ed Concentration program within the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies (ELPS). We appreciate Eric’s years of
service to both Graduate Studies and the College. Luckily, we will continue to see Eric in COEHD as a continuing student in his doctoral program.
We will honor both Sam and Eric during our spring college wide meeting.
Please join me in thanking and congratulating them on their new roles in the UTSA community.
Dr. Heather Trepal, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Student Success
College of Education and Human Development
The University of Texas at San Antonio
One UTSA Circle, Main Building 3.304