Meet Nathan Gamez ’10. At 12 years old, he knew exactly what he wanted to be: an entrepreneur who gives back to the community.

Learning to use social media during challenging times – a blog for Psychology Today by Dr. Thelma Duffey, professor and chair of the Department of Counseling and president of the American Counseling Association

How one College of Education and Human Development alumna is changing lives both inside and outside the university

UTSA has lost a long-time friend and supporter. Marian Letitia Martinello, UTSA professor emerita and a retired faculty member with the College of Education and Human Development (COEHD), died Friday, July 24. She was 79 years old.

Donovan Fogt    |    Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition

Kinesiology, Health, and Nutrition

The Air Force Academy demonstrated teamwork in its truest sense with a project that will benefit all 4,000 cadets with refueling stations. Teammates from the department of athletics and the Cadet Dining Hall got together to work on a plan to provide the extra, vital nutrition to the cadets.

The Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute (CHCI), the nation’s premiere Latino youth leadership development and educational organization, hosted seven students from the Rio Grande Valley as part of its fifth annual R2L NextGen program from July 26 to 31.

Raise Your Hand Texas recently announced 75 semifinalist public schools and district applicants for its $2.5 million Raising Blended Learners grant initiative. Selected teams will attend two-day, expense-paid blended learning workshops in September and October 2015. The workshops will be led by Heather Staker, author of “Blended: Using Disruptive Innovation to Improve Schools”, founder and president of Ready to Blend, and adjunct fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute, a nonprofit, nonpartisan think tank and pioneer in blended learning.

Joseph Straus, 6, rides a zip line at the Berkeley Adventure Playground, where kids can "play wild" in a half-acre park that has a junkyard feel.

North East Independent School District employees have been told not to discuss the recent debate concerning Robert E. Lee High School’s name after some employees posted personal viewpoints on social media, a district spokeswoman said.

With an eye on keeping up with demographic changes and competing with other states and countries, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has adopted a new goal: Get 60 percent of Texans between 25 and 34 a postsecondary degree by 2030.

Many high schoolers hoping to attend George Washington University in Washington, D.C., one of the top private universities in the country, breathed a sigh of relief this week. GWU announced it will no longer require applicants to take the SAT or ACT.

On July 5, Americans around the country rejoiced when the women’s World Cup team brought home the gold medal, beating out 23 teams for soccer’s greatest prize. At the same time, in Chiang Mai, Thailand, another American team was competing for victory. But instead of taking on 23 teams, this team took on participants from 103 other countries. And they won.