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Week of Fri, June 27, 2014


Recent News:

ILT graduate students seeking donations for non-profit

Graduate students from the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ILT) are collecting donations for unaccompanied migrant children in San Antonio as part of their service-learning course, C&I 5933.

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Live and Local: Black and Brown Sounds at UTSA

“You have to educate yourself about the culture before you can make art about the culture,” said Easy Lee of Third Root toward the end of the Black and Brown Sounds panel last Wednesday. Speaking to the beginnings of Third Root, Lee told the audience that only after his cohort Mexican Stepgrandfather, aka Dr. Marco Cervantes, put him in contact with Afromestizaje (Afro-Mexican) culture could he create the hip-hop displayed later in the evening.

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Late psychiatrist honored with renaming of COEHD counseling center

The College of Education and Human Development’s (COEHD) Community Family Life Center has been renamed the Sarabia Family Counseling Center after the late Dr. Fermin Sarabia. The center, located on the UTSA Downtown Campus, provides free mental health services to the San Antonio community.

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UTSA Students Reflect on a Journey to China

For nearly three weeks in May, 17 UTSA Honors College students, led by Honors College Dean Richard Diem and professors Wan Yao and Zenong Yin, traveled through China. UTSA students Salma Gomez and Zack Dunn kept a record of their experiences and impressions as they visited various cities, universities, and businesses.

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UTSA’s Richard Diem honored by international social science organization

Richard Diem, dean of the UTSA Honors College and professor of education, last week was awarded the Irving Morrisett Excellence in Social Science Education Award from the Social Science Education Consortium (SSEC). Diem received the award at the group’s annual meeting in Rome. He is the current president of the organization.

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Upcoming Events:

ESL STEM Course: Engaging English Learners in STEM Classrooms

ESL STEM Course: Engaging English Learners in STEM Classrooms

Mon, July 14, 2014

Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building:

Academy for Teacher Excellence 2014 Summer Bridging Institute

Academy for Teacher Excellence 2014 Summer Bridging Institute

Mon, July 14, 2014

Time: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Location: Downtown Campus

Building: Buena Vista Building, 1.338

Successfully Navigating Legal and Ethical Issues Facing Teachers

Successfully Navigating Legal and Ethical Issues Facing Teachers

Mon, July 21, 2014

Time: 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: Downtown Campus

Building: Buena Vista Building, 2.304

Multicultural Education: Using the Museum as a Model for the Classroom

Multicultural Education: Using the Museum as a Model for the Classroom

Mon, July 21, 2014

Time: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Institute of Texan Cultures

Building: 801 E. Cesar E. Chavez Blvd., San Antonio, Tx. 78205

Writing Workshops – Editing and Punctuation

Writing Workshops – Editing and Punctuation

Tue, July 22, 2014

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building: Main Building 2.220

Writing Workshops – Word Choice and Coherence

Writing Workshops – Word Choice and Coherence

Wed, July 23, 2014

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building: Main Building 2.220

Writing Workshops – Sentence Clarity

Writing Workshops – Sentence Clarity

Thu, July 24, 2014

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building: Main Building 2.220

Writing Workshops – Quoting, Summary, Paraphrasing

Writing Workshops – Quoting, Summary, Paraphrasing

Tue, July 29, 2014

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building: Main Building 2.220

Writing Workshops – APA

Writing Workshops – APA

Wed, July 30, 2014

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Location: Main Campus

Building: Main Building 2.220

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Community Service:

ILT graduate students seeking donations for non-profit

 

Graduate students from the Department of Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching (ILT) are collecting donations for unaccompanied migrant children in San Antonio as part of their service-learning course, C&I 5933.

 

For the last month, the students have been working closely with a local health services organization to provide aid to these migrant children. To continue their efforts, the students are collecting items to donate to the non-profit. These items include: female undergarments, hygiene products, stuffed animals, hair products and accessories, art and craft supplies, and journals.

 

A donation box has been set up in the ILT main office, located in the Main Building room 2.210 until July 8, 2014. All of the items donated are tax deductible.

 

For more information or if you wish to donate, contact Dr. Elizabeth Pate at 210-458-5969.



 

 

External Media:

Watch what you Tweet!

By Michael Stratford | June 25, 2014
(INSIDE HIGHER ED) — The U.S. Department of Education early Wednesday morning apologized for a tweet that some people found offensive because it appeared to mock low-income students.
On Tuesday evening, the Twitter account for the department's Office of Federal Student Aid sent out a message that said: "If this is you, then you better fill out your FAFSA."
It included a photo of a woman frowning with the caption, "Help me. I'm poor."

 

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Fault Lines Surface

By Michael Stratford | June 25, 2014
(INSIDE HIGHER ED) WASHINGTON — Sharper divisions are emerging between Democrats and Republicans over how Congress should go about reauthorizing the Higher Education Act.

 

 

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Live and Local: Black and Brown Sounds at UTSA

By Matt Stieb | June 25 2014
(SAN ANTONIO CURRENT) -- "You have to educate yourself about the culture before you can make art about the culture," said Easy Lee of Third Root toward the end of the Black and Brown Sounds panel last Wednesday. Education via culture seemed to be the theme of the evening, with Cervantes and UTSA's Mexican American and African American programs curating the panel of musicians and scholars. On tap for discussion was the history and culture of Afromestizaje identity—the third root—and how music acts as a venue for identity expression.

 

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Higher Education Scrambles to Get Ready for the Common Core

By Jon Marcus | June 26 2014

(DIVERSE ISSUES IN HIGHER EDUCATION) -- In sterile, air-conditioned conference rooms across the state, educators will be gathering this summer to prepare for the new standards soon to be in place in most of the nation's kindergartens through high schools called Common Core.


 

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Contact Us

Byron Spencer

Sr. Communications Spec.

COEHD Office of the Dean

office: 210-458-7396 

Byron Spencer

Jo Ann Jones

Communications Spec.

COEHD Office of the Dean

office: 210-458-4486 

Jo Ann Jones

 

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University Communications and Marketing

office: 210-458-4937 

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