UTSA hosts 70 Mexican students for summer English camp

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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COU professor elected president of ACA

Dr. Thelma Duffey, professor and department chair in the College of Education and Human Development’s Department of Counseling, was elected to serve as president of the American Counseling Association (ACA). Duffey will assume her role as the association’s 64th president on July 1, 2015.

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UTSA’s Nate Leonard tabbed Conference USA Scholar-Athlete of the Year

Conference USA announced last week its 2013-14 Scholar-Athletes of the Year, and Roadrunners Academic All-American Nate Leonard was the recipient for football.

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Giving Back to Make a Difference

Meet the Haug family. Tanya Haug ’97 is a firm believer in giving back. The life-long San Antonio resident notes that by donating to the university—whether by six and seven figure amounts or in relatively smaller amounts like she has done—current and potential future students will also draw benefits.

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Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas awards scholarships to six UTSA students

The San Antonio Chapter of the Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas (HWNT) recently hosted its 10th annual scholarship breakfast and honored scholarship award recipients including five young women from UTSA. This year, the HWNT awarded $22,500 in scholarships to 13 students who completed three Latinas in Progress program sessions, which offer personal and professional development.

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Fafsa Fix Will Mean Less Aid for Many

By Kelly Field  |  July 21, 2014

(Chronicle of Higher Education) -- The U.S. Education Department will automatically reprocess the student-aid applications of tens of thousands of applicants who inadvertently over-reported their income this year, costing many of the applicants their Pell Grants, the department has announced.

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Stem cells aid muscle repair and strengthening after resistance exercise

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A new study in mice reveals that mesenchymal (mezz-EN-chem-uhl) stem cells (MSCs) help rejuvenate skeletal muscle after resistance exercise.

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Keeping teachers in the classroom

by Noel King  |  July 18, 2014  

(NPR MARKETPLACE) -- Each year, nearly half a million teachers switch schools or leave the profession altogether. Eric Soule, who landed his first full-time job at a charter school in Riverside, California, in 2013, spent years as a substitute teacher in public schools.= 

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Who's Responsible?

by Charlie Tyson  |  July 25, 2014

WASHINGTON –  At Senate hearing, state and federal officials point fingers at one another when discussing who can fix issues of college cost and access.

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