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President Eighmy establishes President’s Student Advisory Council<http://www.utsa.edu/today/2018/12/story/StudentAdvisoryCouncil... by DAVID RODRIGUEZ - UTSA Today | Pub: 12/05 UTSA President Taylor Eighmy has established a new President’s Student Advisory Council to provide him with insights regarding the student experience at the university. UTSA hosts Hour of Code<https://www.ksat.com/news/utsa-hosts-hour-of-code> by KSAT12 - KSAT12 | Pub: 12/05 UTSA's College Of Education And Human Development on Tuesday hosted Hour of Code, an international initiative that encourages people to spend more time learning computer science. UTSA housekeepers turned panic to computer confidence<http://digital.olivesoftware.com/Olive/ODN/SanAntonioExpres... by ELAINE AYALA - San Antonio Express-News | Pub: 12/03 When the University of Texas at San Antonio’s facilities department announced in 2011 that its housekeepers would have to start clocking in and out of work each day on a computer, Erlinda Castillo wasn’t alone in being terrified. UTSA, Northwest Vista College Launch Program to Increase Latino Teachers<https://woai.iheart.com/content/2018-11-29-utsa-northwest-vis... by MORGAN MONTALVO - News Radio WOAI 1200 | Pub: 12/03 UTSA and Northwest Vista College have entered into a five-year grant agreement to train more Hispanic teachers, News Radio 1200 WOAI reports. The $3.75 million-dollar award establishes the Latino Teacher Academy Learning Community to prepare Hispanic students with an interest in teaching who transfer to UTSA from Northwest Vista College to become critical need-area educators, says UTSA's Prof. Norma Guerra. 25th anniversary of UTSA Mexican American Studies<http://walkerreport.blogspot.com/2018/11/25th-anniversary-of-u... by LINDA HARTMAN WALKER - Walker Report | Pub: 12/03 The UTSA Mexican American Studies program is a nationally recognized program that prepares students to enter professional and graduate schools. UTSA MAS graduates are employed as teachers in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade public school classrooms across San Antonio, and hold leadership positions in private and public service sectors, including early childhood education agencies, historical preservation commissions, and non-profit organizations. ________________________________ TechTip of the Week Easily conduct a reverse image search brought to you by Technology Support Services<http://education.utsa.edu/faculty/technology_support_services... Did you know...that you can reverse search an image in Chrome? In Google Chrome, if you press "S" while you right click on an image it will do a reverse Google search. That means you'll be able to see where that photo is and where it potentially originated. [http://education.utsa.edu/images/uploads/Screen_Shot_2018-09-20_at_4.44.1...] | View all TechTips<http://education.utsa.edu/techtip/> [Facebook]<https://api.addthis.com/oexchange/0.8/forward/facebook/offer... 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