fyi From: Rhonda Gonzales Dear UTSA Colleagues and Friends, For nine years UTSA has hosted a daylong African American Studies Spring Symposium on our UTSA Main Campus. We are doing it again this year, and we hope that you and your students will join us for an exciting line up of speakers and performances. The Power of Story: African American Autobiography & Life Writing Tuesday, April 12, 2016 | 8 am - 5 pm Main Campus UC Denman Ballroom FREE registration<http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/aass/> (Limited Free Lunches Remain) The day's schedule and additional information can be found at: http://colfa.utsa.edu/english/aass/ We align the day's schedule with the UTSA class schedule. We provide sign-in sheets for your students. We will get the sheets to you so that you have a record of those in attendance. Attending co-curricular activities may bolster student retention, so it is more than extra credit. Let's be sure we encourage students (and everyone) to attend this event and others. Let me know if you have any questions. PLEASE SHARE this information and the appended flyer. With thanks, Rhonda M. Gonzales, Sonja Lanehart, Joycelyn Moody, Scott Sherer, and Deborah Thomas The AASS Planning Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rhonda M. Gonzales, PhD I'm first-gen! Associate Professor UTSA Department of History Director, PIVOT for Academic Success American Council on Education Fellow Ann Margaret Trujillo Associate Director Student Center for Community Engagement and Inclusion University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle UC 2.01.04 San Antonio, TX 78249 (210) 458.4770 (210) 458.6927 fax The Student Center for Community Engagement and Inclusion is committed to fostering a campus culture that promotes active engagement through volunteerism and in which issues relating to culture, religion, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, and sexual orientation are addressed with sincerity and respect and all members of the campus community feel safe, welcomed and valued.