Dear all, Welcome to the new International Faculty mailing list - there are currently 60 members on this list and we will use it to send out meeting invitations, reminders, as well as any other information relevant to the group. You can also send out emails to everyone by simply sending an email to intfaculty(a)lists.it.utsa.edu. You can also still reach out directly to Anegla (cc'ed) or myself. With everyone hopefully finishing up the spring semester on a strong note, here are a couple of things we worked on throughout and a few items for the fall. * First, we are still working with Academic Affairs on a new memo on immigration & visa support. Per our last meeting, there has been a verbal commitment that all TT faculty will receive full support towards the Green Card, I believe now is a good time to watch closely and hear from faculty going through the process. If you know any new faculty or other currently dealing with immigration issues, please reach out to Angela and me. * Second, we have heard form the International Student Association during our last meeting. This is a great group of students supporting international students coming to UTSA. They are looking forward to working with us and collaborating on events and initiatives. They are also looking for a faculty advisor which should not be a lot of work but a great opportunity to further connect. Please reach out to Angela and me if you are interested and we can connect you! * Third, we will be at the BOLD Resource Fair for incoming faculty on Monday, August 1, 3:30-4:30. This is a great opportunity for our group to onboard and support new faculty - remember, you were there once, too. We might even want to host a social event just for international faculty during that week (see below). Again, please reach out to Angela and me if you would like to help here! * Finally, we have not hosted a group social yet nor have we continued to work on by-laws and institutionalizing leadership. Maybe this is a good time to restate that Angela and I are doing what we are doing simply because there has been no one else. If you wish to become more involved, have an idea for a social event, or want to lead the group, please let us know and we will get you there! Sorry, this is already a lot of information - the bottom line is, we now have a way to easily reach out to everyone and we will continue to get this group of the ground. Summer and new faculty onboarding will be important here as is our continued lobbying for better immigration & visa support. We will be in touch throughout the summer and let you know about fall plans. Most likely, we will be hosting monthly meetings again but we hope to have them in-person Thank you for your interest in the group & please reach out if you have any questions! Matthias -- /Matthias Hofferberth, Ph.D.// Associate Professor of Political Science// International Relations and Global Governance// 2021/2022 UTSA Model UN Faculty Advisor <https://www.utsa-modelun.org/>// 2021/2022 Sigma Iota Rho Faculty Advisor <http://www.sigmaiotarho.org/>// 2021/2022 DAAD Research Ambassador <https://www.daad.org/en/about-us/network/research-ambassadors-profiles/> / /The University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Political Science and Geography One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249-1644 Recent Publications: Proclaiming a Prophecy Empty of Substance? A Pragmatist Reconsideration of Global Governance <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/17550882211028778> (Journal of International Political Theory) “It’s the End of the World as We Know It”. World Politics in a Postgovernance World <https://brill.com/view/journals/gg/26/4/article-p553_4.xml> (Global Governance) Corporate Actors in Global Governance <https://www.rienner.com/title/Corporate_Actors_in_Global_Governance_Busin... (Lynne Rienner) / /The University of Texas at San Antonio is situated on traditional Tonkawa, Jumanos, Lipan Apache, and Coalhuiltecan territory. <https://native-land.ca/>/ /ACUE Badge /