October 27, 2021
Honors College, Top Scholar student transforms challenges into lasting change
Honors College
Mufaro Chitakure is not afraid of a challenge. It's why the Honors College and Top Scholar student chose actuarial science as his major, and it's what inspired him to join several organizations on campus that address important issues for students of color.
September 9, 2021
Honors College Top Scholar Student Aspires to Give Back Through Education
kelly.holguin@utsa.edu
Analisa Gabryella Sulaica is on a mission to empower her community through education.
July 6, 2021
Four Roadrunners win Fulbright awards to travel abroad
UTSA Today
Four recent UTSA graduates have been awarded grants by the Fulbright U.S. Student Program to travel to Germany, Spain and Belarus in 2022.
May 28, 2021
Three students honored with Ford Foundation fellowship
UTSA Today
UTSA students Favour Obuseh (biomedical engineering) and Kaitlyn Varela (chemistry) were recognized this April as Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellows out of approximately 70 students nationwide.
April 20, 2021
Students earn coveted National Science Foundation fellowships to pursue research
UTSA Today
An impressive 11 UTSA students and alumni were among a select group to receive a prominent award to advance their graduate research education.
April 15, 2021
Four UTSA students named Goldwater Scholars for research excellence
UTSA Today
Four UTSA students have been named Barry Goldwater Scholars, the most prestigious national scholarship awarded to undergraduate students engaging in research in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
April 12, 2021
Honors Students Create Podcasts for Honors College Academic Inquiry Course
Rebeca Gomez
In recent years, podcasts have soared in popularity. Name a topic and you can probably find a podcast devoted to it. Now, the UTSA Honors College has gotten into the act.
March 29, 2021
UTSA Honors Students Educate and Celebrate Through Day of the Dead Exhibit
Elisa Jaynes
While many UTSA students take the month of October to celebrate Halloween, one group of Honors students have turned their attention to Da de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. Honors College counselor and instructor Alegra Lozano teaches the honors seminar, in which her students explore the observance and community engagement around this lavish multi-day celebration.
March 11, 2021
Teaching in the time of COVID
Rebeca Gomez
Gone are the days of professors lecturing to throngs of students in crowded lecture halls. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the way college classes operate, at least for the time being and perhaps with a lasting impact.
March 11, 2021
The ELF Goes Virtual
Rebeca Gomez
In the past, the ELF was a traditional poster conference open to the university community. Students presented their experiences to judges from across the university who assessed the degree to which experiences met the Honors College learning outcomes and ethos. This year, the ELF went virtual.
March 11, 2021
Place, People, San Antonio: Transformative Leadership - Honors Professional Development
Rebeca Gomez
In the Fall of 2020, Elisa Perkins taught an Honors Professional Development Course, Place, People, San Antonio: Transformative Leadership. Perkins says that the course "engaged various levels of leadership of industries in San Antonio." With this course, being virtual has turned out to be a huge advantage.
March 11, 2021
Home in the Time of Covid: Service
Rebeca Gomez
Honors College lecturer Amy Hauck incorporated the pandemic into her classroom lessons with her Service course, Home In The Time of Covid.
March 11, 2021
Demography of Covid: Honors Intellectual Achievement
Rebeca Gomez
Professor and Chair Kara Joyner was new to UTSA this fall, and Honors College students had the good fortune to learn from her, too.
March 11, 2021
Connect, Collect, Create: Honors Service
Rebeca Gomez
During the Summer of 2020, Citymester coordinator and Honors College lecturer Elisa Perkins, created an Honors Service course that incorporated COVID-19 into her summer classroom curriculum.
March 11, 2021
Civic Ethos: Philosophy of Civic Engagement
Rebeca Gomez
As a final project in the course, students applied the knowledge they have gained by creating a proposal and a poster for a future service project, based on their own passions and interests.
March 11, 2021
A Dungeons and Dragons Academic Adventure: Academic Introduction & Strategies
Rebeca Gomez
Don't be fooled into thinking Robertson's class was just an opportunity for students to get together and play Dungeons and Dragons.
March 11, 2021
Writing for the Screen: Skill Development
Rebeca Gomez
The goal of Writing for the Screen is to teach students the skill of screenwriting and all that entails (including structure, format and character development).
