Seventeen UTSA students have been named recipients of the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship. The award is designed to promote study abroad amongst Americans, allowing students of underrepresented groups to pursue international experiences to study, intern, or do service learning projects abroad.
UTSA has been named a Fulbright HSI (Hispanic Serving Institution) Leader by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA). This designation recognizes the university's noteworthy engagement with the Fulbright Program, the U.S. government's flagship international educational exchange program.
New Braunfels, Texas, resident North Awad says that UTSA's proximity to home was a factor in their college search. The other driving factor for their enrollment was the university's research opportunities, which have grown and expanded tremendously in recent years.
Faculty Mara Guadalupe Arregun, Nazgol Bagheri and Abraham DeLeon have been named the new recipients of the Ricardo Romo Ph.D. Endowed Professorship. The two-year appointment recognizes faculty in the UTSA Honors College who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, leadership and service to students.
Alba Chocron, a first-year, biomedical engineering student is ready for her new journey as a UTSA Roadrunner. A 2022 graduate of San Antonio's Clark High School, Chocron wasted no time getting involved on campus—from joining the intramural tennis team to becoming a part of the Engineering Freshman Interest Group (FIG), a program within the Margie and Bill Klesse College of Engineering and Integrated Design.
Three students from UTSA have been awarded grants in the Fulbright Student Program to travel to Bulgaria, India, and St. Lucia in 2022. The Fulbright program is sponsored by the U.S. Department of State and is the flagship program for international educational exchange.
Four UTSA students and alumni have earned the National Science Foundation (NSF)'s prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship. The award recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited U.S. institutions.
Samantha Oviedo, a UTSA junior majoring in biochemistry, has been named a Barry Goldwater Scholar. The award is the most prestigious national scholarship bestowed on undergraduate students engaging in undergraduate research in the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.
Politics and law/psychology double major Grace Chen is raising the academic profile of UTSA by becoming the first Honors College student to interview for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship in six years.
The University of Texas at San Antonio is one of 20 Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) selected to participate in the first cohort of the Grow with Google HSI Career Readiness Program, an initiative aimed at helping Latino students prepare for the workforce through digital skills training and career workshops.