Mandatory face coverings and move to online classes after Thanksgiving among fall plans
Josh Peck, News Editor
June 30, 2020
UTSA will require masks to be worn on campus and classes will move online-only following Thanksgiving break according to an email from university leadership on Tuesday. The two decisions mirror acts taken by UT Austin and Texas A&M University. The fall academic calendar will remain the same, with c...
Experts explain how to handle mental health and trauma during COVID-19
Josh Peck, News Editor
May 15, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused millions to lose their jobs, led to tens of thousands of tragic deaths and forced students to learn from laptops and Zoom meetings. Research published in the Journal of Adolescent Health in 2019 and in Frontiers in Psychology in 2020 concluded that college students’ mental health has been on the decline in the past decade and uncertai...
President Eighmy says UTSA will ‘broadly re-open’ in Fall 2020
Josh Peck, News Editor
May 11, 2020
President Taylor Eighmy announced on May 11 that the UTSA campuses would reopen in Fall 2020 and that a detailed plan of the process and safety measures that will be put in place when the university reopens would be released in late June. The announcement came 12 days after UT System Chancellor J...
UTSA supports students with financial relief fund
Ebony Purks, Staff Writer
May 10, 2020
UTSA Roadrunner Student Alumni Association (RSAA) has created the Student Emergency Fund (SEF), which offers students experiencing temporary financial insecurity some financial relief. UTSA’s RSAA Student Emergency Fund is for students unable to meet immediate expenses because of emergency situat...
Panel discusses the economic impact of COVID-19 in San Antonio
Adrianne Kristianto, Social Media Coordinator
May 6, 2020
Economic experts from UTSA discussed the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic in a virtual panel on April 22. The panelists included Tom Tunstall, senior director of research for the Institute for Economic Development; Richard Sifuentes, director of the Small Business Development Center; Pamela Smit...
UTSA administrators announce major budget cuts and restrictive measures due to COVID-19
Josh Peck, News Editor
May 1, 2020
Even after being awarded a federal emergency grant of nearly $30 million earlier in April, UTSA continues to struggle to make up for lost revenue due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, university administrators led by President Dr. Taylor Eighmy, Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Kimberly Andrews Esp...
UT System chancellor says all UT institutions ‘will be open in the fall’
Josh Peck, News Editor
May 1, 2020
In an interview with the Texas Tribune on April 30, UT System Chancellor James B. Milliken addressed whether UT System institutions would open in the Fall 2020 semester after Texas Tech University and Texas A&M University-San Antonio announced on April 30 they would be opening in the fall. ...
University makes changes to counseling and mental health services, student health services following external recommendations
Breahna Luera, News Editor
April 27, 2020
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly Espy sent an email to the UTSA community on April 14 with an update on the President’s Initiative on Enriching Campus Wellbeing. The email included a report from Hodgkins Beckley Consulting (HBC) on UTSA’s Counseling and Mental Health Se...
UTSA Spring 2020 commencement will be held virtually
Josh Peck, News Editor
April 25, 2020
UTSA will be holding a commencement ceremony for the class of 2020 virtually on May 23 and 24, according to a public statement made on April 14. The university says it is also considering other ways to celebrate the upcoming graduating class of UTSA. President Dr. Taylor Eighmy had announced in ...
UTSA says no more COVID-19 cases reported among students, faculty, staff
Josh Peck, News Editor
April 21, 2020
COVID-19 has continued to spread through San Antonio, as evidenced by the fact that more than 1,000 people in San Antonio had tested positive for the virus as of April 20, according to Mayor Ron Nirenberg. The pandemic has also affected the UTSA community; President Dr. Taylor Eighmy released a statem...
UTSA to receive almost $30 million in emergency federal aid
Josh Peck, News Editor
April 21, 2020
UTSA is set to receive $29.7 million from the federal government as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The emergency relief funds are meant to support the university and its students during a pandemic that has led to spikes in unemp...
How COVID-19 impacts UTSA students with a history of foster care
Josh Peck, News Editor
April 17, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of students across the country have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and the decisions universities and colleges have made in response to it. Most students participate exclusively in online classes, and many students have had to move back home from campus. While all students...
