Your COLFA dean matters, right?
February 11, 2020
College of Liberal and Fine Arts dean finalist candidates have passed, and with two remaining, the COLFA Dean Search Advisory Committee is coming closer to making its selection. In these forums, the candidates present their vision for the college and UTSA as a whole. Additionally, the forums provide an op...
Dr. Martin Camacho, Dr.Kathaleen Amende continue COLFA dean candidate forums
Xavier Richardson, Assistant Opinion Editor
February 11, 2020
The open forums for the College of Liberal and Fine Arts dean finalist candidates continued with Dr. Martin Camacho on Feb. 3 and Dr. Kathaleen Amende on Feb. 5. Camacho, dean of the College of Fine Arts at Midwestern State University, opened the forum by acknowledging his limited experience with UTSA and...
COLFA dean candidate open forums continue with Dr. Jason Yaeger
Xavier Richardson, Assistant Opinion Editor
February 4, 2020
Open forums for the College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA) dean finalist candidates continued on Jan. 27. Dr. Jason Yaeger, associate dean of COLFA graduate studies and professor of anthropology at UTSA, spoke about how his current role and past experiences at UTSA would make him a good fit for the d...
COLFA dean candidate open forums begin
Xavier Richardson, Staff Writier
January 28, 2020
Open forums, which are opportunities for the UTSA community to ask questions to the candidates for dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA), began Jan. 22. Dr. Anthony Lemieux, professor of global studies and communication at Georgia State University, was the first to present what his v...
Health Communication Concentration Full Interview
Kat Joseph and Oscar Torres
April 18, 2018
Professors Kim Kline, Shamshad Khan, and Stacey Passalacqua sat down with us to discuss the new Heath Communication Concentration for Com majors. Host - Kat Joseph Videographer - Oscar Torres Audio - Kat Joseph Video editors - Kat Joseph and Oscar Torres Check out ot...
Students travel for credit
Leah Feneley
October 25, 2017
Education Abroad Services organize diverse study abroad opportunities in many different international locations for the fall, spring and summer semesters to expand the knowledge and experiences of UTSA students. Director of Education Abroad Services Brandon Lanners said, “You should go abroad bec...
Faculty cuts affect COLFA class sizes
Leah Feneley
October 4, 2017
College of Liberal and Fine Arts’ (COLFA) professors and students are feeling the academic strain this fall semester after a 50 percent reduction in the number of classes taught by nontenure-track faculty (NTT). The news was announced the fall semester of 2016. Since that time, COLFA departments h...
Studying Abroad
Gaige Davila
September 1, 2017
I studied abroad last spring in Italy via the “COLFA in Urbino” program. I returned to the States two months ago and picked up my on-campus job and position at The Paisano where I left them. I’m in the routine I had before I left, and it’s helped with adjusting to living in America again. I h...
Dropped
Samuel De Leon
August 30, 2017
Instructor-initiated drop policy may cost students money and course credit Beginning this semester, any UTSA faculty can drop students from a course for non-attendance as long as drop requirements are clearly stated in the syllabus attendance policy. The instructor-initiated drop is an effort to c...
Invest in curriculum, not cannons
Editorial staff
April 26, 2017
The student government’s push for an artillery cannon to be used at athletic events (such as football games) is described as an effort to promote school spirit and create a new tradition but as the university currently stands, a cannon purchase would be unnecessary, frivolous and quite frankly, ridi...
State Senator Jose Menendez to speak to COLFA graduates
Samuel De Leon
April 20, 2017
State Senator Jose Menendez is the last speaker for the Spring 2017 graduation ceremony to be revealed. Menendez will address the College of Liberal and Fine Arts, College of Public Policy and University College graduates on May 13 at 10 a.m. Menendez has represented District 26, which serves a large...
Abroad in Urbino: A student travel column
Gaige Davila
February 8, 2017
All thirty-four hours of travel was experienced second-to-second, with no music, no sleep, little food and no expectations. I thought about the woman from the night before; she kept saying not to worry. I wasn’t worried. Every flight, TSA line, cab train and hour without sleep was like a punch of fe...