September 21, 2023
UTSA brings Tejano star Shelly Lares to its School of Music as artist-in-residence
The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has selected award-winning Tejano singer-songwriter Shelly Lares as its 2023-2024 artist-in-residence in the UTSA School of Music.
August 24, 2023
Roadrunner Walk Across Spain
(August 25, 2023) This summer five UTSA students spent their summer walking across Spain. Battling heat, blisters, and bad knees, Bella Degarmo (Political Science and Modern Languages), Jaclyn Lerma (Physics and Astronomy), Ashlie Newman (Art), George Salazar (Cybersecurity), and Alana Schwartz (Anthropology) are following step by step in the path of a thousand years-worth of pilgrims to the historic city of Santiago de Compostela.
May 31, 2023
UTSA to launch new school for Humanities and Social Sciences in fall 2023
UTSA College of Liberal and Fine Arts
May 15, 2023
CAR Legacy Summer Camps!
CAR Legacy is running four summer camps for children ages 9-13 at the Center for Archaeological Research on UTSA's 1604 campus!
May 15, 2023
Mellon Foundation grants $1.5M to UTSA research coalition for the Urban Bird Project
UTSA Office of University Strategic Communications
May 11, 2023
Dr. Gregg Michel on TPR Talking TX Vouchers in the 1950s
Texas Public Radio
Historian and UTSA History Professor, Dr. Gregg Michel, joins Texas Public Radio Education reporter, Camille Phillips, to discuss how the Texas legislature almost approved a school voucher program in 1957 in an effort to prevent racial integration in schools. Dr. Michel teaches courses at UTSA which focus on the history of the mid-20th century Civil Rights movement, and he has a very interesting exchange with Phillips that you can listen to and read more about on the Texas Public Radio website.
March 22, 2023
In Memoriam: UTSA mourns loss of renowned poet Wendy Barker
UTSA Office of University Strategic Communications
December 12, 2022
UTSA Student Takes First Place in National Speech Contest
COLFA
(Washington, DC) UTSA third-year Japanese major student Rhyn Cai is the winner of the 2022 Gold Award at The Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement Talk (JLive Talk).
November 10, 2022
Korean Film Night
COLFA
On Friday, November 4th, 2022, at the UTSA Retama, the UTSA Korean Book Club and Korean Culture Club hosted and prepared "Korean Film Night", a movie event for local residents including UTSA students to experience Korean culture.
November 10, 2022
Modern Languages Graduate Student Is Published in COLFA Journal
COLFA
Student in the Graduate Certificate in Linguistics, Wesley Cheung, was recently published in the COLFA journal, Beyond Boundaries.
November 8, 2022
UTSA COLFA Classroom to Career Lecture Series: Douglas Maclean, JD
COLFA
Douglas MacLean, JD, spoke to UTSA students via Zoom on how a liberal and fine arts Degree (or any major) can lead to successful career options on November 3, 2022.
November 8, 2022
Stanford Research Identifies Prof. Robert Tokunaga as Influential Communication Scholar
COLFA
Associate Professor of Communication Robert Tokunaga has been identified as among the top 2% most influential Communication and Media Studies scholars of the last 60 years (1960-2021).
October 10, 2022
Recording Link of Department of Political Science and Geography Speaker Series: Dr. Dovile Burdyte
COLFA
"A DECOLONIZING MOMENT OF SORTS": WHO SUPPORTS UKRAINE IN CENTRAL EASTERN EUROPE AND WHY”
September 27, 2022
Governors Abbott and DeSantis aim to score political points with migrant busing program, professor s
COLFA
With immigration among the top issues concerning Texans this election season, the impact of Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program will likely play a role in the outcome of the state’s November races.
September 27, 2022
GEOGRAPHY STUDY ABROAD COURSE TAKES STUDENTS TO THE MEXICAN HEARTLAND
COLFA
July 16-August 5 was a special time for 11 students, including seven from Geography, two from Global Affairs, one from Political Science, and one from Anthropology.
July 19, 2022
$500K Mellon grant means more UTSA students having the opportunity to make an impact
UTSA Office of University Strategic Communications
July 15, 2022
UTSA, Bexar County Launch Next Phase of Local History’s Digital Transformation
COLFA
UTSA presented to the Commissioners Court the results of Phase II and the next steps for The Seed of Texas: An Interactive Exploration of Bexar County History
July 15, 2022
UTSA students’ culture experience in Seoul: 2022 Study Abroad in Korea
COLFA
The University of Texas at San Antonio offered the first-ever faculty-led summer study abroad in Korea at Kookmin University.
April 11, 2022
Journée de la Francophonie 2022
COLFA
The department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the Alliance Française of San Antonio welcomed high school students and their French teachers to UTSA to celebrate all things Francophone on Saturday, February 26. Over 300 people attended the event, among them high school students and UTSA students.
March 29, 2022
Creative Writing Express Workshop
COLFA
On Monday, March 28th, Dr. Valeria Meiller led the Creative Writing Express workshop which was a huge success. In this workshop, students had the chance to engage in a fun creative writing exercise.
March 14, 2022
Political expert says war won’t end soon, leaving Ukrainians in San Antonio heartbroken
COLFA
MARCH 14, 2022 - SAN ANTONIO – The Russian invasion is slowly taking over Ukraine, with the U.N. reporting at least 549 civilian deaths and 41 children included in that number.
March 1, 2022
UTSA Russian Program featured on local news
COLFA
With the recent invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Russia and the Russian language have become more relevant than ever.
February 14, 2022
UTSA Spanish Student achieves National Certification as a healthcare interpreter
COLFA
Devin Lukachik from Houston, Texas, is a UTSA senior graduating with a BA in Spanish in Spring 2022. Devin is a published author and a Certified Healthcare Interpreter (Spanish). He also studies Portuguese and French. After graduation, he plans to attend the UT Health Sciences Center in San Antonio for their Speech-Language Pathology program. He hopes to become one of the pioneers of bilingual speech pathology and speech therapy, a relatively new but important development in this field.
January 19, 2022
Beyond Boundaries: A Graduate Student Publication for COLFA
COLFA
The College of Liberal and Fine Arts (COLFA) is proud to announce the initial release of Beyond Boundaries, an open-access, student organized academic journal designed as an inclusive forum for UTSA graduate students to demonstrate original work.
December 10, 2021
Grad student archives pandemic’s memories and West Side’s El Pueblo
UTSA Office of University Strategic Communications
September 29, 2021
Tactical Visioning Task Force launches second phase of process along with Southwest School of Art
COLFA
The Tactical Visioning Task Force launched phase II of its visioning process for the College of Liberal and Fine Arts earlier this month, now with the added scope of including the new partnership with the Southwest School of Arts.
August 4, 2021
Task force for tactical visioning publishes phase I report
COLFA
As you know, in 2020-21 35 COLFA faculty, staff, and students, along with colleagues from across the UTSA community served on the COLFA Tactical Visioning Team. The goal of the team was to gather input from COLFA faculty, staff, students, the UTSA community, and the wider San Antonio community about the identity – perceived, lived, and aspirational – of COLFA and possible directions following our move from 11 departments to 9.
August 3, 2021
MA student Farrin Moreno featured as a Parent Voice Contributor
COLFA
Farrin emphasizes how communication plays a critical role in the experience of neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) parents.
July 16, 2021
Libby Rowe funds new show ‘Taming the Chaotic Mind’ with funds from Stumberg Summer Research Award
COLFA
Libby Rowe, COLFA Associate Professor of Art, was awarded a solo exhibition through a call for submissions held by Clamp Light Artist Studios and Gallery in collaboration with Casa Lü Gallery and Artist Residency Program.
July 6, 2021
Four Roadrunners win Fulbright awards to travel abroad
UTSA Office of Nationally Competitive Awards
May 4, 2021
Glenn A. Martinez selected as next dean of College of Liberal and Fine Arts
COLFA
UTSA Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Kimberly Andrews Espy today announced the selection of Glenn A. Martinez, professor of Hispanic linguistics at The Ohio State University, as the dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts and the Stumberg Distinguished University Chair. He begins his duties July 1.
April 30, 2021
UTSA student earns Fulbright Scholarship
COLFA
Her project is focused on political science and social media network analysis, specifically how our political affiliations translate into our digital environments. She's currently completing the first year of German language classes at UTSA, which will help her acclimate to daily life in Rostock.
April 27, 2021
UTSA Students do virtual study abroad at japanese university
COLFA
Hyjek and Martinez maintained a grueling schedule attending UTSA by day while studying at Kyoto University from 8 p.m. every evening until three in the morning, Monday through Friday. Both students worked alongside UTSA professor Mimi Yu who served as an unofficial liaison helping student navigate the virtual halls and classrooms of the Japanese university.
March 22, 2021
Interview with Karla Hernández
COLFA
Karla Hernández is a proud first-gen, UTSA 2020 alumna with a bachelor of arts in Medical Humanities and a minor in Biology. She speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese, and is a CoreCHITM medical interpreter for underserved Hispanic communities in her home city, Houston, Texas.
November 23, 2020
2020 Alamo Model UN Conference
COLFA
The Model United Nations Society at the University of Texas at San Antonio just completed a very successful and enjoyable Alamo Model United Nations Conference.
August 31, 2020
Interim Dean forms task force to identify COLFA’s greatest strengths and opportunities
COLFA
Interim Dean Sean Kelly has launched a task force of 35 faculty, staff and students, to help the College of Liberal and Fine Arts identify its greatest strengths and opportunities. Most of the task force members are from the college, and the work will include research and outreach over the next three months.
August 26, 2020
Linguistic Student Wins Competition
COLFA
Christine Martinez recently awarded third place in the 3M Ready, Set, Research Competition.
August 26, 2020
Chappell Named Lutcher Brown Distinguished Professor
COLFA
Dr. Whitney Chappell, Associate Professor of Hispanic Linguistics at UTSA, has been chosen as one of UTSA’s Lutcher Brown Distinguished Professors for the 2020-2021 academic year.
June 23, 2020
UTSA Student Receives Fulbright Student Grant
COLFA
David Diaz, a recent graduate of UTSA and a former student of Dr. Liang Ward, Lecturer 2 in Chinese, has received a grant from the Fulbright Student Program to teach in Taipei City, Taiwan. Diaz will teach English in Taiwan for a year beginning in Fall 2020.
June 8, 2020
COLFA announces winners of the 20th Annual COLFA Spring Research Conference
COLFA
Dozens of students at every level of their college studies competed in one of seven categories and today, the college is proud to announce the winners. For the first time, faculty mentors are also being recognized alongside the first place winner in that category.
May 19, 2020
Modern Languages Award Winners
COLFA
This spring over 200 students were nominated for awards for their excellent work in Modern Languages and Literatures classes during the 2019 calendar year. Ordinarily the department hosts an awards ceremony in the spring to honor these students but it had to be cancelled this year due to Covid-19. In lieu of the awards event, students are being recognized here and in social media.
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