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Sponsored by the Office of Student Activities who partnered with Campus Recreation and the Tomas Rivera Center for Student Success, the event featured live classical guitar music performed by senior music major, Jesus Villanueva; a Campus Rec Cupcake Challenge (#loveURheart) that educated students about nutritional choices and Graduate Student Learning Resources provided by the TRC.

Approximately 140 graduate and evening students participated, which is a record number for this monthly event that began in Fall of 2009 as a late afternoon Coffeehouse.

Submitted by —
Michelle Rocha
Assistant Director,
Student Activities - Downtown Campus

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The Student Activities Downtown Campus Spring Involvement Fair, held on January 29, was a big success: many different student organizations were on hand to help students learn about the many great ways to get involved on campus.

Submitted by —
Michelle Rocha
Assistant Director,
Student Activities

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Campus Recreation partnered with UTSA Dining to provide an educational and recreational program that shares recipes, directions, and nutritional information for enjoying healthier sweets. This Heart Health themed (#loveURheart) program’s purpose is to make our students more aware of nutritional decisions while providing a fun and safe contest that allows our students to utilize their creativity this Valentine season.

Throughout the days and evenings, 150 students participated. 4 winners were awarded for the week and cupcakes were highlighted on Campus Recreation’s Instagram (@utsarec).

Submitted by —
Jonathan Bange
Assistant Director,
Student Activities - Downtown Campus

UTSA was well represented at UTSA Day at the Capitol as over 60 student leaders, faculty, staff and alumni met with state representatives and their staff members to discuss legislative issues that are important to UTSA. Some of the issues discussed were Tuition Revenue Bonds, the Texas Research Incentive Program, the Texas Grants program, and the Hazelwood Act.

In addition to getting to meet with representatives and staffers, the UTSA delegation was able to meet with UTSA McClendon Scholars and several alumni who work at the Capitol. All were happy to see friendly, familiar faces from UTSA and we are very honored to have them working at the Texas State Capitol!

Submitted by —
John Montoya
Assistant Director,
Student Activities

UTSA branches out to new opportunities for the student population. Recently the Career Center Staff was invited to participate in Dell’s University Professionals and Career Services Day at their Round Rock location. The purpose of the day was for attendees to build relationships with Dell and specific business leaders and talent acquisition professionals to better assist them and us in equipping graduating students to become tomorrow’s leaders at Dell. Dell business leaders shared the vision of Dell, as well as a team member alumni panel discussed career path opportunities at Dell. A site tour was conducted that included their Global Command Center.

As a result of the visit, Dell’s Talent Acquisition Staff attended our STEM and All Majors career fairs (see below). After attending our career fair, Dell’s Senior Project Program Management Analyst said it best “We cannot thank you enough for inviting us to your career fair yesterday! We were overwhelmed with your hospitality, as well as the amount and quality of your interested students. We look forward to many years of this partnership with you, and again, our sincerest thanks to all of you and your staff for such a great experience.”

Submitted by —
Morris Ellington
Program Manager,
University Career Center

On February 11th, over 800 UTSA students attended and participated in the Spring 2015 STEM and All-Majors Career Fairs conducted by the University Career Center. Seventy-one employers attended the morning STEM Career Fair and 97 employer organizations participated in the afternoon All-Majors Career & Internship Career Fair. Both events were held in the HUC Ballroom.

New from the University Career Center this semester was “Preparation Station”. After checking in, students were given the option of visiting three Career Fair preparation tables prior to going into the Career Fair. At these tables, Career Center professionals coached students on how to present and conduct themselves during the event, with a focus on:

• Resumes
• Employer research and knowledge
• Dress, appearance and greeting
• Elevator speech

The vast majority of students at both events visited Preparation Station before moving into the Career Fair, and feedback from students and employers was extremely positive.

Also new and detailed in the next article was the rollout of the new “Career Fair Mobile app” which was very well received by students and also helped with Career Fair preparation.

Submitted by —
Morris Ellington
Program Manager,
University Career Center

UTSA Career Center Staff attended the Sanderson Farm Super Chicken Roadshow in Bryan/College Station. Sanderson Farms is the third largest producer of poultry in the United States, and is expanding operations in Texas.

They are looking for students and graduates to fill their Advanced and Beginning Trainee Program, as well as their Summer Internship Program. Career Center staff traveled to Sanderson Farms to understand their needs and build recruiting relationships.

If you’re scratching your head wondering, just what is a Super Chicken Road Show, it’s the opportunity to find out firsthand what goes into making Sanderson Farms one of the most successful companies in producing chickens for major grocery stores, restaurants and specialty stores. We enjoyed our visit and hope it will be a productive relationship for UTSA.

Submitted by —
Morris Ellington
Program Manager,
University Career Center

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As we prepare to celebrate NIRSA Recreational Sports & Fitness Day on Monday, February 23, here are a few highlights from our successful Club Sports program:

• Table Tennis won the TMS South Texas Division Tournament on February 7.
• Table Tennis will compete in the NCTTA South Regional at Texas Wesleyan on February 21-22.
• Quidditch hosted their first tournament, the Alamo Cup on February 7.
• Quidditch will compete in the US Quidditch Southwest Regional at Texas State on February 21-22.
• Men’s Lacrosse has started the season at 2-0 with victories over St. Edward’s and Dallas Baptist.

Submitted by —
Leigh Darilek
Assistant Director, Communications
Campus Recreation