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Annual Faculty/Staff Downtown Campus Update

Annual Faculty/Staff Downtown Campus Update. November 30, 2010. View of Downtown from Downtown Campus. Enrollment Highlights Fall 2010. Enrollment is 6,668 students, a 3.86% increase over Fall 2009 Enrollments are 20% of total UTSA enrollments

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Annual Faculty/Staff Downtown Campus Update

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  1. Annual Faculty/Staff Downtown Campus Update November 30, 2010

  2. View of Downtown from Downtown Campus

  3. Enrollment Highlights Fall 2010 • Enrollment is 6,668 students, a 3.86% increase over Fall 2009 • Enrollments are 20% of total UTSA enrollments • UG enrollment (5,248) is 20% of UTSA’s overall UG enrollment • Graduate enrollment (1,420) is 33% of UTSA’s overall graduate enrollment

  4. Enrollment HighlightsFall 2010 • Credit hours generated are 43,505, a 9.4% increase over Fall 2009 • COPP and COA fastest growing colleges at the DT Campus • 143 Early College students are enrolled

  5. Enrollment Highlights:Majors by College • Architecture---1,116 (total--1,182) • Business---733 • Education---1,730 • Engineering---103 • Liberal & Fine Arts---944 • Public Policy---1,132 (total--1,341) • Sciences---549

  6. Highlights from 2009-2010 • Enriching Educational Experiences • Serving Society • Promoting Access & Affordability • Community Engagement • Expanding Resources & Infrastructure

  7. Enriching Educational Experiences (COA) • BS in Interior Design and Master of Architecture accredited • (with COPP) MS in Urban and Regional Planning implemented • New Bachelor of Science in Construction Science and Management achieved “Candidate Program Status”

  8. Enriching Educational Experiences (COPP) • SW students worked with recovering heroine addicts in Project Carino—and with HIV clients in collaboration with UT Health Science Center • Demography produced its first Ph.D. graduate

  9. Enriching Educational Experiences (COPP) • Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration approved • Nonprofit Administration and Leadership enrolled over 60 participants • 2nd Annual Student Research Paper Competition conducted • “Law and Criminology without Borders” hosted by CRJ & Mexico Center

  10. Enriching EducationalExperiences (COEHD) • New Master’s in School Psychology started with 50 new students • SPSY program added 8 new courses • Psychological Assessment and Consultation Center has a library, conference room, assessment materials and video equipment for supervision

  11. Enriching EducationalExperiences (COLFA) • Graduate students organized the “Wild Tongues: Concepts of the Untamed in Scholarship, Teaching, Writing, and Beyond” conference • Sponsored “El Mundo Zurdo: An International Conference on the Life and Work of Gloria Anzaldua”

  12. Enriching EducationalExperiences (COLFA) • Sponsored “Decolonial Subject Formations at the Limits of Impunity: A Metareading of Making a Killing”

  13. Enriching EducationalExperiences (CS) • Mexico Center hosted/sponsored a number of important conferences and presentations on international migration, assimilation and race • Mexico Center co-sponsored presentations on doing business in the U.S. (with IED), the architecture of Tatiana Bilbao (with COA)

  14. Enriching EducationalExperiences (CS) • IED provided internships and service learning opportunities to more than 100 students • IED and COB partnered with San Antonio SBDC to match senior-level accounting students with SBDC clients

  15. Enriching Educational Experiences (Student Affairs) • Sports Court being built and aerobics and ballet dance floor being installed in Aerobics Room • Student Activities initiated the Graduate Students & Faculty Social Hour

  16. Enriching Educational Experiences (Student Affairs) • Student Activities held Constitution Day, Tournament Tuesdays, Brown Bag Matinees (13), Coffee House Performances (4), Cultural Programming (6); 4th Annual Family Fest

  17. Enriching Educational Experiences • TRC initiated Investigating Career Options • TRC provided additional academic support to COPP’s academic reinstatement students • 34 freshman selected for the ACE Scholar-ship Program

  18. Serving Society (COPP) • IDSER conducted needs assessment for the City of San Antonio’s Early Childhood Head Start Program • IDSER produced projections for the overweight and obese population for Texas (with the Texas Comptroller’s Office)

  19. Serving Society (COPP) • SW (with the CAPRI Center) is conducting a project to help foster youth transfer into higher education • AH students conducted “7 in Seven” service project during Spring Break

  20. Serving Society (COA) • 300 STAR students participated in the City’s Historic Preservation Office on the clean-up of the Dignowity neighborhood

  21. Promoting Access & Affordability • SW received three years of funding for scholarships for bilingual students • SW enrollments grew to 190 students • COA and the Construction Industry Advisory Council established 14 annual scholarships established for Construction Science and Management majors

  22. Promoting Access & Affordability • P-20 continued Early College Program and various school projects • Student Affairs offered campus tours; Visit Fridays

  23. Community Engagement (COA) • COA: The College and the City of San Antonio hosted a two-day Charrette focusing on the Frio Street Corridor

  24. Community Engagement (COPP) • Presented The Great Cities Dialogue: “Great Cities in Dark Times” • Sponsored a forum entitled “Public Policy and San Antonio’s Urban Landscape: Sustaining our Natural Heritage” • Sponsored Senator Van De Putte’s forum on “Human Trafficking”

  25. Community Engagement (COPP) PAD hosted “Conversation Starters” CRJ hosted 3rd Annual Community Breakfast

  26. Community Engagement (COEHD) • Psychological Assessment and Consultation Center provided community services • Counseling faculty provided workshops/presentations on multi-student suicide, student substance abuse, and bullying • Counseling conducted weekly substance abuse counseling groups in Harlandale

  27. Community Engagement (COEHD) Counseling faculty provided counseling services to adjudicated youth and their families at Judge Bull’s Juvenile Court Hosted the Texas Licensed Professional Counselor Board Meeting

  28. Community Engagement (COLFA) • Presented The Crucible • Implemented “Downtown Campus Strings Program”

  29. Community Engagement TRC hosted their annual High School Counselors Breakfast Student Activities provided a once a month personality assessment for 25 juvenile girls and family members at the Municipal Court

  30. Community Engagement (CS) • IED served more than 37,000 clients, a 16% increase than served in 2009 • P-20 established Mentoring Matters • TRIO (with the SPURS) hosted the TRIO Day TEXAS at the AT&T Center • Extended Education conducted Advanced Placement Seminar Institute

  31. Expanding Resources & Infrastructure • DT Campus: GIS Research Lab established by Vice Provost, IDSER, COPP, & COA • DT Campus: Significant hiring of faculty, administrators, and staff • Student Affairs: DTC Technology Store opened; Transcript Service enhanced; Career Services relocated and expanded • COPP: Dr. Lloyd Potter named the Texas State Demographer in March 2010

  32. Expanding Resources & Infrastructure (CS) • IED established 2 new programs – the Rural Business Program and the Sustainable Business Program • The International Trade Center created an SBDC model in Columbia and El Salvador. • A website, SBDCglobal.com, is under development

  33. Expanding Resources &Infrastructure (CS) • Extended Education: Acquired technology to create a web portal for continuing education activities throughout UTSA • P-20 (with Academy for Teacher Excellence) awarded a 3-year grant from DE for $750,000

  34. Recognized Excellence • COPP: AH received the Outstanding Certifications Benchmark Award • COPP: AH is in the top five of American Humanics national certifying institutions

  35. Recognized Excellence • COPP: Criminal Justice was awarded over ½ million dollars in federal grants and contracts • IED: The Minority Business Enterprise Center was ranked #1 nationwide for its access to markets and capital, job creation, new clients and sales increases

  36. Downtown Campus Traditions • Family Fest • Coffee House • Dia de los Muertos • NIUTSA Jazzed Up • La Despedida • Holiday Luncheon • Holiday Saxophones

  37. Major Developments • Review of undergraduate degree programming • Food Court upgrades & expanded hours • Monterey Building Cafe • Lighting and landscaping on Bill Miller Plaza • DXS Card Readers in Durango Building

  38. Major Developments • Farewell to Friends and Colleagues • Powell Trotti • Mark McGregor • Pat Morehead

  39. Major Developments • Welcome to all new faculty and staff

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