LOOK FOR NEXT WEEK's GRADUATION EDITION ON STANDS MAY 3! UTSA As an event to honor Earth Week, The Environmental Health, Safety and Risk Management will host on-site shredding services in the parking lot between the HUC and Ximenes garage for the UTSA community to enjoy.
S.A. UTSA President Ricardo Romo will sign the Monarch pledge on April 29 at 9 a.m. in Brackenridge Parking Lot 5. The signing will symbolize UTSA and San Antonio’s commitment to protecting the Monarch butterfly. Mayor Ivy Taylor will also be honored by the United States Fish and Wildfire Service for making San Antonio a Monarch Champion City.
Men score higher salaries than women in UTSA athletics The median salary of women faculty at UTSA is nearly $12,000 less than their male counterparts. For women in athletics, it’s $17,411 less.
U.S. The City of Cleveland, Ohio will pay $6 million to the family of Tamir Rice after a police officer shot and killed the 12-year-old. The officer on duty mistook Rice’s toy gun for an actual firearm when he was called to the scene in November 2014.
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World Saudi Arabia has approved a 15 year plan to reorganize the oildependent country. This plan includes tax increases, encouraging diversification, privatization of state assets and a two trillion dollar sovereign wealth fund. The plan, called “Saudi Vision 2030,” is partially in response to the fall in oil prices.
Science A new 700 - mile coral reef was discovered at the mouth of the Amazon River by scientists at the University of Georgia. The new reef was discovered after government officials and oil companies began to search the surface of the river’s mouth for possible oil sources. While the coral reef is a great discovery, it is already in danger. The Brazilian government has already sold 80 blocks for oil production, 20 of which are already producing oil.
SUMMER: LOWER TUITION FOR STUDENTS, LOWER SALARIES FOR FACULTY Lyanne Rodriguez Staff Writer
@thepaisano news@paisano-online.com UTSA is preparing for an increase in summer enrollment as the result of a first - time advertising campaign designed to create excitement for the upcoming summer 2016 sessions. According to University Communications and Marketing, UTSA is looking to increase the number of students enrolled for the Summer 2016 semester. Associate Vice President for Communications and Marketing Joe Izbrand explained, “This is the first year that we’ve promoted summer enrollment through this type of advertising campaign, and we’re seeing very strong and positive results. “Through mid-April, students registered for
summer classes have increased to more than 1,000 compared to the same time last year. The number of credit hours taken has also increased nearly 15 percent.” While the summer advertising campaign aims to increase current UTSA student enrollment for summer, it also intends to attract a range of potential students. “Our marketing approach is to first reach UTSA students and help them get into the classes they need,” Izbrand said. “Summer is also a time when we see more visiting students at UTSA, including those who attend college out of town but come home to San Antonio for the summer, or for those who attend other San Antonioarea universities. They are our secondary audience.” “Third, we’re reaching out to our alumni and working professionals in San Antonio and reminding them it’s a great time to
come back to school to pick up a new skill, to advance in their careers or explore a new area of interest.” UTSA’s ad campaign also asserts that summer sessions offer students an opportunity to stay on track with their degree plan while balancing work and other summer activities. Enrolling in a summer 2016 course can save money as tuition will increase for the next fall and spring semesters. The UTSA 2015/2016 academic year tuition for undergraduate students is $199.41 per semester credit hour (SCH), however, tuition will increase for the 2016/2017 academic year to $209.95 per SCH. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board sets limitations for summer sessions. Students are allowed to take a maximum of 15 semester credit hours during the summer sessions, regardless of term combinations.
Limitations on credit hours are also limited in individual terms: a limit of three semester credit hours in a three-week summer term, four credit hours in a four-week summer term, six in a five-week summer term and 12 in a ten-week summer term. While the length of summer courses are significantly shorter, some students consider their overall quality comparable to courses offered during the fall and spring semesters. T.J. Anzaldua, a UTSA senior electrical engineering major said, “I had a great professor for a summer class I took last year. Even if the class moved at a quick pace, it was well - taught, and he was always prepared. I think the summer class was better than my full semester classes because we met more frequently, and that made the material stick with me a lot better. I would say the quality could
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be better in that sense.” Summer 2016 is a helpful resource for UTSA students to stay on track with their degree plans while they maintain productivity during their vacation. Summer courses provide students an opportunity to progress in their degree plan, but are the benfits reciprocated for instructors? Faculty salaries are based on a nine-month contract from Sept. 1 to May 31. Full academic year salary contracts do not include a set salary for the summer because summer teaching opportunities are not guaranteed and are subject to available funding for that particular summer; consequently, another formula is used to determine instructor pay for summer sessions. In 2006, UTSA colleges were instructed to implement summer salary plans for faculty along See Summer, page 2