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SEPTEMBER 1, 2017
DECEMBER 19, 2013
College of Business students, faculty, and staff’s Briefcase Brigade wins a first place trophy and UTSA’s float nabs a third place with the university’s very first entries to the Battle of Flowers parade, part of Fiesta San Antonio.
The university receives its largest gift from an individual, from the estate of Mary E. McKinney. McKinney, a San Antonio native and schoolteacher who had attended some postgraduate courses at UTSA, bequeathed more than 5,200 acres in ranch land as well as a portfolio of stocks and bonds. Valued at $22 million upon her death, the value has now increased to more than $30 million.
OCTOBER 6, 2010
The former vice chancellor for research and engagement at University of Tennessee at Knoxville, T. Taylor Eighmy is named sixth president of UTSA.
The university celebrates the 45th anniversary since its founding and marks the benchmark graduation of its 100,000th student at the end of fall semester commencement.
APRIL 25, 2008
Six years after launching the football program, the Roadrunners cap their first season under new head coach Frank Wilson with an appearance in their first football bowl game, facing the University of New Mexico in the Gildan New Mexico Bowl. UTSA’s invitation to the bowl matches NCAA records for the fastest program to reach a bowl game.
DECEMBER 17, 2016
UTSA announces $70 million in funding from the UT System’s Permanent University Fund and $15 million from San Antonio businessman and philanthropist Graham Weston to help launch a major expansion of the Downtown Campus.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2018
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