UTSA
As a communications specialist for the Office of Development at The University of Texas at San Antonio, I am responsible for sharing the stories from some of our brightest students and incredible faculty. Here are just a few stories that I have written as well as provided photography for. All content has been produced for UTSA and published on their website, social media channels, emails, letters and newsletters.
Funny man on campus explores the art of improv
It’s a Friday night, and in a small room located in the basement of a burger joint you’ll find Brennan Loy, a UTSA student working the mic with the comedy troupe, Alamo City Improv.
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Showing kids the power of music
With a graceful hand, Cleo Miele motions the bow of her violin against the strings of the instrument. What comes out is a beautiful, perfectly tuned melody– a sound the talented musician has been perfecting since age 10.
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Dr. Gelo dedicated to preserving Native American history
For over thirty years, Dr. Daniel Gelo has studied the culture and community of the Native American people. Gelo, Dean in the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at UTSA, is one of the most sought after Indian experts in the country. He has slept in their homes, eaten at their tables and even participated in some of their most sacred ritual ceremonies.
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Meet a Roadrunner
Meet Michele Maasberg. A doctoral candidate studying cybersecurity at UTSA, she's focusing her research on seemingly unlikely threats: those that come from insiders.
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Kathy Acock
Construction trail-blazer is supporting a new generation of industry leaders
The year was 1969. Rock-n-roll fans flocked to Woodstock, the first man landed on the moon, and—in Houston, Texas—Gordon Kovich and his wife Viola founded Alpha Building Corporation. Today the business, whose repertoire includes work for the U.S. military, NASA and The University of Texas at San Antonio, is led by their daughter Kathleen Acock, who now serves as CEO. It is a full-fledged corporation with 15 offices across Texas, Tennessee, Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Dan Parman
Stone Oak visionary and philanthropist changed lives at UTSA
Dan Parman, longtime UTSA supporter and visionary behind master-planned San Antonio community Stone Oak passed away at his home April 9, from natural causes. He was 81.
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Turning a negative into a positive
How one student is breaking mental health stigmas with the help of a scholarship
When her father died by suicide in 2013, Melina Acosta was a freshman in college working toward a kinesiology degree.
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Ryder Billo and Manojna Kintada
Running for a purpose: How Diploma Dash is changing lives
Every year nearly 2,000 runners, walkers, dogs and observers trek to The University of Texas at San Antonio to participate in the university's Diploma Dash, an Official San Antonio City Championship 5K Race.
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