Meera Phillips could have easily ended up another unfortunate statistic. She was born in India with intellectual disabilities and a severe speech impediment. Phillips never knew her birth parents and was facing an uncertain future when a family in Atlanta, Georgia, adopted her. Growing up with a cognitive impairment, Phillips faced plenty of challenges, but […]
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The Texas A&M-San Antonio Institute for Autism and Related Disorders (IARD) has been awarded $45,000 from the San Antonio Area Foundation. The grant, which will be paid in installments over the next three years, supports the IARD’s general operating expenses. The money will help the institute enhance accessibility to essential autism services in Bexar County and […]
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Chloe Bruno has beat the odds. A junior at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Bruno was raised in the foster care system from age 4 to 7. Her grandmother then adopted her and her four siblings, as her mother struggled with addiction issues and her father had been deported. Despite a rocky start to her young […]
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Del Rio native and first-generation student Damiana Hernandez began her time at A&M-San Antonio in Fall of 2020. “I really didn’t want to come to San Antonio,” Hernandez recalled. “We came, we drove by the campus and I fell in love with the community. ” As a student, Hernandez found her first on-campus job […]
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By Edmond Ortiz Markos Rodriguez, a Texas A&M University-San Antonio class of 2023 graduate, has transformed his computer hobby into a successful career in the world of information technology with a degree from Texas A&M University-San Antonio in Computer Information Systems (CIS) . With a passion for computing and a knack for problem-solving, Rodriguez has navigated his […]
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By: Sam Boykin After bonding during their first semester at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, Sarah Cervera and Lily Celeste interned together at KSAT 12, and in June, they will launch their broadcast journalism careers at KRGV Channel 5 in the Rio Grande Valley. Both San Antonio natives, Cervera and Celeste started at A&M-SA in […]
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On May 1, 2023, the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation announced the selection of Texas A&M University-San Antonio Regents Professor of History Edward B. Westermann as a Piper Professor of 2023. Westermann is one of 10 professors awarded the distinction in the State of Texas. Selections are based on nominations submitted by each college or university […]
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Professors Aim to Change the Way the Bard is Taught by Highlighting Border Artforms By Sam Boykin What started as an interdisciplinary collaboration between college professors about culture, literature and education has evolved into a dynamic new publication called The Bard in the Borderlands: An Anthology of Shakespeare Appropriations en La Frontera. The first of […]
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11-Month MBA Student Makes History as Part of Program’s First Cohort By Brance D. Arnold When Vanessa Favela ’22 began her studies at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, she initially thought business administration would be her path. Then Favela decided to pivot and switched her major to biology, though she admits she did not know much […]
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Neil Armstrong Elementary provides families opportunities for creative bonding with their children. By Mariah Gonzalez In November 2020, A&M-SA professors Dr. Karen Burgard, Dr. Elisabeth Krimbill, Dr. Katherine Espinoza, Dr. Kimberly Stephenson, Dr. Karen Kohler, Dr. Melissa Jozwiak and Justin Korver were awarded the CULTIVAR grant, a $3.35 million grant from the U.S. Department of […]
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