UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO-THE ROADRUNNER
An internal newsletter for faculty and staff
Vol. 1 No. 4 September 7, 1973
from the president
Since the last issue of "The Roadrunner"
we have had the pleasure of a visit from Dr.
L. Harlan Ford, Assistant Commissioner
for Teacher Education and instructional
Services, Texas Education Agency. Commissioner Ford has expressed satisfaction with
the progress of our Certificate Programs
in Teacher Education and has offered us
I the assistance of his office. Elsewhere in
this issue Dean Michel addresses this topic
in more detail.
Based on comments from students,
faculty, and staff, I believe that we can
consider Summer 1973, our first academic
effort, a success. As a final proof, it produced for the President's office a cacerola
of chicken mole from a satisfied student
from Eagle Pass - Mrs. Enriqueta Olivares.
I express my appreciation to all of you
for the long hours and hard work that went
into Summer 1973.
Based on the Registrar's report of August
27, it appears that our Fall enrollment will
be greater than Summer I. A number of
courses closed during pre-registration and
we had formal requests from students to
open new sections. This we were able to
do in large part, but of course we face practical limits in terms of classrooms and
faculty.
I am looking forward to a busy and productive Fall Semester.
Peter T. Flawn
news notes
AS OF SEPTEMBER 1ST all UTSA employees are eligible to receive Workmen's Compensation Insurance benefits if disabled as
a result of the performance of duty.
Through this program all reasonable
medical treatment and hospitalization
costs incurred by an employee as a result
of an employment associated illness or injury will be paid by the university.
Weekly compensation benefits during
confinement are included in the insurance
plan.
Disabled personnel are eligible for benefits of Workmen's Compensation Insurance
whether or not they maintain other illness
and/or accident insurance policies unless
those policies themselves carry compensation restrictions.
VERTICAL FILE
news notes
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has
granted administrative approval of UTSA's
graduate Certificate Programs in Teacher
Education.
Dr. Joseph Michel, Dean of the College
of Multidisciplinary Studies expressed his
pleasure over the approval. "We are very
pleased to have been certified so soon after
application," he said. "This approval will
affect basic courses in teacher education.
Authorization allows us to prepare students
for certification in teacher education, and
we are now in a position to recommend
teachers for certification.
The certification involves eight programs
of specialized teacher education at the graduate level. In addition to approval for general
elementary and secondary education programs, certification encompasses bilingual-
bicultural concentration at both the elementary and secondary levels; reading concentration, elementary and secondary,'kindergarten and elementary endorsement; elementary early childhood concentration; administrative, middle management and superintendent; and supervision.
announcements
PHI BETA KAPPA MEMBERS who would
like to join the San Antonio Association of
Phi Beta Kappa or who would like to be
placed on the Association's mailing list
should contact Ms. Irene Scharf, Academic
Library, St. Mary's University, 2700
Cincinnati, San Antonio, 78284. Her phone
number is 433-2311, ext. 595.
The San Antonio Association will hold
its Founders' Day Banquet in December.
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