UIW students pulled out their paint brushes and reached out to the community to literally “paint the town” over spring break. In conjunction with the City of San Antonio’s Code Compliance Department, a total of 75 student, faculty and staff volunteers took part in UIW’s annual Meet the Mission: Spring Break Edition 2012. The entire
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By Ashley Festa UIW’s annual Meet the Mission event, when students and faculty members head out into the community to lend a helping hand at several agencies around the city, celebrated five years in September. The day of service has taken off in terms of popularity; nearly 200 students and faculty members volunteered to spend
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By Ashley Festa     This summer, UIW has found service opportunities overflowing at the Willie C. Velasquez Community Family Resource and Learning Center.     Dr. Harold Rodinsky, founder of UIW’s annual Meet the Mission service event, has been working with the center to find volunteer projects for students that would fulfill the needs of the
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