Incarnate Word High School students sign on the dotted line!

Jennifer Quintero & Jacqueline Davis proudly sign the agreement forms to attend the Air Force Academy on a full scholarship

Jennifer & Jacqueline both plan on being pilots upon graduating from the Air Force Academy.

Sodexho donates $50,000

Dr. Agnese thanks Sodexho for their $50,000 donation towards the Science and Engineering Campaign.

Laura Shaw, Dr. Agnese and Fred Dement proudly display the $50,000 check

DIVERSITY TRAINING

The next training sessions will be held:

Friday, April 19, 2002: 1-3 p.m.

Tuesday, April 30, 2002: 3–5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14, 2002: 3-5 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21, 2002: 3-5 p.m.

All sessions are held in the Library Auditorium and last approximately two hours. If you are lacking two of the four required training hours, you could finish your requirement in one session. Also, if you only need one hour, check in/out at the hour break. Please contact Human Resources at 829-6019 if you need to know how many hours you have completed.

These sessions will cover harassment/discrimination on the basis of gender, race, national origin and disability.

UIW Recycling

Starting in April, recycling containers will be picked up every Friday

Please leave your containers outside your office in the morning on Fridays

Please label your containers with your name and room number

If you have not received a box for your recyclables or want to get involved with our recycling team, please contact Gaby Gonzalez at 829-2791 or e-mail gonzaleg@universe.uiwtx.edu or Roberta Leichnitz at 829-3929 or at leichnit@universe.uiwtx.edu.

People’s Law Returns

The San Antonio Bar Foundation will offer free legal information to the public in select areas of law that may directly impact their lives. Local attorney’s will share their expertise in a series of classes in three different topics:

Elder Law

School Law

Employment Law

In addition, a series of classes addressing each of these topic areas will be given in Spanish. Each topic area will be divided into four 45-minute classes. After each session, participants will be given an opportunity to ask questions and to speak personally with the instructors. Light refreshments will also be offered during the breaks between classes.

WHEN:     Saturday, April 13

WHERE:  On the campus of St. Mary’s Law School

Intersection of Culebra & 36th St.

TIME:      9 a.m. — 1 p.m.

Registration begins @ 8 a.m.

The People’s Law School is offered as a public service of the San Antonio Bar Foundation and is free of charge. Anyone wishing to attend may pre-register by calling 227-8822, ext. 25.

Earth Day

WHAT: Art exhibit

WHEN: Thursday, April 25  from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

WHERE: Marian Hall

The UIW community will celebrate Earth Day through an art exhibit. This art exhibit is the culmination of an art contest for which the topic is recycling. St. Peter Prince of the Apostles Elementary School will exhibit papier mache art made out of newspapers. St. Anthony High School and Incarnate Word High School will each have a multimedia exhibit. We are inviting UIW students, faculty and staff to build fairy tales buildings (castles, houses, etc.) using boxes. All the participants will receive a certificate and each school will receive an award.

For more information, or to participate in the contests, please contact Dr. Amalia Mondriguez at 829-3894 or mondrigu@universe.uiwtx.edu

Results of the 2002-2003 Student Government Association Election

The first election through Blackboard was a great success.  Here are the results:

Adam Greenup, President

Joshua Sheffield, Vice President

Reynaldo Sauceda, Treasurer

Karina Cantu, Secretary

Detailed results of the election are posted outside the Campus Life Office in the Student Center. Also, applications are now available in the Campus Life Office for the four appointed positions: Student Concern Representative, Parliamentarian/Historian, House of Representatives Liaison, and Senate Liaison. Applications are due back by 5 p.m. on April 12.

Alumni Homecoming 2002

April 19-22, 2002 is the weekend for Alumni Homecoming on campus, most of the events are open to anyone who might be interested.

There will be a lecture on advanced nursing practice, a demonstration of synchronized swimming, a number of art exhibits, theatre and musical events, and much more.

The majority of the events will be on Saturday, April 20, 2002. The Sister Charles Marie Frank Lecture and Poster Presentation will be on Friday, April 19, 2002. The Homecoming Mass and reception will be Sunday, April 21, 2002.

For a complete schedule, click on the Homecoming link.

Dr. Fred Bock, was selected for Who’s Who Among American Teachers, 2002. A former student nominated him and he was selected.

Dr. Hubert R. Robichaux, Lecturer-in-Anthropology, was the featured speaker at the annual banquet of the San Antonio chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). Dr. Robichaux’s presentation was entitled “Amcoemt Writing: From Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica.” He described the development and decipherment of writing in ancient Sumer, ancient Egypt, and in the Maya region of Mexico and Central America. His lecture ended with a discussion of his own work on the ancient texts from Rio Azul, Guatemala.

Dr. Bob Connelly, attended the annual conference of the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics, February 28-March 3, and presented his paper, “Physicians and Capital Punishment: An Inconsistent Death Ethic.”