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Palo Alto College president may retire
President Ana "Cha" Guzmán. Photo courtesy Palo Alto College. After leading Palo Alto College for more than a decade, President Ana “Cha” Guzmán may be on the cusp of retirement. Guzmán sought to take...
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VIDEO: Principal puckers up to pig
Henderson Elementary Nurse Nanci Purcell kisses Dottie the pig after students reach a fundraising goal. Photo courtesy Northside ISD Dottie the Pig recently received an extra dose of affection at...
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Express-News scores two School Bells
Gary Scharrer, Austin Bureau reporter. San Antonio Express-News reporters Gary Scharrer and Jennifer R. Lloyd will be honored Friday with 2012 School Bell Awards from the Texas State Teachers...
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Professors’ association backs A&M-San Antonio lecturer
Sissy Bradford stands in front of the tower entrance to A&M-San Antonio on May 30, 2012. Credit: Tom Reel/San Antonio Express-News The American Association of University Professors sent a letter to...
View ArticleUT-Pan American president, students back immigration change
While University of Texas at San Antonio students on Friday praised President Barack Obama’s plan to defer deportation of certain young immigrants brought into the United States as children, UTSA’s...
View ArticleFriends raise money for UTSA student mauled by chimps
Roommates of the University of Texas at San Antonio graduate student mauled by chimpanzees in South Africa raised more than $13,300 by Monday morning to help pay for medical and travel expenses. But...
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Trinity names new VP
Photo courtesy Trinity University Trinity University named Lisa Baronio the school’s new vice president for alumni relations and development, according to a news release Monday. Baronio has most...
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Reporter scores education coverage award
Francisco Vara-Orta The Association of Texas Professional Educators has honored Francisco Vara-Orta, an Express-News education reporter, with its Alafair Hammett Media Award for newspapers with a daily...
View ArticleSupreme Court sets date for UT affirmative action case
The U.S. Supreme Court has scheduled October 10 oral arguments for a case that challenges racial preferences in undergraduate admissions at the University of Texas at Austin – a ruling on which has the...
View ArticleArea schools rank among Forbes’ top colleges
A handful of area schools — led by Trinity University — scored spots on Forbes’ new America’s Top Colleges list published this week. Check out the area schools that made the list: Rank 101 – Trinity...
View ArticlePalo Alto College names two finalists for president’s job
Alamo Colleges officials have narrowed the hunt for Palo Alto College’s next president to two candidates — one is the college’s interim vice president of academic affairs and the second was previously...
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Kids get in gear with Alamo Colleges’ robotics camp
Rebekah Campos, left, 9, and Hannah Campos, 10, attend Lackland Elementary School when they're not busy building robots. Photo by Dan Melgoza. These girls ain’t afraid of no robots. The duo pictured...
View ArticleUT regents won’t hear public Longhorn Network update
Though the University of Texas System regents discussed incentive pay for presidents, building projects and graduation rates for campuses across the system during a two-day meeting this week in Austin,...
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Texas lands two universities in nation’s top 50
Members of the University of Texas at Austin Longhorn Band perform during the Fiesta Flambeau Parade Saturday April 16, 2011. (PHOTO BY EDWARD A. ORNELAS) The U.S. News & World Report released its...
View ArticleA&M-San Antonio blunder accidentally elects state senator
Dr. Donna Campbell, a Republican candidate for the state Senate District 25 race, received a pre-election boost in a news release from Texas A&M University-San Antonio on Thursday. The release...
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Alamo Colleges students not given housing rental preference
Workers labor on the new residence, commercial and parking project at San Antonio College on Oct. 19. Photo by Billy Calzada/Express-News Alamo Colleges officials initially said that its students,...
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Teachers association recognizes reporter, state rep
Francisco Vara-Orta The Texas Classroom Teachers Association has awarded K-12 education reporter Francisco Vara-Orta with its 2012-13 Silver Apple Media Award for excellence in education reporting....
View ArticleUTSA makes conversation for a cause
Talking about topics from tequila and dog training to education paid off for the University of Texas at San Antonio Honors College on Tuesday night. The college’s 13th annual Great Conversation!...
View ArticleUT Presidents make case for Valley university bill
Two presidents of University of Texas institutions in the Rio Grande Valley testified with some passion for a bill to create a new umbrella university there, after which the Senate Higher Education...
View ArticleTwo Express-News writers win School Bell awards
The Texas State Teachers Association had to mail Staff Writer Francisco Vara-Orta and columnist Ricardo Pimentel their first School Bell awards, given for “excellence in coverage of public education,”...
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