UT San Antonio is recognizing 227 faculty members who earned promotions across the university\u2019s academic colleges and health schools, effective Sept. 1.<\/p>\n
\u201cPromotion and tenure recognize years of dedication, achievement and innovation,\u201d said Heather Shipley, provost and senior executive vice president for academic affairs. \u201cThe faculty honored this year have distinguished themselves through work that advances UT San Antonio\u2019s mission and strengthens our academic community. We are proud to celebrate these accomplishments and to recognize our emeritus faculty, whose contributions have left a lasting mark on our university.\u201d<\/p>\n
Among the faculty promoted, 128 are from the university\u2019s academic schools and colleges, while 99 are from its health professional schools.<\/p>\n
Faculty earn tenure based on their accomplishments in each of three categories of performance: teaching, research\/scholarship\/creative activities and service.<\/p>\n
In addition, 22 retired faculty members were awarded emeritus status in honor of their years of valued service and contribution to the university\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur faculty are the heart of UT San Antonio,\u201d said Francisco G. Cigarroa, MD, senior executive vice president, health affairs and health system. \u201cThrough their teaching, research, clinical expertise and service, they prepare future leaders, advance discoveries that improve lives and strengthen the communities we serve. Today we celebrate not only their remarkable achievements, but also the lasting impact they make on our university and the future of Texas and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UT San Antonio is recognizing 227 faculty members who earned promotions across the university\u2019s academic colleges and health…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":451920,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-451919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=451919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/451919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/451920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=451919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=451919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=451919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}