Fostering student success with community-based academic, personal and professional growth programs
Residential students have several advantages.
- First-year students who live on campus achieved higher average GPAs, and maintained this advantage even when moving off campus in later years.
- First-gen college students who live on campus (rather than off campus or at home) are more likely to stay in school.
Special Student Success Programs
for residents of Alvarez Hall, Chaparral Village, Laurel Village, Guadalupe Hall and Chisholm Hall
Roadrunner ABCs
Our Proprietary Residential Education Model
Adjust
We help you adjust to both campus culture and the community in your building.
Balance
We share strategies on balancing academics, social well-being and other commitments.
Challenge
We support you as you become more involved in your community and college.
Roadrunner ABCs explained
A residential educational model is put in place to help residents transition and carry out their lives while attending college. This model is based on creating intentional and influential relationships with residents, connecting them to UTSA resources and organizations, and facilitating programming to fit their needs and wants. We will be utilizing the Roadrunner ABCs to carry out our mission and hit our objectives as a department.
The Roadrunner ABCs will focus on three educational components that UTSA residents will utilize during their college experience. They are as follows: Adjust, Balance and Challenge. Residents will enter our communities first learning to adjust to both campus culture and the community in their building. Throughout the year, residents will understand what it means to balance their academics, social well-being and other commitments. Both of these components will then give residents the opportunity to challenge themselves going into their second semester to become more involved in their community and college experience.
Monthly Engagement Programs
Monthly engagement programs delivered by RAs
Academic Success
Strategies and tips for succeeding at UTSA and graduate school.
Student Health Topics
Group training led by professional trainers from UTSA Health Services.
Healthy Relationships
Supportive discussions about how to build and maintain relationships.
Social Justice
Raising awareness for the larger issues outside ourselves.
Community Service
Opening ourselves to the needs of our university community, our city and beyond.
Volunteering
Group activities that both teach and foster a spirit of volunteerism.
Connecting with UTSA
Tips on how best to get involved with all UTSA has to offer.
Homesickness
Group and individual support on making a positive transition into college life.
Budgeting
Common sense, reality-based discussions about managing money in college.
Cooking & Laundry
Both the how-to's and etiquette of sharing kitchens and laundry rooms.
Living on Campus
How to make the most of your special status as an on-campus Roadrunner.
Sustainability
Activities and discussions that build awareness of our impact on the environment.
Civil Discourse
Group work that builds personal capacity for listening and debating alternative viewpoints.
Self-Care & Mental Health
Learning healthy ways to manage stress, and how to ask for help.
School Spirit
Learning about UTSA Traditions and sharing events together with new friend groups.
“As an RA, I love the sense of community, the smiles, and the opportunity to make a difference in someone's college experience by creating a home away from home.”
Want to be a Resident Assistant?
Being an RA is a great way to build leadership skills, create community, support your fellow students, and get paid to live on campus.
Meet Our Graduate Complex Coordinators
Graduate Complex Coordinators are live-in positions supervised by complex coordinators. This position is responsible for day-to-day operations and assisting with building management and community development. Graduate Complex Coordinators assist with RA supervision as well as administrative management in on-campus residence hall communities.
Dashyra Cleveland
Tyler Salinas
Evan Loomis
Ni'Auna Harrison
Ready to make UTSA your new nest?
On-campus housing for the fall typically fills up early in the spring semester, so apply for housing as soon as you have applied to UTSA.
