December 5, 2025
Finance Graduate Lands Role with Union Pacific Railroad Post-Grad
Alvarez College of Business
When Emilio Ortiz Muñoz thinks about his journey to UT San Antonio, he sees movement. Movement across countries, cities, classrooms and cultures. Movement toward confidence, belonging and the kind of professional clarity he once doubted he could achieve. He graduates this month with a bachelor’s degree in finance from the Carlos Alvarez College of Business and a full-time offer as a corporate auditor with Union Pacific Railroad.
December 5, 2025
Ashley Escobar Becomes One of the College’s First Career Compass Graduates
Alvarez College of Business
When Ashley Escobar returned to UT San Antonio after years away from higher education, she knew she was ready for a fresh start. What she didn’t expect was that she would be one of the first graduates of the Carlos Alvarez College of Business’ Career Compass program and leave with a full-time role in UT San Antonio’s Human Resources department.
December 5, 2025
MACY Graduate Lauren Valadez Begins New Career at Forvis Mazars
Alvarez College of Business
When Lauren Valadez, ’24 walks the stage this December earning her graduate degree in accounting, she’ll be celebrating resilience, a newfound confidence in her profession and years of perseverance that have led her a full-time accounting role with Forvis Mazars.
December 5, 2025
Graduate Student Kolby Porter Relishes Challenges
Alvarez College of Business
When Kolby Porter decided to return to graduate school after several years in the workforce, he was chasing a challenge. This fall he completes his master of arts in economics in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business. For him, the degree symbolizes something deeper: discipline, growth and the belief that hard things are worth doing.
December 5, 2025
Networking and Perseverance Helped Secure Carson Cowan’s Future
Alvarez College of Business
When Carson Cowan walks the stage this December with a bachelor’s degree in finance, he’ll be closing a chapter in his academic journey, but beginning a new one as a full-time treasury analyst at Wells Fargo.
December 4, 2025
Sophia Kayani's Path to Graduation Filled with Challenges
Alvarez College of Business
Sophia Kayani’s route to graduation was a journey filled with adversity. Her pathway included detours at other universities, different career paths and becoming a mother. But through it all she found her home at UT San Antonio.
