1
Dec
Graduate Student Chris Engstrom Completes His Master’s in Business
Non-traditional graduate student Chris Engstrom was born in Frankfurt, Germany to a military mother and later adopted at the age of 2. After graduating from high school, he joined the Coast Guard and served for over 16 years as a corpsman. Learning the importance of discipline, teamwork and good leadership, this life-changing experience helped him… Read more »
10
Oct
Roadrunner Spotlight: Juan Pablo Olazaba
Meet Juan Pablo Olazaba, a graduate student from Jalisco, Mexico earning his Master of Science in Statistics and Data Science at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business! Expected Graduation: Spring 2024 Favorite class, professor, or topic you’ve learned about this year? Math Statistics II led by Keying Ye. This class taught me how math and… Read more »
6
Sep
Roadrunner Spotlight: Sarah Pennington
Meet Sarah Pennington, a graduate student from Fredericksburg, Texas earning her Master of Science in Business at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business! Expected Graduation: Spring 2024 Favorite class, professor, or topic you’ve learned about this year? My favorite class so far has been MGT 5043, Management and Behavioral Organizations. In this class we were… Read more »
4
May
M.S. Business Graduate Destiny Agrela Following Her Passions at H-E-B
Not even appendicitis could stop Destiny Agrela, ’21 from reaching her goal of obtaining her Master of Science in Business at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA this month. Emergency surgery forced Agrela, a San Antonio native, to miss a week of class near the end of the semester while she recovered, but… Read more »
19
Apr
Graduate Students Find Security Vulnerabilities in Life360 App
Is anything ever safe and secure in today’s digital age? Probably not, but a group of graduate students in the Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA were surprised to discover security vulnerabilities in a location sharing mobile application designed to promote family safety. As part of a semester-long research study, M.S. Information Technology student… Read more »
16
Mar
Meet a Roadrunner: Kaylen Garza
Meet Kaylen Garza, a MBA graduate student at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business! Expected Graduation: 2024 Favorite class, professor or topic you’ve learned about this year? I started my MBA program in the fall of 2022. Business Foundations, taught by Dr. Davied, is the most insightful class I’ve ever taken in the program. Business… Read more »
16
Mar
Meet a Roadrunner: Daniel Loeza
Meet Daniel Loeza, a MBA graduate student at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business! Expected Graduation: 2023 Favorite class, professor or topic you’ve learned about this year? Almost instinctually, my response would want to be a class I had the most fun in or the one that content came natural to me materializing into an… Read more »
16
Mar
Meet a Roadrunner: Jackson Billings
Meet Jackson Billings, a Master of Science in Information Technology graduate student at the Carlos Alvarez College of Business! Expected Graduation: 2024 Favorite class, professor or topic you’ve learned about this year? Out of all the great professors I have taken at UTSA, I would have to say my favorite is Robert Kaufman. His classes… Read more »
9
Feb
College Named One of the Best Business Schools by The Princeton Review
The Carlos Alvarez College of Business at UTSA has been named one of the best on-campus MBA programs by The Princeton Review in its list of Best Business Schools for 2023. “This ranking reflects the quality of our program in comparison with other schools throughout the world,” said Juan Manuel Sanchez, associate dean of graduate… Read more »
31
Jan
Pre-Ph.D. Students Participate in The PhD Project Conference
Two UTSA Carlos Alvarez College of Business graduate students attended The PhD Project‘s annual conference in Chicago last year. The participants were Veronica Diaz, a MBA student, and Holly King, ’22 a graduate student in the master’s of economics program. They were two of only 180 students selected to participate nationwide. Both students are members… Read more »
8
Dec
Fall 2022 Graduate Showcase: Katie Celaya
Katie Celaya, ’21 has always had a special place in her heart for San Antonio. Frequenting the 210 for family vacations, Celaya knew that someday she would attend UTSA and live here. When the Midland native first arrived in San Antonio for her undergraduate degree, she knew no one. But when Celaya crosses the stage… Read more »
7
Dec
Riley Hamilton Earns Her B.B.A. at the Age of 19
The beginning of Riley Hamilton’s college experience was anything but normal. Not only did she kick off her freshman year at UTSA during the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic, but she did so at the age of 17. Next week, Hamilton will earn her B.B.A. in Management, with a concentration in Human Resources Management, at just 19… Read more »
