
To be a premier public research university, providing access to educational excellence and preparing citizen leaders for the global environment. As an institution of access and excellence, UTSA embraces multicultural traditions and serves as a center for intellectual and creative resources as well as a catalyst for socioeconomic development and the commercialization of intellectual property - for Texas, the nation and the world. The University of Texas at San Antonio is dedicated to the advancement of knowledge through research and discovery, teaching and learning, community engagement and public service. Sponsors for the event are the UTSA Department of English, Women's Studies Institute, Student Center for Community Engagement and Inclusion, Consortium for Social Transformation, Honors College and John Philip Santos, Distinguished Scholar of Mestizo Studies.įor more information, contact Carolyn Motley at 21.Ĭonnect online with UTSA on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and Instagram. Nava's work includes two award-winning Henry Rios mysteries, "The Little Death" and "Rag and Bone," and the novel "The City of Palaces." He has received the 1981 Chicano/Latino Literary Prize, six Lambda Literary Awards and the 2000 Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement in Gay and Lesbian Literature. Born in Sacramento, he was the first person in his family to attend college, ultimately receiving his law degree from Stanford University. Nava is a third-generation Californian of Mexican decent and the grandson of immigrants.


The presentation is free and open to the public. 24 in the University Center Pecan Room (2.01.26) on the Main Campus. 22, 2014) - UTSA will host "Michael Nava: An Afternoon with an Award-winning Poet and Author" from 2:45 to 3:45 p.m., Wednesday, Sept.
