Task Forces

The following task forces are launched and currently active. More will be added as the integration process progresses.

Academic, Student, and Faculty Affairs Task Force

Brand & Marketing Task Force

Communications Task Force

Enterprise Risk Management Task Force

Health Education Accreditation Task Force

Research, Discovery, and Innovation Task Force

SACSCOC Accreditation Task Force

Workforce Strategies Task Force

Task Force Updates

Current updates from the active Integration Task Forces.

Research, Discovery & Innovation – March 2026

Working Group Transition – The Research Operations, Research Finance, Commercialization & Innovation, and Faculty Experience working groups successfully transitioned from initial discovery efforts to the next phase of functional integration.
Faculty Experience Working Group – Completed review of Health Research Challenge faculty submissions and finalized award selections.
Research Analytics Working Group – Conducted a comprehensive inventory and gap assessment of existing research data sources, services, and infrastructure, and is expanding the unified KPI dashboard with four additional metrics.

Communications – March 2026

The planning and strategy for FY26 content has been established with ongoing alignment across editorial teams.
As part of the content strategy, the planning for sponsored content for FY26 has been completed.
An audit of internal communications has been completed, resulting in plans for alignment across academic and health campuses.
Interim processes for executive communications and social media are developed.

Branding & Marketing – March 2026

The brand migration process for schools and colleges is completed, including listening sessions, logo development, a logo transition toolkit, and website alignment.
The MarCom Studio website with branded assets is updated.
The UT San Antonio Together website has been redesigned as a site focused on the university integration for internal faculty and staff audiences.
The Marketing and Communications team continues to keep communicators across campuses informed of the communications process, most recently hosting an “all hands” meeting in January 2026.
A UT San Antonio Year in Review video was completed, emphasizing the UT San Antonio merger.
A new support structure for integration is activated, with the completion of consultant support from Huron.
Unified Web Working Group: The UT San Antonio Together redesign and relaunch is completed, and the MarComm Studio web pages were updated. The brand migration toolkits were created and digitized for access by users, and the logo transition guidelines for web were completed as part of the brand migration.
Brand Guidelines Working Group: To support listening sessions, logo previews were created. 25-30 new logo options have been completed and will be available to schools, colleges, institutes and centers.

Academic, Student, and Faculty Affairs – March 2026

Curriculum Development & Delivery Working Group: Subgroups are advancing prioritized programs and optimizing delivery, with pilot test cases planned to identify and resolve issues before scaling.
Faculty Development & Cross Appointments Working Group: Subgroups are exploring a more aligned new faculty orientation and building a shared vocabulary to streamline cross-appointment processes.
Experiential Learning Working Group (New): Co-leads have been appointed, membership is set, and the group held its kickoff meeting in March.
Libraries & Collections Working Group: Phase 2 has launched, with ongoing integration of collections and exploration of shared services across campuses.
Career Education Working Group (New): Co-leads have been appointed, membership is set, and the group held its kickoff meeting in March.
Academic & Program Advising / Student Support Working Group: The group completed an inventory of existing student support resources and is developing recommendations for alignment and enhancement.
Faculty Advisory Bodies Working Group: A draft of bylaws and recommendations for a new integrated Faculty Advisory Body has been completed, with finalization underway.
Admissions & Recruitment Decision Working Group: Internal benchmarking for admissions and recruitment processes is complete, and external scanning and analysis of pipeline and pathway models are underway to inform more aligned, scalable processes.

Enterprise Risk Management – March 2026

HSCAlert/Omnilert Systems & Processes Working Group – Work completed in March to automate process for integrating employee and student data into Omnilert and transition from a manual “opt-in” model to an automated “opt-out” for text alerts. Additional discovery work may be activated for the possibility of one platform for both campuses.
Cross Campus Incident Escalation Working Group – Debriefing for lessons learned and future action conducted after inclement weather communications sent in January. Logistics Subgroup is planning March Exercise and finalizing Timely Warning processes. Communications Subgroups is finalizing emergency contact list to ensure confidentiality and updating alert system scenarios based on executive feedback.
Compliance Working Group – Developing institution-wide communication plan for interim policy review process & procedures. Researching archives of policies and uploading to online policy repository. Meeting to discuss Compliance Accessibility standards.

Workforce Strategies – March 2026

Benefits Working Group – Finalizing inventory to develop a comparative analysis of different benefits between the academic and health campuses. Summary of recommendations and identified gaps and bottlenecks based on the comparative analysis will be presented to task force leads.
Leave Plans Working Group – Finalizing inventory to develop a comparative analysis of leave plans between the academic and health campuses. Meeting with Finance team about financial implications of the comprehensive leave plan and evaluating data to inform next steps.
Wellness Working Group – Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and Wellness Quick Wins sub-committees are identifying strengths, gaps, and developing recommendations to present to the working group.

Functional Integration Updates

Current updates from the active FIT Divisions.