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.

Workforce Strategies – January 2026

This new Task Force launched three Working Groups focused on harmonizing plans, programs and offerings across the merged university: Leave Plans, Benefit Programs and Wellness Programs. These Working Groups are conducting initial discovery to inventory offerings across both institutions.
Three more Working Groups will launch by the end of February for Staff Compensation, Learning & Development and Onboarding.

Brand & Marketing – January 2026

Advanced major brand initiatives, including the UT San Antonio brand video, VIP merger ceremony (Sept. 12), expanded brand booklet, brand migration listening sessions, and alignment with the Communications Task Force using shared metrics and KPIs.
Continued brand migration across logos, websites, and branded resources, alongside planning for the January 2026 MarCom all-hands and development of the UT San Antonio Year in Review video.
Outlined next steps focused on team development, paid media performance dashboards, creative campaign updates, continued brand and web migration, signage and wayfinding, brand guidelines, and brand and web governance.
Placed sponsored merger content in The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and LinkedIn.

Communications – January 2026

The Launchpad podcast channel launched in September with a series of five podcast episodes specific to the merger that ran through September and October.
In the month of September, earned media related to the merger was placed on multiple local and regional platforms, including a KLRN news special, featuring Henry Cisneros, Dr. Eighmy and Dr. Cigarroa.
UT San Antonio Today, our new university news site, launched. The platform has several new features, including Research and Health pages that curate content relevant to the new UT San Antonio university.
A series of stories related to the UT San Antonio integration can be found on the site.
The Brand and Marketing Task Force and the Communications Task Force continue to meet collectively to establish additional points of intersection and collaboration.
In the new fiscal and academic year, shared metrics and KPIs were developed for the Division of Marketing, Communications and Media aligned with the overarching UT San Antonio goals and destinations.

Research, Discovery, and Innovation – January 2026

Approved key financial and reporting decisions, including HERD Optimization (FY26), UTHSA/UTSA F&A base-year alignment, Blue Ridge consolidated reporting (FY25), and HERD consolidated reporting (FY26).
Completed policy, program, and operational reviews across Commercialization & Innovation and Research Operations, validating shared campus pain points, aligning program direction, updating institutional data, implementing proposal templates, and completing a policy inventory, with recommendations moving into FIT working groups.
Advanced faculty-focused initiatives, including the Health Research Challenge event, assessments of research faculty onboarding, promotion and tenure, and development, progress toward final recommendations and award selections, and the launch of the Research Analytics Working Group.

SACSCOC Accreditation – January 2026

UT San Antonio successfully completed its SACSCOC site visit in the fall.
The site committee reported no recommendations, confirming continued compliance with accreditation standards as a merged institution.

Academic, Student, and Faculty Affairs – January 2026

Launched five new working groups: Curriculum Development and Delivery Working Group, Faculty Development and Cross Appointments Working Group, Admissions/Recruitment Decision Working Group, Academic and Program Advising/Student Support Working Group and Faculty Advisory Bodies Working Group.
Advanced existing work as the Libraries and Collections and Financial Aid working groups begin a second phase following AY24–25.
Discussed preparation for the SACSCOC visit and reviewed findings from the Path to AAU Membership presentation during the fall Task Force meeting.

Functional Integration Updates

Current updates from the active FIT Divisions.