Since joining Our Girl of Our Lake College in July to lead interactions, Teresa Niño’s placement has actually currently advanced some. Her title is currently Principal Advertising Policeman and Vice Head of state for Advertising, Communications and Involvement, a placement that looks after federal government and graduates relationships, in addition to unique occasions.
The college’s advertising and marketing and interactions group had actually gone through significant modifications throughout the years before Niño’s arrival, going from a totally staffed workplace to an outsourced division. Her arrival comprises a go back to internal procedures.
Niño was 5 years-old when her family members moved to the USA from Tamaulipas, Mexico. Her family members was just the 3rd Mexican-American family members to relocate right into the Cicero suburban area of Chicago, at the time.
Niño gained an interactions level from Columbia University in Chicago and after numerous years of informing tales as a press reporter, she transformed equipments and started job as a project supervisor and press assistant for the city of and mayor of Chicago.
She later on offered numerous duties in the united state Division of Wellness and Person Solutions and United State Citizenship and Migration Solutions under the Obama and Clinton managements– among which placed her accountable of the Affordable Treatment Act rollout, which intended to get to 7 million Latinos throughout the nation in an issue of months.
In San Antonio, Niño located a brand-new home virtually thirty years back, helping the Port of San Antonio, later on the San Antonio Express-News, and most lately the College of Texas at San Antonio, where she held the placement of VP of college relationships, a placement she left right before the merging of UTSA and UT Wellness.
Niño took a seat with the San Antonio Record to speak about her job and what has actually maintained her looking for settings where solution goes to the leading edge.
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What captured your passion concerning OLLU?
I have actually operated at a great deal of locations. I’m really pleased with my job. I really feel honored that I had the ability to do so several points in my life time. However I was likewise at a factor in my job, at my age, that I seemed like I wished to do something that truly has effect.
I’m not going for a title, not going for a huge income, I’m not chasing after something, however even more of a chance to repay.
Talking to (Head Of State Abel) Chávez concerning the historical worth of Our Girl of the Lake College and historical worth of this neighborhood. We are the initial Hispanic Offering Organization in the nation and today there have to do with 500 HSIs and one more 500 arising. However we were the really initially one since those discussions occurred right here in the 80s. And in 1968 hearings occurred right here to speak about civil liberties.
That’s what attracted me to OLLU, since I seemed like the neighborhood requires to react once more with all this anti-DEI (Variety Equity and Incorporation). We are a Catholic college, the objective was developed by religious women centuries back– 130 years back– and the function, the objective, was to enlighten the underserved.
So DEI or no DEI, we’re mosting likely to enlighten the underserved. That’s our objective.
What are several of the individual or specialist worths that you see shown in OLLU’s objective?
I assume from a pupil viewpoint, I had not been lucky sufficient to visit a four-year college. I was a two-plus-two youngster– I went to neighborhood university for 2 years and afterwards mosted likely to Columbia University in Chicago. And there’s some points to state concerning that, the resemblances with several of our pupils at Our Girl of the Lake. However what I have actually found out is the excellent worth of a four-year college, or what a four-year education and learning does to a pupil.
One of things that I see with our pupils– with a great deal of the pupils in Catholic institutions throughout the city– is to not puzzle politeness and excellent stewardship with subservience. Since there is perseverance, there is a can-do spirit, there’s the reality that you have actually had the ability to reach this factor with all the obstacles around you.
I assume that’s something I really felt for myself, likewise. It should not be unexpected that the pupils from right here carried on to begin Centro Medication and AVANCE.
Can you describe to us your function and the procedure of bringing interactions back to an internal procedure?
It was discussed to me that there had actually been turn over in this division to where there was a complete advertising and marketing group and afterwards as a result of spending plan and various other points that was removed and they transferred to a service provider, however they wished to return to having a person in residence.
This enables you to have even more understanding, and much more control, over what is occurring in your very own organization. My function entails being a factor of get in touch with for individuals that would like to know us, having the ability to check out our tales and see which ones we can pitch to the media, to our professors, to graduates etc.
Now I likewise will certainly have in my profile the divisions of federal government relationships, unique occasions and graduates relationships. I’m eagerly anticipating accumulating and involving our graduates.
In current tales we have actually learnt more about a minimum of 15 programs that were reduced at the beginning of this year because of spending plan restraints. Since you’ll be leading the college’s messaging, what are several of the obstacles that you are prepared to take on?
We lately had a convocation, or an event, of professors and team to review this and what we are seeking this year. Modification is constantly difficult, so having the ability to collaborate once more and state, ‘Yes, that is what took place, and this is where we need to go currently,’ that became part of the event.
I think it was 300 individuals and we learnt through every person. Therefore this isn’t around, ‘Oh we employed an advertising individual they’re mosting likely to look after that.’ No, it implies professors are mosting likely to assist pupils remain signed up, upkeep employees you’re mosting likely to see to it whatever looks quite to make sure that the college rates and welcoming. Anyone that encounters a pupil in the corridor, speak with them, welcome them in the hall. It matters.
Were you whatsoever reluctant to sign up with an exclusive college that has needed to make these current cuts in shows, team and professors?
Not whatsoever. If anything it is what developed enjoyment and interest, since there is a lot chance. Our Girl of the Lake has a lot abundant background and tradition that it resembles I was claiming, ‘Place me in trainer!’
My success is mosting likely to be the college’s success, since my function is to boost the college. So when you begin seeing even more of our tales in even more locations and even more individuals discussing it, that’s just how I see my success. We have actually been peaceful for a long period of time.
Then obviously a real procedure of success is, you understand, pupils wishing to participate in OLLU.
