Sapna Naik

she/her | PhD from @HALEatMSU | Assessment Analyst in #StudentSuccess at a Texas university | Tweets are mostly about #HigherEd, race, gender, safety, violence.

[Sapna Naik @sapnaik]

#MyNameIs Sapna. It means dream in Hindi. It’s pronounced sup-nuh as in “what’s up... nuh.”

[Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered]

DEI Ban Prompts Utah Colleges to Close Cultural Centers, Too

As in Florida, Texas and other states that have passed anti-DEI legislation, Utah’s public institutions are applying the law with a broad brush. #HigherEd https://t.co/rtTtLth5nG

[Marlynn Lopez @marlynn_lopez]

It’s research time! 🥳

I am seeking participants for my dissertation study on Hispanic/Latin* Student Affairs Personnel at HSIs. See flier for more info and feel free to share with your networks!
Email: [email protected]

[Every Texan @EveryTxn]

Diversity and identity-specific initiatives are critical in developing students' sense of belonging in spaces where marginalized groups were denied entrance.

We urge the #TXLege to reinstate DEI initiatives: https://t.co/YSnvDd3AWa

[San Antonio Current @SAcurrent]

The chair of UT's Mexican American Studies program said those caught up in the layoffs are "largely Black and brown, queer and trans folks." #Texas #DEI #Diversity #HigherEd #Texasnews #TexasRepublicans #GregAbbott

https://t.co/k1sDXLQe0u

[PBS News @NewsHour]

As protests of Israel’s war in Gaza spread to campuses across the country, some see parallels between today’s demonstrations and college protests of the past. @IAmAmnaNawaz discussed that with @Steven_Mintz and @studentactivism.
https://t.co/FzQh79MVsN

[Sapna Naik @sapnaik]

I was hopeful when Covid cases were going down but they are back up to more than 2600 in the past week. Source: https://t.co/nzQgeEmGZS

[Sapna Naik @sapnaik]

Yay, @MOVE_texas, which was started by some fabulous students several years ago at @UTSA! #NationalVoterRegistrationDay #NVRD

[PBS News @NewsHour]

Today is National Voter Registration Day. It comes as six states go to the polls this year for major races with broad implications for issues like abortion policy and voting access. https://t.co/x2wbLMyl6O

[CDC @CDCgov]

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[Sapna Naik @sapnaik]

@TeamELPS @UTSAStaff @UTSAAlumni @UTSACOEHD @UTSA Thank you, @TeamELPS!

[ELPS UTSA @TeamELPS]

Congratulations to Dr. Sapna Naik @sapnaik on her re-election to a second two-year term on @UTSAStaff Senate and her second year serving as Secretary for the Senate. Dr. Naik is @UTSAAlumni having earned her master's degree in higher education through our dept. #WeAreTeamELPS

[Joey Palacios - Texas Public Radio @Joeycules]

San Antonio / Bexar County COVID Update:

There were more than 2, 600 new COVID-19 cases reported over the last 7 days.

It continues a steady increase we’ve been seeing since earlier this summer with the number of new cases reported each week, increasing by several hundred.

[Jorts (and Jean) @JortsTheCat]

If you follow a lot of labor folks such as @banditelli (for example) your timeline might be full of people REALLY HAPPY about something that’s a little bit confusing. A good thing happened, I’ll try to explain the basics🧵

[Caitlyn Yaede (she/her) @caitlyn_yaede]

The front page of tomorrow's @dailytarheel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

[Joey Palacios - Texas Public Radio @Joeycules]

San Antonio/Bexar County COVID Update:

Newly reported COVID-19 cases jumped by 1,965 over the last seven days. (281 per day)

It’s the 7th week in a row the weekly number has increased. The week before it was 1,612 and before that it was 1,227

[Joey Palacios - Texas Public Radio @Joeycules]

San Antonio/Bexar County’s COVID-19 cases increased again this week

1612 newly reported cases added over the last 7 days

The week before: 1227 new cases

The week before that: 916

The 7-day average has gone from 50 new cases per day in late June to 230 per day last week

[Sapna Naik @sapnaik]

@Joeycules Thank you for sharing this. I’ve been following the numbers online but I haven’t seen/heard much in the news about the increasing numbers.

[Joey Palacios - Texas Public Radio @Joeycules]

Bexar County/San Antonio added 1,227 new reported COVID-19 cases over the last week (8/1 -8/7) in data published today.

According to San Antonio Metro Health data, the number of new weekly reported cases has been steadily increasing by ~200-300 since mid-July.

[Christian Smalls @Shut_downAmazon]

It’s #PrimeDay Amazon will have over a million plus workers working nearly 60 hrs this Week on Mandatory overtime to deliver a package Heat strokes and exhaustion will be unbearable if you are a Prime user consider shopping else where. #HotLaborSummer ✊🏽🔥