Saturday, May 16, will be an exciting, joyful day for more than 4,000 students from UT San Antonio’s academic campus as they obtain their degrees during the university’s Commencement ceremonies, surrounded by the adoration of friends and family. On Sunday, May 17, and every day after, those same graduates can feel confident knowing that they’ve acquired the marketable skills and necessary experience to thrive in their new careers.
Preparing students to succeed beyond graduation is central to UT San Antonio’s mission.
The university fosters an environment rooted in hands-on learning and real-world application. UT San Antonio offers hundreds of experiential learning opportunities in a vast array of disciplines. Students acquire career-shaping skills through internships with leading employers, undergraduate research alongside faculty, on-campus employment, global study abroad opportunities and service-based community partnerships.
These opportunities often deepen academic learning and empower students to apply their knowledge in dynamic settings where they can lead, collaborate and solve problems. They also give graduates the opportunity to build their own confidence and adaptability — qualities sought by employers in San Antonio, across Texas and beyond.
Resources such as the University Career Center play a key role in preparing students through career fairs, resume-building and interview workshops. The center’s staff is dedicated to working with students and alumni to help them transition into careers that align with their professional goals.
The University Career Center collaborates with all of UT San Antonio’s colleges and schools, as well as offices like the Center for Civic and Community-Engaged Leadership, the Najim Center for Innovation and Career Advancement, the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Institute for Law and Public Affairs to ensure student success.
Meet four of UT San Antonio’s Spring 2026 graduates to see how their experiential learning opportunities at the university have guided them on the path toward promising careers:
Alessandro Espinosa, a senior in the College of AI, Cyber and Computing, is preparing to graduate with two bachelor’s degrees in computer science and software engineering.
During his time at UT San Antonio, Espinosa completed five internships across industry and government, including for MITRE, Uber, the Better Futures Institute, CPS Energy and FICO Marketplace. After graduation, he will return to FICO in a solutions engineering role.
Khanh Nguyen worked full-time for the UT San Antonio Department of Electrical Engineering while attending classes part-time to earn her bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Nguyen was part of a team that designed a solar flood monitoring and alert system, which was presented at the Spring 2026 Tech Symposium.
Her engineering, technical and administrative experiences will help her as she starts her new position as an EPIC analyst with University Health System.
Annalise Velasquez suffered a life-threatening car accident last November, but had the perseverance to push through surgery and rehabilitation to graduate this month. On Saturday, Velasquez will obtain her BA in Education with a Bilingual Supplemental Certification.
Velasquez currently has a second-grade bilingual clinical teaching placement at Gillette Elementary, part of the Harlandale Independent School District, where she will fulfill a two-year commitment.
Inor Wang is graduating with a BBA in Cybersecurity and a minor in Computer Science. At the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity and Forensics Lab, Wang contributed to an undergraduate research project developing learning materials for law enforcement conducting digital forensics on IoT devices.
He also participated in the H-E-B Community Innovation Scholars program, connecting students with local nonprofit organizations to apply data science and AI skills to real-world challenges. Wang will now join EvoTech LLC as a network operations center analyst.
