Monthly Archives: March 2010

Credit by Exam for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Turkish

DMES offers credit-by-exam evaluations for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and
Turkish once per semester. Spring CBE evaluations will be held:

Friday, April 23, 9a-12p

CBE evaluations are offered only to students who seek credit to fulfill
their language requirement but who DO NOT intend to continue their study of
that language at UT.

Students who want to place out of SOME language courses, but who do wish to
study at UT should take the placement exam on May 7 or August 18.

Please see http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/mes/languages/testing.php for
more information and to reserve a spot for either exam.

Registration is just around the corner

The Summer  course schedule will be available online by 5:00 pm March 30, 2010  and the Fall schedule will be online by 5:00 pm April 6, 2010.  Registration for both summer and fall begins April 19. We hope to have our lower and upper-division course booklets available for your viewing pleasure by Friday, April 9.

Sign up today for advising with Stacey or Linda. Just call 471-3458 to set up a time that works for you. Don’t email us, as it’s too hard to go back and forth choosing a time. Calling is much more efficient.

LAH Internship at the Harry Ransom Center Deadline April 2

The Liberal Arts Honors Program offers an internship at the Harry Ransom Center (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu) that is designed to provide an LAH senior or advanced junior with experience in the nature and operations of a major humanities research center.  The experience gained by interns will benefit them in their own research projects, in possible graduate studies, and even as a career option in such fields as librarianship, museum studies, archival or curatorial work as well as public affairs, marketing, public programming and event management.

In addition to providing general support for Ransom Center programs and services, an intern may be asked to work in any and all of the following areas:

–answering research queries

–processing collections

–conducting bibliographic searches

–preserving collection materials

–planning exhibitions

–doing editorial and publicity work

–working on web-site enhancement projects

–assisting with guest speakers events

–event planning and management

–marketing and public affairs

The internship will be for the entire academic year (fall and spring semester). There will be opportunities to work in a number of different departments of the Center, learning multiple skills, from preservation to collection processing and editorial work. There will be an orientation period during the last week of August.  Internships run for three months in the fall: September, October, and November; and three in the spring: February, March, and April.  Thus, the internship will end each semester before finals begin.

The position is not a benefits-eligible one, but there is a stipend of $1500 per semester, for which the intern is expected to put in a 10-hour work week.  In addition there is the possibility of academic credit if the student registers for a conference course.

An applicant should provide the following: a one-page resumé, a letter from the student describing his/her interest and qualifications, and a letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member or someone who knows the student’s professional qualifications for the work described above.  Both letters should be addressed to Danielle Sigler, Curator of Academic Affairs, but should be attached to the resumé and delivered to Professor Larry Carver in the Liberal Arts Honors office, Gebauer 1.206.

Note: Students may only apply through one program (Liberal Arts Honors, Plan II, Bridging Disciplines, or Fine Arts).

Deadline for applications is April 2, 2010.

The Trojan War Isn’t Happening: Press Release

The Trojan War Isn't Happening

The Trojan War Isn't Happening

UT student group Foot in the Door Theater presents a new translation of Jean Giraudoux’s ‘The Trojan War Isn’t Happening’, the French Honors thesis of UT undergraduate Daniel Friedman, who also acts in the production. According to Friedman, “Jean Giraudoux’s La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu (The Trojan War Isn’t Happening) was seen as Giraudoux’s first foray into serious theater and was widely lauded in critics’ reviews, one of whom wrote that the playwright whose work had long been dismissed as amateurish was experiencing a “frenzy of revolt and love.” His biographer notes that the work won admiration from newspapers of every political leaning, from conservative journals whose readership mostly consisted of military veterans to the Communist paper L’Humanité, which wrote that “if, as some people have deplored, Jean Giraudoux abstained from participating in the demonstrations that took place either for or against peace, for or against culture, perhaps it was that the author was waiting to act in his own way.” …
Giraudoux himself, when asked if his work made allusions to current events, responded, “No allusion, but it’s a question of war and peace.” It is from this quality of demi-allegory, inspired by the times but not fully of them, that the play draws its enduring value. Understanding its historical context makes the work more interesting, but an audience completely ignorant of the history of 20th-century Europe would have no trouble understanding Giraudoux’s warnings against the callous shortsightedness that leads to inevitable war. It is unfortunate for humanity, though fortunate for the currency of Giraudoux’s play, that the worst traits of the characters of The Trojan War predominate in every society before it commits itself to combat, a fact that led the author to call the interest of his work “let’s not say eternal, but fairly permanent.” The Trojan War Isn’t Happening is as much about the First World War as it is about the Second, as much about the war in Iraq as it is about either more global battle. It is a work whose themes are never far from our lives and to whose message we would do well to listen.
The Trojan War is filled with odd, and often awkward, phrasings and ideas that I was repeatedly tempted to “clean up” in my translation. My work with my advisor, however, focused on accuracy of rendition and produced, despite the intermittent roughness of the original, what I believe to be a version superior to the only other English translation of the play,* which engaged in substantial revision of the French.”
*Tiger at the Gates translated by Robert Frye
The play will show on the following dates:

April 1st, 2nd and 3rd at 8pm
April 8th and 9th at 8pm
April 10th at 3pm

ART 1.102
$5 at the door

Directed/Produced by Ania Upstill

Iota Iota Iota Women’s Studies Honor Society

Iota Iota Iota Women’s Studies Honor Society

If you have completed at least 45 hours, have a GPA of 3.0 or above, and have taken at least 6 credit hours in Women’s and Gender Studies (cross-listed courses count), we invite you to join Iota Iota Iota.

If you are interested in membership, please fill out the online application (see link below) and return it along with the membership fee and a copy of your recent academic summary (unofficial transcript) to the University of Texas at Austin Women’s and Gender Studies office in WWH 401.

This organization is open to majors, non-majors, undergraduates, and graduate students.  Please submit your application by
5pm on Thursday, April 1st so that you can be included on the next meeting and officer elections for 2010-2011.

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/academics/Honor-Society.php

LAH Quiz Bowl

Hey everybody!

It’s that time of year again for Honors Quiz Bowl! Each year LAHSC hosts a quiz bowl in which various honors organizations around campus compete against each other in a trivia challenge. This year’s contest will be on Sunday April 11 from 1:00-3:00. If you’re interested in being a part of an LAH team, please email me, Tamara, at leiderkannichnicht@mail.utexas.edu with your name and telephone number. I’ll be making the teams based on a first-come, first-serve basis, so let me know soon!

Thanks!
Tamara Marshall

Volunteer for the Health Promotion Resource Center

Fun, valuable and career-building volunteer opportunities exist on campus through the Health Promotion Resource Center, a part of University Health Services.

Apply now to become a peer educator.  Applications are due Friday, March 26, 2010. To apply, visit the UHS website http://www.healthyhorns.utexas.edu/peereducation.html.

Students selected to become peer educators will receive specialized training in health topics, gain experience facilitating classes and workshops, and conduct outreach on campus.  By promoting healthy choices, peer educators serve the UT community to make a positive impact on their peers.

Applicants can choose from one of three peer education programs: Alcohol and Drug Education, Healthy Sexuality and Nutrition.

UT Semester in LA

Dear Student,

The new online application for the UT Semester in Los Angeles Program is now open!

If you are interested in applying for SPRING 2011 or SUMMER 2011, you should plan to log in with your UT EID and complete the application by the closing deadline of April 15, 2010 (5 p.m). Detailed information about the new application process and a link to the application are available online at the following address: http://www.utla.utexas.edu/applying/index.htm

The Semester in Los Angeles is ideal for students who are passionate about film, television, music, or digital arts, and are considering a career in the entertainment industry.

The program is open to students of any major who meet the following eligibility criteria:
http://www.utla.utexas.edu/applying/PROD75_012346.html

Watch a short video about the program: http://www.utla.utexas.edu/overview/video/index.htm

Questions? Contact UTLA Center in Los Angeles by calling the following toll free number: (877) 875-2111.

The UTLA Center
3800 Barham Blvd, Suite 103
Los Angeles, CA 90068
Phone: 323-512-9200
Toll free: 877-UTLA111 (877-875-2111)
www.utla.utexas.edu

Apply to Join the Student Advisory Committee

Please encourage students you think would be interested in joining the Student Conduct Advisory Committee (SCAC) to apply for membership by no later than March 29th.  A newly formed highly selective and prestigious campus organization, the SCAC works directly with the Office of the Dean of Students – Student Judicial Services to provide the peer perspective on student conduct and academic integrity issues at the University.  The application and more details can be found at: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/sjs/scac.php

Adam Gopnik to Speak at UT

This semester, the Julius and Suzan Glickman Centennial Lecture Series and the Plan II Honors Program will host a talk with New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik. Please join us Thursday night, April 1, at 7PM in the amphitheater of the AT&T Conference Center, where Gopnik will discuss the legacies of Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin, the subjects of his recent book Angels and Ages. Honors students may request a free book by Adam Gopnik via e-mail to mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu (while supplies last). The April 1 event is free and open to the public. For more information, call 512-471-5692.