You’re invited to The Texan Talks, a weekly feature of The Daily Texan’s Forum page with members of the campus community. This week Editor in Chief Claire Smith, and Forum Editor Walker Fountain will be discussing student involvement in the international refugee crisis with representatives from the Liberal Arts Refugee Alliance, Arabic language program, and more. The event will be taking place in the Sinclaire Suite of the Texas Union (3.128) on Thursday from 11am to noon. Expect a lively panel discussion followed by an audience Q&A. If you aren’t able to make the event, be sure to catch the video recap on www.dailytexanonline.com.
Daily Archives: September 29, 2015
Apply to be an Orientation Peer Adviser for Summer 2016
New Student Services is recruiting and selecting Orientation Advisers who will help develop, plan and implement the 2016 orientation program..
Orientation Advisers support and mentor new freshman and transfer students as they transition to The University of Texas at Austin. To prepare for this critical role, Orientation Advisers receive extensive leadership training that serves them throughout their time at UT Austin and beyond. They also learn valuable academic advising skills, write and perform in productions, develop creative media, plan large-scale events and much more.
Students from any college and classification are eligible to become an Orientation Adviser. To apply, students MUST attend one of the following OA Information Sessions:
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 8:30-9:30pm, CLA 0.126
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 5:30-6:30pm, SSB G1.310
Sunday, Oct. 18, 8:30-9:30pm, JES A121A
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 5:30-6:30pm, FAC 21
Required attendance is intentional, because at the session we communicate to students the level of commitment the experience entails. Students who are selected as OAs serve on committees in the spring and take an upper-division course designed specifically for Orientation Advisors, then work throughout the summer. For more information and to see the job description,
Joynes Event: Novelist Mat Johnson October 6, 7:00 pm
Mat Johnson, a writer of prose and comics, will read from his new novel Loving Day in the Joynes Reading Room on October 6th at 7 p.m. Johnson’s work often addresses themes of racial identity and racial ambiguity. Listen to his interview with Terry Gross (on the NPR program Fresh Air) here. A limited number of free books by Mat Johnson are available at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) to students who inquire in person. (Also, please join the Facebook Event.)