Daily Archives: October 15, 2015

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Deadline Monday, October 19, 2015!

Applications are now being accepted for merit-based, research and study abroad scholarships for fall 2015!

See if you are eligible on the Liberal Arts scholarship website: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Scholarships-and-Awards/  

You may also be eligible for these special scholarships:

Are you a Liberal Arts student with a 3.0 GPA (or higher) from any of these counties in Texas?

Franklin

Camp

Delta

Hopkins

Lamar

Red River

Titus

Upshur

Wood

You may be eligible for the  “Styles – Franklin County” scholarship: 

http://www.utexas.edu/coHi la/student-affairs/Programs/scholarships-hidden/Styles-Franklin-County-Scholarship.php

Applications are now being accepted!!  Deadline October 19, 2015.

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Are you a Liberal Arts student with a 2.5 GPA (or higher) from any of these counties in Texas?

Shelby

Sabine

Panola

St. Augustine

Nacogdoches

You may be eligible for the  “Strong – Shelby County” scholarship: 

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Programs/scholarships-hidden/Strong-Shelby-County-Scholarship.php

Applications are now being accepted!!  Deadline October 19, 2015.

Study Abroad Scholarship

The Senate of College Council’s Academic Enrichment committee gives out a $1000 scholarship to any student, in any major, which goes toward a study abroad program.  The application is due November 5th. For more information concerning this scholarship click here

If you have anymore questions, feel free to email me back at stewfurth@gmail.com

EVS Internal Transfer Fall Info Sessions

Want to major in Environmental Studies?

Information about the EVS internal transfer application can be found on our new and improved website. The application will be available next semester, but applications for non-major seats in EVS 311 (Field Seminar in Sustainability) will be available online starting November 1st. I will host some more info sessions in the spring leading up to the internal transfer application.

Dept. of Art + Art History potential internal transfers

BFA Design, BFA + BA Studio Art, BFA Visual Art Studies and BA Art History will be options for potential internal transfers applying only in spring semesters for fall admission.

The department will be opening the change/add major portal on December 2, 2015, for spring 16 applications for fall 16 admission.

The deadline to apply is March 1, 2016.

Important change/add major information can be found here:

http://www.utexas.edu/finearts/aah/admissions/undergraduate/change-addition-major

New Course: AMS 370 The History and Future of Higher Education

The History and Future of Higher Education

EDA 391S and AMS 370

Julia Mickenberg (American Studies) and Rich Reddick (Educational Administration)

mickenberg@austin.utexas.edu                  richard.reddick@austin.utexas.edu

This experimental and experiential course examines the university in American life, past and present, as a means for imagining its possible futures.

This course is a prototype for the type of research-based learning community that we hope to foster through a new Innovation Center on campus. Working collaboratively, undergraduates and graduate students will conduct original research on the role of colleges and universities in American life, past and present. Students will also engage with members of the university community and beyond through guest speakers, and a culminating conference during which class members will present their research to the public. Students will be active players in all aspects of the course. Admission requires permission of instructors. Qualifies for writing and independent inquiry flags.

 

Likely course texts:

Andrew Delbanco, College: What it Is, Was, and Should Be

Zadie Smith, On Beauty

Lucas, C.J. American higher education: A history

Additional readings as assigned

 

Requirements:

Active participation

Two short papers

Research paper

Reading/research diary

Public presentation