Daily Archives: October 28, 2021

2021 Student Writing Flag Awards

Apply for the School of Undergraduate Studies Writing Flag Award, honoring the best writing produced by UT undergraduates in courses carrying the Writing Flag! Students must submit their work by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, to be eligible for prizes of up to $300, awarded in three categories—Research, Persuasive/Critical, and Creative/Reflective. The Writing Flag Awards will recognize student writing that best demonstrates clarity, inventiveness, and intellectual rigor.

Eligible works must be written by an undergraduate student and submitted for credit in a UT-Austin Writing Flag class in the Spring, Summer, or Fall semester of 2021. Collaborative entries are allowed in all categories.

For full contest rules, submission guidelines, and other information, please see the Center for the Skills and Experience Flags website.

Nominate a Deserving Longhorn for the Holloway and Vick Awards

The Texas Exes is seeking nominations from students for two awards that honor members of the UT faculty and staff.

 

The Jean Holloway Award for Excellence in Teaching is presented annually to a teacher in the College of Liberal Arts or Natural Sciences who demonstrates a warm spirit, a concern for society and the individual, and the ability to impart knowledge while challenging students to independent inquiry and creative thought.
The award amounts to more than $4,500, and the recipient is recognized with a ceremony in the spring. The nomination and selection process is done solely by students.
Nomination Deadline
Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.

 

The James W. Vick Award recognizes individuals who improve undergraduate students’ overall experience at UT Austin through outstanding academic advising.

Each year, five academic advisors are awarded $500 and are recognized with a ceremony in the spring. The nomination and selection process is done solely by students.

Nomination Deadline
Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at 11:59 p.m.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Panel- Corporate Employers

 

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST (Zoom)

Register here: https://utaustin.joinhandshake.com/events/881664/share_preview  

Having trouble with your Handshake account? Email toldham@austin.utexas.edu  and we can register you manually.

 

Is it important for you to work for a company that is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion? Do you want to learn more about corporate employers recruiting liberal arts majors? Join our panel to learn how Capital One and Charles Schwab are working to recruit students with diverse voices and backgrounds and to promote professional success in inclusive workplaces.

Liberal Arts in Data Journalism: A Conversation with Election Forecaster G. Elliott Morris

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST (Zoom)

Register here: https://utaustin.joinhandshake.com/events/853311/share_preview

Having trouble with your Handshake account? Email toldham@austin.utexas.edu and we can register you manually.

 

Join us on Zoom for the November installment of The Futures Initiative, a program highlighting how studying humanities and social sciences prepares students for public and professional lives of purpose. This month we welcome G. Elliott Morris, a data journalist at The Economist who will be Zooming in from Washington, D.C. Elliott writes about American politics and elections, usually by engaging in a close study of political science, political polling and demographic data. He is responsible for many of the paper’s election forecasting models, including their 2020 US presidential election forecast. Elliott is also author of the forthcoming book Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them.

 

Elliott began blogging about political statistics as a UT student in 2015. He also worked as a survey methodology intern at the Pew Research Center and produced statistical models for the election returns startup Decision Desk HQ between 2017 and 2018. He received his undergraduate degrees in government and history from UT Austin in May 2018.