Monthly Archives: November 2011

Oxfam Event: Working Out for Workers’ Rights: Make UT Sweatshop-Free

On November 30, skip the gym and come break a sweat to stand up against sweatshops. Join us for fitness fun and learn more about the campaign to make UT sweatshop-free, a student movement asking for accountability, transparency, and the defense of worker rights in the apparel industry. UT, as the number one producer of collegiate apparel, has a choice to make, and we are asking the administration to do the right thing and act on our university’s core values by affiliating with the Worker Rights Consortium.

Join us at 12:45PM for a post workout march to the tower as we drop a letter off for President Powers.

Don’t forget to wear workout clothes. Extra points for neon!

Questions? email makeutsweatshopfree@gmail.com

Let’s burn some calories and gain justice!

Intercollegiate Studies Institute Conference

Intercollegiate Studies Institute is pleased to announce the 2012-2013 Undergraduate Honors Program, “American Exceptionalism.”

The Honors Program consists of an all-expenses-paid, week-long conference in the historic city of Richmond, Virginia, July 15-21, 2012, and personal mentoring from leading professors across the country throughout the academic year. You can learn all the details by visiting www.isihonorsprogram.org. Please note the applications must be postmarked by January 17, 2012.

Undergraduates who may be interested in this distinguished and exciting program, more information can be found at the website above. You may also email Will O’Hara at wohara@isi.org or call (302) 524 6121. A brochure with rich information on the program can be found here:

http://www.isi.org/programs/honors/2012/content/honors_program_brochure_2012-13.pdf

Get Published in COLAJ

Get Published! COLAJ (The College of Liberal Arts Journal) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes the best liberal arts research on campus. Email your questions and finished paper to applications@launchut.org by February 24th. For further details, please visit launchut.org.

The College of Liberal Arts Journal is currently recruiting Peer Reviewers, Layout Editors, and Copy Editors. By being part of this undergraduate liberal arts research journal, you can help your peers get published and gain valuable research experience. APPLY NOW at www.launchut.org or contact applications@launchut.org. Join now!

Ransom Reading Group Google Doc Sign-Up

Ransom Reading Groups are professor-led book discussions that bring together Liberal Arts Honors students and some of UT’s finest faculty. Students who sign up for a reading group will receive a FREE COPY of the book thanks to the generosity of the Co-op. Read the book over winter break, then start your spring semester off with a lively book discussion and Tiff’s Treats. Follow the link below to sign up  today.
Please sign up for only one, as space is limited and we want everyone to have the chance to participate. If there are some spaces still available before you leave for winter-break, then you can sign up for another group.

DC Internship Opportunity

Half in Ten: The campaign to cut poverty in half in ten years is looking for bright, highly motivated scholars with strong academic records and an interest and aptitude for public policy and  antipoverty advocacy to apply for our spring internship position. Interns will be directly engaged with antipoverty policy experts on the team and Half in Ten’s coalition partners. Interns with Half in Ten will have the opportunity to assist with research, writing, social media, and other web-based projects. Successful applicants will be able to juggle many different projects, have excellent communication skills, and strong organization and writing skills. A monetary stipend and a transportation subsidy is available for interns. All undergraduate and masters-level students are eligible to apply. Half in Ten is a joint project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the Coalition on Human Needs. This position is in Washington, DC. To apply for this position, visithttp://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/intern and email kwright@americanprogress.org as soon as possible.

Heaven and Its Discontents: Spiritual Dramas of the Talmud

The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies invites you for a lecture by Prize-winning novelist Joseph Skibell.

Professor Skibell will discuss his recent work on the tales in the Talmud. Little known and under appreciated, these stories form a second narrative, a grand tragedy, within the legal discourse of the Talmud.

The lecture will be held at Texas Hillel Library on Wednesday, November 16,2011 at Noon.

The public and members of the university community are welcome to attend.  Lunch will be served. Please RSVP by November 9th to galit@mail.utexas.edu

For more details check Here

Law School for Dummies

The Liberal Arts Council will host Law School for Dummies.

On Wednesday Nov. 9 at 7 in UTC 4.132. Sam Riley, Director of Admissions UT Law, Tatem Oldham, pre-law advisor, and Kaplan will be talking about getting and in and what it takes to go to law school.

LAHSC Mentor/Mentee Red Mango Fundraiser

Liberal Arts Honors Student Council is hosting a Mentoring Social at Red Mango on Thursday, November 17th! Come out from 7:00-10:00pm to the Red Mango (at the Quarters), 2222 Rio Grande, and catch up with your mentees/mentors, ask questions about finals and support LAHSC buy purchasing FroYo and Smoothies. Just mention LAHSC during your purchase. Also, we ask that everyone go to the Red Mango facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/RedMangoAustin?sk=wall and write “LAHSC LOVES RED MANGO!” For every 10 posts, LAHSC gets an extra 1%, so please take a minute to help your student council, regardless of your ability to attend. Hope to see you all there!