Monthly Archives: February 2012

Apply for LAH Study Abroad Schoalrships

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If you are studying abroad in Summer or Fall of 2012, now is the time to apply for LAH study abroad scholarships!  Applications are due 5:00 pm April 2, 2012 for Fall and Summer programs.

The Liberal Arts Honors Program will award scholarships in varying amounts to support LAH students and Humanities majors.  You may apply for this scholarship by writing a one-page statement of his or her study abroad plans. The statement should include where and what the student will be studying, the projected cost involved, and the role that study abroad and the mastery of a foreign language plays in the student’s academic and career goals.

Please submit your application online through the study abroad online scholarship application, Global Assist and select “Get Started”. The website will prompt you to set up an online profile and show you a list of scholarships which criteria you meet. If you are applying for a study abroad program not affiliated with UT, please enter program code 300999.

Please contact the LAH office with any questions.

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants Deadline 4/1

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Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Fifty $1,000 grants are awarded each year. These awards are available to all University of Texas at Austin undergraduates, not just Phi Kappa Phi members. Students at The University of Texas at Austin are also eligible for a $500 chapter Study Abroad Grant. For complete instructions, eligibility requirements and application forms, please visit http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/pkp/study-abroad-grants. All applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2012. If you have any questions, please contact the chapter at PKP@austin.utexas.edu.

Founded in 1897 at the University of Maine, Phi Kappa Phi is the nation’s oldest, largest, and most selective honor society for all academic disciplines. The University of Texas at Austin chapter was founded in 1962. The society gets its name from the initial letters of the Greek words forming its adopted motto: Philosophía Krateíto Photôn, “Let the love of learning rule humanity.” Phi Kappa Phi awards more than $800,000 annually through graduate and undergraduate scholarships, member and chapter awards, and grants for local and national literacy initiatives. Membership is by invitation only to the top 7.5 percent of second semester juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors and graduate students with a 4.0 GPA. The student must have completed at least seventy-two semester hours of coursework at the University. New members are inducted in the spring semester. More information about the UT chapter is available at http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/pkp.

Graduate School Fair April 28

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NAGAP: Celebrating Silver & Preparing for Gold

2012 Graduate School Fair

A joint venture of NAGAP, TXGAP and UT Austin’s Graduate Coordinator Network

Location: Red McCombs Red Zone

(23rd St., between San Jacinto Blvd. and Robert Dedman Dr., near downtown Austin, TX)

Date and Time: Saturday, April 28th, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Apply for Junior Fellows

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Junior Fellows

The Junior Fellows Program was begun in 1959 by Harry Ransom as a means of encouraging academic excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences.  At that time it was essentially an honor society to which students were elected at the end of their freshman year.  Over the years, the Junior Fellows has evolved into a society of juniors and seniors from the University at large who are engaged in independent research projects under the direction of members of the faculty.

Fellows are required to attend meetings of the group, held every other week in both the fall and spring semesters. Besides project presentations, meetings feature discussions led by eminent scholars from on and off campus. Fellows have the opportunity to participate in field trips, seminars, and other academic activities. It is possible to earn academic credit for work done as a Junior Fellow, by enrolling in the appropriate conference course with the supervising professor. For example, Humanities and Plan II majors usually use their senior theses as their Junior Fellows projects. Students pursuing Special Honors in their major use the honors thesis number. Other non-honors courses are also available, for example ARH 376, E 367C, CH 475K, RTF 336.  Fellows should register for the course that is approved by their advisers, fits into their degree plans, and has the right format for the chosen topic. Funds are available to assist Fellows with expenses involved in their research. There is also some money available for Fellows who can demonstrate financial need.

Application Procedure

Application is open to any qualified student from any program on campus who will have completed 60 hours prior to the Fall semester.  Junior Fellows normally have a GPA of at least 3.75, but outstanding students whose abilities are manifested in other waysshould not hesitate to apply. Although administered by the College of Liberal Arts, the program is open to all qualified students on campus. Many students from outside Liberal Arts are presently members.

For more informationcontact Dr. Larry Carver (carver@austin.utexas.edu) in the Plan I Honors Office by email or phone at 471-3458.

Download Application Form <http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/_files/pdf/jr_fellows_app_2010.pdf>  (PDF, 104K)

Applications are due Friday, March 23, 2012 for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Membership in Junior Fellows begins the fall semester following the spring recruitment period.

One Million Bones – Genocide Awareness Event

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On behalf of UT Artists in Action, the Division of Art Education, and Matthew Remington…

http://www.onemillionbones.org/

One Million Bones is a large-scale social arts practice, using education and hands-on artmaking to raise awareness of genocides and atrocities going on around the world. One million bones will be collected from across the country and installed on the National Mall in Washington DC to offer a visible petition, to remember victims and survivors, to bring awareness to the issue and to call upon our government to take much needed and long overdue action.

On April 28th, Road to Washington will see the installation of 2500 bones in Austin and in other capitals across the nation.

To help meet that goal, we will be hosting several Bone-Making Events:

Days/Dates:

Saturday, February 11

Saturday, February 25

Saturday, March 10

Saturday, March 24

Location:

ART 3.408 

Art Building (Art Education wing)

Noon – 4:00PM

We will also be hosting several walk-up workshops on most Wednesdays in the Art Education breezeway from 2 pm – 6 pm.

We will provide clay and take care of firing the bones.  We just need bodies to craft the bones.

We will also be looking for volunteers to help on the day of the event, April 28th (more information on this date/event as it develops), to help with ceremonial placing of the bones.

If you could help get the word out or would be interested in participating, that would be a huge help.  We have a Facebook group page (One Million Bones – Texas) or you can always check out the project website, www.onemillionbones.org.  If someone would like more information, please contact me:

Matthew Remington matthewsremington@yahoo.com

Study Abroad Opportunities for First Generation College Students

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Wednesday, March 7th 4-5pm

Burdine Hall, room 130

Free food provided!

 

Study Abroad Opportunities for First Generation College Students – Now that you’re here, where can you go?

– Unique obstacles and challenges for “first gens” in the study abroad process

– Opportunities and processes of study abroad (Where can you go? What can you study? How do you apply?)

– Family concerns and questions about the study abroad experience (Why would you do this? What is the benefit? How will you pay for it? Is it worth the cost?)

– Program Highlight:  How to become an IFSA-Butler First Generation Study Abroad Scholar

LAHer Susannah Jacob Runs for Daily Texan Editor

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Here’s a note from Susannah about her campaign and editorial experience:

As many of you know, I am an LAH junior and history major. At UT, I have worked at The Texan for six semesters under three editors as an associate editor reporter and columnist. I have also completed internships at The Texas Tribune and Vanity Fair and have written for The New York Times.

Nearly as old as the university, The Texan has shaped UT’s history most positively when the paper’s content has the respect of the UT students. To continue that proud tradition, The Texan needs to remain both familiar and trusted and, at the same time, appropriately skeptical. Student groups and organizations should believe The Texan’s editorial staff listens attentively. The Editor of The Texan should be a respected and active participant on campus.

At the conclusion of my tenure, I would hope students both recognized and cherished their rightful ownership in The Texan. For further elaboration, here is a link to my most recent column in The Texan:  http://www.dailytexanonline.com/opinion/2012/02/16/and-students

Cooperation Texas

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Dreaming of starting your own co-op?  Everyone’s favorite Journalism professor, Dr. Bob Jensen, is working with a group called Cooperation Texas that provides training and support for people who want to start worker-owned/worker-run businesses: http://cooperationtexas.coop/

Professor Jensen has offered to reach out to LAHers who are interested in starting cooperatives.  If you’re interested, please let Dr. Carver <carver@austin.utexas.edu>  know!

Guantanamo Amnesty Event

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Guantanamo: 10 Years Too Many

To commemorate the 10-year anniversary since detainees were first sent to Guantanamo Bay under the guise of fighting terrorism, Texas Amnesty is hosting speakers Dicky Grigg and Dr. John Vernon to educate the UT community about the basic human rights violations that have become the norm under our administrations during the “War on Terror.”

Time: Thursday, March 1st from 7:30-8:00 p.m.

Location: CAL 100

http://www.facebook.com/events/380548855292944/