Daily Archives: March 30, 2012

Summer Travel Grants to Europe

The European Union Center of Excellence at UT Austin is pleased to offer grants to three UT Austin undergraduate students to travel to Brussels in the summer of 2012 through the EUCE Brussels Program. The trip is funded through the support of the European Commission and organized by the Network of European Union Centers in the U.S.

All UT undergraduate students may apply and may be from any discipline. Special consideration will be given to those in a program or major that study some aspect of the European Union.

Funding includes round-trip airfare to/from Brussels, five nights of hotel and some meals.

The 2012 trip will be June 17-June 22 (arrive June 17, depart June 22). The agenda is currently being organized but should be similar to previous years (see agenda on website).

Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on April 20, 2012. No late applications will be accepted.

Students must provide a UT transcript (can be unofficial) and one letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member. More information is printed on the application forms.

To download the application, please go here: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/european_studies/Outreach/Brussels.php

ACE: A Community fo Education

ACE is looking to hire 80 full-time tutors.  All tutors for ACE are Americorps members, so if you are a graduating Senior and looking a productive way to spend the next year, this is a great opportunity!

With ACE, you will work in Austin teaching children to read and give back to the community, gaining experience and benefits during your service year.

Benefits:

Pursue alternative teaching certification

Eligible for student loan forbearance

Earn education award

Receive modest living allowance

Gain leadership skills and experience in education

 

What else is involved?

Commit to one year of service

Option to tutor in Spanish

Teach and learn using a research based curriculum

Receive ongoing training and professional development

Tutor 10 children one-on-one daily for 30 minutes

Participate in a monthly Saturday service project

For more information or to apply – www.aceaustin.org

Also, if you are interested, I have contact information for a ACE leader that met with advisers this morning.

“What is Fair? What is Just? A Public Dialogue”

You are invited to a Humanities Institute Public Dialogue

 

“What is Fair? What is Just? A Public Dialogue”

MONDAY, APRIL 2, 2012, 7-9 pm

 

Concerned about the accessibility and cost of education and health  care?

Come participate in a discussion  with scholars and community activists working on these issues.

A presentation of the Difficult Dialogues program of The Humanities Institute.

Avaya Auditorium, ACE Building, 24th and Speedway

Panelists include:

Dr. Dana Cloud

UT College of Communication

Deliana García

Migrant Clinicians Network and HI Community Scholar, Austin, Texas

Dr. Robert Hummer

UT Department of Sociology

Laurie Posner

Intercultural Development Research Association, San Antonio, Texas

Free and open to the public.  Refreshments will be provided.  We hope to see you there!