My name is Christle Nwora and I am Student Government’s Longhorn Legislative Aide Director. First and foremost, congratulations on your acceptance to the Forty Acres and the LAH program! Student Government is looking to increase freshmen involvement, and we have multiple ways to be involved as a first year:

– Longhorn Entrepreneurship Agency‘s Freshman Founders Program: are entrepreneurship and startups your thing? Then you’ll definitely want to check this out opportunity out! Apps. due 9/11! More info here:http://utlea.org/founders/

– Freshman Leadership Organization (FLO): freshmen bonding, community service, social events, leadership development–and no applications necessary. In other words, you can’t say no to FLO! More info here:http://utsg.org/involved/freshmen/flo/

– Longhorn Legislative Aides: learn fundamental leadership skills by working closely with the executive board of SG andHoracioUgeo2013, gain a clear understanding of important campus-wide issues, help write key pieces of legislation, and make lifelong friendships. Apps. due 9/6! More info here: http://utsg.org/involved/freshmen/lla/

– First Year Representatives: run to represent the Class of 2017! You have until Sept. 17 to file, and two reps. will ultimately be elected by their peers! More info here:http://utsg.org/involved/freshmen/first-year-representatives/

– Longhorn Run Committee:  The Longhorn Run, set for April 12, 2014, is a 2-mile and 10K run produced from the combined efforts of UT Student Government, UT RecSports, Nike, and Luke’s Locker. Approaching its fourth year, the Longhorn Run has become an annual event on campus that thousands of students, alumni, family members and Austin community members have learned to place on their calendar early and sign up for one of our training groups.

Here is the link to the application:

https://utexas.collegiatelink.net/form/start/25685

None of these for you? We have other positions available too! Check them out here: http://utsg.org/involved/positions/

Feel free to email me at Christle.Nwora@gmail.com if you have any questions!

Best,

Christle Nwora

As an organization, Austin Connect hopes to help University of Texas women grow and mature into desirable prospects for the Austin job market. Our organization strives to connect UT talent with professionals in the Austin community in hopes of bolstering our already vibrant economy with new talent. The goal of Austin Connect is to bring in guest speakers from a variety of professions to share their story and experiences that led them to success. We hope to involve entrepreneurs, small business owners, engineers, bankers and everyone in between.

In addition to hosting guest speakers, we intend to help our members with resume building and interviewing skills to give them an edge coming out of college. We are also creating leadership positions, which allows women to exercise skills that they hope to implement and improve in their future jobs.

Please take the time to go onto our website and see what we are all about. I am also attaching our fall newsletter which I encourage you to read if you are interested.  Also, if you have any female friends that you feel would be interested in our organization please feel free to forward them this email.

We are now accepting applications which you can find on our website.

Feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions about Austin Connect. We look forward to receiving your applications and meeting you!

All the best,

Jessi Devenyns

512.415.7843

jmdeven@gmail.com

Co-President/Co-Founder of Austin Connect