Daily Archives: October 15, 2013

Interested in Becoming a Government Major?

Interested in becoming a GOVERNMENT major? Please attend a Mandatory Transfer Session on:

November 6, 2013 from 10:00AM – 11:00AM in BAT 5.102

OR

November 7, 2013 from 2:00PM – 3:00PM in BAT 5.108

By Reservation ONLY

Please contact the Department of Government Undergraduate Advising office at 512-232-7283 or stop by BAT 2.102 to make your reservation.

Humanity in Action Fellowships in Europe

*We have had students participate in this program in the past. It’s worth applying!*

Dear Friends,

Humanity in Action is now accepting applications for its 2014 Fellowship Programs in Europe.

Humanity in Action invites applications from talented college students and recent graduates who are intellectually gifted, mature, independent and passionate about social justice and human rights. Current sophomores, juniors, seniors and graduates from the undergraduate classes of 2012 and 2013 are eligible to apply.

Learn more about the Humanity in Action Fellowship »

Apply »

For the past 15 years, the Humanity in Action Fellowship has brought together international groups of students and young professionals to study minority rights and to produce research exploring how and why individuals and societies resist intolerance and stand up for democratic values. The 2014 programs will begin in Washington, DC at the Council on Foreign Relations and subsequently take place for four weeks in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Paris and Warsaw.

Applications are due on January 9, 2014.

Intensive and demanding, the Humanity in Action Fellowship features daily lectures and discussions with renowned academics, journalists, politicians and activists, as well as site visits to government agencies, non-profit organizations, museums and memorials. Participation requires a great deal of intellectual curiosity and stamina, as well as the ability to work effectively in international teams.

After the program, participants join the global alumni network of Humanity in Action Senior Fellows and can take advantage of special professional fellowship opportunities, such as internship programs in the U.S. Congress and European Parliament.

We hope you will share this email widely with students and recent graduates whom you think would benefit from this opportunity. Students of all academic disciplines, interests and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact our staff at admissions@humanityinaction.org.

Cordially,

Dr. Judith S. Goldstein

Founder and Executive Director

Humanity in Action

www.humanityinaction.org

About Humanity in Action

Humanity in Action is an international educational organization. Humanity in Action educates, connects and inspires a global network of young leaders who are committed to promoting human rights, diversity and active citizenship in their own communities and around the world. Through its programs and partnerships with outstanding civic and educational organizations, including the Council on Foreign Relations and The New School, Humanity in Action contributes in innovative ways to advance human rights and democratic societies.

Humanity in Action works with university students and young professionals in Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, the Netherlands, Poland, Turkey, the United States and Ukraine.

To learn more about Humanity in Action, please click here.

Pre-Grad Internships

Dear UT Undergraduates:

With registration for next semester coming up in a few weeks, let me tell

you about an exciting internship course.

Are you thinking about whether graduate school is in your future?  Are you

uncertain about what it would be like to be a graduate student and what

academic program may be suited best to your interests and career goals?

If your answer to these questions is yes, you may wish to consider

undertaking the Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) “Pre-Graduate School

Internship.”  This internship is open to students in all UT

colleges/schools and departments.  You may earn one, two or three hours of

academic credit (CMS 164M/264M/364M) by participating in the internship.

Attached is a flyer describing the Pre-Graduate School Internship. In

addition, you may read more about this program (including FAQ’s, examples

of internship activities and an easy to complete internship contract) on

the web:

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/

You may also be eligible for a Kuhn Intellectual Entrepreneurship Award.

This award is designed to encourage both first generation and economically

disadvantaged undergraduate students to pursue their academic passions and

to seriously consider graduate study.

The awards will be in the form of $1,000 stipends offered to a select

number of qualified undergraduate interns. The award is intended to

support and encourage students to pursue opportunities that further enrich

the Pre-Graduate School Internship experience. (e.g., traveling to

conferences, potential graduate school visits, research endeavors,

supplies, books etc.)

In addition, each intern’s graduate mentor will be awarded a matching

$1,000 stipend through the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.

For more information about this award, please go to:

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/kuhn-ie-award

A wonderful video about IE is at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWx0qNZERI0

If after examining these materials you have questions, please feel free to

contact me at: spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu

 

NOTE: Because of the generosity of several UT deans, undergraduates who do

their pre-grad internship in programs in the following colleges will be

eligible to receive travel grants to help cover part of the cost of

attending an academic conference (with their grad mentor)– Law, Public

Affairs, Communication, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Business,

Social Work, Education, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts.

 

Sincerely,

 

Rick Cherwitz

Professor and IE Director

 

 

 

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Richard A. Cherwitz, Ph.D.

Professor and Director, Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE)

A Cross-Disciplinary Consortium: “Educating Citizen-Scholars”

Office of the Vice President for Diversity and Community Engagement

https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/

Department of Communication Studies

CMA 7.118B

The University of Texas 1 University Station A1105

Austin, Texas 78712

VOICE: (512) 471-1939   FAX: (512) 471-3504

https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/

spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu

Economics internal transfer sessions during registration

The Economics advisors will only be able to meet individually with students already declared in the major during registration. Students who wish to declare economics as a major during spring registration advising will need to attend one of our internal transfer information sessions. If you are interested in declaring economics as your major before you register, please RSVP for one of our sessions via our Qualtrics link: http://tinylink.net/25886

Space is limited, so students MUST RSVP no later than 5 pm the day before the session they wish to attend.

Students who are unable to attend an info session may come in for walk-in advising on November 11th, or schedule an individual advising appointment starting November 18th.