More details online.
LAHSC is hosting a Q&A session in which a panel of LAH Upperclassmen will answer your questions about classes, organizations, study abroad, etc. Popular majors will be represented! This event is a great, low-pressure way to get useful advice and learn about all the opportunities LAH and UT have to offer :) So start brainstorming your questions and come on out to ask them next Wednesday in Welch Hall!
Location: Wednesday (10-16), from 4:00-5:00pm in WEL 2.124.
The University of Texas at Austin will host a Graduate Recruiting Fair, October 15, 2013. If you’ve been considering a graduate degree, here’s your chance to learn more about programs you are interested in! The event will be held in the Texas Union Ballroom between 10am-2pm, and will feature graduate programs from across Texas and the US. Please visit our registration page for more information on participating schools and register to attend the event. http://www.utexas.edu/ogs/prospective/gradfair-students.html
Mexican-American writers lectures Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 and Thursday, Oct 17 7:00 pm
‘Universal Border: From Tijuana to the World: A talk by Luis Alberto Urrea Tuesday, Oct 15, 7:00 pm
Belo Center for New Media Auditorium (BMC 2.106)
A Reading by Eduardo C. Corral Thursday, Oct. 17, 7:00pm
Joynes Reading Room CRD 007
Students who plan to attend the Eduardo Corral reading next Thursday night, October 17th, can come in person to the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) to request a FREE BOOK while supplies last. We are giving away 15 copies of Eduardo Corral’s award-winning collection of poetry, Slow Lightning, published this year by Yale University Press.
Maria M. Arréllaga – International Relations and Global Studies
“Social and Environmental Impacts of the Quest for ‘Green Gold’ in South America: A Political Ecology Analysis of the Soy Production Boom in the Gran Chaco”
Faculty Adviser: Michael Anderson
James Beveridge – Anthropology
“How the Bolivian Government Fragments the Resistance Movement of the TIPNIS Indigenous Territory”
Faculty Adviser: Shannon Speed
Sarabeth Flowers – English
“Postmodern Re-Enchantment: Transcendence Through Language in the Works of Don DeLillo”
Faculty Adviser: Martin Kervorkian
Kyle Lee Harper – Anthropology
“Tem Gente Aqui: How Traditional Ribeirinho Communities are Resisting Invisibility and the Amazonian Developmentalist Agenda of the Brazilian State”
Faculty Adviser: Circe Sturm
Sarah Lusher – English
“The War Fought Between the Words”
Faculty Adviser: Mia Carter
Daniel Muñoz – Philosophy
“A Defense of Commonsense Causation”
Faculty Advisers: Galen Strawson and David Sosa
Mohammed Nabulsi – Philosophy
“The Nature of Belief’s Implications for Evidentialism”
Faculty Adviser: Miriam Schoenfield
Alyssa O’Connell – English
“The Problem of Tolkien’s Dwarves”
Faculty Adviser: Elizabeth Richmond-Garza
David Oh – Economics
“The Gift of Salvation”
Faculty Adviser: Stephen Trejo
Kanyinsola Obayan – African and African Diaspora Studies
“State Violence, Radical Protest and the Black/African Female Body”
Faculty Adviser: Christen Smith
Jean G. Raveney – Philosophy
“’Realism and Powers’: Making Sense of the Arguments Facing Best Scientific Theories”
Faculty Adviser: Robert Koons
Victoria Schwartz – History
“’Working’ in Verbs: Gender and Labor in
Pre-Industrial England”
Faculty Adviser: Julie Hardwick
Cassandra Shulter – English
“Textile Arts As Represented in 19th-Century Industrial Novels” Faculty Adviser: George Christian
Robert Van Patten – Asian Studies
“The Origin and Role of Heaven in Early Chinese Religious Thought”
Faculty Advisers: David Sena and Chiu-Mi Lai
Eric Zaizar – Psychology
“Enhancing Exposure Therapy for Anxiety Disorders with
Photobiomodulation”
Faculty Adviser: Michael Telch
Thank you to everyone for applying. This year was especially competitive as we received many outstanding essays.
Second Year
Meagan Abel
Katelyn Burran
Maureen Clark
Rebekah Crone
Kendall DeBoer
Emily Finkelstine
Alyssa Hernandez
Nina Ho
Samantha Meyer
Elaina Olmo
Caleb Parker
Samantha Tedford
Imogen Sealy
Haley Williams
Michelle Willoughby
Third Year
Alexander Djamoos
Maria Herrera
Connor Pursell
Juliette Seive
Tara Timinsky
Fourth Year
Patrick Crowley
Jennifer Harrision
Jamie Hill
Cara Shaffer
Caroline Suh
John Winston
The Department of Economics is excited to announce its first annual Economics Career Forum coming up on November 1, 2013, 1-4 pm, followed by a networking reception. The Forum will feature panel sessions with Economics Alumni from a variety of career fields; we hope this will be a great opportunity for students interested in economics to learn about career options and network with successful alumni! All Liberal Arts students are welcome to RSVP and attend, regardless of major. The link to RSVP is: http://bit.ly/19nDesB
Students and advisors can also find more details about the event on our blog. Students who RSVP online will receive more details about panelists, the schedule of panels, and check-in information about a week before the event.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions!
Sarah McKay, M.Ed
Senior Academic Advisor
Department of Economics – BRB 1.114
The University of Texas at Austin
512-471-2973
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2013-2014 Texas Exes James W. Vick Awards for Academic Advising. These $500 awards are provided annually for five undergraduate academic advisors from across the campus to promote quality advising at The University of Texas by publicly recognizing advisors who have had an effective, positive influence on the educational experience of university students. Recipients are selected by students and coordinated through the Texas Exes.
PS. While Stacey and I feel a little funny sending out this nomination form, since it’s for advisors like us, I encourage you all to nominate any academic advisor on campus that you feel has helped you out!
The Liberal Arts Honors Program will award scholarships in varying amounts to support LAH students and Humanities majors who will be studying abroad in the Spring. The deadline is November, 1 at 5 pm.
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.
To apply, write a one-page statement of your study abroad plans. The statement should include where and what you 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.
Summer and Fall Funding is also available, but the application will not open until January 15th .
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