The sign up book is available in the LAH office for  Honors lower-division classes.

REMINDER: No sign up is needed for upper-division LAH classes. You can register for upper-division on your own when it’s your registration time. EXCEPTIONS: If you are a dual degree student (i.e. Communication and Liberal Arts) you will need to call or come by during your registration time (please don’t email) and either Stacey or Linda will hand register you in to a LAH 350 class, as long as it’s open.

If you are looking at LAH classes that are cross-listed you may be able to register for the class under the other cross-listing too. Government majors can have a LAH/GOV seat reserved ahead of time by going to the Government department (BAT 2.102).

Purpose:  The CMHC Student Advisory Committee provides a forum for direct input from UT student stakeholders in order to: 1) help CMHC better meet the mental health needs of UT students 2) foster leadership skills in UT students with interests in mental health and 3) encourage student advocacy for campus mental health issues.

Description of Advisory Committee:  The committee will be facilitated by Dr. Chris Brownson, Director of the UT Counseling and Mental Health Center and Dr. Jane Bost, Associate Director.  Dr. Brownson, Dr. Bost and the committee members will set the agenda, with input from other CMHC staff members.  Agenda items will include but not be limited to soliciting feedback on best ways to reach students, how to improve mental health services on campus, programs and services, and/or publicity and stigma reduction.  Meetings will monthly for 1.5 hours.

Committee Composition:  Student membership will consist of students who represent the Student Government Association, the Senate of College Councils, and the Graduate Student Assembly as well as “at large” student members.  Student Government, the Senate of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly will nominate one student representative to the committee, with final approval resting with CMHC.    In addition, “at large” students will be recruited for and chosen from the general student population.  CMHC will recruit at large students from UT academic departments, mental health related student organizations, and broadly advertise these positions on campus.

Other CMHC staff may be invited at the discretion of the CMHC Director to attend committee meeting(s) as well.

Student Membership Requirements:  The duration of the advisory committee term is one year.  Students who are appointed by Student Government, the Senate of College Councils and the Graduate Student Assembly can be reappointed with approval from CMHC or new representatives may be chosen from these three groups.  Students in “at large” positions can reapply for the next year’s committee membership.

Students will apply for council positions in the spring semester and will serve from the beginning of the following fall semester through the end of the next spring semester (1 year). Requirements for student membership are:  1) current enrollment as a UT-Austin student 2) availability to meet at the committee meeting time, and 3) commitment to making a positive contribution to the mental health of UT students. CMHC Advisory Committee Application 2014-2015

FRIDAY, APRIL 25

&

MONDAY, MAY 5

1-2:30PM, BUR 126

Fulbright awards graduating seniors, recent graduates and alumni to travel for academic work in all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts.  A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.

If you aren’t quite ready, the competition happens every year, and we’d like to put the Fulbright Program in exceptional students’ minds as a goal to strive for after graduation!  Fulbright@austin.utexas.edu 

The Fine Print:

The 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Student competition will open on May 1, 2014.  The Fulbright U.S. Student program is open to graduate students at all levels, undergraduates who will have completed their degree by the beginning of the grant period (for most countries, Sept. 1, 2014) and non-students who hold a bachelor’s degree.  The program is restricted to U.S. citizens.  The grants are for study and research abroad, and are available for most countries.  Grants are awarded for all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts.  A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.

An information session for prospective applicants will be presented by an Alumni Ambassador from the Institute of International Education on Friday, April 25 from 1:00-2:30 PM in Burdine 136.

Deadlines and Procedures:

1.  Potential applicants must register with us, by sending an email to:

Fulbright@austin.utexas.edu.  The email should give the applicant’s name, contact information, academic status (i.e., undergrad, grad, alumnus), country or region of interest, and area of study or research topic.

2.  The applicant should go to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website

(http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for country summaries, information about preparing an application, and, starting May 1, to begin the online application process.

3.  The applicant should also review our campus website:

http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/scholarships/fulbright

4.  Campus Deadline: The applicant must submit copies of all application materials electronically to our office by 2 PM on September 3. Interviews are tentatively scheduled between September 15 and September 26.  While the deadline for final submission to the national office has not yet been announced, my expectation is that it will be around mid-October 15, 2014.

Again, I encourage eligible and interested students (and alumni) to consider applying.  For the most recent statistical year (2013-14), UT applicants received the 7^th highest number of awards of all institutions in the nation and can boast the 3^rd  highest award percentage per applicant pool for the top ten institutions at just over 31%. As a Fulbrighter myself (Brazil, 1990), I can testify to the lifelong value of this extraordinary program, and I am hoping that we can make that experience available to your students as well.

Best,

Lindsay Hale, Ph.D.

University Extension | Continuing Education

Chair, Fulbright U.S. Student Program Campus Committee

Congratulations to the LAH team named, “Chigurh Mamas” with players: Alex Wendland, Sam Claflin, and Jacob Barrios.

We can’t wait to display the trophy in the LAH office.