Does balance seem impossible?
Is stress overload an understatement?
Wednesday, October 8th 3:30 to 5:00 pm CLA 1.302D
Join us for a workshop on exploring the nature of stress and
how to use mind-body techniques to master your response to it.
Workshops are free of charge. No registration necessary.
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Tuesday, September 23 at 7:00pm
Texas Hillel, 2105 San Antonio Street
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Come listen to Dr. Rick Hodes speak about his experience living and practicing in Africa for over 25 years. He is known all over the country for his work, don’t miss the amazing opportunity to hear his inspirational stories at UT!
FREE and Open to the Public
Dessert Reception to Follow
Dr. Rick Hodes, a CNN hero and the subject of the HBO documentary, “Making the Crooked Straight”, is an American physician in Ethiopia and has also worked with refugees in Rwanda, Zaire, Tanzania, Somalia, and Albania. Currently, he is helping the impoverished and sick with heart disease, spinal deformities, and cancer at the Mother Teresa’s Catholic mission as well as throughout the country.
The event is presented by Liberal Arts Honors at The University of Texas at Austin, GlobeMed at The University of Texas at Austin, Jewish Community Association of Austin (JCAA), and Texas Hillel
More details on the attached flyer: rickhodes_email
Each semester, the Dialogues series offers a panel discussion – featuring speakers of varying points of view – that focuses on a particular free speech controversy. The topic this fall is Free Speech vis-a-vis National Security. The current battle over the “balance” to be struck between the ideals of free speech and concerns for our national security is of natural interest.
We are reaching out to you both with the idea that you might want to share the information with students and faculty.
What: Free Speech vis-a-vis National Security, a panel discussion.
When: Tuesday September 30th, 2014 – from 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Where: Peter O’Donnell Building (POB) – Avaya auditorium (Room 2.302) The POB Building is located on Speedway at 24th Street.
Cost: Free and open to the public.
Speakers:
Format:
The format is audience-friendly: brief presentations by the three guests, followed by about 40 minutes of interview-style dialogue, then a half hour of questions from the floor.
Subject:
Panelists will consider such questions as:
If you have any questions or would like additional information, please contact my assistant, Clair LaVaye. Clair’s email is: c.lavaye@utexas.edu.
More information about the Dialogues on Free Speech can be found at: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/bbtobjectivism/free-speech-dialogues/free-speech-and-national-security.php
We look forward to seeing you at the Free Speech Dialogue event.
Tara Smith
Professor, Philosophy Department
Free Speech… Let’s talk about it.
The Sanger Center is offering two “Preparing for the GRE” workshops this fall, one of which will be held this Thursday in CLA 0.102 from 5 – 6:30pm. The other will be October 21, 5 -6:30 pm. Students can RSVP for our September 25th program here.
Come join the White Rose Society for an informational meeting on Tuesday, September 30th!
White Rose Society is a Holocaust Awareness and Genocide Prevention organization that wants to focus on both international as well as local human rights issues this year.
This event will take place at the Hillel (behind the Thai How Are You? restaurant), at 7 pm.
Bring yourself and your friends! Snacks are provided.
Diversity Abroad Showcase
Friday, Sept 26th, 4 – 5:30 pm, BUR 106
Presentations by diverse UT students on studying abroad around the world. Are you next?
You’re invited! RSVP here to hear multicultural students explore their time studying abroad through video, spoken word, and other visual presentations. Are you next?
All UT students welcome! Food will be served.
MAYMESTER: COMMUNITY & SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN SOUTH AFRICA DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 1ST
The Social Work: Community and Social Development Maymester program in Accra, Ghana has been re-located to Cape Town, South Africa for spring 2015 only. As we continue to monitor the Ebola crisis in West Africa, information for 2016 and beyond will be announced at a later date.
This program engages students in service learning projects working alongside social entrepreneurs in South Africa’s townships who are driving social and economic development in their own communities. Students will engage in collaborative service learning projects working alongside local social entrepreneurs who provide services or products in areas such as arts/dance, business/communications, technology/engineering, education, health, etc. In addition, students will be exposed to educational excursions and local lecturers to learn about the context of poverty and power and empowerment in post-apartheid South Africa.
Faculty Director
Dr. Dorie Gilbert, an associate professor in Social Work and African and African Diaspora Studies , and is a faculty fellow in the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement. She is the Director of the Institute for Community Development, an organization that joins interdisciplinary scholars, students and community members to implement projects abroad and locally using the service learning academic model. In 2012, the course earned the Tower Award for Outstanding Service Learning Course.
Information Sessions
Wed-Sep 24, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CLA 0.128 Tue-Sep 30, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CAL 221 Wed-Oct 01, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CLA 0.128 Wed-Oct 15, 2014 3:00PM – 4:00PM CLA 0.128
Questions? Email Arelis Palacios: Palacios@austin.utexas.edu or visit world.utexas.edu/abroad for more information.
The Liberal Arts Honors Program is now accepting applications for LAH students and Humanities majors who will be studying abroad in Spring 2015. In January, we will open the portal for students studying abroad in Summer 2015 and Fall 2015. An LAH student may apply for this scholarship by writing a one-page statement of his or her study abroad plans. The statement should include where and what the student 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.
For students going abroad this Spring, the scholarship deadline is:
November 1.
Please submit your application online through the study abroad online scholarship application, Global Assistand 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.
Both LAH students and Humanities majors are eligible to apply for the LAH Study Abroad scholarship. Please contact the LAH office with any questions.
Teach English as a Second Language
This Summer in Mexico, South Korea, or Austin
Interested in teaching English abroad? Learn, intern, and teach it well!
UTeach-Liberal Arts and the International Office’s ESL Services offer a 6-hour course in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) in June followed by a 6-week internship in Mexico, South Korea, or Austin. The course and internship are open to all majors, as well as non-UT students; apply below by December 1st.
Information Session Wednesday, Oct. 8, 4:00 PM, in GEB 1.308.
Class and Registration Information
TESOL Session I – In Austin, June 4-24, 2015
TESOL Session II – In Mexico, South Korea, or Austin, June 29-August 7, 2015
For more information, go here.
To apply, follow this link.
As you might already know, in the new 2014-2016 undergraduate catalog, students may no longer select SPN or POR or any SPN/POR concentration as a major. The new major in the Department of Spanish & Portuguese is called Iberian and Latin American Languages and Cultures (ILA).
Some students are having a hard time figuring that out! So the advisers, Liza Hastings and Daniel Zarazua will be holding two information sessions next week to let students know that we are still around and there is still a major in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese.
Please attend one of these sessions for more information about the major:
Tuesday, September, 23, 2014 at 4:00 pm in BEN 1.126
Wednesday, September 24 at 5:00 pm in PAR 1