Monthly Archives: October 2015

UTLA Accepting Applications for Summer 2016

Apply for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) Program

The deadline to apply for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) program for Summer 2016 is Saturday, October 31st at 1:30pm CST.  The UTLA program is open to all UT majors.

An information session will be held on the following date: Tuesday, October 20th@3:00PM CST in CMA 5.136. 

This session will be general in nature and intended for anyone with questions about the program, online application, costs, L.A., etc.  Phil Nemy, Executive Director of the UTLA program, will be hosting via video conference.

Future UTLA Application Deadlines:

Fall 2016 – February 15, 2016

Spring 2017 – May 2, 2016

For more information on the Semester in the Los Angeles Program (including a link to the online application), visit here.

StudyBreaks–write what you know

Hey peeps,
We Want You!
StudyBreaks doesn’t require that you “be a writer” (although we take those too), rather we know that good writing is a by-product of a passion for the subject matter. Every idea I heard today is exactly what we want in our magazine. Whether it’s a futuristic plan for Mars, a digression on magic, witches and medicine, the electoral strategy of tomorrow, a feminist diatribe on one of the myriad aspects of this patriarchal society (or campus), the development of modern music, or any one of the other topics I forgot to mention we would love to publish it. Are you struggling to define or narrow your topic? Write about it for us! Hunter S. Thompson once said he wrote in order to explain what he was experiencing to himself. We don’t need citations, or sources, or analytical academic thinking. Just write it out.
We do both daily online content as well as a monthly magazine. Either way there will be a place for your stuff. If you’re interested then either email me at nlloydtx@utexas.edu or our editor mark: mark@studybreaks.com. thanks for reading!

Selah

The Daily Texan: Texan Talks

Join The Daily Texan for a moderated debate of campus carry on October 8th at 11 a.m. in the Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128) of the Texas Union! Right now, a working group on campus carry is deliberating how campus carry will be implemented at UT. As this is an issue that is very important to the campus community, please join us for a debate between students from both sides of the issue, moderated by Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Claire Smith and Forum Editor Walker Fountain. If you aren’t able to make the event, be sure to catch the video recap on www.dailytexanonline.com.

Undergraduate Research Grant

Each semester, the Senate of College Councils grant aims to provide an undergraduate $1,000 to assist in their research. Students will be evaluated by a panel consisting of 7 faculty members. We hope to promote the research mission of the University of Texas at Austin by encouraging students to become involved in research in their undergraduate careers. Students can access the application at http://utsenate.org/initiatives/urg.

2016 Humanity in Action Fellowship

We are pleased to announce that applications for the 2016 Humanity in Action Fellowship programs are now open!

We invite applications from students and recent graduates of U.S. colleges and universities  who are passionate about active and responsible citizenship, diversity and human rights. Current sophomores, juniors and seniors as well as graduates from the undergraduate classes of 2014 and 2015 are eligible.

The deadline to apply to these programs is January 7, 2016, at 11:59pm EST.

$1,000 Research Grants Available

The Undergraduate Research Committee has released the application for the Fall 2015 Undergraduate Research Grant.

Each semester, the grant aims to provide an undergraduate $1,000 to assist in their research. Students will be evaluated by a panel consisting of 7 faculty members. These Grants promote the research mission of the University of Texas at Austin by encouraging students to become involved in research in their undergraduate careers.

Students can access the application at
http://utsenate.org/initiatives/urg.