Daily Archives: March 8, 2016

UT Austin Student Training & Internship Program for HCM & IT Consulting Career Paths

UT Austin announces a new training and internship program for students interested in Human Capital Management, Systems and IT consulting. 

This program is designed to train UT-Austin undergraduates in cloud-based HCM, Payroll and Financial Administration systems in support of the University’s implementation of the new Workday enterprise application. During this spring and summer program, students will be trained on Workday technologies and business processes, and complete a full-time internship at UT Austin working on the Workday application configuration, quality assurance, implementation, security and business process adoption.

Program Details & How to Apply

Explore the full details of the program and access the online application form here. The application deadline is Wednesday, March 23, 2016. Save the date for the program’s online information session on March 21, from 5:00-6:00 pm CST. Logon instructions will be provided on this webpage after March 17. 

Program Overview

  • Title: Administrative Systems Modernization Program (ASMP) – Workday Analyst Internship
  • Eligibility: UT Austin undergraduate students with a 2.7 or higher GPA and graduating in 2017 or 2018. Explore the full internship requirements listed at the link above.
  • Pay: $18 per hour
  • Training: Workday@College provides comprehensive human capital management training in online and on-site courses. Training covers organizational structures, staffing, compensation, business processes, security and report writing. Training takes place online April 1-29 and on-site May 16-23.
  • Internship: The UT Austin ASMP Workday Analyst internship portion of this program takes place during the summer, from May 25 – August 12, 2016. This is a full-time internship, requiring 40 hours per week, Monday-Friday from 8am-5pm. 
    • Immediately contribute to the implementation of the cloud-based Workday HCM solution on campus
    • Work in a dynamic team environment
    • Gather and analyze business requirements
    • Assist as needed with the design, implementation, testing and optimization of Workday business processes, configuration, reporting, and integrations
    • Advise on options, risks, and any impact on current processes or systems
    • Learn about on-going organizational change management, communication, training to facilitate adoption
    • Be among one of the first college students trained on Workday, a game-changing and in-demand solution
  • Fall Semester & Beyond: Beginning in fall 2016, the internship converts to a 20 hour/week student campus job until graduation.

Competitive Career Skills

This program provides intensive systems consulting and cloud-based enterprise application implementation training and project management experience using Workday, the industry leader in finance and human capital management software.

The skills and experience gained in this program are highly sought after in the job market and will make you a competitive candidate for IT and systems consulting opportunities. Consulting firms – such as Deloitte and Accenture – and other Fortune 500 companies and organizations actively recruit and hire individuals to implement Workday applications. Additionally, organizations that have deployed Workday hire individuals to help with ongoing updates and support.

2016 Crane Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in the Arts

Accepting Submissions for the

Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts

2016 – VISUAL ARTS

Deadline: April 11, 2016

http://provost.utexas.edu/academics/undergraduate-awards/crane/

The Roy Crane Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Arts is given each year to a student of The University of Texas at Austin for unique, creative effort in the performing, literary and visual arts. In 2016, the award(s) will be given in the area of visual arts. An undergraduate or graduate student from any major or area of study may compete for the award. The selection committee will give no weight to any entrant’s grade point average or other academic achievement.

The award is between $1,000 and $4,500.

To compete for the award, a student must be recommended by a faculty member. The recommendation must be for one’s creative effort while a student at UT Austin. Research or analysis does not qualify. No faculty member may nominate more than two students for the award.

Submission requirements (Student will submit work during completion of information form – please have work prepared to upload when you begin the form.)

Faculty must complete online nomination form

Student must complete online information form

Student must submit a digital portfolio:

Include all work and information in one PDF document.  Use a separate page for each image and then join all pages into a single document. Each image must include the following information:

– Artist name

– Title

– Date

– Materials

– Size (H x W x D)

– Other information (if image is a video still, you may include a link to an excerpt of the video. All video works should be no more than 3 minutes total.)

You may submit no more than 15 images of up to 10 artworks.

Contact Lydia Cornell at lydia.cornell@austin.utexas.edu if you have any questions.

Fall Internship in Moscow at Higher School of Economics

Call for Applications: Internship in Moscow – Fall 2016

The Faculty of Economics Sciences at Higher School of Economics (HSE) is proud to begin receiving applications for semester-long unpaid internships during the Fall 2016. UT students in their junior and senior years as well as recent graduates are invited to apply. The internship comes with a $1,000 travel stipend.

You do not have to speak Russian, but could enroll in a class if you like!

Deadline to apply: April 15, 2016 at 12:00 AM Central Standard Time.

For more information and instructions on how to apply, click HERE!

Paid Summer Internship with Texas Parents

Paid, summer leadership opportunity with Texas Parents for the 2016 Family Orientation program!  We have extended the application deadline to Friday, March 11 by Noon.

Texas Parents is now accepting applications for the Family Orientation student staff positions: Family Orientation Student Leaders and Membership Recruitment Student Leaders. Our staff equips new Longhorn families with resources and information that assist them in supporting their student through the transition to UT. Visit the Texas Parents website [http://www.texasparents.org/jobs_home.php] for job details and application.