Monthly Archives: June 2016

Apply Now for Fall WGS/AFR/MAS/SW/TD Course & LGBTQA+ Justice Program

Apply Now for Fall WGS/AFR/MAS/SW/TD Course & LGBTQA+ Justice Program

Want to make a difference on campus, build teaching skills, & meet community?

Looking for classes on intersectional LGBTQA+ justice?

APPLY NOW to Join Peers for Pride 16-17http://tinyurl.com/PfPFall2016 

& Facilitate the Queer on Campus Workshops

No Experience Required! Applications accepted until the course is full.

* Take WGS335/AFR372D/MAS374/SW360K/TD357T: Confronting LGBTQA+ Oppression this fall and the second course in spring 2017 with Dr. Kristen Hogan

* Get your COURSE FLAGS in Cultural Diversity in the United States and Ethics and Leadership

* Learn more about LGBTQA+ activism & how it’s connected with racial, class, & dis/ability justice

* Create & FACILITATE performance-based Queer on Campus workshops around UT

* Consider what health queer communities look like

* Make campus safer for & among LGBTQA+ folks

* Have FUN together!

Here’s what former students have to say about Peers for Pride and being peer educators:

“Peers for Pride has been one of my most meaningful experiences in college. I have become much more comfortable having difficult conversations with people, have an easier time expressing my opinion on different topics, and feel that I have grown not only as an ally to identities that I did not know much about before, but that I am now able to help others begin or advance their personal journey of allyship.” – Peers for Pride Peer Educator, 14-15

“Through brainstorming multiple answers, strategies and possible outcomes to a moment of struggle, a moment of oppression or injustice, I use my facilitation as a rehearsal for life for myself and the audience.” – Bex Orton, Peers for Pride Peer Educator, 15-16

“I teach because it is also my goal to educate other queer people to be good allies to others within the queer community. For example, during my facilitation portion of one of the open workshops, I explained that it is important to think about racial identity within queer communities and how standards of beauty within society, i.e. heteronormative standards, affect our interactions with other queer people.” – Ruben Sáenz, Peers for Pride Educator, 15-16

Apply Now: http://tinyurl.com/PfPFall2016 

Questions? I look forward to hearing from you at hogank@austin.utexas.edu

Peers for Pride is a project of the Gender & Sexuality Center: Serving Women & LGBTQA Communities

Peers for Pride is supported by the Center for Women’s & Gender Studies

Kristen Hogan, PhD | Pronouns: she, her, hers

Education Coordinator

Gender & Sexuality Center: Serving Women & LGBTQA Communities

The University of Texas at Austin

512.232.1790 | hogank@austin.utexas.edu

 

Author of The Feminist Bookstore Movement: Lesbian Antiracism & Feminist Accountability (Duke University Press 2016)

“The fact is that there is no other work but the work of creating and re-creating ourselves within the context of community.” – M. Jacqui Alexander, Pedagogies of Crossing (Duke University Press 2006)

Awards for outstanding papers from 2015-16 academic year

Here are two award competitions where you can submit great papers from this past school year:

Undergraduate Awards

http://www.undergraduateawards.com/submission-2/

The Undergraduate Awards deadline of June 14th is one week away. Juniors and Seniors can submit up to three A papers from any discipline! There is no cost to enter, and Global Winners of the award will be brought over to Dublin for the 2016 Global UA Summit (November 2016) – all expenses paid. Please remember that submissions need to be anonymous and within the word count or else they’ll be disqualified.

Read about one UT student’s experience going to the conference in Ireland, and find out how easy it is to submit your paper: http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/news/undergrad-awards-16

Inman Award

http://intelligencestudies.utexas.edu/inman-award

The Inman Award competition is designed to recognize outstanding research and writing by students at the undergraduate or graduate levels on topics related to intelligence and national security. There is no prescribed topic, format or length for papers submitted. The deadline to submit is June 30th. The grand prize is $5000.

Texas Athletics Student Services Job Opportunities

Texas Athletics Student Services is dedicated to providing holistic student services for student-athletes. It is our mission to supplement existing campus resources with academic support that promotes a positive college experience. All employees may work with confidential information and must perform their duties in a professional manner.

Advantages of Working with Athletics Student Services

• Flexible schedule – We schedule based on the availability you provide.
• Competitive pay – We offer some of the highest student pay rates on campus.
• Professional development – Our employees have the opportunity to attend workshops to enhance their skills.
• Teaching opportunities – Our employees are able to hone their teaching skills and gain experience in education.

Tutor

Tutors are content-focused guides who explain concepts in depth at the individual student’s pace. Tutors may conduct individual, small group, and walk-in tutoring sessions for specific courses. Sessions are typically scheduled on a weekly, recurring basis, but may also be scheduled as needed throughout the semester.

Compensation
• $11+ per hour, depending on qualifications ($12+ per hour with writing specialty) • Merit pay rate increases based on longevity and positive performance reviews

Qualifications
• Knowledge in content areas to be tutored
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Grade of ‘B’ or better in courses or content areas to be tutored
• Effective listening and communication skills
• Respect for individual differences and a variety of academic backgrounds
• Ability to commit to tutor at least five (5) hours per week for the entire semester
• Ability to commit to participate in initial orientation and ongoing training throughout employment
• Undergraduate applicants: Completion of at least two (2) long semesters enrolled full-time in residence

Office Assistant

Office Assistants provide clerical support to the professional staff with the Texas Athletics Student Services office.

Compensation
• $10+ per hour
• Merit pay rate increases based on longevity and positive performance reviews

Qualifications
• 3.0 or higher cumulative GPA
• Effective listening and communication skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to work well individually and as a member of a team
• Ability to commit to work at least ten (10) hours per week
• Undergraduate applicants: Completion of at least one (1) long semester enrolled full-time in residence

HOW TO APPLY

Send the following items to jobs.studentservices@athletics.utexas.edu:

  • Résumé or CV
  • Cover letter
  • List of 2-4 academic or professional references

    § Include name, title, relationship, and email address

    If invited to interview, applicants will be asked to provide additional application items, which may include an application form, transcripts, and/or a writing sample.

Illuminate Reproductive Justice Art Competition

The art competition Illuminate Reproductive Justice will serve to uplift Texas specific narratives around reproductive experiences. We’re collecting artwork (poetry, painting, photography etc) created by Texans in an effort to disseminate diverse imagery that speaks to reproductive experiences and justice throughout the state.

  • Preferred themes will speak to abortion access, rights, and stigma as well as related reproductive experiences at large.
  • This includes any experience that has had a significant or substantial effect on the ability to choose whether or not to have a family and having adequate resources to make such choices.
  • The Illuminate RJ Art Competition will launch May 1 of 2016 and will conclude in November 1st of 2016. The deadline to submit all entries is November 1st at 11:59pm.
  • The top 15 competition finalists will receive a stipend of $50 for their contribution to the publication. The winners and top 3 finalists of the competition will receive a grand prize of $600 (first place), $400 (second place), and $250 (third place).  In addition, all finalists’ work will be published in a book containing art and stories collected by Illuminate RJ.