Daily Archives: February 20, 2017

Schwarzman Scholarship Info Session

Schwarzman Scholars is a highly-selective, fully-funded international scholarship program designed to prepare future leaders for success in a world where China plays a key global role. Anchored in an 11-month professional Master’s Degree in Global Affairs at Beijing’s prestigious Tsinghua University, the program provides Scholars with the opportunity to develop their leadership skills, engage in high-level interactions with Chinese leaders and  visiting speakers, and learn from world-class faculty through a dynamic core curriculum and concentrations in public policy, international studies, or business and economics. The Schwarzman Scholars experience also includes unparalleled opportunities outside of the classroom, including internships, senior mentors, and travel seminars around China.

We invite you to join us for an opportunity to learn more about the program and connect with members of the Schwarzman Scholars admissions team on Tuesday, Feb. 28th 3:30 – 5pm in CLA 1.302B.  Details about the event and a link to rsvp are in the attached pdf:   schwarzman-at-ut-austin

Conversation with Denial’s David Hare and Deborah E. Lipstadt

Conversation with David Hare and Deborah E. Lipstadt

Tuesday, March 7, 6:30 p.m.

Blanton Museum of Art auditorium
200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
Austin, TX 78701
512-471-8944
www.hrc.utexas.edu

Playwright and screenwriter David Hare and scholar Deborah E. Lipstadt discuss their work on the 2016 film Denial. The film is based on Lipstadt’s legal battle with David Irving, who accused her of libel when she declared him a Holocaust denier. 

In libel cases, the English legal system places the burden of proof on the defendant, so Lipstadt and her legal team had to prove that the Holocaust occurred. 

Hare’s archive resides at the Harry Ransom Center. 

Learn more about the event at http://budurl.com/e8u2.

Share the event via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/1165790663519302/

This free event is open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served.

Accepting Applications for 2017 Co-op/Mitchell Undergraduate Awards

The Provost’s Office is now accepting applications for the 2017 University Co-op/George H. Mitchell Undergraduate Student Awards for Academic Excellence.

Each spring, UT Austin, with the generous support of the University Co-op, recognizes up to five undergraduate students for superior scholarly or creative achievement. Two students receive awards of $2,500 each, two students receive awards of $5,000 each, and one student receives the top award of $12,000.

In addition to the student award, the Provost’s Office provides a concurrent award of half the value of each student’s award to the academic department in which the scholarly work was supervised.

Who can apply for the Mitchell Award?

Nominees must be either a junior or senior currently enrolled at UT Austin or have received their undergraduate degree in December 2016. Students must demonstrate superior scholarly or creative achievement through a notable paper or thesis, research project, creative or artistic endeavor, or other product of the student’s academic work. Submitted work should be finished or close to finished (e.g. a complete draft of a thesis or research paper). Previous Mitchell Award recipients are eligible only if the submitted work is a completely different project. 

How to apply for the Mitchell Award:

The application consists of two parts:

(1) the student must submit an online application with four required supporting documents, and

(2) a UT Austin faculty member must submit a letter of nomination for the student

Both the student application and the faculty nomination, with all their supporting materials, must be received by March 22, 2017.

Links to both parts of the application and more information can be found at http://provost.utexas.edu/awards/mitchell.

If you have any questions, please contact Lydia Cornell at 512-232-3312 or email Lydia.cornell@austin.utexas.edu.

Startups Want to Hire LAH Students!

Austin is home to some of the greatest startup companies in the world. Are you passionate about entrepreneurship? Looking for an experience you can really brag about? This is your chance to network with exciting startups and learn about their wild internship and full time job opportunities.Startups are known for their energetic culture, fast pace, and big ideas. Working at a startup will require you to wear several hats and assume many impactful roles. Pointless busy work is not their style.

Although the jobs will be marketing oriented, ambitious students from all majors are welcome. Come practice your networking chops and walk out with a list of awesome opportunities to apply for. Underclassmen, here’s your chance to land your first internship. Upperclassman, loosen or lose your tie and explore local companies you can happily call home.

The career fair will take place in the McCombs School of Business third floor atrium on March 7th. The event will be restricted to AMA members from 5:00-5:30 and will be open to the public from 5:30-8:00. Snappy casual attire (bit.ly/snappycasual). RSVP here by Wednesday, March 1st at 11:59 pm to be included in a resume book and to receive a floor plan prior to the event. If you don’t RSVP on time, you are still welcome to attend.

Complete details and RSVP form can be found at this link: http://bit.ly/startupfairrsvp