Monthly Archives: February 2017

Headliners Foundation Scholarships: Deadline Approaching

A friendly reminder that the Headliners Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2017-18 school year, and the March 3 deadline is quickly approaching.

Please help us spread the word to undergraduate students in your network and encourage them to apply at http://headlinersfoundation.org/application-criteria-and-process.

The Foundation awarded over $60,000 in scholarships for the 2016-17 school year, with individual awards ranging from $2,000 to $6,000 annually.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your continued support of the Foundation’s programs.

Joynes Reading Room hosts “Art Under Attack” with FREE BOOK!

On Thursday, February 23rd, at 7 p.m., the Joynes Reading Room will host “Art Under Attack,” a lecture by visiting professor Erin Thompson from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York. 

The history of the world is under attack. Instability and conflict in Syria, Egypt, and other countries have led to looting and destruction of archeological sites. The damage done is incalculable, harming our knowledge of the past, tourism-based economies, and the cultural identity of these regions. Moreover, terrorist organizations are funding their activities through the sale of looted antiquities, in addition to releasing propaganda videos of fighters destroying “idolatrous” antiquities and using ancient ruins as the backdrop for executions. What is to be done? Professor Thompson’s talk will give an overview of the various legal and policing strategies currently in place to fight the looting crisis. She will also examine other less traditional proposals, from marketing campaigns that attempt to persuade collectors not to buy, to computer scientists producing 3-D reconstructions of destroyed antiquities from crowd-sourced photographs, to the use of drones to monitor vulnerable archeological sites.

Students who wish to attend the lecture may request a free copy of Thompson’s book Possession: The Curious History of Private Collectors from Antiquity to the Present. Supplies are limited—inquire in person at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room. The book was named a “best of 2016” by NPR.

Apply for Research Week Events

The College of Liberal Arts is now accepting applications for the Honors Day Poster Presentation Session as a part of Research Week. Presenters will have their posters professionally printed, courtesy of the College, and will present them at the Liberal Arts Honors Day reception from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 8. Students will also have the chance to apply to present their research at the Liberal Arts Dean’s Research Reception, hosted by Dean Diehl, on Wednesday, April 19 from 3 – 4:30 p.m.

 

All Liberal Arts students may apply to participate regardless of what stage their research is in. For more details on these events, or to apply, please visit our website. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 10.

 

Questions about Research Week or the application can be directed to Agnes Savich.

Professional Development Workshop Series: Dining Etiquette Dinner

Liberal Arts Career Services invites Liberal Arts juniors and seniors to our annual dining etiquette event. This event is designed to help students prepare for professional dining events, which are often part of job interviews or networking opportunities. Attend our dinner, have a good meal, learn about proper etiquette, and leave feeling confident that you are, indeed, using the right fork.

Dining Etiquette Dinner

Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Time: 5:00 – 6:30 p.m.

Location: Texas Union Santa Rita Suite
Dress: Business Casual
Dinner: Your dinner includes three courses: salad, dinner and dessert. If you need a vegetarian option, please RSVP then send a notice requesting a vegetarian option to: lacs@austin.utexas.edu.
Fee: There is NO fee for this event; it’s FREE 

Note: Please only RSVP if you can arrive by 5:00 PM and stay until 6:30 PM – the event will close at 5pm with no late seating.

RSVP for Seniors & Juniors: To register, log into your BTT Gateway account and search for this event under your “Career Events” tab and click “Register for Event.” Space is limited, based on RSVP first-come, first-served.

Waitlist: If this event fills before you can RSVP, please contact LACS to join the waitlist: lacs@austin.utexas.edu

Sophomores and Freshmen: Contact LACS, lacs@austin.utexas.edu to be added to the waitlist. Please include your name, EID, and graduation month/year. If space is still available on February 10, waitlisted sophomores and freshmen will be added to the confirmed list in the order in which the waitlist request was made. 

 

Professional Development Series: This spring, Liberal Arts Career Services continues its series of targeted workshops designed to train liberal arts majors with specific tools for success in the workplace. These practical skills will give job seekers an advantage over the competition in a number of career fields. Our guest instructors bring experience using these tools in their industries, and they’ll train you on using these for yourself. Explore this series here.

 

LAH Interns at the Ransom Center 2017-2018

Harry Ransom Center Internships

 

The Liberal Arts Honors (LAH) Program offers an internship at the Harry Ransom Center (http://www.hrc.utexas.edu) that is designed to provide an LAH senior or advanced junior with experience in the nature and operation of a major humanities research center. The experience gained by interns will benefit them in their own research projects, in possible graduate studies, and even as a career option in such fields as librarianship, museum studies, archival or curatorial work, as well as public affairs, marketing, public programming and event management.

 

Once selected, interns will choose from a variety of opportunities within the center. These vary from year to year, but will likely include:

 

processing collections

teaching with the collections

planning exhibitions

doing editorial and publicity work

working on website enhancement projects

marketing and public affairs

 

Academic year 2017-2018:

 

Three LAH internships are available for the academic year 2017-2018. Internships begin the second week of classes and conclude on the last class day each semester. Most interns work in a single department throughout the year, but some choose to change at semester break.

 

The position offers a stipend of up to $1500 per semester, for which the intern is expected to work an average of 10-hours per week. The position is non-benefits eligible. The student must be registered for a minimum of six hours of coursework. In addition, there is the possibility of academic credit if the student registers for a conference course (either Tutorial Course or English) with an appropriate supervising professor.

 

How to Apply

An applicant should provide the following:

a one-page resumé,

a letter from the student describing his/her interest and qualifications,

a letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member or someone who knows                      the candidate’s professional qualification pertinent to this internship

 

Both letters should be addressed to Andi Gustavson, Instructional Services Coordinator.

 

In order to be considered, all application materials should be delivered to the LAH office:

 

Liberal Arts Honors

The University of Texas at Austin
CLA 2.104
Mailcode G6210
Austin, TX 78712

 

 

Deadline for 2017-2018 academic year applications is April 1, 2017.

The Rise of ISIS and the Way Ahead in the War on Terror

The Rise of ISIS and the Way Ahead in the War on Terror

Peter Mansoor, Ohio State University

Wednesday, Feb 08, 2017 | 12:15-1:30 PM | Texas Governors Room

The Clements Center and the Alexander Hamilton Society are honored to host Peter Mansoor, Professor of Military History at Ohio State University and Former Executive Officer to General David Petraeus. Dr. Mansoor will speak on the rise of ISIS and the way ahead in the war against Islamist terror groups at the Texas Governors’ Room (UNB 3.116) on Wednesday, Feburary 8th, at 12:15pm. This event is free and open to the public.