Monthly Archives: March 2017

Apply Now! Get Involved with the Counseling Center & Earn Credit!

Apply now to be part of the 2017-18 cohort for:

Counseling and Mental Health Center Peer Educators

 Application DEADLINE is March 31!

What do you have to say about . . .

Stress management,

Depression,

Happiness,

Public Health?

How do you engage your community in dialogue about college mental health?

What does it mean to be an effective bystander or supportive ally to a friend in need?

 

GET ACADEMIC CREDIT (through the Department of Health Education and Kinesiology) to become part of the next cohort of Peer Educators for the Counseling and Mental Health Center! Open to undergraduate students only.

 

This three-semester course trains students to become Peer Educators for the Counseling and Mental Health Center and give presentations across the UT campus to their peers. 

 

Application and interview REQUIRED

APPLY NOW! 

To apply, complete the online application by Friday, March 31st at midnight.  For more information go to http://bit.ly/CMHCPeers

 

Questions? Contact Marian Trattner, mtrattner@austin.utexas.edu

FULBRIGHT GRANT INFO SESSIONS

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program funds 8 to 12 months abroad to study, research or teach English in countries around the world. 

                                                                                                                                                  

FULBRIGHT GRANT INFO SESSIONS

 

Thu-Mar 09, 2017  5:00PM  – 6:00PM   CPE 2.218  

Tue-Mar 21, 2017  3:30PM  – 4:30PM   BUR 224    

Thu-Apr 06, 2017  4:00PM  – 5:00PM   RLM 7.114 

Tue-Apr 11, 2017  4:00PM  – 5:00PM   PAR 201    

Fri-Apr 21, 2017 12:30PM  – 1:30PM   GSB 2.122  

Fri-Apr 28, 2017 12:00Noon- 1:00PM   ART 1.110  

Wed-May 03, 2017  2:30PM  – 3:30PM   CLA 0.102

 

The 2018-2019 cycle opens April 3, 2017. Fulbright awards graduating seniors, recent graduates and alumni to travel for academic work in all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts.  Many countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.

Call for Applications: 2017-18 Brumley Next Generation Fellowship Programs

Undergraduate Students: Next Generation Scholars 

The Strauss Center launched the Next Generation Scholars (NGS) program in 2010 with the goal of providing new research and mentorship opportunities for promising UT undergraduate students interested in careers in international security and law. Through a partnership with the RGK Center for Philanthropy and Community Service, this program now also includes a focus on civic engagement, expanding the reach of the program by engaging more students and involving faculty members on a wider range of local, national, and international policy issues. Involving undergraduates in international affairs and civic engagement early in their career is an important part of the Strauss and RGK Centers’ missions to prepare the next generation of leaders to help develop solutions to the most pressing public policy challenges.

 

This one-year program includes two key components: First, students will take a 3-credit research training and professional development course, taught in the Fall of 2017. This course is designed to introduce students to policy work, including basic skills in policy research, analysis, and writing. Students will be trained on designing research strategies and proposals, conducting policy analysis, writing resumes and statements of purpose, crafting op-eds and blog posts, and planning for the steps in their career development. This course will be led by Dr. Kate Weaver, Associate Professor at the LBJ School of Public Affairs and a Strauss Center Distinguished Scholar.

 

Second, in the spring semester, the Next Generation Scholars will work closely with Dr. Weaver on a collaborative policy report and blog site. Students should expect to maintain weekly contact with Dr. Weaver and the NGS coordinator and also meet biweekly for short meetings to assess progress on research and writing. The exact schedule for the spring will be determined at a later date to work around students’ course schedules. Students will also be awarded a stipend of $500 for the spring semester. Students may use this stipend for independent research, travel to a study abroad program or summer internship, travel to a professional conference, or other experiential and scholarly pursuits approved by Dr. Weaver. Funding permitting, and contingent on positive performance evaluations, students may have the possibility of continuing as research interns at the Strauss or RGK Center after the year-long Next Generation Scholars program concludes.

 

Please see the attached documents for application information. The application deadline for both the Brumley Next Generation Fellows and Scholars programs is March 28, 2017. For more information about the programs, please contact Anne Clary at anneclary@austin.utexas.edu.

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Poet Matthew Zapruder reads from his “Why Poetry”

Poet Matthew Zapruder reads from his “Why Poetry”

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

7 to 8:30 p.m.

Reading is followed by a reception and book signing.

 

Award-winning poet, editor, and translator Matthew Zapruder reads selections of his poetry and from his forthcoming book, Why Poetry, “an incisive argument for poetry’s accessibility to all readers.” 

Author of four poetry collections, Zapruder is also the poetry editor for the New York Times Magazine and editor-at-large for Wave Books. 

Co-sponsored by the New Writers Project. 

Read Zapruder’s thoughts on why poetry is necessary: http://budurl.com/s4tq.

Share the event via https://www.facebook.com/events/1488099067871042/

 

This event is free and open to the public; donations welcome.  

 

Harry Ransom Center

300 W. 21st Street

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX 78712

512-471-8944

www.hrc.utexas.edu

CALL FOR TRAVEL GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR STUDY ABROAD IN LATIN AMERICA!!

The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies is now offering a number of travel scholarships for study abroad in Latin America, both for summer 2017 and for academic year 2017-2018.  For summer 2017, we are offering four $2,500 travel scholarships.  Students must attend degree-granting institutions in Latin America this coming summer and return with at least six hours of college credit.  For academic year 2017-2018, we will award six $5,000 travel scholarships for semester-long study abroad in Latin America.  Awardees must attend degree-granting institutions in Latin America and return with at least 12 hours of college credit.  

 

Applications and letters of recommendation are due on March 8, 2017, without exception.  Please follow the link to the scholarship portal:

 

http://bit.ly/WNaeWm

 

Student job posting in the Student Division

For the final time this semester, we are hiring peers in the Student Division! We are looking for 2 undergraduate students who can work at least 10 hours a week answering the phones, doing paperwork, and helping students get in touch with academic advisors. This is not a work-study position, and they must be able to work during the summer. This is a great job for students who want to gain office/administrative experience, and it is flexible around their class schedules. The job can be found on hirealonghorn.org under “Senior Student Associate/Peer Advisor” or Job ID 64746. Please pass this on to students as you see fit.

Hashtag Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the New Media Era

Clements Center event: Hashtag Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the New Media Era

With Philip Seib, Professor at the University of Southern California

Thursday, Mar 02, 2017 | 12:15-1:30 PM | Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102)

 

The Clements Center and the School of Journalism are honored to host Philip Seib, Professor of Public Diplomacy, Journalism, and International Relations at the University of Southern California, on Thursday, March 2nd, at 12:15pm at the Texas Union’s Eastwoods Room (UNB 2.102). Prof. Seib will be speaking on “Hashtag Diplomacy: Foreign Policy in the New Media Era” drawn from his recent book The Future of Diplomacy (Polity 2016). This event is free and open to the public. 

 

Call for exhibition proposals — UT’s Visual Arts Center

Do you have an exhibition idea you’ve always wanted to bring to life? Some research that you’d like to show in a new, creative or provocative way? Center Space Gallery is open for proposals! We’re looking for three exhibitions for the 2017-2018 calendar.

Not sure what Center Space is?

The Center Space Gallery in the Visual Arts Center is available to the students of the University of Texas at Austin to curate thematic group or solo exhibitions of their own work or the work by others. Center Space Project, under the auspices of the Visual Arts Center, is a student-run organization that advocates student work by assisting exhibiting artists in all aspects of the process. Both novice and experienced exhibitors are encouraged to seek experimental and innovative modes of curation in any and all media: 2-D, 3-D, digital media, performance (live and recorded), and other experiential forms.

Call for proposals

This call for exhibition proposals is open to all undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students at UT Austin. Center Space applications are reviewed by an all-student committee along with Visual Arts Center staff.

Curators of selected proposals will be asked to develop a public program/event related to the exhibition, and will be assisted by the Center Space Project all-student committee along with VAC faculty and staff in the process. It is not required to include programming ideas in the proposals, but applicants should consider them while developing the exhibition and its narrative.

Three proposals will be selected: two for Fall 2017 and one for Spring 2018.

The deadline is March 20. Applications and more information can be found at https://utexasgrad.slideroom.com/#/permalink/program/35549/7YNcVtOoLt.

Further questions can be sent to centerspaceproject@gmail.com