We are currently seeking applications from interested undergraduate students for our 2020 Maymester in London and will be hosting an info session next Thursday. The program dates are from 25 May – 19 June, 2020.
Monthly Archives: September 2019
University Writing Center Open House
The University Writing Center is hosting our annual open house on October 3, 4-6pm, in PCL 2.330 (the UWC). We hold this event so students who are interested in working at the Writing Center can:
- learn about RHE368C: Writing Center Internship (the consultant training course)
- meet current consultants and find out what it’s like to work here
- enjoy lots of pizza!
Feel free to drop in if you’d like to say “Hi” and learn what’s happening at the UWC.
Women’s and Gender Studies five-year BA/MA program
WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES is offering a new combined five-year Bachelor’s and Master’s program. (Integrated BA/MA WGS Degree Program)
This means that in five years at UT Austin, Students could earn a Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES.
How does this work?
Students who major in WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES within the College of Liberal Arts and excel in academics, can begin taking graduate courses during their Junior year.
The key is to get in touch with the WOMEN’S AND GENDER STUDIES academic advising office early during a student’s academic career and get started!
Students will need to make progress on undergraduate degree requirements (both the WGS major and your COLA/UT Core requirements) before getting permission to take graduate courses. Ideally, students should to begin this process during the spring semester of your sophomore year. It’s never too early to start thinking about Graduate Study possibilities!
Freshmen and Sophomores who might be interested should attend an information session on the NEW COMBINED FIVE-YEAR BACHELORS AND MASTERS PROGRAM in WOMEN’S & GENDER STUDIES.
All information sessions will take place in BUR 556.
· Friday, October 4th at 9am-10am
· Monday, October 7th at 10am-11am
· Thursday, October 10th at 10-11am
· Thursday, October 10th at 5-6pm
· Friday, October 11th at 4-5pm
Please RSVP to ajsalcedo@austin.utexas.edu and specify which info session you can attend.
If you cannot attend an information session, you may schedule an appointment using https://calendly.com/ajsalcedo to find a day and time that work for you. (Please sign up to meet before October 15th.)
AURA-Texas Applications
The Office of Undergraduate Research invites all undergraduate researchers across campus to apply for opportunities to gain presentation skills and experiences, and share their work and research experiences with others students. Undergraduates of all majors are encouraged to apply. You can find the application here.
The Academy of Undergraduate Researchers Across Texas is a collaboration between UT’s Office of Undergraduate Research and the LAUNCH office at Texas A&M University. AURA-Texas gives exceptional student researchers the chance to network with counterparts at another institution, attend professional development workshops, and showcase the ways in which their research serves the state of Texas. AURA-Texas students help represent the strength of Texas undergraduate research and its impact on communities of all sizes across the world.
Students are chosen for the AURA-Texas program based on the impact of their research as well as their ability to communicate their work to a general audience. In communicating their projects to new audiences (at internal research events at both A&M and UT, and at external outreach events), students are pushed to consider their work from new points of view as they advocate for the role of students in the research mission of the university.
Each year the Office of Undergraduate Research seeks passionate undergraduates to serve as Student Research Ambassadors — the public face of student research at events for internal and external audiences, where they share their stories of becoming researchers whose experiences combine the teaching and research missions of the university. Students in this program develop their ability to share their research narrative with a general audience.
Ambassadors will be expected to attend a workshop on research narratives in the fall, and to represent student research at the following events:
- Family Weekend
- Explore UT
- One workshop or event related to the Texas Student Research Showdown
- At least one Research Week activity
- At least six OUR info sessions or workshops for current students
Other outreach and profiling opportunities include:
- Tabling
- FIG visits
- Social media takeovers
- A profile of you and your research
In the application, we encourage everyone to choose as many opportunities as they would like and/or have the time to participate in with OUR. While some require more time commitment than others, all are wonderful opportunities to share your research with other undergraduates and gain valuable communication skills and connections with other researchers.
Theriault – Pope Francis’s Maymester
This year Plan II Honors is sponsoring a Maymester program that will be taught by Government faculty member Sean Theriault. This will be the third time the Maymester titled Pope Francis’s Catholic Church: The Making of the Modern Papacy – Rome, Italy has been offered for which students can earn four credit hours for LAH 350 and LA 119, plus they can earn two core Flags (Independent Inquiry and Writing). The program aims to take a deep dive into the Papacy and the Catholic Church as a political, historical and of course religious organization (detailed description below). The LAH 350 course is cross-listed with a Plan II Jr. Seminar (TC 358) and a GOV Seminar (GOV 379S) so students can use the program for credit for multiple academic pursuits (if applicable). The program runs June 1-29, 2020, additional details on budget, funding, course requirements, etc…are on the websites below.
We have four information sessions coming up and will be at tomorrow’s Study Abroad Fair (10am-3pm Gregory Gym Courtyard).
– Mon. Sept. 16 1-2pm, RLP 1.302E
– Wed. Sept. 25 4-5pm, RLP 1.302E
– Mon. Oct. 14 1-2pm, RLP 1.302E
– Th. Oct. 31 12-1pm, RLP 1.302 E
Here are two useful links:
- Study Abroad Website: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/abroad/student/pgm_list/detail/nlogon/1349/
- Program Website: https://liberalarts.utexas.edu/plan2/current_stdnts/abroad/italy.php
The deadline to apply for 2020 Maymesters is slightly later this year, November 15; application information can be found here: https://global.utexas.edu/abroad/apply/how/faculty-led
Program Description: This program offers the unique opportunity to explore first-hand the history and politics of papal succession and church policy in Rome, Italy. Specifically, we will concentrate on Pope Francis, the Holy See, the Vatican, and the world that it serves. The course will introduce, describe, and analyze how the Church makes its decisions and why. In addition to a regular classroom schedule, we will visit the great churches of Rome, meet with the Princes of the Church, and observe the church’s far-reaching influence. By the end of the course, students will have developed an understanding of the Church as a historical, religious, and political organization. Local program staff in Rome will organize orientation and housing and support students throughout the program’s duration.
Perspectives Essay Competition
Every month, the Diversity Committee of the Liberal Arts Council and the Liberator Magazine host the Perspectives Essay Competition focused on the diverse perspectives of UT students.UT students can submit a piece of writing that fits the theme of the month, and the winning piece will get a $20.00 visa gift card and will also be published on the Liberator website.
For this month, our topic is “My Environment: An Exploration of Your Relation to the Environment, Both Physical and Cultural.” The competition ends on September 24th at 11:59pm. Here is the link to the Facebook event: https://bit.ly/2lQbASS.
Additionally, here is the link to the information on the Liberator website: https://theliberatormagazine.com/perspectives-essay-competition/.
Liz Carpenter Lectureship with Samantha Power
The 2019 Liz Carpenter Lectureship featuring former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is on Tuesday, October 1st at 7 pm in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium (doors open 6:30 pm).
This event is free & open to the public, but tickets are REQUIRED. Please visit our Eventbrite page to register.
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power is a leading voice internationally for principled American engagement in the world. One of TIME’s “100 Most Influential People,” she is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, war correspondent, and the Anna Lindh Professor of Practice at Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. Her upcoming book, The Education of an Idealist, will chronicle her years in public service and reflect on the role of human rights and humanitarian ideals in contemporary geopolitics. The first 100 ticketed guests to arrive will receive a free copy of her book.
Full event details and tickets at https://2019lizcarpenterlecture.eventbrite.com
Undergraduate Research Fellowship – Applications now Open
The Undergraduate Research Fellowship (URF) provides up to $1,000 in support for specific scholarly research projects conducted by full-time UT undergraduate students enrolled in any department. Sponsored by the Office of the Vice President for Research with support from the academic colleges, these fellowships are intended to cover costs associated with academic research projects proposed and written by student applicants and undertaken with the supervision of a university tenured or tenure-track faculty member, lecturer, senior lecturer or full-time research scientist/engineer. Some restrictions apply.
Find out more and submit your application by Sept. 30, 11:59 p.m.
OUR Fall Info Sessions Sept. 6 – Dec. 3
Mondays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in FAC 332
Exceptions Sept. 9, Nov. 18 in FAC 330
Tuesdays from 1 to 2 p.m. in FAC 330
Exceptions Sept. 17, Oct. 22 in FAC 332
Would you like to have your research profiled on our social media accounts?
Students who participate in undergraduate research represent the diversity of research happening across campus at UT Austin. We want to help the university showcase that vast diversity by sharing your stories. If you’d like to be profiled, submit your application here. Undergrad researchers of all majors are encouraged to submit an application.
You can follow our social media for updates on deadlines, info sessions, meetups, and workshops, as well as behind the scenes looks at undergrads doing research from our OUR undergrad ambassadors!
IG: OUR_UTAustin, Twitter: OUR_UTAusint, FB: OURUTAustin
Peace Corps Application Workshop
For Peace Corps, now is the time for interested seniors to be applying! There are still seats available for the Application Workshop on Tuesday September 17 from 12:30 – 2 pm at Texas Global at 2400 Nueces St. Students are asked to register in advance on the Events Page since food will be provided.
Peace Corps are currently recruiting for departures ranging from April to September 2020 with 130 open positions up on our website right now! This is the perfect time for seniors to get those applications submitted! Attached a quick overview of the program in addition to a flyer for the workshop.
As a quick reminder, Peace Corps is open to all US Citizens 18 years of age and older. They cover all cost associated with serving from housing to medical to living allowance while providing an opportunity for students to give back on a global scale. They also have tons of other benefits including grad school fellowships!
Writing Center Internship
The University Writing Center (UWC) if looking for new interns! Undergraduates must first take RHE368C: Writing Center Internship where they will be trained to work as writing consultants. Students who successfully complete the internship course will interview for positions that begin in Fall 2020, pay $12.40/hour, and can be renewed every semester the student is enrolled.
This internship has two components: coursework and consulting.
During the first part of the term, you will learn the goals and practices of writing centers, research issues in writing center studies and composition studies, analyze papers and assignments from various academic disciplines, observe writing consultations at the UWC, role-play responses to different consulting scenarios, and review key elements of grammar, mechanics, and usage.
During the last 4 weeks of the term, you will work under supervision for 6 hours per week as a consultant in the UWC. The class meets occasionally during this internship period to critically reflect upon your consulting experiences, support each other’s continued learning, and present your final projects for class.
TO LEARN MORE:
If you wish to learn more about the internship course and working at the UWC, please attend the annual Open House:
What: UWC Open House
Where: University Writing Center, PCL 2.330
When: Thursday, October 3, 4-6PM
You’ll have a chance to talk to the professor who teaches RHE368C, meet the staff, and hear from consultants about what it’s like to take the course and work at the UWC. Pizza will be provided.
TO APPLY:
If you wish to apply for RHE368C, please submit:
- A cover letter that explains why you want to take the course and work at the UWC and includes a list of academic genres you have written during college (literary analysis, lab reports, etc.
- A resume
- A writing sample (5-10 pages) that you have written during your college career. If you wish to show examples of your work in more than one genre, you may include excerpts from different papers, but please don’t exceed 10 pages total.
Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis throughout October/early November and will continue until the course is full. Early application is encouraged. All interviews will be held in the UWC.