Applications are now being accepted for merit-based, research, and study abroad scholarships for spring 2020!
See if you are eligible on the Liberal Arts scholarship website: bit.ly/CLAScholarships
The deadline for merit & research scholarships are February 25 and March 5!
The 2020–2021 Stars Scholarship application is open. This scholarship is for continuing students (undergraduates and graduates) who are from south or west Texas and have at least a 2.7 GPA. This is a great scholarship opportunity for eligible students so please apply!
For questions or more information, please contact Jacob Moore in OSFA (jacob.moore@utexas.edu).
The Gilman Scholarship is a generous federal scholarship for study abroad and a great opportunity for U.S. citizens receiving a Federal Pell Grant to fund their international experience. UT Austin is consistently a top producer of Gilman Scholars.
Education Abroad is hosting two information sessions in February to help students prepare a competitive application. The first hour will cover scholarship details, selection criteria and tips for submitting a competitive application. During the last 30 minutes, advisors will guide students through brainstorming activities for their essays. We will also host a two-hour drop-in session for essay review.
Gilman Scholarship: Information Sessions
Gilman Scholarship: Essay Review
The online application is now open for applicants whose study abroad programs start between May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021. The deadline to apply is March 3.
Please join us Monday February 10th, in the Joynes Reading Room, for an evening of poetry with Pulitzer Prize finalist Evie Shockley.
Born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, poet Evie Shockley earned a BA at Northwestern University, a JD at the University of Michigan, and a PhD in English literature at Duke University. The author of several collections of poetry, including a half-red sea (2006), the new black (2011), and semiautomatic (2017). Shockley is also the author of the critical volume Renegade Poetics: Black Aesthetics and Formal Innovation in African American Poetry (2011).
Her most recent collection of poetry, semiautomatic (2017), was a Pulitzer Prize finalist, an LATimes Book Prize finalist, and a winner of the 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award in poetry. She teaches Creative Writing and African American Literature at Rutgers University. UT honors students may request a free copy of one of Evie Shockley’s books by inquiring in person at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room, while supplies last.
This reading is free and open to the public.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/172665560723524/
For more information, call 512-471-5787 or email matt.valentine@austin.utexas.edu
The Joynes Reading Room is located in the Carothers Building at 2501 Whitis Avenue on the UT Austin Campus. This event is sponsored by the Mary Lu Joynes Endowment in the Plan II Honors Program and the New Writers Project in the UT Department of English.
Are you’re interested in dusting off your paintbrush, bow string, or good ol’ vocal box to bring together people of all different ages? If so, consider joining Epiphany! Every few weeks we hold a performance at a residential care home, and we’re looking for new members to join us. If you’re interested, check us out at epiphany.gamebot2.com, or follow us on instagram or twitter at epiphany_texas, or on facebook at Epiphanytexas.
We also have two information sessions coming up:
Sunday, February 9, 6:00 pm at GEA 127
Wednesday, February 12, 6:00 pm at PCL 4.120B
Any questions? contact us at epiphanytexas@gmail.com
The Recruitment and Retention Committee of the UT Senate of College Councils, along with the Faculty Affairs Committee, has been working to create a First-Gen panel with UT faculty. The panel will take place on Wednesday, February 12th, from 5:30 to 7:00 pm in the WCP North Ballroom 2.410.
This particular event highlights first-generation faculty and their journey through academia. Students from all academic disciplines across campus will come to hear the stories, and ask questions of First-Gen faculty. We are very excited to launch this new event for First-Generation students to be able to see themselves represented in their UT faculty.
We will have Dean Goldbart of the College of Natural Sciences, Dean Martinez of the College of Education, Dr. Rachelle Chiang of the Public Health Program, and Dr. Kevin Cokley of the Educational Psychology and African and African Diaspora Studies Departments on our panel! We will also be serving pizza, drinks, and Tiff’s Treats!
Please contact senaterecruitmentandretention@gmail.com if you have any questions!
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