Daily Archives: November 4, 2021

Scholarship for First Generation College Students for Education Abroad

Texas Global would like to encourage you to apply for the First Abroad Scholarship.  This scholarship supports first-generation in college students planning for an education abroad experience. It is a one-time scholarship of $3,000 used to fund participation in a UT-approved study, internship or research program.  Students apply for the scholarship, and then work with Education Abroad to find a study or internship program.

Website & Application: https://global.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/scholarships/first-abroad

Deadline: 11:59pm Friday, November 19, 2021

Application: Form, essay, no references

Eligibility:

  • Your first semester at UT is fall 2021
  • You are a first-generation college student (neither parent has a 4-year college degree)
  • This is your first time in college (i.e. you did not transfer after a year at another institution)

Learn more about this scholarship at an information session on Friday, November 12 from 1:00-2:00pm via Zoom.

FLAS Fellowships: Get paid to learn foreign languages!

Each year the Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program, funded through the US Department of Education, provides almost $1 million in funding to UT undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to study foreign languages and cultures at UT and elsewhere in the US and abroad. Applications for these fellowships generally open in early to mid-November and close in early to mid-February.

 

Information Sessions Wed & Thur, Nov 17 & 18 at 5pm online Register Here

 

FLAS Languages Approved for Study

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish*, Persian/Tajik*, and other pre-approved contemporary Russian/East European languages. 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Eastern Europe/Former Soviet states. CREEES FLAS are not intended for students studying these languages in a West European or Middle Eastern Studies context. 

Center for European Studies

Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese*, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish*, Ukrainian, Yiddish. 

Graduate FLAS also available in French*, Spanish*, & German (intermediate & advanced levels only)

*Must be studied in a European context. CES FLAS are not intended for students studying Brazilian Portuguese, nor the study of Spanish for Mexico/Latin America.

South Asia Institute


Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Persian*, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, and other pre-approved contemporary South Asian languages. 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to South Asia. 

Middle Eastern Studies

Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish*

*Must be studied in a context relevant to the Middle East. 

Latin American Studies

Portuguese*, K’iche’, Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Quechua, Haitian Creole, Chatino, and other Latin American modern language 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Latin America.

Learn more at tinyurl.com/FLASatUT

LCAE + University Co-op Internship Opportunity

The University Co-op and the Longhorn Center for Academic Equity offer a one-of-a-kind internship opportunity to University of Texas at Austin students serious about gaining interactive corporate experiences and mentorship aligned with their academic and professional goals. This is the program’s fourth year. Currently, nearly thirty interns are successfully participating, building talents that are attracting attention as they seek careers. You could be next!

 

Program Highlights

  • Application is required. You can access the application here. (Due by 11:59P, 10 December 2021.)
  • Open to all majors. Requires 24-60 in-residence hours and GPA of 2.5 or higher.
  • Requires enrolling in one-credit Spring 2022 ALD 118C job shadowing course.
  • Internships are competitively paid, including optional summer employment.
  • Pay increases annually, as responsibilities increase. Starts at $12.00/hour.
  • Responsibilities aligned with your career goals, and you help decide your path.
  • First-generation students encouraged to apply.

 

We have several info sessions coming up soon. You can find details on the internship website. Or, contact Dr. Eric Dieter with questions. Interest is high, so apply early!

Texas Undergraduate Research Journal Event: Take it to the market

The Texas Undergraduate Research Journal is hosting Take it to the Market: The Research Behind Brand Designs!

 

On November 9th, at 6 PM, please come to the UTC 3.110 to discover the benefits of conducting marketing research at the undergraduate level and learn more about how to get involved! Join a panel of esteemed McCombs faculty members in discussing the importance of business research. The event will be catered by Dollar Slice Club!

 

Sign up using the link below!

Take it to the Market facebook event: https://fb.me/e/2F2lEpMQx

2022 Hertog Fellowships

The Hertog Foundation offers highly competitive fellowships to outstanding students at universities across the world. We are pleased to open applications for our 2022 fellowships.

Hertog applicants are academically accomplished with interests in politics, public policy, and the liberal arts. For our 2021 cohort, we received over 1,000 applications and admitted 234 fellows. The average GPA of ourapplicants was 3.7. Our fellows major across the curriculum, with concentrations in the humanities, the social sciences, and STEM.

  • Humanities at Hertog – Study a great literary work over winter break with four online seminars on Dostoevsky, Shakespeare, Achebe, and Tom Wolfe.
  • Our flagship Political Studies Program is our most competitive program, bringing together 36 outstanding students for a six-week course of study in the theory and practice of politics. 
  • Students can explore key constitutional debates in a one-week residential seminar taught by Yale Law professor Akhil Reed Amar on his new book The Words That Made Us.
  • For students with internships and other obligations, our online Summer Courses are ideal. Sessions are held in the evenings each week to allow students to meet other commitments.

Learn more at HertogFoundation.org