Monthly Archives: February 2022

Encore Project Connect Light Rail Workshop

You may remember the on-campus Community Design Workshop hosted by Project Connect this past December regarding the proposed light rail coming to Guadalupe just west of campus.

The in-person and virtual events last semester were such a success that Project Connect would like to give the UT community an additional opportunity to provide further feedback on plans. This event to be virtual only.Zoom registration for the event can be found below.

Event Details

Thursday, February 24th

5:30 – 7:30pm

Zoom Webinar: https://capmetro-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_6SdzfoaeRP-lPAx-8HfuBg

Event Description

The Orange Line, a 20-mile light rail line that would operate on North Lamar Blvd and Congress Ave, could serve a section of Guadalupe St. known as “The Drag,” offering new ways for people to travel just west of UT Austin and creating a new signature public space for the city. Join the Austin Transit Partnership to discuss design opportunities for The Drag with Project Connect engineering and design teams.

TexPIRG Remote and In Person Internships

Sign up to find out more about the Student PIRGs remote and in-person internships. 

The Student PIRGs are an organization that trains students to run strategic campaigns. We have remote and in person internships and volunteer opportunities where students can learn valuable organizing and activist skills to make a difference on issues that they care about on their campuses. This semester we’re working on America’s plastic problem, food and housing insecurity on and off campus, getting the campus vote ready for the 2022 midterms, making Austin a more pollinator friendly city, and more! Learn more about our internships here. 

Colleges and Universities offer great classes to learn about all of these problems, and the impacts they have on our country and communities. However, it’s often hard to know how you can put that knowledge into action. That’s where we come in. TEXPIRG Campus Action is based on a model that has been helping students make positive change for almost 50 years. 

Across the country, our campus clubs have come together in big ways: 

·  We helped register hundreds of thousands of students to vote and increased early voting in the 2020 election.

·  Throughout the US we’ve gotten hundreds of professors to pledge to keep affordability in mind when they assign their course materials. And we’ve saved students over $40,000,000 by working with dozens of campuses in 10 states to create open source textbook programs.

·  And, more than 12 campuses across the country have already pledged to eliminate unnecessary single use plastics. 

As an intern you will spend 10-15 hours a week attending trainings, recruiting volunteers, and working on projects and campaigns that will make your community better. You’ll attend weekly trainings and run campaign events.

Too busy for an internship? Check “volunteering” on the interest form!

Learn skills, build your resume, and work with issues that matter. Apply today.

Info Session: BA/MA 5-Year Program for WGS

Attention First Year Students, Sophomores, and Rising Juniors,

 

If you are interested in the 5-Year Integrated BA/MA Program in Women’s and Gender Studies, please register for the info session using the link below.  A recording of the session will be sent to all registrants.

Wednesday, March 2nd 2022 at 4:00 PM CST 
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtdu6hrTgsH9AMAs9lzwWmMSScgzFlIAUu

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

 

The Center for Women’s and Gender Studies offers an integrated program to enable currently enrolled, highly motivated undergraduate students with strong intellectual capacities to earn a Bachelor of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies and a Master of Arts in Women’s and Gender Studies within a five-year period.

The Integrated BA/MA (WGS) program serves to highlight the intellectual rigor of the WGS program; promote opportunities for undergraduate students to pursue advanced study; improve student preparation for competitive PhD programs; and improve job market opportunities for Liberal Arts graduates.

With special permission, WGS BA students begin taking graduate courses in their Junior year.  A 3.0 GPA or higher is required.

In the spring of their Senior year, they apply to the 5th Year through the online Apply Texas graduate school application (note: there is a different program code and deadline).

Austin Sunshine Camps

Do you have a passion for service, youth engagement, and outdoor experiences? Apply to be a volunteer camp counselor this summer with Austin Sunshine Camps! We are a free overnight camp for Austin youth located at Zilker park. As a counselor, you will have the opportunity to work with kids of all ages, visit Zilker lodge, and find a service-minded community both at UT and Austin at large. Visit our link tree to find our counselor application.

Spring 2022 Herbert Family University Lecture Series

Spring 2022 Helen and Jeff Herbert Family Lecture Series (formerly the University Lecture Series) will take place next week, on February 21st  and 22nd. 

Feb. 21, 2022, 7-8 p.m. WCP Ballroom

Fact, Fiction, or Distortion? The Importance of Staying Critical When Scrolling Online

Dr. Scott Stroud, Department of Communication Studies and Dr. Anita Varma, the School of Journalism and Media

Feb. 22, 2022, 7-8 p.m. Livestream***

Texas Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future
Dr. Jay Banner, Department of Geological Sciences

*** For Tuesday’s virtual event, students must first visit https://utexas.instructure.com/enroll/M4RJNY to ‘enroll’ in the Canvas course.  You must enroll using this link in order to have access to the video stream (and will be able to enroll up until the event start times each night).

Bridging Disciplines Programs – Spring info sessions & application deadline

The Spring 2022 Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDP) application deadline will be on Thursday, March 10th at 8:00 am. Students can learn more about BDP certificates by viewing a pre-recorded or live online BDP information session. The first live Zoom info session is coming up this Friday, February 18. If students are ready to apply, they can find the BDP application on the BDP website. For students who are not quite ready to apply this spring, please know that we’ll have another application deadline in Fall 2022, in early October.

If you are not familiar with the BDPs, our programs offer undergraduates at UT the opportunity to pursue an interdisciplinary certificate to complement their major. BDP certificates integrate coursework with internship and research experiences and can be individualized to suit students’ goals. Students choose from one of 16 different interdisciplinary themes. You can view a list of all BDP topics, as well as more information about our programs, on our website.

Spring information sessions for McCombs minors

McCombs currently offers 20 minors, 12 of which are open to non-business students. Check out the list of the dates and times for Texas Business Options Information Sessions for the Spring 2022 semester.

All students are welcome to attend the online sessions. Zoom meeting IDs for each session are available on the front page of their website: txbusinessoptions.com

The TBO team can be reached via email at BusinessOptions@mccombs.utexas.edu or by phone (512) 232-6748.

Summer Bioethics Program

The Hastings Center, a research institute that studies ethical questions relating to science, technology, and public health, is hosting a weeklong summer program for underrepresented undergraduate students with an interest in bioethics. More information about the program can be found on their website. Apply to the program here.