Daily Archives: February 23, 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).