Just a reminder that the deadline for Upper – division scholarship applications is September 22, 2022 at midnight.

Here is the prompt:

At the start of each academic year, the university welcomes both new and returning students to campus. At UT Austin, the university wide “Gone to Texas” tradition in front of the tower ushers in new students.  In LAH, we host a luncheon where our community of students, faculty, and staff break bread with each other.

Traditions of welcoming and hospitality vary across individuals, places, and cultures.  Reflecting on personal experience or representations of welcoming in film, literature, or history, describe a practice that has made an impression on you.  What is the significance of this type of ritual?

Please write 750 – 100 words in response and submit your essay on the scholarship portal.