Monthly Archives: February 2025

COLA Academic Excellence Award

The College of Liberal Arts Academic Excellence Award is an academic merit and financial need-based scholarship competition for currently enrolled Liberal Arts undergraduate majors. Applicants who are selected to receive the award will be matched with one of COLA’s many endowed scholarships and excellence funds. The competition is run each spring semester, and applications are reviewed and ranked by a faculty committee in the College of Liberal Arts.

Scholarship Information:

  • Amount of awards: $2,000 – $5,000
  • Multiple awards are made each year.
  • Applications can be accessed via LASSO

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Only currently enrolled Liberal Arts undergraduates at The University of Texas at Austin may apply.
  • Applicants must have a minimum overall in-residence UT GPA of 3.6 and 12 hours completed in-residence.
  • Applicants must demonstrate evidence of achievement in leadership and service to the College and community.

For additional information regarding eligibility and payment, please click the link here!

LAH Study Abroad Scholarships

The Liberal Arts Honors Program will award scholarships in varying amounts to support LAH students and Humanities majors who will be studying abroad in the Spring, Summer, and/or Fall.  An LAH student may apply for this scholarship by writing a one-page statement of his or her study abroad plans. The statement should include where and what the student will be studying, the projected cost involved, and the role that study abroad and the mastery of a foreign language plays in the student’s academic and career goals.

The deadline for Fall/Summer Abroad is April 1st, 11:59 pm. Maymesters may also apply in Spring, as long as they are able to confirm participation.

Please submit your application online through the LASSO Scholarship system!

Both LAH students and Humanities majors are eligible to apply for the LAH Study Abroad scholarship. Please contact the LAH office with any questions.

UTLA Fall 2025 Semester

Spend a semester in Los Angeles to jump-start your career in the entertainment industry. Open to all UT Austin students regardless of major, the UTLA program is a chance to get hands-on training at an internship, take classes taught by industry insiders, and explore new career paths to set yourself up for success after graduation.

UTLA Fall 2025 Deadline | Apply now!

  • Explore the entertainment industry this fall in Los Angeles. Scholarships available! Due Tuesday, March 4 at 11:59 p.m.

UTLA Application Walk Through | RSVP Here

Learn what the admissions committee is looking for in your essays and resume.

  • Tuesday, Feb. 25 at 5 p.m. on Zoom

UTLA Drop Ins

Ask a quick question about the program. No appointment needed!

  • March 3, 2-3:30 p.m., ZOOM
  • March 4, 9-10 a.m. + 3:30-4:30 p.m., DMC 1.206

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Applications for UT’s Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program (MMUF) are being accepted through March 14th, 2025. MMUF’s goal is to expand access to the professoriate in higher education by helping students confidently navigate academia and pursue a PhD.

MMUF fellows:

  • Engage in an intellectual community through weekly seminars and workshops focused on topics including Applying to Grad School, Conducting Research, Abstract Writing, and Conference Presentations.
  • Receive individualized mentorship from program coordinators and faculty advisor(s).
  • Pursue independent research projects during their time in the program, including over the summer(s).
  • Receive financial support to conduct academic year and summer research, apply to graduate school, and explore professional development opportunities.
  • Obtain post-graduate benefits, including loan repayment and graduate research funding.

If interested, please consider accessing the MMUF flyer here for more information.

Husain Family Legal Essay Competition

The Liberal Arts Honors Program is happy to announce the Husain Family Legal Essay Competition. To enter the competition, please write and submit an essay that responds to the prompt below:

Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment Rights

  • The Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution says that no person shall be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.” This is commonly known as substantive due process—i.e., the rights of people that are not listed in the Constitution but which the Supreme Court has recognized as essential to daily life. Over time, the Supreme Court has identified new rights—e.g., the right to privacy, the right to interracial marriage, and the right to contract for one’s own labor—as having Constitutional protection. The right to an abortion (as a matter of privacy) was recently removed from this list, in Dobbs v. Jackson, 597 U.S. 215 (2022). But what limits or lack of limits exist on the Supreme Court to categorize or un-categorize rights as substantive due process are not clear. What should the criteria be to identify new rights or to remove rights from Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment protections?

Eligibility: Current Liberal Arts Honors Scholars

Specifications: 750 – 1,000 words, double-spaced with name, EID, and essay title.

Awards:

  • 1st Prize: $1,000
  • 2nd Prize: $500
  • 3rd Prize: $250

Submission Details: Send a pdf or doc of your essay to Husain_.7h0548w9yomv18dz@u.box.com by Monday, March 10th, 2025, at midnight. Any text in the body of the email will not come through. Please be sure to include your name and EID in the title of file and at the top of your essay.

Teach English Abroad!

Interested in teaching English as a foreign language in Barcelona?

Become course certified by an accredited 160-hour program and travel across the globe to help ready-and-willing students learn English!

More information about this program can be found here. Also, check out the program brochure linked here.

Program Assistant- Global Customized Programs

Please send 1) completed application document (attached here), 2) resume, and 3) cover letter to gpi@austin.utexas.edu with subject line – Program Assistant Application – by Monday, March 3, 2025 at 9:00am. Only applications with all three documents included will be considered.

Highlights:

  • Position Duration: May 19 – August 10, 2025
  • Weekly Hours: 20 or 30 hours/week
  • Compensation: $14-16/hour (depending on year)
  • Responsibilities detailed in attached Job Description (linked here)
  • This position is short-term, in-person, and time-intensive. Please consider other academic responsibilities and commitments when applying.

LEAD Week 2025

Texas Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) in the Office of the Dean of Students is excited to announce LEAD Week 2025! LEAD Week is made up of a series of events and leadership workshops that encourage students to explore their leader identity and further develop their leadership skills to enact positive change in their communities.

LEAD Week (February 24 – 28) consists of a series of events and skill-building workshops to support you in your leadership development journey. You are encouraged to attend these hands-on, engaging programs to develop your leader identity and to explore ways you can make a positive impact on-campus and beyond.

LEAD Week Workshops: Are you interested in attending hands-on, leadership skill-based workshops to grow as a leader? Check out all our team has to offer and sign up for the session(s) that work best for you. Link to sign up available here!

LEAD Week Events: Drop by any of the LEAD Week events and leave with tangible strategies to continue developing as a leader here on campus. Follow @utdeanofstudents on Instagram to learn more about LEAD Week events.

Fall 2025 Education Abroad Scholarships

The following scholarship applications for Fall 2025 are live and accepting applications on LASSO. Please visit their respective links to find more information regarding eligibility, the application process, and more!

The deadline to apply for each of these awards is April 1st, 11:59PM on LASSO. We will also host our Education Abroad Fall 2025 Scholarship Presentation on February 20, 2025, at 1 pm. Students can register for the event on Qualtrics (linked here). The presentation will be recorded and emailed to everyone who RSVPed.

Paid HRC Internships

The Harry Ransom Center is recruiting paid undergraduate interns for the 2025-2026 academic year!

Ransom Center internships are designed to provide hands-on experiences in the nature and operation of an internationally recognized humanities research library and museum. The experience gained by interns will benefit them in their own research, in graduate studies, and in future career pathways in fields like librarianship, museum studies, archival or curatorial work, as well as public affairs, marketing, public programming, and event management. Our ideal candidates come from a wide range of experiences, have a desire for learning and mentorship, and a passion for the work done at the Ransom Center.

More information about the program and departmental openings for 2025-2026 can be found on our website, and applications should be submitted through Handshake.