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Pinto Carver Essay Contest Deadline EXTENDED to Tuesday, January 22 5:00 pm

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Pinto Carver Essay Contest Open to All LAHers! Deadline Extended to Tuesday, January, 22 5:00 pm

Be a part of Campaign LAH

The Pinto Carver Essay Contest – 2013

 Style, in its finest sense, is the last acquirement

of the educated mind; it is also the most useful.

It pervades the whole being.  The administrator

with a sense of style hates waste; the engineer

with a sense for style economizes his material;

the artisan with a sense for style prefers good

work.  Style is the ultimate morality of mind.

-Alfred North Whitehead

The Topic:

Campaign LAH:  The Pursuit of Excellence is seeking to raise 1.5 million dollars to help fund scholarships and research, internship, and study aboard opportunities for Liberal Arts Honors students.  Many donors want to know what LAH is and what is its “brand.”  Write an essay in which you describe what you believe LAH to be and also, in six to ten words craft a “brand.”  The University’s “What Starts Here Changes the World” is one such successful brand, “Don’t Mess With Texas” another.  Needless to say, the more well developed your thoughts, the more specific your language, the better.  And for this Campaign to succeed, we need your best thoughts.

Eligibility:  Current Liberal Arts Honors students

Specifications: 750-1000 words, titled, double-spaced, and typed, with your name in the upper-right hand corner.  No cover page.

Awards:

1st Prize: $1500

2nd Prize: $500

3rd Prize: $250

Submission Deadline:  Tuesday, January 22, 5:00 p.m. in the NEW Liberal Arts Honors Office (CLA 2.500)  The judges reserve the right to withhold awards in the absence of prize worthy essays.

Ransom Reading Group Sign up on Google Doc! & Get your book in the LAH office

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Please sign up on the Google Doc (even if you signed up in  the LAH office ) This way the professors will have an easy way to email you and we have an easy way to keep track of those of you who signed up.

Here’s a link to the Google Doc: https://docs.google.com/a/utexas.edu/document/d/1Ra90PsiHQosO6noOdRKyI2xCREyPpSvNRzqIk0G5sKw/edit

Also, the books are in the LAH office, so pick up your free book once you sign up for a RRG.

 

Foot in the Door Auditions Wednesday, Jan. 16 & 17th William Shakespeare’s Pericles, Prince of Tyre

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This semester Foot in the Door will be putting on William Shakespeare’s PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE, directed by LAH freshmen Imogen Sealy and Kenneth Williams. Pericles is one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, but it is chock-full of fun — pirates, redemption, incest, jealousy, tearful reunions, whores, long beards, shipwrecks, mistaken identities, aaaaand PANTOMIME.

Don’t be put off if you’re not confident with Shakespearean language; there will be plenty of time to become more comfortable with the text along the way. There are also a lot of tech opportunities (costumes/set/music/etc.), and since this is our only show for the semester, we will be able to throw all of our money and time and creativity into making this show really awesome. SO! If you are at all interested in being a part of what I am confident will be a really fun show, please come to auditions!

When: JANUARY 16 & 17, 7:30
Where: WEL 1.308

If you have any questions, feel free to contact producers Kelsi Tyler or Stephanie Donowho, or either of the directors.

Ransom Reading Group Sign-Up Sheets now in the LAH office

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Read a good book over winter break and talk about it with other LAHers and a UT professor at the beginning of the spring semester.

Sign up in the LAH office for a Ransom Reading Group.

Willpower:  Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy F. Baumeister and John Tierney Lead by Dr Wendy Hunter

Death in the Andes by Mario Vargas Llosa Lead by Dr. Henry Dietz

Waiting for Snow in Havana by Carlos Eire Lead by Dr. Jonathan Brown

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut Lead by Dr. Elon Lang

From Bauhaus to Our House by Tom Wolfe Lead by Dr. Penne Restad

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift Lead by Dr. Erik Dempsey

 

LAH Music Ensemble Winter Concert Sunday, December 9

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Outside temperatures may feel like it’s spring, but inside the Eastwoods room on Sunday it’s winter. Take a break from studying and get in the holiday spirit. (You know listening to music increases brain activity!) Attend the LAH Music Ensemble  winter concert this Sunday, Dec. 9th, 5:30 pm. in the Eastwoods Room in the Union – UNB 2.102.

Pinto Carver Essay Contest Open to All LAHers! Due January 14 (First Day of Classes)

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The Pinto Carver Essay Contest – 2013

 Style, in its finest sense, is the last acquirement

of the educated mind; it is also the most useful.

It pervades the whole being.  The administrator

with a sense of style hates waste; the engineer

with a sense for style economizes his material;

the artisan with a sense for style prefers good

work.  Style is the ultimate morality of mind.

-Alfred North Whitehead

The Topic:

Campaign LAH:  The Pursuit of Excellence is seeking to raise 1.5 million dollars to help fund scholarships and research, internship, and study aboard opportunities for Liberal Arts Honors students.  Many donors want to know what LAH is and what is its “brand.”  Write an essay in which you describe what you believe LAH to be and also, in six to ten words craft a “brand.”  The University’s “What Starts Here Changes the World” is one such successful brand, “Don’t Mess With Texas” another.  Needless to say, the more well developed your thoughts, the more specific your language, the better.  And for this Campaign to succeed, we need your best thoughts.

Eligibility:  Current Liberal Arts Honors students

Specifications: 750-1000 words, titled, double-spaced, and typed, with your name in the upper-right hand corner.  No cover page.

Awards:

1st Prize: $1500

2nd Prize: $500

3rd Prize: $250

Submission Deadline:  Monday, January 14, 5:00 p.m. in the NEW Liberal Arts Honors Office (CLA 2.500)  The judges reserve the right to withhold awards in the absence of prize worthy essays.

 

Jobs at the Briscoe Center for American History

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POSITION: Library Page (Student Assistant), $7.26.

LOCATION:  The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Sid Richardson Hall 2.106

The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin is a special collections library, archive, and museum that facilitates research and sponsors programs on the historical development of the United States. The Center supports research and education by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible research collections and by sponsoring exhibitions, conferences, symposia, oral history projects, publications, fellowships, and grant-funded initiatives.

DESCRIPTION: Student assistants needed for work in a closed stacks, secure library and archives environment. Duties include retrieving and shelving materials in a wide variety of formats; circulation of materials stored offsite; maintaining vertical files articles; filing; data entry; special archival and library projects and other duties as assigned. Hours vary between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00, Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 to 2:00 on occasional Saturdays in the Spring semester

Required: Current UT student status.  Enrolled for at least 6 credit hours for the upcoming Fall semester. Reliability. Appropriate dress. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds; to climb multiple flights of stairs; to work well under supervision and with others. Ability to use good judgment and follow through independently within the boundaries of one’s own authority.

Preferred: Experience shelving books cataloged in Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classifications, Knowledge of Texas and United States History.  Public service experience in special collections library, research center or archive.

Special instructions: Applicants should submit a completed UT job application to the Information Desk at the Briscoe

Applicants must also turn in a copy of their class schedule.  The Information Desk is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, Monday through Friday.

The student application can be found at http://www.utexas.edu/hr/forms/student_nonbenefits_eligible_emp_app.pdf

 

The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran’s status, or sexual orientation.

McKinsey & Company Summer Internship Recruiting Thursday, October 25 5:30pm

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McKinsey & Company Brief and Meet for Summer Business Analyst positions (internship)
Thursday, October 25, 5:30 p.m.
AT&T Conference Center, Salons AB

This event is open to students of all disciplines planning to graduating in December 2013 or later.  Please join us to learn more about internship opportunities at McKinsey & Company.
McKinsey is an international management consulting firm that works with leading corporations, non-profit institutions, and governments on issues of critical importance to senior management.  We help our clients solve strategic, organizational, and operational problems in order to make significant and enduring improvements in their performance.  What is unique about McKinsey is that we consider the people who make up the firm to be as important as the clients with whom we work.  We seek to work with truly dynamic individuals — the most talented scholars and the most compelling leaders — to create an environment that is a great place both to learn and to have fun.

Get a behind the scenes look at www.mckinsey.com/usschools

LAH Speaker Series: Your Liberal Arts Degree in the Business World with Andre Kovensky this Friday 11:00-12:00

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Want to know how to use your Liberal Arts degree in business?

LAHers are invited to attend a meet/greet and Q & A with Andre Kovensky,  the founder and managing partner of Octavia Investments LLC, a global macro oriented investor in public and private securities and assets. Previously, he was the COO and CFO of PGM Holdings, a publicly traded company in Japan. He also spent three years leading corporate buyouts for Lone Star Funds in Tokyo, as well as 10 years as an investment banker, the majority of which with Citigroup based in the San Francisco Bay Area focused on technology companies. Andre received his MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School and a BA  in Humanities from the University of Texas at Austin.

Friday, October 19 11:00-12:00 GEB 3rd floor Conference Room
Please RSVP on the google doc link provided: https://docs.google.com/a/utexas.edu/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Aqi_m1rVk8VwdHhNMEw0VWJOa05TWXBHOTFvaXNObnc#gid=0

YES Prep! Internship and Job Opportunities. Info Session Wednesday, October 17

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This upcoming Wednesday, YES Prep will be at the Liberal Arts Career Fair in the morning. In the evening  (7 pm – Sanchez Building – 240) they will be hosting an informational session for any and all UT Austin students who may be interested.  It isn’t limited just to seniors looking to apply to work at YES. There will also be info about summer internships and other opportunities.

The facebook event and the registration link is below

The Facebook event is here: http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/291728510932481/?fref=ts

IMPORTANT: The link to register is here:

http://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/event?oeidk=a07e6hgip2t5e6e7914&llr=j6lefwcab