Author Archives: Alle Sanchez

FIG and TrIG Mentors

The First-Year and Transfer-Year Experience programs are recruiting FIG & TrIG Peer Mentors for Fall 2025. This is an excellent opportunity for students to develop leadership and interpersonal skills that will set them up for success at UT and beyond!

The application is now live and more information about the positions and applications can be found at the link here.

We will also be hosting virtual info sessions for students to learn more:

  • Tues, Oct 15th from 5:30 – 6:00 pm via Zoom
  • Wed, Oct 16th from 6:00 – 6:30 pm via Zoom

The deadline for both new and returning mentors to apply is November 10th, 2024!

Be an Orientation Advisor!

Recruitment for our newest class of Orientation Advisors (OA) has begun! We aim to build a team of talented student leaders from across the UT community who are passionate about welcoming incoming Longhorns. Interested students must attend an information session (October 2 – 17) to apply. More information can be found using the link here!

Embedded Scholars 2025 Fellowships

The Embedded Scholars Program has opened its 2025 Fellowship Application focused on democratic and constitutional development in Latin America, Eurasia, and the Balkans. This is a funded international internship open to undergraduate and graduate students from any major at UT.

The program provides unparalleled opportunities for students interested in democracy to work with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance in Latin America and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs in Eurasia and the Balkans. Students receive training at UT in the spring before going abroad for the summer to support democracy assistance programs and conduct original research.

Join us for an information session and coffee on October 15, 2024, from 12:30-1:30pm, in BAT 5.108 or on Zoom. Program directors and prior fellows will share more about the program and fellows’ work in the field.

Applications are due December 1, 2024 and can be found here. For more information, visit the links above or contact Ashley Moran (ashleymoran@utexas.edu) and Zachary Elkins (zelkins@austin.utexas.edu) with any questions.

Harry Ransom Center Events

The following are two upcoming events hosted by the Harry Ransom Center:

Flair Symposium: Literature and Change (November 7-9)

  • This year’s symposium will explore the enduring significance of reading and writing within our current cultural moment. For more information on speakers, the program schedule, and registration, please click the link here!

Registration-a-Thon (October 29)

  • The Harry Ransom Center will also be hosting a Registration-a-Thon in which students will be encouraged to create research accounts, get a taco lunch, and grab HRC swag bags. While pre- registration is not required, it is recommended, and you may do so here!

GRE/LSAT Prep

Are you preparing to take the GRE or LSAT exams?

Join Strive Grad Prep Academy with Sanger Learning to provide an overview and resources!

GRE Overview

  • October 8
  • 5:30 pm
  • JES A309

LSAT Overview

  • October 15
  • 5:30 pm
  • JES A309

For more information on Strive Grad Prep Academy, please click the link here!

Digital Badge Opportunity

The Assessment and Data Analytics Team, within the Division of Student Affairs, is proud to offer Longhorns the opportunity to earn a digital badge in survey design with the new Survey Design: Foundations course. This unique skill will be valuable throughout your educational journey and beyond, across a spectrum of career fields, including but not limited to marketing, data analytics, user experience research and more! Enhance your research skills and impress future employers by adding this badge to your LinkedIn profile.

This foundational badge provides information on survey purpose, institutional review board requirements, informed consent, security/confidentiality, and will provide earners the opportunity to practice identifying and writing different types of survey questions.

To earn your badge:

  1. Follow this link to access the Canvas course.
  2. Complete the five Canvas modules by watching each video and scoring at least 80% on the corresponding quiz.
  3. This robust course will take approximately 2 hours to complete, however you can navigate the modules at your own pace and are not required to finish all modules in one session.

For questions, please email vpsa-assessdata@austin.utexas.edu.

Longhorn SHARE Project

Looking for alternative mental health support options or just craving genuine connection with peers? Check out the Longhorn SHARE Project (Support, Healing, Active listening, Reciprocity, Empowerment), a peer support program focused on mental health and social connection! A team of trained peer ‘SHARE Support Specialists’ facilitate non-clinical, non-hierarchical opportunities for students to open up and find validation around shared struggles and exchange support and resources using the combined wisdom of their lived experiences. The following are open to all UT undergraduate and graduate students:

  • SHARE Communities: Weekly peer-led communities for support & connection around specific concerns or identities.
  • SHARE Circles: An impactful group activity for student orgs, classes, and res halls! Increase community, empathy, and understanding in your group with a turn-taking structure that ensures everyone’s voices are heard.

Check out our website for more information or consider filling out a no-commitment interest form for the SHARE Communities!