Author Archives: Linda Mayhew

Volunteer for the LAH Fall Semester Orientation Bike Ride

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Like to cycle?

Want to introduce first year LAHers to Austin?

We are planning a new LAH event to kick off the fall semester: an Orientation Bike Ride.  To introduce our first year LAHers to Austin and to the LAH community, we would like to offer them a chance to take a bike ride around town right before classes start on Monday, August 22.

I need LAH volunteers to lead these bikes rides! Design a plan for a bike ride around Austin – any distance or level of difficulty is fine.  We will need a mix of all different levels – some for experts and some for beginners.

Use google maps: http://maps.google.com/ to plan your route and calculate mileage.  Send me your plan by Friday, May 6. Along with your route, please include 1- estimated ride time, 2- difficulty level, and 3 – departure time.

A few requirements:

1-  All rides should depart from Gebauer

2-  Departure time should be sometime in the morning

3-  Return to Gebauer by 1 pm (for ice cream!)

Want to lead a group on foot?  Those proposals are welcome too!

Contact Linda Mayhew lmayhew@austin.utexas.edu with questions.

Get Involved with the Student Journal of Latin American Studies

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We are having a recruitment meeting in The Joynes Reading Room on Monday, April 25th, at 3:00 p.m. I am the chief editor of the journal now, and its a great opportunity for students to get involved in academic literature about Latin America. And at the end of the project you feel like you have done something tangible that you’re proud of. We are also looking to publish bi-annually now. A LAS major is totally unnecessary. Were just looking for dedicated workers who want to grow with the organization as many of its members, myself included, are leaving soon.

Inspire Application Deadline May 1

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This is a reminder that the application deadline for Inspire is May 1. Applications will be accepted from any female student from any major who will be a sophomore in the fall.

Inspire is a three-year program (sophomore to senior) sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies. When at full capacity, we will have three cohorts simultaneously developing skills necessary to become leaders so that they will achieve the highest levels of attainment in their chosen fields.

To apply and for more information, Please visit the Inspire webpage: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/Leadership/INSPIREEmpoweringTexasWomenLeaders.php

Please feel free to call if you have any questions – 471-5765.

Sociological Insight Conference

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It is with great pleasure that we invite undergraduate students to attend the first annual Sociological Insight conference at the University of Texas at Austin.

Sociological Insight is a fully refereed national undergraduate research journal aimed at promoting undergraduate research in the social sciences. Insight provides an opportunity for undergraduates all over the U.S. and abroad to publish their best academic work, and to reap the benefits of subjecting their research to a rigorous peer review process.

We will be hosting our first annual research conference, Insight: A Conference on Undergraduate Sociology, on Saturday, May 7th at The University of Texas at Austin in SAC 2.302. They will have the opportunity to attend presentations from published undergraduates, panels by grad students about life after the B.A., and a special guest speaker, Sociology professor Dr. Sheldon Ekland-Olson. Admission is free and lunch will be provided.

Students should RSVP by April 29th at www.socinsight.org

Thanks,

Sociological Insight Staff

Book Drive

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Sigma Tau Delta, the English honors society, is conducting a book drive now until finals season through Better World Books. All books will either be sold, donated, or recycled, NOT thrown in a landfill. Proceeds from books that are able to be sold will support National Center for Family Literacy and Sigma Tau Delta. National Center for Family Literacy’s mission is to improve the lives of disadvantaged children and parents through the economic and educational empowerment that comes through literacy. For more info: www.famlit.org

Link to our Facebook event:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/event.php?eid=155614154502815

Just drop your books by our box at PAR 114! Wondering what to bring?

GOOD:

– College textbooks and study guides in good condition with copyright dates from the past TEN YEARS (that’s right people, this means you can donate those old textbooks that the Co-op won’t take back!)

– ANY book used in a college classroom

BAD:

– Any books in poor condition (missing parts, water damage, etc.)

– Course packets

Submissions Needed for Transform UT Through Your Story Project

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The UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, is asking for your help in promoting mental health on campus!

We’re creating a short video on how students can reach out to help a friend who’s struggling with a mental health concern.  Have you yourself helped a friend who was going through a tough time with something like stress, depression, anxiety etc? OR did a friend help you? If so, we’d love to hear your stories and share them with other students. We will select some stories to be part of this video that will be featured on our website.

Please read the attached document  Student_PSA_Video_Submission[1] for details on how to submit your story. You may either send an email or record your story. All entries are due on April 18, 2011. Students will be notified if their story is selected.

If you have questions about this video, please contact Marian Trattner, Coordinator for the Be That One Suicide Prevention Program, UT Counseling and Mental Health Center, at (512)475-6962 or mtrattner@austin.utexas.edu

Thank you for helping to make a difference in the lives of students and our campus community.

Joynes Reading Room Events (and free books!)

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Monday, April 18, 7PM
The major novelist Russell Banks, author of 20 published books including The Sweet Hereafter and Continental Drift, will read from new work. Evan Carton, Professor of English at UT, will interview Banks and moderate questions from the audience. A limited number of free books by Russell Banks are available for honors students. To claim a free book, visit the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007). The books we are giving away are both collections of short stories (The Angel on the Roof and Success Stories). Please only take a book if you are sure you can come to the event Monday night.

Thursday, April 21, 7PM
Nigerian-American novelist and short story writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from and discuss new work. Adichie is author of the bestselling novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. She is also the recipient of a presitigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant.  While supplies last, honors students may claim a free copy of her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007). Please only take a book if you are certain that you can attend the event Thursday night.

Wednesday, April 27, 7PM
Three top contemporary photographers who use antique photographic techniques (such as daguerrotype and bromoil processes) will show slides of their work and discuss their careers. Dan Burkholder and Jill Skupin Burkholder teach photography in New York. Robb Kendrick lives in Laredo, and is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.

All of these events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Matt Valentine at mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu, or call the Joynes Reading Room: 512-471-5787.

2012-2013 US Fulbright Competition

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The 2012-2013 Fulbright U.S. Student competition will open on May 1, 2011.  The Fulbright U.S. Student program is open to graduate students at all levels, undergraduates who will have completed their degree by the beginning of the grant period (for most countries, Sept. 1, 2012) and non-students who hold a bachelor’s degree.  The program is restricted to U.S. citizens.  The grants are for study and research abroad, and are available for most countries.  Grants are awarded for all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts.  A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.

An information session for prospective applicants will be presented by an Alumni Ambassador from the Institute of International Education’s Houston office on Tuesday, April 19 from 2:00-3:00 PM in Parlin 201.

Deadlines and Procedures:

1.  Potential applicants must register with us, by sending an email to:  Fulbright@austin.utexas.edu.  The email should give the applicant’s name, contact information, academic status (i.e., undergrad, grad, alumnus), country or region of interest, and area of study or research topic.

2.  The applicant should go to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website (http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for country summaries, information about preparing an application, and, starting May 1, to begin the online application process.

3.  The applicant should also review our campus website: http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/funding/fulbright.html

4.  Campus Deadline: The applicant must submit copies of all application materials electronically to our office by September 7. Interviews are tentatively scheduled between September 19 and September 30.  While the deadline for final submission to the national office has not yet been announced, my expectation is that it will be around mid-October.

As a Fulbrighter myself (Brazil, 1990), I can testify to the lifelong value of this extraordinary program, and I am hoping that we can make that experience available to your students as well.

Best,

Lindsay Hale, Ph.D.
Department of Religious Studies
Chair, Fulbright U.S. Student Program Campus Committee