Category Archives: Career

Women in STEM

What is WiSTEM?
Women in STEM, is an initiative launched by the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement  (DDCE) in 2021. WiSTEM connects students, educators, and professionals to the worlds of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) through recruitment initiatives, supportive structures, and educational services designed to promote the success and advancement of women, girls, and gender minorities in STEM fields. WiSTEM strives to recruit and retain women and gender minority STEM students and to provide a supportive community that encourages the success of women and gender minorities at The University of Texas at Austin. All students are welcome to join in!

WiSTEM Focus
WiSTEM will work to fulfill the critical need to educate and expose students to transdisciplinary, holistic experiences that increase the sense of belonging, STEM identity, and STEM self-efficacy and will engage our university community of over 12,000 current undergraduate and graduate women and gender minority students in STEM majors with career and leadership programming and role model and mentor engagements. Women in STEM (WiSTEM) will also focus on K12 outreach and STEM education reaching 12,000 K12 students plus 12,000 families, educators, and community partners annually.  Initiatives under the WiSTEM umbrella include:

WiSTEM Canvas Community

Each academic year, WiSTEM creates an online community in Canvas. STEM students will be automatically invited to this community and it will appear in your Canvas dashboard once you accept the invitation. This is a really convenient online portal for information, announcements, and opportunities. Take some time to browse Canvas and connect with others in your field of study! The WiSTEM Canvas Community serves as a way to connect students with opportunities, information, and ways to engage in their communities of support. Weekly posts on Mental Health Mondays, Wellness Wednesdays, and Thankful Thursdays serve as regular reminders on the importance of self-care. Anyone can join our community through this link! If you have accepted the invitation and decide you no longer want to be a part of the community, email wistem@utexas.edu to be removed.

Opportunities for campus and community programs/events/initiatives:
Company Opportunities & Workshops
Research & Graduate School Opportunities
Student Orgs, Scholarships, & Leadership Opportunities

WiSTEM Social Media

WiSTEM Launch Party

January 2022
More details coming soon!

Invite Others to Join the WiSTEM Canvas Community:
Share the link for others to join in: https://utexas.instructure.com/enroll/9YWEBG. All STEM students, all genders, welcome!

More Questions?
Feel free to reach out to wistem@utexas.edu with questions or connect with WiSTEM Student Programs Director, Ana Dison, anadison@utexas.edu

MEC Cultural Immersion Experience

The Multicultural Engagement Center is excited to be launching our inaugural Cultural Immersion Experience to New Orleans, LA, March 13-17, 2022. The application consists of biographical information, three short essays, and acknowledgments and is most accessible via iPad or computer. Priority applications are due on December 6th (deadline extended from the flyer) for a discounted program fee. The regular application deadline will be January 14, 2022. Access the application here!

If you have any additional questions, please do not hesitate to email us at mec@austin.utexsas.edu.

FLAS Fellowships: Get paid to learn foreign languages!

Each year the Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship program, funded through the US Department of Education, provides almost $1 million in funding to UT undergraduate and graduate students from all disciplines to study foreign languages and cultures at UT and elsewhere in the US and abroad. Applications for these fellowships generally open in early to mid-November and close in early to mid-February.

 

Information Sessions Wed & Thur, Nov 17 & 18 at 5pm online Register Here

 

FLAS Languages Approved for Study

Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies

Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Yiddish*, Persian/Tajik*, and other pre-approved contemporary Russian/East European languages. 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Eastern Europe/Former Soviet states. CREEES FLAS are not intended for students studying these languages in a West European or Middle Eastern Studies context. 

Center for European Studies

Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese*, Romanian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish*, Ukrainian, Yiddish. 

Graduate FLAS also available in French*, Spanish*, & German (intermediate & advanced levels only)

*Must be studied in a European context. CES FLAS are not intended for students studying Brazilian Portuguese, nor the study of Spanish for Mexico/Latin America.

South Asia Institute


Bengali, Hindi, Malayalam, Persian*, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu, and other pre-approved contemporary South Asian languages. 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to South Asia. 

Middle Eastern Studies

Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Turkish*

*Must be studied in a context relevant to the Middle East. 

Latin American Studies

Portuguese*, K’iche’, Nahuatl, Kaqchikel, Quechua, Haitian Creole, Chatino, and other Latin American modern language 

*Must be studied in a context relevant to Latin America.

Learn more at tinyurl.com/FLASatUT

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Panel- Corporate Employers

 

Wednesday, November 3rd, 2021

5:00 pm – 6:00 pm CST (Zoom)

Register here: https://utaustin.joinhandshake.com/events/881664/share_preview  

Having trouble with your Handshake account? Email toldham@austin.utexas.edu  and we can register you manually.

 

Is it important for you to work for a company that is committed to fostering a culture of diversity and inclusion? Do you want to learn more about corporate employers recruiting liberal arts majors? Join our panel to learn how Capital One and Charles Schwab are working to recruit students with diverse voices and backgrounds and to promote professional success in inclusive workplaces.

Liberal Arts in Data Journalism: A Conversation with Election Forecaster G. Elliott Morris

Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021

4:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST (Zoom)

Register here: https://utaustin.joinhandshake.com/events/853311/share_preview

Having trouble with your Handshake account? Email toldham@austin.utexas.edu and we can register you manually.

 

Join us on Zoom for the November installment of The Futures Initiative, a program highlighting how studying humanities and social sciences prepares students for public and professional lives of purpose. This month we welcome G. Elliott Morris, a data journalist at The Economist who will be Zooming in from Washington, D.C. Elliott writes about American politics and elections, usually by engaging in a close study of political science, political polling and demographic data. He is responsible for many of the paper’s election forecasting models, including their 2020 US presidential election forecast. Elliott is also author of the forthcoming book Strength in Numbers: How Polls Work and Why We Need Them.

 

Elliott began blogging about political statistics as a UT student in 2015. He also worked as a survey methodology intern at the Pew Research Center and produced statistical models for the election returns startup Decision Desk HQ between 2017 and 2018. He received his undergraduate degrees in government and history from UT Austin in May 2018.

Texas Intelligence Academy 2022

The University of Texas at Austin’s Intelligence Studies Project would like to announce the Texas Intelligence Academy (TIA) 2022 program, an intensive academic program focused on intelligence and national security in Washington, D.C. on May 22 to June 1, 2022.

 

The TIA offers a competitively-chosen group of UT-System undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about U.S. intelligence through lectures by distinguished scholars and practitioners, moderated discussions, simulation exercises, and visits to intelligence-related sites and facilities in the Washington, D.C. area. Selected students are housed in the District of Columbia and study at the UT-System’s Archer Center, one block from the White House. All travel, lodging, and program expenses for the TIA are provided by the Intelligence Studies Project. 

 

The deadline to apply is November 30, 2021. More information can be found here.

New UT Master’s Degree Opportunity for Current UT Undergrads

UT Austin’s new Master of Arts Program in Humanities, Health, and Medicine is currently accepting applications for its first cohort!

Note that current UT Austin students may be eligible for the Graduate School’s Select Admissions Program, which allows selected students to be pre-admitted to the MA program as early as their junior year and begin taking courses that will apply to their graduate degree without additional expense.

We will be holding two information sessions this fall: 5-6 pm on October 19 and 5-6 pm on November 4. Potential students are invited to apply now for Fall 2022 admission, with a priority deadline of December 7, 2021, and a final deadline of March 1, 2022.

To learn more about the field of HHM and the master’s program, or to register for an information session, please visit our website.

TAMU-Bush School Public Service Weekend

Texas A&M’s Bush School of Government & Public Service is hosting an online Public Service Weekend Oct 29-30 for those interested in learning about and preparing for careers in public service. Specifically, undergraduate students from Texas universities who exhibit leadership skills, support diversity, and have self-identified as future public servants interested in related fields are encouraged to attend:

Nonprofits * Government at all levels (agencies and elected offices) * Women, Peace & Security *

INGOs * Pandemic Preparedness * National Defense * Homeland Security * Cybersecurity *

Intelligence * Diplomacy * Int’l Economics * Int’l Politics * Int’l Economic Development *

Policy Areas in Education, Health, the Environment * Regional Studies * and more!

 

What: Public Service Weekend

When: Friday, Oct 29 (about 2:30-6:15 PM) and Saturday, Oct 30 (10:00 AM-12:45 PM)

    It’s OK to just attend part of it as needed; we’ll send an agenda soon

Where: Online via Zoom

How: Click here to REGISTER by Oct 26

Submit the form above and a resume. We will send reminders and Zoom links a few days before the event.

Content: SERVICE-MINDED attendees will hear about public service careers and what benefits they offer, participate in a career workshop, attend breakout sessions over various career sectors, join a faculty-led discussion, have Q&A opportunities with an alumni panel and current students panel, learn the graduate admissions timeline and how to be a competitive grad school applicant, and receive information on how grad school funding works.

 

Fuel your passion for public service while learning the next steps to take from professionals who live it!

Still have questions? View our PSW 2021 Flyer or visit our PSW website. You can also contact us directly; we’ll be glad to help.

Explore Career Paths in International Business: French Tech Scene

Are you interested in learning more about International Business? Hear personal career stories from professionals and an overview of what it’s like to work in the French Tech startup scene? UT Austin is hosting an event next week that has been designed to highlight career and internship opportunities in the French Tech industry. This event will feature speakers focusing on international career development and associated opportunities. We look forward to having you join us!

What: Explore Career Paths in International Business: French Tech Scene

Presented by: La French Tech Austin & French Tech Houston (https://lafrenchtech.com/en/)

When: Thursday, October 14th

Time: Noon – 1:00 p.m. CST

Speakers: Hear from Thales, Lumapps, and French Tech Houston. Some representatives will be joining virtually from France.

Hosted in partnership by: Texas Career Engagement, French Tech Austin & French Tech Houston, Texas Global, Kendra Scott Women’s Entrepreneurial Leadership Institute

RSVP To Attend: Student Registration Link