Concerned about the current budget issues UT is facing? The Liberal
Arts CTBAC, the official outlet for student recommendations on the
budget, has put together an online survey in order to gather input
from students across the College of Liberal Arts. Please take a minute
to fill it out! The survey and more details are available at:
http://goo.gl/caEQa
Good morning!
At the study abroad office we are excited to announce we are extending our summer and fall deadlines to April 1 on select programs! It’s not too late to start the process!
First step to study abroad:
Attend a general info session or talk to a Peer Advisor.
We are holding information sessions at noon daily from now through the end of March. For additional session times and locations for all info sessions, please check our
calendar at http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/
Walk-in Peer Advising is also available daily, from 1-5 pm.
For Study Abroad Advisors’ appointment times and walk-in hours, call our office at 512/471-6490.
Never thought about studying abroad?
You will learn how to get UT credit for your classes abroad, how to search for programs, and how to apply for scholarships!
At UT, we have so many possibilities for you! Need specific credit? Need an affordable program? Come visit us to find the right program for you!
Contact us:
http://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/
512-471-6490
The Fall 2011 Casa Herrera Program is a great way to learn about
Mesoamerica, Archeology, History of Central America, Spanish or Indigenous
Languages while studying and living in breathtaking Antigua, Guatemala.
NEW! 3 scholarships of $2,000 are available for this program. Come to an
info session to learn more about this exciting new program!
Info Sessions are held in ART 1.412 in The Mesoamerica Center located in the
ART Building. All info sessions are from 11-12, drop by anytime between
those hours and ask for Paola Bueche. Pizza and sodas will be provided, so
RSVP if you are coming to a particular session.
February 22
February 24
February 25
Casa Herrera Fall 2011 PROGRAM FEE
There is a program fee of $5,500 which includes home stay accommodation,
most meals, field trips, international health insurance, cell phones and
tuition for the language course. Students are responsible for UT tuition (or
equivalent registration fee for non-UT students), airfare and personal
expenses.
Classes offered are cross listed:
€ ARH 370 – Ancient Maya Writing and History (Cross listing: LAS 327, ANT
324L)
€ ARH 347L – Archaeology of Mesoamerica (Cross listing: ANT 324L)
€ HIS 329 – History of Guatemala (Cross listing: LAS 366)
€ HIS 329 – Religion and Culture in Latin America (Cross listing LAS 366)
Top 10 Reasons why you should be interested in studying abroad:
1. Study abroad is the optimal way to learn a language.
2. Study abroad provides the opportunity to travel.
3. Study abroad allows you get to know another culture first-hand.
4. Study abroad will help you develop skills and give you experiences a
classroom setting will never provide.
5. Study abroad expands your worldview and creates global awareness
6. Study abroad gives you the opportunity to break out of your academic
routine.
7. Study abroad enhances employment opportunities.
8. Study abroad can enhance the value of your degree.
9. Study Abroad develops leadership skills
10. Study Abroad allows to enhance your curriculum with international
Internships
Paola Bueché
Senior Program Coordinator
Mesoamerica Center
ART 1.412
1 University Station D1300
Austin, TX 78712-0337
Office Phone: (512) 471-6292
website: http://www.utmesoamerica.org
http://www.utmesoamerica.org/casa/
http://www.utmaya.org/
Hello All —
I hope that some of you can make it:
I’m very excited to announce that the Peers for Pride, the GSC’s peer
facilitation program, is full this year. We have 16 amazing students with
16 powerful stories/monologues to share.
We are kicking off the semester with two open performances:
Thursday, 2/17 from noon to 1:30pm in the SSB in the Glenn Maloney Room
(ground floor)
Friday, 2/18 from noon to 1:30pm in UTC 1.102 (UTC is the building next to
the PCL)
At each performance 8 students will perform their monologues.
Please come out and support the good work of these students.
Hope to see you there!!!
Shane Whalley
CALL FOR MONOLOGUE PERFORMERS:
Inspire: Empowering Texas Women Leaders, a leadership program sponsored by the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies for undergraduate women at UT, is looking for undergraduate and graduate students, of any major and gender, to perform in a theater production that will be composed of an array of monologues regarding:
Sex
Sexual Identity
Gender Identity
Body and body image
Culture as it relates to dating, relationships, or sex
Dating experiences
Relationship Experiences (i.e. family, romantic, or friendships)
We particularly need individuals, fluent in a native (or home, or first) language that is not English. We’re looking for them to write a 5-10 minute monologue in their first language that covers one of the listed topics above. We need people who are comfortable performing, and who can commit to at least one weekend of shows in April (date and time TBD). However, potential performers do not have to be experienced. If this is your first time every performing, that is fine, we are simply looking for motivated people to help us out!
We are in the early stages of planning and organizing this theater event as means to raise funds for the Inspire program. We would definitely appreciate any volunteers to make this production possible! If you are looking for a unique and fun experience as a volunteer, this will be a great opportunity.
If you are interested please come by PAR 214 this Thursday, Feb. 17th at 5:30, for more information regarding the production. We are very excited about this project and we hope to have a diverse set of performers to break the silence regarding the complexities and difficulties dealing with gendered identity development, sexuality, relationship experiences, navigating different cultures and languages, etc.
If you have any questions please contact Ganiva Reyes, mestiza88@gmail.com. Thank you!
We rescheduled Kate Brooks’ talk “Marketing Your Liberal Arts Degree and Finding Internships” for Tuesday, Feb 15 from 4 – 4:45 pm in the Third Floor Gebauer Conference room.
This event is open all LAH and Humanities students. First Year LAHers, please remember you are required to attend two Career Week Events. If you did not make it to two events last week, now is your chance to be inspired for the great internship search!
MARKETING YOUR LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE & INTERNSHIPS
Time: 4:00 – 4:45pm
Location: GEB 3rd Floor Conference Room
The workshop will feature Kate Brooks, author of You Majored in What? and Director of Liberal Arts Career Services. Her talk will focus on resources and services available through Liberal Arts Career Services and a discussion of how your Honors Degree in Liberal Arts relates to the professional world and suggested ways to market your knowledge and skills to potential employers.
If you are thinking about getting an education beyond your undergraduate
degree such as graduate school or professional school, but the idea of
writing your personal statement scares you to death, then you’re in luck!
The Texas Interdisciplinary Plan (TIP) is offering five interactive
workshops this spring to help you begin your personal statement for
application and explore what you want out of a program. This is part of
the Getting Ready for Advanced Degrees (GRAD) initiative and you have
been selected to get first crack at this opportunity. THESE WORKSHOPS
BEGIN NEXT TUESDAY!
At the end of each workshop, you will come out with a product tailored
to your individual path that will be a valuable piece of your personal
statement and your understanding of what you’re after.
These workshops are based on the most effective activities
presented in the famous GRAD Seminar offered in the past several years.
In order to open up this opportunity to a larger community, we are now
offering this information and practice as workshops.
You do not have to attend all five. They are designed to be
self-contained, but they do build on each other. Seating is limited, so
RSVP to Dr.D-R@mail.utexas to save your seat now.
You can also find more information, including a calendar of events
around campus that deal with graduate and professional school, at our
GRAD website: http://www.utexas.edu/tip/GRAD/
Hope to see you there!
Dr. Delgado-Reyes
Pulitzer Prize winner Buzz Bissinger, author of Friday Night Lights, will give a public talk at 7:30PM next Thursday, Feb. 3, in the Amphitheater at the AT&T Center. IN ADDITION, honors students are invited to attend a luncheon with the author at noon on Friday, Feb. 4 in the Joynes Reading Room. Space for the luncheon is limited–students who wish to attend should come to the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) to add their name and contact info to the RSVP list. ALSO, students who can commit to attend both the Thursday night lecture and the Friday luncheon can pick up a free copy of Friday Night Lights at the Joynes Room front desk, while supplies last.
Questions: 471-5787 or mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu
Echo is now accepting submissions for the 2011 edition! Please submit your poetry, prose, and photography echolitmag@gmail.com by March 21. Our theme this year is “Illumination”. While this is the chosen theme, please do not limit the content that you submit; however, think of it as a general guideline with which you can explore the boundaries. “Illuminate” can mean a spiritual enlightenment, a clarification, or simply a change from dark to light. It can involve some sort of physical transformation or a realization (the familiar light bulb sparking in your mind).The possibilities are endless and are yours for the taking. We feel you all are an enlightened group full of energy and pizzazz, and we look forward to a fine batch of submissions. Please feel free to submit any number of pieces in any or all of the categories!
Sincerely,
The Echo Team
P.S.
If you are interested in helping out the Echo Team read submissions and put together the magazine, please email the same email, echolitmag@gmail.com. We will begin emailing out all the submissions to start reading on March 23rd, and then we will meet April 1st to make final decisions.
Money Matters Plus is about finding non-UT scholarships and outside funding opportunities to fund your study abroad experience. It will be led by Allison Chandler Supancic, Director of the Regional Foundation Library, at the International Office, WOH 2.102. The session will be held on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 12-1pm. However, capacity is limited so please RSVP by January 27th.
Confirm your spot here: http://tinyurl.com/4zxve8l
Funding for Travel and Study Abroad:
There are many sources of funding which allow you to support your activities abroad: the key is finding the right match for you. Whether you plan to learn or improve a language skill, travel to a conference, do summer research or simply visit the museums of the world, there is something that will help you achieve your goals and dreams.
Thank you,
Thomas B. Ward
Program Coordinator at the
Study Abroad Office
University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box A
Austin, Texas 78713-8901
International Building, WOH 2.120