Category Archives: Events

Career Fair!

Are you ready to discover the world of opportunity available to you? Attend the College of Liberal Arts Fall 2022 Career & Internship Fair.

What is a career fair?

A career fair is a way to connect with organizations from a variety of industries; explore career, internship, research and experiential learning opportunities.

FALL CAREER & INTERNSHIP FAIR, October 4th

Date: Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Time: 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM CST

Who: Any Liberal Arts student, or current UT student or alumni may attend

Location: Union Ballroom UNB 3.202

RSVP in your Handshake account and follow our instagram for the latest updates on all things career fair!

Wellness Lab

Each week we’ll explore a different aspect of wellness, whether it’s mindfulness and stress reduction, social connectedness, or diet and exercise. I’ll be bringing in guest speakers, and we’ll also learn about wellness resources on campus.

Sessions are Wednesdays from noon-1 in RLP 1.102 starting this week. You can drop in for one session or come to all of them – whatever works for your schedule. Please share this with your students, and I hope to see you there!

RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3CBe0tZ

Subverting Silences: Uplifting Marginalized Conversations

All LAH students are invited to Dr. Lang’s LAH 350: Treasure Hunt Archival Research class’s unveiling and website launch of this year’s collection of digital exhibits titled: “Subverting Silences: Uplifting Marginalized Conversations”.

This year’s class has built exhibits around materials uncovered in UT Austin’s archives that all serve to amplify underrepresented voices in our society. Topics of featured exhibits include:

 

  • HIV/AIDS in the American South
  • Records of and Responses to Involuntary Institutionalization
  • Texans with Mixed Ethnic Identities
  • Cultural Intersections in Texas Fine Arts
  • Mexican American Experiences since the Mexican Revolution
  • Patterns of Feminism
  • Students for a Democratic Society in Austin

The event will take place at 10am on Tuesday, May 10th in PCL Learning Lab 3, with bagels and coffee. If you cannot attend in person, we will be ‘simulcasting’ students’ presentations on Zoom at the following ID:

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/98483807762 (Meeting ID: 984 8380 7762)

Crafternoon with Humanitas

Join us for a fun, stress-relieving “crafternoon” on Monday, May 9 in the Glickman Conference Center, room RLP 1.302B. We’ll have light refreshments and several art therapy activities to ignite your creativity and take your mind off of finals. The event begins at 11 a.m. but feel free to come and go as you like until 1 p.m. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

RSVP here for this free event presented by Humanitas and the College of Liberal Arts.

Conference on Resisting Normative Embodiments!

The Feminist Action Project and The Queer & Trans Student Alliance will be hosting a conference on “Resisting Normative Embodiments”, from

! This year’s keynote speaker will be Hope Giselle, an organizer, artist, author, and trans activist who will be speaking on her modern social take on Black and Trans bodies in public spaces. Among Hope, we will also have speakers discussing topics such as Intersex justice, public schools in k-12 education: trans-exclusionary policies, navigating queer and feminine health care, the invisible sexualities, and designing an inclusive sex education. In addition to many speakers, we will also be providing lunch and tote bags!

Anyone interested in attending can register for our conference at tinyurl.com/resistconference !

Russia’s War on Ukraine and Its Global Impact

On Thursday, May 5th, the Clements Center for National Security will host Lech Wałęsa, Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize Winner, for an event on “Russia’s War on Ukraine and Its Global Impact.” Join us at 5:30 pm at the AT&T Hotel and Conference Center in Amphitheater 204. Doors open at 5:00 pm.

 

Lech Wałęsa is a Nobel Peace Prize winner (1983) and the first president of Poland, serving from 1990-1995. Wałęsa was the co-founder and leader of the Solidarity movement that led to the first democratic elections in Poland in 1989, the fall of communism in Poland, and helped lead to the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. At its height, Solidarity had over 10 million members. Wałęsa was Time Magazine’s Person of the Year in 1981 and was included in Time Magazine’s 100 most important people of the 20th century. Wałęsa holds over 40 honorary degrees, including from Harvard, Columbia, and the Sorbonne. He is the recipient of the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Knight Grand Cross of the British Order of the Bath, and the French Grand Cross of Legion of Honour. In 1989, Wałęsa became the first foreign non-head of state to address a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress. Wałęsa was the first democratically elected leader of Poland since 1926 and the first ever Polish leader elected by popular vote. He presided over Poland’s transition from communism to free-market capitalism and liberal democracy.

For more information about this event, contact Elizabeth Doughtie at elizabeth.doughtie@utexas.edu.

RSVP link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/russias-war-on-ukraine-and-its-global-impact-tickets-310190336647

Texas Diversity Fair

LAHDAC is co-hosting a Diversity Fair with the Diversity and Inclusion Agency this Friday, April 22nd from 4-5:30 PM at the PCL plaza. Come for free food, music, performances by Texas Zobha and the Korean Dance Crew, a raffle, and tabling by diversity-related organizations. Anyone who stops by will be entered to win a basket of goodies, you don’t want to miss it!

Peers for Pride 22-23 Applications and Final Performance

Join Peers for Pride

Apply here

Peers for Pride (PfP) is a peer facilitation program of the Gender and Sexuality Center. Students will take two courses during the academic year in partnership with the Center for Women’s Gender Studies.

Learn about queer histories and create queer futures!
Facilitate workshops around allyship with the GSC!
Make new friends & work toward creating thriving LGBTQIA+ communities at UT.

Who Can Apply?
The program and course are open to UT undergraduate and graduate students from all majors and disciplines. Courses will count for a total of six hours of upper-division credit in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), Social Work (SW), or Theatre and Dance (TD). Additionally, students will receive credit for Cultural Diversity in the United States, and Ethics course flag requirements.

No experience in theatre and/or performance is required to apply and participate in the program. After students have completed the program, they are eligible to be invited for a paid opportunity to facilitate any Peers for Pride requested workshop for the campus and/or local Austin community!
Students of the Peers for Pride Program are required to take one class in the fall semester and one in the spring semester in their respective order.

  • Fall Semester: Confronting LGBTQIA+ Oppression: Exploring the Issues and Learning the Skills to Communicate Them 
    • Part I of the Peers for Pride Program
    • Course Code: WGS335, TD357, or SW360K
    • Course Description: Learn basic facilitation skills while taking an in-depth look at some issues facing lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer individuals.
  • Spring Semester: Facilitating Dialogues on LGBTQIA+ Oppression: Peers for Pride in Action 
    • Part II of the Peers for Pride Program
    • Course Code: WGS 335-2, T D 357T, or SW 360K
    • Course Description: Students will continue in the program to become peer facilitators and have the opportunity to fine-tune their facilitation skills and lead workshops across campus. Students must complete the prerequisite course Confronting LGBTQIA+ Oppression: Exploring the Issues and Learning the Skills to Communicate Them to be able to enroll in this course.

 

Additionally, our students have been working diligently for the past year in the Peers for Pride course to curate a final performance taking place on Thursday, April 28th from 2pm-3:30pm at the San Jacinto Amphitheater. You can attend to show support for our students who are promoting messages through theatre around allyship, inclusive LGBTQIA+ communities, intersectionality, and experiences of being queer and trans on a college campus!

Research Week 2022: Panel discussion on research and careers!

Research Week 2022 is getting closer with some events starting this week, including Communication Studies Week and a panel discussion on housing with Austin Mayor Steve Adler. Of note to those of you wondering how research might impact your career, we invite you to attend next week’s panel discussion hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research and Texas Career Engagement:

Longhorn Research Student and Alumni Panel

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 5:30pm – 6:30pm CDT

Flawn Academic Center (FAC), 2.236 Texas Career Engagement Office

Research has benefits that are more than just academic — it can also feed into your career! In this panel discussion, current undergraduate researchers and recent alumni will talk about how their research experiences have prepared them for success in their careers, graduate school, and beyond. FREE PIZZA will be available to attendees as well!

Register to attend: https://utaustin.joinhandshake.com/events/991056/share_preview