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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!

TexPIRG Remote and In Person Internships

Sign up to find out more about the Student PIRGs remote and in-person internships. 

The Student PIRGs are an organization that trains students to run strategic campaigns. We have remote and in person internships and volunteer opportunities where students can learn valuable organizing and activist skills to make a difference on issues that they care about on their campuses. This semester we’re working on America’s plastic problem, food and housing insecurity on and off campus, getting the campus vote ready for the 2022 midterms, making Austin a more pollinator friendly city, and more! Learn more about our internships here. 

Colleges and Universities offer great classes to learn about all of these problems, and the impacts they have on our country and communities. However, it’s often hard to know how you can put that knowledge into action. That’s where we come in. TEXPIRG Campus Action is based on a model that has been helping students make positive change for almost 50 years. 

Across the country, our campus clubs have come together in big ways: 

·  We helped register hundreds of thousands of students to vote and increased early voting in the 2020 election.

·  Throughout the US we’ve gotten hundreds of professors to pledge to keep affordability in mind when they assign their course materials. And we’ve saved students over $40,000,000 by working with dozens of campuses in 10 states to create open source textbook programs.

·  And, more than 12 campuses across the country have already pledged to eliminate unnecessary single use plastics. 

As an intern you will spend 10-15 hours a week attending trainings, recruiting volunteers, and working on projects and campaigns that will make your community better. You’ll attend weekly trainings and run campaign events.

Too busy for an internship? Check “volunteering” on the interest form!

Learn skills, build your resume, and work with issues that matter. Apply today.

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

Research Student Advisory Council applications open

RSAC’s mission is to represent students by advising and providing feedback to the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR); to raise awareness of research opportunities and foster relationships between students and faculty; and to facilitate the effective communication of opinions, ideas, and knowledge regarding undergraduate research between the OUR, the Undergraduate Research Committee (URC) within the Senate of College Councils, the college councils, and the research-based organizations and programs across campus. This fall RSAC is one of the three student organizations that is organizing the Capital of Texas Undergraduate Research Conference.

To apply, please go to https://forms.gle/Hmkk2iLZ52VLDYxe7.

Past in Process

Past in Process is a peer-reviewed historical studies journal led by undergraduates at the University of Texas at Austin. Past in Process is not the traditional undergraduate research journal. Our focus is on making undergraduate research more accessible via our journal and accompanying online platform, Past in Posts. We take submissions of any length focused on historical studies. This includes content written for classes, thesis work, or independent study. History majors and students majoring outside of History are encouraged to submit work. We particularly encourage women and persons of color to submit and welcome submissions across different periods and regions. Our staff consists of a multicultural group of undergraduate students working across various disciplines. We are committed to fostering diverse voices that are not always heard in historical studies.

We are looking for undergraduate staff to be a part of our second official year as part of the university. Students of all backgrounds are welcome to apply to our many positions, listed below. Students interested in learning more about each position and applying should visit our openings page on PastinProcess.org.

List of Open Positions:

*All position responsibilities are listing on our openings page.

  • Managing Editor
  • Director of Business Operations
  • Director of Operations
  • Director of Curriculum
  • Editor
  • Peer Reviewer
  • Staff Writer
  • Finance and Accounting Analyst
  • Social Media and Communications Analyst
  • Submissions Analyst
  • Website Designer
  • Podcast Designer
  • Video Designer

For more information, please email us at pastinprocess@gmail.com!

Minority Women Pursuing Law

Since our founding in 2003, Minority Women Pursuing Law (MWPL) has aimed to unite and motivate all undergraduate students, although our key focus remains on minority women who are interested in law, justice, and obtaining a law degree.

Our organization desires to help prepare members for upcoming admissions processes and the kinds of experiences to expect during and after law school.  The creation of long-lasting networks of minority women like these will only benefit everybody at each step of their law journey.  Through law school tours, engagements, LSAT workshops, socials, volunteering, and personal mentorship, we hope to give as much law foundation as possible to our hopeful members.

There are no requirements to join!  You do not need to be well-versed with law technicalities and you do not have to be studying a law-related field to be a member!  We aim for our events to be as in-person as possible, but we will work with all COVID-19 guidelines the university and our collaborators set.

Interested?  Of course, you are.  Our information sessions are starting up soon, with our first coming up on August 31st! We’ll answer any questions you would like to shoot our way, along with getting to know you and your goals!

Find us everywhere!

Slack || Hornslink || Linktree || Instagram || Twitter || Facebook

Queer & Trans Student Alliance

The Queer & Trans Student Alliance is an agency of Student Government that exists to foster advocacy, equity, and inclusion within the LGBTQIA+ community at UT. Beyond advocacy, we aim to create a welcoming space for any LGBTQIA+ identifying individuals to create a community through various initiatives and social events. In addition to hosting major events for queer students at UT, such as the Queer & Trans Conference, we also hold two socials a semester for lgbtqia+ folks, as well as weekly meetings.

Ways to get involved
· In addition to our major events and socials that we have every semester, we also have weekly meetings, in RLP 0.106 on Wednesdays from 6-7 (starting September 8th). Masks will be required in meetings! These meetings are a space for all lgbtqia+ to work on qtsa initiatives while also fostering a social space with one another! Most meetings will have food!
· Become an officer! While it is not required to be an officer whatsoever, it’s a great way to get more involved! Everyone is welcome to apply! Our application can be found at tinyurl.com/applyQTSA
· Follow us on social media for updates @/texasqtsa on instagram and twitter
· Join our slack at https://tinyurl.com/joinQTSA

For more information, check out our latest instagram post, full of information, here!

We hope to see you involved in QTSA this year!

Best,
The QTSA Team

Texas Undergraduate Research Journal

The Texas Undergraduate Research Journal (Texas URJ) is now accepting applications for its 2020-2021 year! This is an amazing opportunity for students to be a part of an undergraduate team that promotes research awareness and education, as well as produces and edits an annual journal of multidisciplinary research conducted on campus. The application deadline for this year is September 12, 2021. Please contact executive.director@texasurj.com or editor.in.chief@texasurj.com with any questions. We look forward to your applications!

Prickly Magazine

Hi everyone!

Prickly Magazine is accepting applications for writers and artists through September 10! This is a great opportunity if you want to get your art and writing published and be in another great creative community! We’d love for you to join our Prickly Magazine team!

Application Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuOrgv-cCvO42dVX7K2XwzdP0z00130oGvXoifNx4g2KuhYA/viewform

Artist/Writer Descriptions: https://docs.google.com/document/d/19LEPJU9Hww2mISXXqlcb-vvCnWchD9ryFaxf060TTEc/edit

Our Website: https://www.pricklymagazine.com

If you have any questions, feel free to email pricklymagazine@gmail.com and Prickly Magazine will also be hosting an info session on Sept 8 from 7-8pm through Zoom. Please use your utexas zoom emails. I’ll send out the link here and it will be on our Instagram the day of as well.

Sustainability Investment Group

The Sustainability Investment Group (SIG) is UT’s first and only student-led organization focused on sustainable finance, impact investing, and research related to environmental policy and climate change. SIG is housed under the Global Sustainability Leadership Institute and focuses on investment, impact, innovation, and inquiry.

We are currently recruiting students to join us and more information can be found at texassig.org. Any and all majors and disciplines are welcome to apply. We are hosting info sessions and coffee chats this week and our application will be due on September 7th at 11:59 p.m. Inquiries can be sent to team@texassig.org.