There are two more information sessions for our Summer 13 Faculty-Led Study Abroad programs in:
Santander, Spain (only 2nd session open at this time)
Salvador, Brazil
Tuesday, Feb. 5 MEZ 2.210 4-5pm
Monday, Feb. 11 PAR 310 4-5pm
The deadline for these programs/sessions has been extended to February 15!
The American Renaissance Society at the University of Texas at Austin is looking for new members! (a registered UT student organization)
We meet on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Tuesday’s of the month at 7pm at the Caffé Medici on Guadalupe St to discuss a variety of intellectually engaging topics ranging from American foreign policy to the greatest rock albums of the 20th century. Diversity of backgrounds and viewpoints are welcome and encouraged, and meetings are casual and usually last about an hour, or until all those in attendance have contributed whatever they have to say. Our topic this week is “What is Love?”
Love is one of the most powerful feelings that we as human beings can experience. Men and women throughout history have at times thrown away their careers, their reputations, their relationship with their families, and even their kingdoms or empires for the sake of being with the one they loved. And yet for all its power, love is widely misunderstood. Though contemplated in classical philosophy (Plato’s “Symposium” probably being the best example), the power of love has often been ignored or seen as unimportant by more modern philosophers such as Hobbes and Locke, who instead focused the bulk of their attention instead on self-interest. But is self-interest really more powerful than love, and if it is, why are people so often willing to sacrifice their self-interest for the sake of love? Moreover, what exactly is the nature of love? Is it a desire to attain the beautiful and make ourselves immortal through reproduction (as Socrates argues in the “Symposium”), or is it instead, as Aristophanes argued, an instinct rather than a conscious effort, and one which is entirely devoid of self-interest, yet still the most powerful force acting on human beings?
Tuesday, February 5 at 7:00 pm, Caffé Medici on Guadalupe
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CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: YOUNG LEADERS, STUDENTS, PROFESSIONALS
AUGUST 2013 — HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMS — RWANDA & USA/NYC
AGE RANGES: 18 – 35 (RWANDA Program) & 16 – 30 (NYC Program)
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Global Youth Connect, a human rights education and activism
organization, is accepting applications from budding young human
rights leaders for its Summer 2013 programs, which will take place in
Rwanda and in New York City.
MORE INFO: http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate
Each program brings youth from around the world together with youth
and young adults in the host location (Rwanda or NYC) to engage all
together in three key activities:
(1) an intensive cross cultural human rights workshop;
(2) visits/meetings with local and international organizations, as
well as government officials;
(3) volunteer service with grassroots NGOs on a variety of human
rights issues including but not limited to: education, health care,
food/shelter, access to justice, human rights of marginalized persons
(including children/youth, women, low-income populations, LGBTQ
populations, indigenous populations, genocide survivors).
DEADLINE:
The application deadline for both programs is February 15, 2013.
SCHOLARSHIPS:
Some scholarships are available. Please download an application for
more details.
MORE INFO and TO ACCESS AN APPLICATION:
For more details and to download an application please visit:
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/participate.html
REPORTS FROM PREVIOUS PROGRAMS:
For the Summer 2012 Human Rights in the USA program report, please visit:
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/Human%20Rights%20in%20the%20USA%20–%202012%20Program%20Report.pdf
For the Summer 2012 Human Rights in Rwanda program report, please visit:
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/Rwanda%20Program%20Report%20-%20August%202012.pdf
TESTIMONIALS:
Read about the experience of previous participants:
http://www.globalyouthconnect.org/testimonials.html
Are you interested in living, studying or working in the Middle East? Do you want to gain cross-cultural communication and leadership skills? Are you an international student from the Middle East who wants to connect to other students from or studying the Middle East? If so, consider applying to the:
Global Professional Training:
Communicating, Working and Leading in the Middle East
The Global Professional Training (GPT) is a unique two-day event of speakers, panels, and networking to engage with a wide array of topics about the Middle East.
Take advantage of this opportunity to:
DATE: April 6-7, 2013
LOCATION: The Thompson Conference Center at the University of Texas Austin
COST: A charge of $100 will be posted to your What I Owe Account when you register and removed upon successful completion of the retreat. If you attend, you will never need to pay the charge.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE? Undergraduate and graduate students in good standing at UT who can demonstrate interest in and relevance to Middle Eastern topics.
WHAT CAN I EXPECT? Speakers on the Middle East, training from cross-cultural experts, leadership development exercises, and networking with colleagues with similar interests from across campus.
HOW CAN I FIND OUT MORE? Visit our website at http://world.utexas.edu/globalinitiatives/gpt for more information. Like our Facebook page Global Professional Training | UT Austin International Office for regular updates. Attend one of our information sessions:
Monday February 4 at 1:00 pm in Mezes 1.122
Tuesday February 5 at 4:00 pm in Engineering-Science Building 314
HOW CAN I SIGN UP? Click here to complete the application. The application is due Friday, March 1 at midnight. Spaces are limited.
The GPT is offered by UT International Office, the UT Division for Continuing and Innovative Education, Center for Middle Eastern Studies, Department of Electrical Engineering, and the Center for International Business Education.
The University of Texas Press offers two publishing fellowships for the 2013-2014 year, beginning Sept. 1, 2013, and ending Aug. 31, 2014. Fellowships are open to alumni of the University of Texas at Austin only. Applications available at http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/fellow.html. Deadline is Friday, March 29.
Texas Exes is the official alumni association for the University of Texas. This year, the Texas Exes awarded nearly $2 million to deserving University of Texas students. You can apply for Texas Exes Scholarships for Current Students by filling out the UT Austin Continuing & Transfer Scholarship Application. In order to be considered for Texas Exes Scholarships, that application must be submitted by March 1st.
Please note that in order to be considered for Texas Exes Scholarships, you must select “Texas Exes Scholarships” under “Scholarship Choices” in the scholarship application. You will also then need to enter the specific code for each scholarship you wish to apply for. Those codes, and descriptions of all Texas Exes Scholarships for Current Students, can be found by visiting the Named Scholarship section of the Texas Exes website. You’ll want to look at both “Specific Scholarships for Current Students” and “General Scholarships for Current Students.”
Academic-Year FLAS: 2013-2014
What is the undergraduate Academic Year FLAS?
The European Studies undergraduate FLAS (Foreign Language and Area Studies) is a Fellowship awarded to undergraduate students who are pursuing 1) coursework with a European focus and 2) an approved modern foreign language at UT at the intermediate or advanced level. The Fellowship is interdisciplinary and open to students from all departments and schools at UT. Students do not need to be European Studies majors to apply.
What does the Fellowship provide?
The FLAS AY Undergraduate Fellowship provides a nine-month stipend of $5,000(paid monthly September-May) plus tuition and required course-related fees up to $10,000 per academic year. Tuition and fees are covered up to 15 hours per semester. The remaining tuition bill is the responsibility of the student.
What languages qualify as “approved” foreign languages?
Czech, Danish, Dutch, Modern Greek, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese*, Serbian/Croatian or Swedish. (English, French, German, and Spanish are not approved languages for this undergraduate fellowship.) We also strongly encourage students studying non-European languages-such as Arabic, Persian, Hindi, Russian, and Turkish-to apply for FLAS fellowships when a contemporary application of those language skills will significantly enhance their work as distinctly European Studies scholars. Students may NOT be native speakers of the language nor possess fluency equivalent to educated native speakers in the language for which the award is sought.
*Please note that students interested in Brazilian Portuguese should apply through the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies.
For more details, visit the website.
The European Union Center of Excellence at UT Austin is pleased to offer grants to three UT undergraduate students to travel to Brussels in the summer of 2013 through the EUCE Brussels Program. The trip is funded through the support of the European Commission and organized by the Network of European Union Centers in the U.S.
ALL UT undergraduates are eligible from all departments and schools. However, special consideration will be given to those who are taking courses or are in an area of study relating to Europe or the EU.
Funding includes round-trip airfare to/from Brussels, five nights of hotel and some meals.
The 2013 trip will be in June with dates TBA. The agenda is currently being organized but should be similar to previous years (see agenda on website).
Applications are due by 5:00 p.m. on March 29, 2013. No late applications will be accepted.
Along with the completed application, teachers must also provide a letter of support from their current principal.
For more information and to apply, please go here to download the application form.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
Sally K. Dickson
Program and Outreach Coordinator
Center for European Studies
(512) 232-4311
Mezes 3.304
LAH and Humanities students studying abroad in Spring or Summer are eligible to apply for the LAH Study Abroad Scholarships through Global Assist: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/student/abroad/globalassist.WBX
If you are going on a Maymester, first summer, or second summer session, then you may have problems accessing the scholarship application. Study Abroad is working on this, but in the meantime, we have a work around. Just enter in the code “293008” as your program code, say that it is for the whole summer and make sure that you tell us in the description for exactly how long you will be going.
Good luck everyone!