If you plan to study abroad this summer or in Fall 2013, you can now apply for the LAH Study Abroad Scholarship online: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/student/abroad/globalassist.WBX
The deadline to apply will be April 15.
Good luck!
DATE: Sunday, January 20
—
Adam Bennett
Manager of Public Programs
This is just another reminder that the Echo Literary Magazine is accepting submissions of poetry, prose, and photography. Submissions are due at the end of spring break, so time is running out to submit your writing!
For more information check out http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/lahonors/student-organizations/echo.php or just submit to echolitmag@gmail.com
Nominations are now being accepted for The University of Texas at Austin selection for candidates for the Udall Scholarship.
In 2013, the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation expects to award 80 scholarships of up to $5000 and 50 honorable mentions of $350 to sophomore and junior level college students committed to careers related to the environment, tribal public policy, or Native American health care.
Eligible students will be current University of Texas at Austin students with sophomore or junior standing in the 2012 – 2013 academic year with a minimum GPA of 3.0/4.0 studying the environment or related fields or a Native American or Native Alaskan and studying health care or tribal policy. A maximum of six students will be nominated to represent The University of Texas at Austin in the competition to be selected as Udall Scholars.
Application information and appropriate forms are available at http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/uhc/udall. For more information please contact the University Honors Center at 512-471-6524 or via email at uhc@austin.utexas.edu
UT DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Contact:
Kathy Uitvlugt
Senior Program Coordinator
The University Honors Center
512-471-6524
uhc@austin.utexas.edu
Style, in its finest sense, is the last acquirement
of the educated mind; it is also the most useful.
It pervades the whole being. The administrator
with a sense of style hates waste; the engineer
with a sense for style economizes his material;
the artisan with a sense for style prefers good
work. Style is the ultimate morality of mind.
-Alfred North Whitehead
The Topic:
Campaign LAH: The Pursuit of Excellence is seeking to raise 1.5 million dollars to help fund scholarships and research, internship, and study aboard opportunities for Liberal Arts Honors students. Many donors want to know what LAH is and what is its “brand.” Write an essay in which you describe what you believe LAH to be and also, in six to ten words craft a “brand.” The University’s “What Starts Here Changes the World” is one such successful brand, “Don’t Mess With Texas” another. Needless to say, the more well developed your thoughts, the more specific your language, the better. And for this Campaign to succeed, we need your best thoughts.
Eligibility: Current Liberal Arts Honors students
Specifications: 750-1000 words, titled, double-spaced, and typed, with your name in the upper-right hand corner. No cover page.
Awards:
1st Prize: $1500
2nd Prize: $500
3rd Prize: $250
Submission Deadline: Tuesday, January 22, 5:00 p.m. in the NEW Liberal Arts Honors Office (CLA 2.500) The judges reserve the right to withhold awards in the absence of prize worthy essays.
This semester Foot in the Door will be putting on William Shakespeare’s PERICLES, PRINCE OF TYRE, directed by LAH freshmen Imogen Sealy and Kenneth Williams. Pericles is one of Shakespeare’s lesser known plays, but it is chock-full of fun — pirates, redemption, incest, jealousy, tearful reunions, whores, long beards, shipwrecks, mistaken identities, aaaaand PANTOMIME.
Don’t be put off if you’re not confident with Shakespearean language; there will be plenty of time to become more comfortable with the text along the way. There are also a lot of tech opportunities (costumes/set/music/etc.), and since this is our only show for the semester, we will be able to throw all of our money and time and creativity into making this show really awesome. SO! If you are at all interested in being a part of what I am confident will be a really fun show, please come to auditions!
When: JANUARY 16 & 17, 7:30
Where: WEL 1.308
If you have any questions, feel free to contact producers Kelsi Tyler or Stephanie Donowho, or either of the directors.
Come join us for lunch in the SAC Ballroom, Monday, January 14 between 11:30 – 1:30. We’ll have a hot buffet lunch of lasagna and other yummy food. Come whenever you can and stay for as long as you want. We’ll have desert (several kinds of cake) in our new space from 1:30 – 3:30. Come check out our new offices, the humongous commons room and computer lab!
Population Research Center and Department of Sociology, UT-Austin
The Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology, is hosting the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in Race, Ethnicity, and the Demography of Crime and Punishment for the summer of 2013. This eight-week summer program, which is held during June and July and is funded by a grant from the National Science Foundation (but also with significant contributions from the UT Population Research Center, Department of Sociology, and College of Liberal Arts), offers eight very selective upper-division undergraduate students from both UT-Austin and from around the country the opportunity to study social demography through course work and a mentored research experience with senior PRC graduate students. The program pays for tuition, room and board, and computer expenses. REU students also receive a $4,000 stipend for participation in the program, which allows the selected students to fully concentrate on their REU experience over the 2-month program. Students participate in a 3-hour summer course during the first half of the program, then dedicate the second half of the program to their own projects in collaboration with their graduate student mentor and under the overall guidance of the faculty co-directors, David Kirk and Keith Robinson. Student papers are then presented at the fall meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Former students from the REU program are now on the faculties of Johns Hopkins University, Rice University, Pennsylvania State University, Vanderbilt University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Pennsylvania, and more, and currently in social science graduate programs at the Universities of Wisconsin, Chicago, Michigan, North Carolina, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, and California at Los Angeles, as well as Harvard University, Stanford University, Princeton University, Northwestern University, Duke University, and more. This program is specifically geared toward students with junior standing who are seriously thinking about attending graduate school in the social sciences and, particularly, in sociology or demography.
The 2013 summer REU Program application deadline is FEBRUARY 28, 2013. See http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/prc/training-and-fellowships/undergraduate.php for details about the REU program and the program application, as well as information about other research and training programs of the UT Population Research Center.
*Federal funding for this program is pending until we receive official notification from the National Science Foundation.
All genders are encouraged to apply!
Student will be qualified to perform such duties as: creating graphic flyers using Adobe software, preparing mailings, including event publicity; data entry; office filing; making campus-wide deliveries; flyering; acting as front-desk receptionist; maintaining and updating website; and assisting with event coordination.
Qualifications:
Good work ethic, self-motivated, energetic, positive attitude, excellent problem solving skills, attention to detail, reliability, and a desire to make a contribution to the department.
Adobe Photoshop or Adobe Illustrator a plus!
We would prefer afternoon and lunch time availability!
Majoring in WGS not required, but definitely a plus.
IMPORTANT NOTE: You must have work-study as part of your financial-aid package to qualify for this position. Contact the Office of Student Financial Services at 512.475.6282
Please email a letter of interest, work-study award amounts, detailed resume, and your availability (not class) schedule to ajsalcedo@austin.utexas.edu to schedule an interview ASAP. We would like to hire someone by January 15th.
If you have any questions, please call the Women’s and Gender Studies Office at (512) 471-5765.
Things to keep in mind:
Punctuality makes a great first impression.
Your class schedule vs. free time -when can you really work?
Be professional- if you cant make an interview or have already found a job, let other interviewers know. As a courtesy, a quick email will save others time and work.
Bring your work-study award letter and resume to the interview.