Fall 2011 Career Expo

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The Career Expo is your chance to connect with employers from a variety of industries seeking you to fill their full-time and internship opportunities! Don’t miss our Expo, and our prep workshop and services before the fair:

  • Fall 2011 Career Expo, October 19
  • How to Prep for the Career Expo Workshop, October 13
  • Walk-In Advising for Resume and Other Prep
  • Career Coaching Appointments

Fall 2011 Career Expo

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Time: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: Texas Union Ballroom
Co-Hosted By: Liberal Arts Career Services & Liberal Arts Council
Attire: LACS requires business dress to business casual (visit our Dress for Success page to learn more about professional attire.)
Employers: Meet recruiters from a variety of companies and organizations, including Apple, SXSW, LivingSocial, JP Morgan Chase and the Peace Corps. Search the full list of  Employers Scheduled to Attend
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Take advantage of this opportunity to launch your career or find an internship. Come professionally dressed and bring several copies of your resume. Read more about the career fair, which organizations are scheduled to attend and how you can plan your visit to the fair at our Making the Most of the Career Fair page.

Workshop: Making the Most of the Career Expo
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: LACS, FAC 18
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Do you want to know how to talk with employers and create opportunities for yourself at the Career Expo on October 19, 2011? If so, this workshop is for you! Attend this workshop to learn what works and doesn’t work at a career fair and what employers are really looking for. We will address the following topics:

  • How to make the best first impression
  • What questions you should ask employers
  • Who will be there and what they are looking for
  • How to follow up after the event

Walk-In Advising
Days: Each Week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Times: 12:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: LACS, FAC 18
Walk-in 15-minute sessions are available to help strengthen your resume, draft an elevator speech, strategize your visit to the fair and much more!

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Career Coaching
Days: Mondays – Fridays
Times: Appointments are available between 9am – 4pm
Location: LACS, FAC 18
Career coaching 30-minute appointments are available to help with any career fair, general career and internship preparation!
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Thanks,
Liberal Arts Career Services | The University of Texas at Austin
FAC 18 | ph 512.471.7900 | fx 512.471.7903
lacs@austin.utexas.edu | http://www.utexas.edu/cola/orgs/lacs/

Teach For America Information Session

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Teach For America will be holding its first informational session Tonight (October 18th) at 7pm in GRG 102. Come learn more about this amazing opportunity to enrich the educational experiences of the millions of children that live in poverty. Here the stories of some of our Teach For America alumni and speak to current Corp Members about their experiences so far. Join us for pizza, discussion, and Q&A.

Texas is one of the top three contributors in the nation to Teach For America’s Corp each year. Come learn how you can help continue the tradition.

Sanger Center Hiring Tutors

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The Sanger Learning and Career Center is now hiring tutors for the spring 2012 semester.  Interested students can apply online at http://www.lifelearning.utexas.edu/index.html.  Pay starts at $11.00 per hour, and the hours are flexible.  The deadline for applications is October 28, 2011.  This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about their field of study and to help other students as well.

Net Impact – Guest Lecture

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Net Impact Undergrad is having a special guest speaker, Dr. Michael Garrison! He will be speaking on Wednesday, October 19th from 4-5:30PM in

SAC 1.118. He will discuss his recent work with Africa’s Promise Village in designing a sustainable school and community center for the Maasai people in Kenya.

Dr. Garrison has served as the faculty sponsor of the 2002 and 2005 Solar Decathlon competitions administered by the U.S. Department of Energy and has received numerous grants and awards, including ones from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Austin Energy’s Green Building Program. Also, he was the past chair of the Resource Management Commission for the City of Austin, a founding member of the Texas Solar Energy Society, and research fellow of the UT Center for Sustainable Development.

There will be TIFF’S TREATS!

We hope we see y’all there!

Net Impact General Meeting

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Net Impact Undergrad will have a general meeting on Tuesday, October 18th! It will be located in McCombs CBA 4.344 from 6-7PM. Kirk Van Roekel of Pro Energy Consultants will be our speaker for the meeting. Their mission is to help American homeowners make informed decisions through home energy audits and energy management consulting.

“Save Energy. Save Money. Save the Environment.”

For more information, check out http://www.proenergyconsultants.com/kvanroekel/

Come out to hear our speaker and get some FREE FOOD!

Hope to see y’all there :)

www.texasnetimpact.com

Can you picture yourself as an Orientation Advisor?

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The New Student Services area of the Office of the Dean of Students is looking for a diverse group of students to develop, plan and execute the 2012 Summer Orientation program.

If you are looking for a fun and rewarding leadership opportunity, working with a diverse and socially conscious group of campus leaders, consider applying to become an Orientation Advisor (OA). OAs are important representatives for all incoming students – they are among the first people new students and families meet!

Interested students should plan to attend one of the following information sessions to obtain an online application:

  • Tuesday, October 11, 2011
    8:30 – 9:30 p.m., Jester Auditorium (JES) A121A
  • Wednesday, October 12, 2011
    5:30 – 6:30 p.m., North Office Building A (NOA) 1.124
  • Sunday, October 16, 2011
    8:30 – 9:30 p.m., Jester Auditorium (JES) A121A

If you are unable to attend one of the above meetings, please contact New Student Services by Wednesday, October 19, 2011, for an appointment to obtain an application.

***Deadline to submit your application online: Wednesday, October 26, 2011***

After submitting your application online, you must sign up to attend Orientation Advisor Selection on Sunday, November 6, 2011. There is an initial application screening process prior to Orientation Advisor Selection Day. If you are not chosen to participate, you will be contacted via email before 5 p.m. on Friday, November 4, 2011.

Orientation Advisor Recruitment and Summer Orientation are coordinated by the New Student Services area of the Office of the Dean of Students. For more information, contact us at 512-471-3304.

Apply for a Humanities Major!

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Want to design your own major?

The Humanities major allows you to compose your own interdisplinary plan of study around a research interest.

As part of the Humanities major, you will:

  • Join a close-knit community in Liberal Arts Honors
  • Receive individualized advising
  • Work closely with faculty members
  • Write an honors thesis

The Humanities major is by application only and requires 30 hours in residence and a 3.5 gpa.

Details online: http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/humanities/

Attend an info session (below) or call 471-3458 to schedule an appointment.

Wed • Oct 12
Humanities Info Session
GEB 1.206
 3:00 PM

Tue • Nov 15
Humanities Info Session
GEB 1.206
 3:00 PM

Liberal Arts College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committee

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Fellow Liberal Arts Student,
The Liberal Arts College Tuition and Budget Advisory Committee (CTBAC)
was formed last year, out of a Senate of College Councils initiative, to
review the budget and academic priorities of the College of Liberal Arts
and give formal student opinions to the Dean’s office.  We have been hard
at work this year educating ourselves about tuition policy and are aiming
to have our first recommendations out by next week.

Please take a few minutes to fill out a short survey. Your responses will
help us considerably in forming our recommendations:
http://utlac.com/ctbac/survey1/

To check in on what CTBAC is doing, we have a Facebook Fan Page
(http://www.facebook.com/pages/Liberal-Arts-College-Tuition-Budget-Advisory-Committee/161956173856563)
and a Twitter account. Any new information the committee receives will be posted immediately.

If you have any questions, comments or concerns please do not hesitate to
contact us at any time. Our e-mail is: la.ctbac@gmail.com.

As students, we know how busy you are at this point in the semester, so
we really appreciate you taking the time to give us your input.

Thank you for your support, and we look forward to hearing from you.

Hook ’em,
Liberal Arts CTBAC

Cordoba Summer Program

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Check out the Cordoba, Argentina Language, Geography, Engineering and Culture faculty-led summer program, courtesy of Dr. Greg Knapp of the Department of Geography and the Environment

Here are the official information sessions on the Cordoba language/geography study abroad program.  Dr. Knapp will be present at the first two.

Date: Wed., Oct. 12
Time: 5-6 PM
Location: CAL 100

Date: Wed., Nov. 2
Time: 5-6 PM
Location: CAL 100

Date: Fri., Nov. 4
Time: 4-5 PM
Location: MEZ 1.306

IE Pre-Grad Internship

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Dear UT Undergraduates:

With registration for next semester coming up in a few weeks, let me tell you about an exciting internship course.

Are you thinking about whether graduate school is in your future?  Are you uncertain about what it would be like to be a graduate student and what academic program may be suited best to your interests and career goals?

If your answer to these questions is yes, you may wish to consider undertaking the Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) “Pre-Graduate School Internship.”  This internship is open to students in all UT colleges/schools and departments.  You may earn one, two or three hours of academic credit (CMS 164M/264M/364M) by participating in the internship.

Attached is a flyer describing the Pre-Graduate School Internship.  In addition, you may read more about this program (including FAQ’s, examples of internship activities and an easy to complete internship contract) on the web:

http://communication.utexas.edu/ie/

A wonderful UT web feature about this program is at: http://www.utexas.edu/features/2008/ie-2/

If after examining these materials you have questions, please feel free to contact me at: spaj737@uts.cc.utexas.edu

NOTE: Because of the generosity of several UT deans, undergraduates who do their pre-grad internship in programs in the following colleges will be eligible to receive travel grants to help cover part of the cost of attending an academic conference (with their grad mentor)– Law, Public Affairs, Communication, Engineering, Liberal Arts, Pharmacy, Business, Social Work, Education, Natural Sciences, Fine Arts.

Sincerely,

Rick Cherwitz

Professor and IE Director