Congratulations to the LAH team named, “Chigurh Mamas” with players: Alex Wendland, Sam Claflin, and Jacob Barrios.
We can’t wait to display the trophy in the LAH office.
BREAKING NEWS: LAH wins 2014 Quiz Bowl
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Congratulations to Wise Wanderer Michael Adams
Congratulations to Michael Adams, who was awarded the Wise Wanderer Scholarship for his proposal “Around the World in 45 Days: from Beijing to London.”
Thank you to everyone who applied. We received many appealing and imaginative proposals for this scholarship and the decision was difficult. Due to the high number of applicants, we will not send out individual messages with the scholarship results.
E 316 and Creative Writing Changes
Dear Students,
E 316K, Masterworks of Literature, will be replaced by four new courses this fall. As you plan your remaining coursework, know that three of these new options will generally carry required flags (see below). Most importantly, any of the old or new E 316 courses will satisfy the Humanities requirement in the Core Curriculum:
316L, British Literature (usually offered with a Global Cultures flag)
316M, American Literature (usually offered with a Cultural Diversity in the United States flag)
316N, World Literature (usually offered with a Global Cultures flag)
316P, Masterworks of Literature
We’re also pleased to announce the creation of a Creative Writing Certificate, intended for any UT-Austin student interested in advanced study of creative writing. For information about the program, please visit our undergraduate Creative Writing website. Applications are due April 10th.
Creative Writing courses will continue to be offered for non-certificate students, as well. These will be listed with summer English (E) offerings, but will migrate to Creative Writing (CRW) in the fall Course Schedule. CRW 325M, Creative Writing, will be our primary fall offering for non-certificate students; it is appropriate as a first creative writing course for any student who has completed E 316, though students with credit for E 315F (Fiction Writing) or 315P (Poetry Writing) should not enroll in CRW 325M.
Please direct any questions about E 316 or Creative Writing to the English Advising Office (512.471.5736, Parlin 114, gulliver@austin.utexas.edu). Good luck with your registration!
Best,
English Advising
Paid Content Development Internship
Famigo is a startup company based out of the Austin Technology Incubator. We’re a small team of highly dedicated people, and we’re all passionate about everything Famigo. It’s our mission to make mobile technology work for families and schools.
Application link and more information: http://www.jobscore.com/jobs2/famigo/content-development-internship/d24pE6TeOr47QUiGakhP3Q?ref=rss&sid=68
LAH Alum Alexandra Young will supervise this position.
Clements Center Internship Funding and Fellowship Program
Summer Student Development Fund
The Clements Center for History, Strategy & Statecraft is seeking applications for funding from undergraduate and graduate students who have secured unpaid summer internships related to national security and foreign policy. Funding will be awarded to those students whose summer work best reflects the mission and goals of the Clements Center. Interested applicants should email a resume, one-page description of the internship, and an estimated budget to Jacqueline Chandler at jchandler@austin.utexas.edu by Friday, April 4th at 5pm. Award amounts vary.
For more information, please visit the Clements Center’s website at http://www.clementscenter.org/program-overview/item/27-summer-student-development-fund or contact Jacqueline Chandler at jchandler@austin.utexas.edu.
Undergraduate Fellows Program
The Clements Center for History, Strategy and Statecraft at the University of Texas at Austin seeks applications for its Undergraduate Fellows Program. Applicants from all UT-Austin undergraduate disciplines whose coursework bears directly on American foreign policy, military and diplomatic history, or international security are welcome to apply.
Fellows will convene twice a month throughout the 2014-15 academic year to participate in discussion groups, meet with distinguished guests and visiting speakers, and exchange ideas on their course projects. These will be conducted during lunches or dinners provided by the Center and will sometimes include outside activities such as viewings of national security films or other related media. There will be at least one field tour of a nearby historic site related to diplomatic and military history. Fellows will contribute to the mission of the Clements Center by participating in events and conducting research for the Clements Center news releases and website. Fellows will also enjoy invitations to lectures, conferences, and other events sponsored by the Center and be eligible for funding to cover the costs connected to their undergraduate research.
Please submit a resume, brief personal statement, and three letters of recommendation by Tuesday, April 15th. Please direct any questions and completed applications to Jacqueline Chandler, the Clements Center’s Program Manager, at jchandler@austin.utexas.edu.
For more information, please visit the Clements Center’s website at http://www.clementscenter.org/program-overview/item/166-undergraduate-fellows-program.
Liberal Arts Peer Mentor Position
The Office of Student Success in the College of Liberal arts is excited to announce a new student support program! Liberal Arts students formerly served by the Texas Interdisciplinary Plan will be part of a new program (Foundation Scholars) beginning with the incoming class of 2018. To that end, our office is currently seeking strong CoLA students to serve as peer mentors for the inaugural cohort. On behalf of our staff, I extend to all of you a warm welcome and personal invitation to be a part of the first ever cohort of peer mentors who will support students in the new Foundation Scholars Program. I have attached a detailed job description for your review, as well as a Qualtrics link: http://survey.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_3PExX8MVtNcTQvH
If you are interested please submit your application by: April 3rd.
Quiz Bowl registration extension to April 1
As Liberal Arts Honors Student Council’s academic chair, I’m happy to announce that the fifth annual Honors Quiz Bowl will take place on Saturday, April 5 in Mezes from noon until 4 p.m. The Quiz Bowl involves 3-person teams from each UT honors program competing against one other to answer professionally written trivia questions spanning almost every academic subject and cultural topic. We welcome more than one team from each honors program (especially LAH)!
Registration is free, and teams should email me at this address (kayla.oliver@utexas.edu) by April 1 to sign up. Their email should include:
• Team members’ names
• A team name of their choice (ex: “Plan 2 Destroy”)
• Contact information (email address and phone number) for at least one team member
Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with any questions. Looking forward to a great quiz bowl!
Junior Fellows Extended Deadline
Dr. Carver is extending the deadline to apply to the Junior Fellows Program 2014 – 2015 to April 3rd. So if you are a rising Senior doing research (not limited to an Honors Thesis), please consider applying:
Information about the program and an application may be found at:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Student-Services/Majors-and-Degrees/Honors.php#Jfellow
For description of this year’s Junior Fellows projects, please see:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/lahonors/programs/Junior-Fellows-Projects.php
McNair Scholars Information Session
McNair Scholars Information Session – March 27th @ 4 PM in SSB 4.212
Attend an information session about the Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program at The University of Texas at Austin, which is currently recruiting new students for next fall (Fall 2014). The McNair Scholars Program is a federally funded program under the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement with the goal of increasing the number of students earning doctoral degrees who are both low-income and first-generation and/or traditionally underrepresented in graduate education.
The information session will take place on Thursday, March 27th from 4-5 PM in the Student Services Building (SSB 4.212).
This will be the last information sessions prior of the spring semester. Applications are currently available on our website, www.utmcnairscholars.org. The application deadline is Friday, April 4th @ 5 PM.
For more information, please email mcnairprogram@austin.utexas.edu or call 512-471-1205.
Honors Colloquium Student Mentor Application Deadline Approaching
The University Honors Center invites UT Austin students (including those who are graduating this May) to apply for a position as an Honors Colloquium student mentor for the 33rd annual Honors Colloquium, July 23-26, 2014.
The Honors Colloquium is a three-day event that takes place on The University of Texas at Austin campus and is designed to introduce rising high school seniors to life at the university while encouraging them to apply to UT and its honors programs.
Student mentors are a critical component of the Honors Colloquium. They interact with participants, serve as RAs, and provide support for Honors Colloquium programs and activities.
Students may learn more about the position and application here: http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/hc/mentor
Applicants must submit all materials online by 5 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2014.