Call for Development Gateway @ UT Interns

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Call for Development Gateway @ UT Interns

Summer 2014

The University of Texas at Austin campus

Development Gateway, a Washington D.C. based non-profit organization working on international aid management, and Innovations for Peace and Development (IPD), a research consortium at UT, are seeking part- and full-time summer interns to provide data analysis support on an interdisciplinary project to better track development assistance in partnership with USAID.

Under the direction of Drs. Michael Findley (UT Government Department) and Kate Weaver (LBJ School of Public Affairs), student interns will geo-reference and categorize project-level data provided by aid donor governments. This summer, the project will primarily be focused on geocoding information for Honduras and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Training in GIS systems and coding methodologies will be provided.

Interns will also have the opportunity to learn tools for analyzing foreign aid data in conjunction with a variety of development outcomes including food security, health, climate change, democratization, and conflict. They will also undertake structured research projects under these topics.

Qualified candidates must be current undergraduate or graduate students and should demonstrate interest in geospatial systems, international development, economics, political science or related fields. French and Spanish speakers are highly encouraged to apply as well.

Internships will begin on May 26th, with an orientation week. We ask for a minimum commitment of 8 weeks, with an official ending date of August 15th. These positions are not paid, but successful interns will have the possibility of a continued position with the Innovation for Peace and Development research team in the fall semester. Interns are expected to commit between 20 and 40 hours per week in the summer.

Interested candidates are invited to attend an information session on Friday, April 11th in Student Activities Center, SAC 4.112 (the IPD Lab), from 12:15-1:15 pm. Please contact Ms. Nisha Krishnan (nisha.krishnan1@gmail.com), Dr. Kate Weaver (ceweaver@austin.utexas.edu) or Dr. Michael Findley (mikefindley@austin.utexas.edu) if you have any questions but are unable to attend the meeting.

Please submit the following Application Materials via email to Nisha Krishna (Nisha.krishnan1@gmail.com) by April 18 at 5:00 pm:

1. Cover letter with statement of interest, addressed to Ms. Nisha Krishnan, Innovations for Peace and Development

2. Resume with full contact information

3. Unofficial UT transcript

 

FULBRIGHT GRANT INFO SESSIONS

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FRIDAY, APRIL 25

&

MONDAY, MAY 5

1-2:30PM, BUR 126

Fulbright awards graduating seniors, recent graduates and alumni to travel for academic work in all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts.  A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.

If you aren’t quite ready, the competition happens every year, and we’d like to put the Fulbright Program in exceptional students’ minds as a goal to strive for after graduation!  Fulbright@austin.utexas.edu 

The Fine Print:

The 2015-2016 Fulbright U.S. Student competition will open on May 1, 2014.  The Fulbright U.S. Student program is open to graduate students at all levels, undergraduates who will have completed their degree by the beginning of the grant period (for most countries, Sept. 1, 2014) and non-students who hold a bachelor’s degree.  The program is restricted to U.S. citizens.  The grants are for study and research abroad, and are available for most countries.  Grants are awarded for all disciplines, including the sciences, social sciences, humanities, engineering, and the performing and creative arts.  A number of countries also offer grants for those who wish to serve as English teaching assistants.

An information session for prospective applicants will be presented by an Alumni Ambassador from the Institute of International Education on Friday, April 25 from 1:00-2:30 PM in Burdine 136.

Deadlines and Procedures:

1.  Potential applicants must register with us, by sending an email to:

Fulbright@austin.utexas.edu.  The email should give the applicant’s name, contact information, academic status (i.e., undergrad, grad, alumnus), country or region of interest, and area of study or research topic.

2.  The applicant should go to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program website

(http://us.fulbrightonline.org/home.html) for country summaries, information about preparing an application, and, starting May 1, to begin the online application process.

3.  The applicant should also review our campus website:

http://world.utexas.edu/abroad/funding/scholarships/fulbright

4.  Campus Deadline: The applicant must submit copies of all application materials electronically to our office by 2 PM on September 3. Interviews are tentatively scheduled between September 15 and September 26.  While the deadline for final submission to the national office has not yet been announced, my expectation is that it will be around mid-October 15, 2014.

Again, I encourage eligible and interested students (and alumni) to consider applying.  For the most recent statistical year (2013-14), UT applicants received the 7th highest number of awards of all institutions in the nation and can boast the 3rd  highest award percentage per applicant pool for the top ten institutions at just over 31%. As a Fulbrighter myself (Brazil, 1990), I can testify to the lifelong value of this extraordinary program, and I am hoping that we can make that experience available to your students as well.

Best,

Lindsay Hale, Ph.D.

University Extension | Continuing Education

Chair, Fulbright U.S. Student Program Campus Committee

Congratulations to Wise Wanderer Michael Adams

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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