TUR 601C (fall) and 611C (spring) allow students to fulfill their language requirement in one year. There are great study abroad opportunities for students who complete this sequence.
Society and Politics in Turkish Film (MES 342 #42375/MEL 321 #42195) – fun for students interested in film, politics, Turkey, and the Middle East in general.
Dear UT Student,
Each year, language schools around the globe hire American college students and graduates to teach English simply because they speak it. Wouldn’t it be great to really KNOW how to teach what you speak so well?
UTeach-Liberal Arts and the International Office’s ESL Services have designed a unique six-hour course in June that includes learning to Teach English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) followed by, in July-August, a six-week Internship Abroad as a TESOL intern in China or Mexico.
ENROLLMENT IS LIMITED to 30 Participants: MEXICO (10) CHINA (20) Apply here!
Summer Session I – In Austin, June 6-29, 2013
Summer Session II – In China, Mexico, Austin, June 30*-August 9, 2013
More info online.
If you have seen Get Sexy. Get Consent. or any Theatre for Dialogue performance, this is the class that trains you to do the work (for upper division credit)! No experience necessary.
Apply now to be part of the 2013-14 ensemble for:
Theatre for Dialogue
a two-semester class sequence
“This class will teach you so much about yourself and the world in which you live. This type of class, I believe, is what you come to university for; to foster a positive and beneficial relationship and awareness between community and school, between yourself and strangers. I will always cherish this class and what it’s done for me.”(student from VAV class)
What do you have to say about. . . .
· healthy relationships,
· sex and consent,
· gender dynamics,
· dating violence,
· sexual assault?
How can theatre be used as a form of activism?
How do you engage your community in dialogue?
What does it mean to be an effective bystander or supportive ally?
Find out by taking the Voices Against Violence Theatre for Dialogue class for upper division credit!
· Create and perform interactive theatre scenarios about relationships, red flags, boundaries and consent. No experience necessary.
· GET UPPER DIVISION ACADEMIC CREDIT (through Social Work, Theatre and Danceor Women’s and Gender Studies) to become part of the Theatre for Dialogue program with Voices Against Violence. Learn how to use the tools of interactive theatre to create realistic situations that encourage dialogue on issues that impact us all.
· Application and interview REQUIRED for entrance into Theatre for Dialogue class. If interested, apply by 4/22/13 (application attached). Submit your application for the Theatre for Dialogue class to Lynn Hoare, at lhoare@austin.utexas.edu.
Want to know more and see the work in action? Check it out here: http://www.cmhc.utexas.edu/vav.html
See our upcoming events here: http://cmhc.utexas.edu/vav_calendar.html
The Institute for Public School Initiatives (IPSI) at UT just posted the positions for the College Prep Advisors, listed as Student Development Specialist II. These positions will be housed in middle schools in four low-income school districts to support campus GEAR UP activities, and will be supervised by our IPSI manager here in Austin. The GEAR UP program focuses on promoting equal access to education and educational excellence for low-income, underrepresented and underserved students. Specifically, these College Prep Advisors will support students in academic achievement, rigorous course selection, engaging in meaningful summer activities, and increasing family and community awareness of the GEAR UP program.
To access the UT job postings, just follow this link:
https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/hr/jobs/nlogon/search/0/
We expect that these positions will be posted for about one more week. There are seven job postings with the same title, with three postings for Edgewood (at Gus Garcia, Brentwood and ET Wrenn), two for Manor (at Manor and Decker) and one each for Somerset and Lubbock (Somerset Junior High and Dunbar College Prep Academy). The specific posting numbers are:
Edgewood
13-03-25-07-3051
13-03-25-06-3051
13-03-25-05-3051
Lubbock
13-03-25-01-3051
Manor
13-03-25-03-3051
13-03-25-02-3051
Somerset
13-03-25-04-3051
Dear LAH community,
As previously announced, this year’s HRC’s prestigious Pforzheimer Lecture, an annual event focused on book history, is co-sponsored by the English Department’s TILTS institute. This Thursday evening’s Pforzheimer Lecture thus bookends “The Fate of the Book” series begun last fall with opening speaker Nicholson Baker. This closing lecture will be given by Michael Suarez, director of the Rare Book School at UVA. As you can see from the title of his talk below, Suarez has generously taken on board this year’s TILTS rubrics.
There will also be a smaller breakout session with Suarez the following morning, hosted by Professor Michael Winship. That, too, is open to the public (you can RSVP on the TILTS website).
For more info, see:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/insts/tilts-2013/index.php
Please join us for the formal close to what has been an exciting set of year-long conversations! Oh, and the food has been rather yummy too.
Sincerely,
Janine Barchas and Liz Scala (your TILTS co-directors 2012-13)
We’re looking for undergraduate research papers from students in the College of Liberal Arts. Submissions can pertain to any subject and should be sent to sarah.lusher17@gmail.com. Submissions are Due Friday, April 4.
April 12: Panel of Distinguished Photographers
Three outstanding photographers will show slides of their work and discuss the technical, aesthetic, and ethical issues a photographer must consider when photographing people, whether in Afghanistan or in one’s own backyard. Our panelists are Louie Palu, Larry Towell and Sarah Wilson, all of whom have won major awards, exhibited their work internationally, and published in major newspapers and magazines. A reception will begin at 6 p.m., with slide presentations and discussion starting at 7 p.m., in the Joynes Reading Room CRD 007. Call 512-471-5787 for more info.
April 16: New Yorker staff writer D.T. Max on David Foster Wallace
Though he was only 46 when he died, David Foster Wallace left an enormous legacy of literature, including three novels (one published posthumously), three collections of short stories, and eight works of nonfiction, including dozens of essays. In a series of articles in The New Yorker, D.T. Max wrote in depth about Wallace’s life and work. Now, following extensive research in the David Foster Wallace archive at UT’s Harry Ransom Center, Max has published a fascinating biography of the author, entitled Every Love Story is a Ghost Story: A Life of David Foster Wallace. D.T. Max will discuss the late author, as well as his own research process in writing the biography. Event starts at 7 p.m. in the Joynes Reading Room, CRD 007. Call 512-471-5787 for more info. There are a limited number of copies of the book available for free on a first-come basis to honors students who plan to attend the event. Inquire in person at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room.
These positions are 10 weeks long and $2500 for the summer.
More details and application available online:
http://www.mfah.org/programs-for/colleges-and-universities/eligibility-requirements/
The application for the 2013-2014 Advise TX College Advising Corps is now available on the UT job website. Advise TX will be hiring 22 recent UT grads to serve as full-time high school college advisers in one of five regions across the state.
If students would like to learn more about our program, we will participating in/hosting a few recruitment events next week. Feel free to visit us at the following events:
· April 2nd – Non-Profit and Government Career Fair, Texas Union Ballroom, 11am-3pm
· April 3rd – Communications Career Fair, DKR North End Zone, 10am-3pm
· April 3rd – Advise TX Information Session, BMC 4.212, 5:15pm-6:15pm
· April 4th – Advise TX Information Session, FAC 334, 5pm-6pm
I also encourage you to Like our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/adviseTXutaustin, visit our website, www.advisetx.org, or attend an upcoming info session (see attached for schedule and position description) to learn more about our organization. Applications for the 2013-2014 Corps can be found on the UT Job website at:
2013-2014 Application: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/apps/hr/jobs/nlogon/130313053052
Final Application Deadline: Friday, April 19, 2013
For your reference, we are reviewing applications on a rolling basis and setting up interviews with candidates throughout April.