Outside temperatures may feel like it’s spring, but inside the Eastwoods room on Sunday it’s winter. Take a break from studying and get in the holiday spirit. (You know listening to music increases brain activity!) Attend the LAH Music Ensemble winter concert this Sunday, Dec. 9th, 5:30 pm. in the Eastwoods Room in the Union – UNB 2.102.
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: Monday, January 14, 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.
For the 2013-2014 academic year, the Department of French and Italian at The University of Texas at Austin is pleased to offer scholarship packages of $25,000 annually for up to six years of graduate study in French Linguistics and French Studies. For more details, visit us here. Applications for graduate admission are currently being accepted!!!
A note from Dr. Carver:
Ryan Gayman, a Senior Fellow with Humanity In Action (see below) will be on campus on Monday, December 17 and would very much like to talk with students about the Humanity In Action Fellowship. He will be available on that Monday, 2:00 to 3:00 pm in the Conference Room, Fourth Floor of Gebauer, for a group meeting, and he will be happy to meet with individual students after that, 3:00 to 5:00 pm. This is a terrific program, and I hope many of you will be interested in applying, if not this year, then next. Note well: the deadline for the 2013 application is January 10th.
Humanity in Action is now accepting applications for its international human rights fellowship programs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Copenhagen, Lyon and Warsaw.
The Humanity in Action Fellowship brings together international groups of students to study human rights and to produce research exploring how and why individuals and societies resist intolerance and stand up for democratic values. Humanity in Action invites applications from talented college students and recent graduates who are intellectually gifted, mature, independent and passionate about human rights and social justice. Current sophomores, juniors, and seniors and graduates from the undergraduate classes of 2011 and 2012 are eligible to apply.
The fellowship will begin in Washington, DC on May 27, 2013 at the Council on Foreign Relations and subsequently take place in Europe from June 1 to June 30, 2013. Humanity in Action covers all costs associated with participation. The application deadline is January 10, 2013. Learn more at www.humanityinaction.org/apply.
POSITION: Library Page (Student Assistant), $7.26.
LOCATION: The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, Sid Richardson Hall 2.106
The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The University of Texas at Austin is a special collections library, archive, and museum that facilitates research and sponsors programs on the historical development of the United States. The Center supports research and education by acquiring, preserving, and making accessible research collections and by sponsoring exhibitions, conferences, symposia, oral history projects, publications, fellowships, and grant-funded initiatives.
DESCRIPTION: Student assistants needed for work in a closed stacks, secure library and archives environment. Duties include retrieving and shelving materials in a wide variety of formats; circulation of materials stored offsite; maintaining vertical files articles; filing; data entry; special archival and library projects and other duties as assigned. Hours vary between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00, Monday through Friday, and from 8:00 to 2:00 on occasional Saturdays in the Spring semester
Required: Current UT student status. Enrolled for at least 6 credit hours for the upcoming Fall semester. Reliability. Appropriate dress. Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds; to climb multiple flights of stairs; to work well under supervision and with others. Ability to use good judgment and follow through independently within the boundaries of one’s own authority.
Preferred: Experience shelving books cataloged in Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress classifications, Knowledge of Texas and United States History. Public service experience in special collections library, research center or archive.
Special instructions: Applicants should submit a completed UT job application to the Information Desk at the Briscoe
Applicants must also turn in a copy of their class schedule. The Information Desk is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m, Monday through Friday.
The student application can be found at http://www.utexas.edu/hr/forms/student_nonbenefits_eligible_emp_app.pdf
The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran’s status, or sexual orientation.
Consider setting up Direct Deposit for yourself. Even if you aren’t working at UT or applying for any scholarships right now, this will streamline things for you when you do win a scholarship. And we have another essay contest coming up soon for Freshman and Sophomores – so be optimistic and save Barbara the trouble of chasing you down so she can process your award!
Here is how to set up Direct Deposit:
Start by going into UT Direct: https://utdirect.utexas.edu/utdirect/index.WBX
Select:
· Personal Info
o Full Category Listings
o My Bank Info
You’ll need to enter your bank name, account number and bank routing number (that’s the other number on your check/deposit slip besides your account number. If you don’t have that handy, your bank webpage may show it or just phone them).
You may call UT Office of Accounting for extra help if needed, 471-3723.
LAHers,
We are looking for some volunteers for the Spring semester. If you are interested in volunteering for a few hours each week in the Spring, you’ll have the opportunity to chat with current students, prospective students, get free food and a chance to get to know everyone else in the office better. Job duties include answering the phone, greeting visitors, collecting mail, making copies and running errands as needed. We do rely heavily on our volunteers, so showing up on time and taking the position seriously is important.
Also, if you have a work-study (part of your financial aid package) let us know – we may be able to hire you.
Please e-mail Barbara Carlson bbc@austin.utexas.edu if you are interested.
PS. We will be in the new location CLA 2.104 starting December 13.
On December 13, we will move from our much loved Gebauer location to CLA – the new College of Liberal Arts Building located next to the SAC. We’re looking forward to the new space. The computer lab will have 8 computers and the Commons Room will be nearly 3 times the size of the current room.
Our exact room will be CLA 2.104 and the number will stay the same – 512-471-3458.
Please stop by when you come back in January to check out the new digs.
Tickets will soon be on sale in the LAH office for this year’s All-Honors Formal. It will be taking place Saturday December 8 from 7-10 pm at the Recess Arcade Bar on 6th Street. There will be live music and a bar for those over 21. Like last year there will be a bus regularly leaving from campus to take people downtown. Tickets are $10 in the office or $12 at the door. You do NOT need to be in an honors program to buy a ticket!