You are invited to participate in a survey about windowless rooms in off-campus housing and their impact on well-being.

Your input is valuable in helping us understand the impacts of windowless rooms on mental and physical health. The survey will take no more than 5 minutes to complete and your responses will remain confidential.

By participating in this survey, you will be contributing to a better understanding of the living conditions in our neighborhood and helping us develop strategies to improve the well-being of residents.

To participate in the survey, please click on the following link: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1X1bub7NRG8jUge

This is a one-time email solicitation with no follow-up reminders. The deadline for responses is April 2 at 11:59pm.

Sincerely,

Plan II Honors Class of 2023

Texas Career Engagement Internship Fund

Summer 2023

Texas Career Engagement created the Internship Fund to help reduce the financial barriers to internship participation for UT Austin undergraduate and graduate students with high financial need. Students may be eligible to receive funding of $15 per hour up to a maximum total of $2,000 based on internship hours completed between June 1 and August 11, 2023. Explore the TCE Internship Fund page to learn about student and internship eligibility, to learn more about the funding and to apply. We encourage you to apply early as priority to the limited funds will be given to eligible students with the highest financial need and earliest application date.

Connecting UT Students to Community Priorities: Direct Service and Leadership Programs 
Thursday, April 13, 2023 (6:00 – 7:30 pm)
REAL Learning Academy Cafeteria
William Cannon Campus 
6405 S IH 35
Austin, TX 78744

In collaboration with our long-time community partner Dove Springs Proud, UT’s Center for Community Engagement is excited to invite you to our upcoming Front Porch Gathering, Connecting UT Students to Community Priorities: Direct Service and Leadership Programs. This event will be held in Dove Springs.

Based on community priority responses, we are introducing attendees to the work of CCE’s student engagement and leadership programs. During this Front Porch Gathering, we will hear directly from student leaders and the CCE staff who manage direct service opportunities with communities locally, nationally, and internationally to discuss how Student Engagement programming connects students seeking volunteer experience with service-based community organizations.

We will also facilitate smaller break-out groups for community members to share and identify direct-service opportunities for students in the surrounding Central Texas area and provide input on additional ways these programs can continue to connect with and support the priorities of the surrounding communities.

RSVP by Monday, April 10, 2023 
Dinner will be provided 

ABOUT THE FRONT PORCH GATHERING 

The Center for Community Engagement (CCE) serves as UT Austin’s “front porch.” This center fosters mutually beneficial community-university collaborations that further the university’s mission to serve Texas and beyond, with an emphasis on historically and currently underserved communities.

CCE’s Front Porch Gathering Series represents UT’s open door to the Austin community. These events connect UT faculty and resources with engaged community members and organizations in an effort to identify strategies, align efforts, and foster collaborative relationships that result in action. The monthly gathering works to address issues of equity, disparity, and access in Central Texas.

Longhorn TIES seeks to enhance the student experience for students who identify as neurodivergent through advocacy, connections and training, starting with the New Student Orientation process and continuing throughout the student’s tenure at the university. Longhorn TIES encompasses neurodivergent student support services, #NDatUT campus-wide programming and events, presentations and trainings, and more! 

TIES – Drop-In Services TIES – One-Pager

LAH’s EnvisionAustin 2022 winners have developed a mission to close the tree canopy gap between higher and lower-income communities in Austin. Through our research, we discovered that West Austin has an index of 78%, while East Austin has an index of only 22%, where people of color make up the majority of the population. Both adults and children are negatively affected by the lack of trees and green spaces, and Texas Trees for Change aims to promote both environmentalism and social justice through planting trees in East Austin elementary schools.

We hope you will join us in our efforts to work towards a greener future! Click here to visit our HornsLink: https://utexas.campuslabs.com/engage/organization/txtrees4change

For more information, please visit https://thetexasorator.com/2023/02/22/texas-trees-for-change-is-addressing-austins-tree-inequity-problem/

The topic is Revolution or Reform: the Future of Autocratic Regimes, particularly with a focus on Iran, Russia, and China. We feel this is a very timely and pertinent discussion. Our speakers are Nizar Zakka, a Lebanese political activist who was imprisoned in Iran, Dr. Nahid Siamdoust, a cultural historian here on campus, Dr. Xiaobu Lü, a professor who specializes in domestic policies in China, and Dr. Thomas Garza, a Russian language professor who focuses on Russian culture and literature. In addition to politics, we hope to discuss and think about this topic through a cultural and societal lens.

I am pleased to invite you to our event, which will be April 3, 2023 from 6-7:30 PM in the SAC/WCP Auditorium. Our event will be fully catered and admission is free. Additionally, we are a fully open event, so invite all your friends and family, and we would be pleased if you can attend. We would also appreciate it if you could share our event as well to your classes and students, departments, organizations, etc. We will have a Q&A section towards the end of the event where attendees can ask our speakers any unique questions they may have. We hope this will be a great event, and registration is not required, but heavily recommended so we have a good headcount.

We look forward to seeing you there, and please let us know if you have any questions.

You can register at the link here! I’ve also attached a copy of our poster to advertise and share with your students.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roundtable-2023-revolution-or-reform-the-future-of-autocratic-regimes-tickets-567240500607

Book Release Event for:
CAGED: A TEACHERS JOURNEY THROUGH RIKERS, OR HOW I BEHEADED THE MINOTAUR

Join Dr. Lamson for this reading and discussion of his forthcoming memoir on Wednesday, April 5th from 5-7pm in RLP 2.606. Light refreshments will be provided.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants awards to graduating seniors, recent graduates, and alumni to conduct academic work abroad in all disciplines, including: STEM, social sciences, humanities, and the performing and creative arts. More than 80 countries also offer grants for English Teaching Assistantships. 

The 2024-2025 Fulbright application cycle will open Thursday, March 30, 2023. We would greatly appreciate your assistance in promoting our upcoming information sessions and writing workshops via your newsletters and student listservs: 

Virtual Information Sessions with Stephanie Bishop, Fulbright program administrator 

·         Wednesday, March 22, noon-1:00 p.m. CDT (English Teaching Assistantship) 

·         Monday, March 27, 3:00-4:00 p.m. CDT (Study/Research) 

·         Tuesday, April 4, noon-1:00 p.m. CDT (English Teaching Assistantship) 

·         Tuesday, April 11, 10:30-11:30 a.m. CDT (Study/Research) 

Virtual Writing Workshops with Dr. Sonia Seeman, Fulbright faculty chair and advisor 

·         Friday, March 24, 1:00-2:30 p.m. CDT (English Teaching Assistantship) 

·         Tuesday, March 28, noon-1:30 p.m. CDT (Study/Research) 

·         Wednesday, April 5, 10:00-11:30 a.m. CDT (English Teaching Assistantship) 

·         Thursday, April 13, 2:00-3:30 p.m. CDT (Study/Research) 

·         Monday, April 17, 3:00-4:30 p.m. CDT (Both ETA and Study/Research) 

All sessions will be conducted via Zoom. Students are welcome to attend information sessions for each if they are still unsure of which grant to apply for. We encourage interested students to attend an Information Session and a Writing Workshop. Meeting information, including Zoom link, is available on the Texas Global Events page.  

Students should note the UT campus application deadline: Friday, August 25, 2023. Students can also visit the Fulbright Opportunities for UT Students page for more information.