Boren Awards for International Study

Information Session (for graduate and undergraduate students)

Wednesday, November 2

3-4pm

Parlin 301

The Study Abroad Office is excited to announce that the Director of Boren Scholarships and Fellowships, Chris Powers, will be visiting the UT campus on Wednesday, November 2nd to speak with students about the Boren Awards. There will be an information session in Parlin 301 from 3-4pm.

Boren Awards provide a unique funding opportunity for U.S. students to study world regions critical to U.S. interests (including Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Eurasia, Latin America, and the Middle East).

The Boren Scholarships provide up to $20,000 for undergraduate students to study in countries that are generally underrepresented in study abroad.

The Boren Fellowships provide graduate students up to $30,000 to add an important international and language component to their graduate studies.

Additional information on preferred geographic regions, languages, length of study, and fields of study, as well as application procedures can be found at www.borenawards.org.

Summer Study Abroad Opportunity in Botswana

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Summer I Faculty -Led Study Abroad in Botswana. Open to any major (especially bright LAHers who like to camp)

Where: Ghanzi and Maun, Botswana, including the Centeral Kalahari Game Reserve and the Okavango Delta

When: Arrive Maun, Botswana (MUB) by May 23rd at 2pm. Depart for Austin July 5 (return in time for UT’s second summer session)

Why: Immersion into other environments and cultures teach us about other systems… and our own! One course will focus on climate change, ecology, and savanna/wetland systems, the other culture-environment interactions, people-park conflicts and land management.

How to apply: http://world.utexas.edu/abroad for general information on all programs and scholarships. (including the LAH SAB scholarship); for Botswana specifics email Dr. Kelley Crews at kac@uts.cc.utexas.edu and be sure to visit: http://utdirect.utexas.edu/io/abroad/pgm_list/detail.WBX?s_master_id=1187

Deadline to apply is December 1

FLAS Information Session

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FLAS Fellowship Program – Informational Meeting for Program Coordinators and Students

Thursday, November 10
3:00-4:00 PM

Meyerson Conference Room
4.118 WCH Building
The FLAS Fellowship Program provides more than $1 million in funding to UT undergraduate and graduate students each year. Please join us for an informational meeting on the program to learn more about it and what it has to offer students in your department. A brief presentation on the FLAS Fellowship, including application requirements, program benefits and responsibilities of awarded students, will be followed by a Q&A session with a panel of previous fellowship holders and faculty and administrators with experience in the program.

For more information please contact:

Rachel Meyer
South Asia Institute
(512) 475-6038
rachelmeyer@austin.utexas.edu
or

Sally Dickson
Center for European Studies
(512) 232-4311
ces@austin.utexas.edu

Sign Up Now Lower-Division Honors Classes

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We have seats open in several of our lower-division classes. Come to the LAH office and sign up now. We’ll give LAHers priority, but if we don’t fill up the classes, we will need to share with the other honors programs.

Open classes include:

ANT 301 Physical Anthropology with Chris Kirk (filling up quickly, so come soon!)

ARH 301 Intro to Visual Arts (counts as VPA – 10 seats reserved for LAH)

CTI 301 Ancient Philosophy and Lit (counts as CEHET and is a great follow up to Reacting, if you enjoyed Plato)

E 316k Masterworks of British Literature (NEW honors course. If you don’t have AP credit, or even if you do and are an English major, take this class.)

ECO 304L Intro to Macroeconomics (must have credit for ECO 304K as prerequisite)

GOV 312P Core Texts with Dempsey (must have credit for GOV 310L)

HIS 309K Western Civ in Medieval Times (Plan II class shares with us – limited seats)

HIS 315L US History Since 1865 (and yes, the awesome Dr. Restad has returned! Students wish they could retake this class with her.)

LAH 305 Reacting to the Past – two sections (Make sure you have taken your LAH writing flag by the end of your first year.)

PHL 305 Intro to Philosophy of Religion (counts for CEHET)

RHE 309S Critical Reading (Make sure you have taken your LAH writing flag by the end of your first year.)

SPN 610D Intermediate Spanish (must have credit for SPN 601D)

UGS 303 Creative Problem Solving OR Life and Death Decisions (make sure you take a UGS class in your first year)

James Mulva, CEO of Conoco Philips, coming to campus to talk on October 24th

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Liberal Arts Council is bringing James Mulva, CEO of Conoco Phillips to speak on campus.

James Mulva graduated from UT and is known world-wide for his influence in the oil industry and for his integrity and leadership.

He will speak Monday October 24th at 6pm in the Social Work Building, room2.106.

At the end of the event there will be time for Q & A.

Fall 2011 Career Expo

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The Career Expo is your chance to connect with employers from a variety of industries seeking you to fill their full-time and internship opportunities! Don’t miss our Expo, and our prep workshop and services before the fair:

Fall 2011 Career Expo, October 19
How to Prep for the Career Expo Workshop, October 13
Walk-In Advising for Resume and Other Prep
Career Coaching Appointments

Fall 2011 Career Expo

Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Time: 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Location: Texas Union Ballroom
Co-Hosted By: Liberal Arts Career Services & Liberal Arts Council
Attire: LACS requires business dress to business casual (visit our Dress for Success page to learn more about professional attire.)
Employers: Meet recruiters from a variety of companies and organizations, including Apple, SXSW, LivingSocial, JP Morgan Chase and the Peace Corps. Search the full list of Employers Scheduled to Attend
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Take advantage of this opportunity to launch your career or find an internship. Come professionally dressed and bring several copies of your resume. Read more about the career fair, which organizations are scheduled to attend and how you can plan your visit to the fair at our Making the Most of the Career Fair page.

Workshop: Making the Most of the Career Expo
Date: Thursday, October 13, 2011
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
Location: LACS, FAC 18
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Do you want to know how to talk with employers and create opportunities for yourself at the Career Expo on October 19, 2011? If so, this workshop is for you! Attend this workshop to learn what works and doesn’t work at a career fair and what employers are really looking for. We will address the following topics:

How to make the best first impression

What questions you should ask employers

Who will be there and what they are looking for

How to follow up after the event

Walk-In Advising
Days: Each Week on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays
Times: 12:00 – 3:30 p.m.
Location: LACS, FAC 18
Walk-in 15-minute sessions are available to help strengthen your resume, draft an elevator speech, strategize your visit to the fair and much more!

Teach For America Information Session

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Teach For America will be holding its first informational session Tonight (October 18th) at 7pm in GRG 102. Come learn more about this amazing opportunity to enrich the educational experiences of the millions of children that live in poverty. Here the stories of some of our Teach For America alumni and speak to current Corp Members about their experiences so far. Join us for pizza, discussion, and Q&A.

Texas is one of the top three contributors in the nation to Teach For America’s Corp each year. Come learn how you can help continue the tradition.

Sanger Center Hiring Tutors

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The Sanger Learning and Career Center is now hiring tutors for the spring 2012 semester. Interested students can apply online at http://www.lifelearning.utexas.edu/index.html. Pay starts at $11.00 per hour, and the hours are flexible. The deadline for applications is October 28, 2011. This is a great opportunity for students to learn more about their field of study and to help other students as well.

Net Impact – Guest Lecture

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Net Impact Undergrad is having a special guest speaker, Dr. Michael Garrison! He will be speaking on Wednesday, October 19th from 4-5:30PM in

SAC 1.118. He will discuss his recent work with Africa’s Promise Village in designing a sustainable school and community center for the Maasai people in Kenya.

Dr. Garrison has served as the faculty sponsor of the 2002 and 2005 Solar Decathlon competitions administered by the U.S. Department of Energy and has received numerous grants and awards, including ones from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Austin Energy’s Green Building Program. Also, he was the past chair of the Resource Management Commission for the City of Austin, a founding member of the Texas Solar Energy Society, and research fellow of the UT Center for Sustainable Development.

There will be TIFF’S TREATS!

We hope we see y’all there!

Net Impact General Meeting

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Net Impact Undergrad will have a general meeting on Tuesday, October 18th! It will be located in McCombs CBA 4.344 from 6-7PM. Kirk Van Roekel of Pro Energy Consultants will be our speaker for the meeting. Their mission is to help American homeowners make informed decisions through home energy audits and energy management consulting.

“Save Energy. Save Money. Save the Environment.”

For more information, check out http://www.proenergyconsultants.com/kvanroekel/

Come out to hear our speaker and get some FREE FOOD!

Hope to see y’all there :)

THE LAH HERALD

Keeping The Liberal Arts Honors Community Up To Date

Boren Awards for International Study

Summer Study Abroad Opportunity in Botswana

FLAS Information Session

Sign Up Now Lower-Division Honors Classes

James Mulva, CEO of Conoco Philips, coming to campus to talk on October 24th

Fall 2011 Career Expo

Teach For America Information Session

Sanger Center Hiring Tutors

Net Impact – Guest Lecture

Net Impact General Meeting