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Joynes Reading Room Events (and free books!)
Monday, April 18, 7PM
The major novelist Russell Banks, author of 20 published books including The Sweet Hereafter and Continental Drift, will read from new work. Evan Carton, Professor of English at UT, will interview Banks and moderate questions from the audience. A limited number of free books by Russell Banks are available for honors students. To claim a free book, visit the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007). The books we are giving away are both collections of short stories (The Angel on the Roof and Success Stories). Please only take a book if you are sure you can come to the event Monday night.
Thursday, April 21, 7PM
Nigerian-American novelist and short story writer Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie will read from and discuss new work. Adichie is author of the bestselling novels Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. She is also the recipient of a presitigious MacArthur Foundation Genius Grant. While supplies last, honors students may claim a free copy of her short story collection The Thing Around Your Neck at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007). Please only take a book if you are certain that you can attend the event Thursday night.
Wednesday, April 27, 7PM
Three top contemporary photographers who use antique photographic techniques (such as daguerrotype and bromoil processes) will show slides of their work and discuss their careers. Dan Burkholder and Jill Skupin Burkholder teach photography in New York. Robb Kendrick lives in Laredo, and is a regular contributor to National Geographic magazine.
All of these events are free and open to the public. For more information, contact Matt Valentine at mvalentine@mail.utexas.edu, or call the Joynes Reading Room: 512-471-5787.
2012-2013 US Fulbright Competition
The 2012-2013 Fulbright U.S. Student competition will open on May 1, 2011. 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, 2012) 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’s Houston office on Tuesday, April 19 from 2:00-3:00 PM in Parlin 201.
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://www.utexas.edu/student/abroad/funding/fulbright.html
4. Campus Deadline: The applicant must submit copies of all application materials electronically to our office by September 7. Interviews are tentatively scheduled between September 19 and September 30. 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.
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.
Department of Religious Studies
Chair, Fulbright U.S. Student Program Campus Committee
Registration Tips and LAH Lower-Division Sign-Up book is Now Available
Registration for summer and fall is upon us! April 18-29. Before you register, you should see us for advising. Just call 471-3458 to set up a time with Linda or Stacey. Don’t email us, as it’s too hard to go back and forth choosing a time. Calling is much more efficient.
The lower-division honors course sign up book is now available. To secure a seat in a lower-division honors course, you must sign up in the book. Come by the LAH office to see what we have!
Upper-Division LAHers, Remember that for any upper-division LAH course (LAH 350s) you can register on your own as long as you have close to 60 hours and a 3.5 gpa. IF you are pursuing a dual degree in another college,you will need to contact us during your registration time to be manually added into the class if the class is open.
Registration tip: for upper-division cross-listed LAH courses, it might be easier to register for the class under it’s cross-listing. Especially Government/LAH 350. If you are a Government major, and want an LAH 350 class that is cross-listed, you should go to the Government department to be added into the class. It will still count towards LAH under it’s cross-listing.
StufSA Mixer
Each semester at StüfSA (Students for Study Abroad) we hold a mixer to connect students who have been abroad with students wanting to go abroad. This is an excellent time for students to learn about the exciting opportunities study abroad offers from their fellow peers. The event will take place Wednesday, April 13 from 6-8 p.m. in the SAC Ballroom. We will be providing free Argentinean food and live Brazilian music.
Also, I wanted to mention our Country Corner program: COUNTRY CORNERSSPRING2011Round2[1] Country Corners are an opportunity for students who are going abroad or are interested in going to learn about some of the cultural specifics and norms of different countries in smaller setting from a StüfSA mentor who has spent time in that country. I have attached a schedule and instructions on how to RSVP.
All the best,
Tommy Ward
Study Abroad Office
Students for Study Abroad
Applications for Mortar Board due 4/11
Mortar Board is a selective senior honors society, first established on The University of Texas at Austin’s campus in 1923. Mortar Board invites UT’s top leaders and scholars to apply to join this prestigious organization, a national honor society that recognizes college seniors for distinguished ability and achievement in scholarship, leadership, and service.
To be eligible, students must have at least 90 credit hours by the end of the Spring 2011 semester and do not plan on graduating earlier than May 2012. Applications are due April 11, 2011.
The application form can be found at:
https://surveystation.austin.utexas.edu//TakeSurvey.aspx?SurveyID=llM0mpl5.
For more information, please contact the University Honors Center at UHC@austin.utexas.edu
Texas 4000 Event – Bone Marrow Registry
Everyday 6,000 people search the National Bone Marrow Registry for a potential match. On April 27th and 28th on both the East and West Malls Texas4000 will be educating people on registering for this and the impact it could make by registering as a potential bone marrow donor. We will even have people set up to help you register on both of those days if you make the decision to do that. It would be awesome if everyone could stop by at some point during one of those days and learn a little bit more and see if signing up with the national registry is something they want to do.
McKinsey & Company: Liberal Arts Honors recruiting Thursday, April 14 RSVP required
Invitation to McKinsey & Company Info Session on Thursday, April 14 : McKinsey & Company, an international management consulting firm, will be holding an information session geared towards Liberal Arts and Engineering students at 6:00 pm on Thursday, April 14 in Classroom 107 of the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Consultants from McKinsey will be on hand to talk about both full-time positions and summer internships and to introduce you to who we are and what we do in advance of next fall’s recruiting season. Please contact Jennifer Dunseith at jennifer_dunseith@mckinsey.com with any questions and to RSVP for the info session. Students in other colleges and schools are welcome. We look forward to seeing you!
McKinsey works with leading corporations, non-profit institutions, and governments on issues of critical importance to senior management. We help our clients solve strategic, organizational, and operational problems in order to make significant and enduring improvements in their performance. What is unique about McKinsey is that we consider the people who make up the firm to be as important as the clients with whom we work. We seek to work with truly dynamic individuals — the most talented scholars and the most compelling leaders — to create an environment that is a great place both to learn and to have fun. For more information about McKinsey recruiting, please visit http://www.mckinsey.com/careers/US_Schools/
Free Tickets to Legacy of All the President’s Men
For tickets to the event Legacy of All the President’s Men with Robert Redford, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein on Thursday, April 21, 2011….
There are a LIMITED number of tickets available:
At the Texas Union starting at 8:00 AM Monday April 4 with your student ID
At the HRC ( HR Humanities Research Center) starting at 9:00 AM with your student ID
http://www.lbjlibrary.org/join-us/upcoming-events/watergate.html
Undergraduate Philosophy Association
The Undergraduate Philosophy Association is hosting “Time and Paradox”
in the Legislative Assembly Room (Student Activity Center 2.302) on
April 8, 2011 at 6:00PM. Prof. Josh Dever and Prof. Rob Koons will
debate some issues in the Philosophy of Time. This is a free event and
everyone is invited to attend!
The Jose Benardete’s Grim Reaper paradox is a modern version of the
ancient paradoxes of Zeno, one that raises question on a couple
levels. First, do periods of time have infinitely many real parts, or
is there something deeply finitary about the flow of time? Second, on
a meta-level: can metaphysical arguments tell us something important
about time, or should we refer all questions about the nature of time
to physics?
Contact upatexas@gmail.com or visit sites.utexas.edu/upa