LAHSO- Volunteer at the Starlight Children’s Foundation this Sunday, September 19

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Are you interested in spending your Sunday at a carnival playing games, doing face painting, and racing remote control cars? If so, come with LAHSO to volunteer at the Starlight Children’s Foundation CPKids Camp for terminally ill children and their families. Our main duties will be making the carnival run smoothly, working the booths, and helping the kids have fun and forget their illnesses for a while.

Where?: 8816 Cullen Lane (off Slaugher Ln) at a bounce house called Wazoo’s.
When?: 1-5 on Sunday afternoon, meet at the Brazos garage at noon to ride over together (These hours are flexible. If you can’t make it the whole time, let us know and we’ll figure something out.)
How?: If you are interested in coming, please email us at lahso1990@gmail.com so we can get a head count and figure out transportation. If you have a car, please let us know if you would be willing to drive and how many people you can seat.

Hope to see you there!

KIPP Austin College Prep Internship

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KIPP Austin College Prep is seeking an intern to assist in
administrative tasks as well as facilitate tutoring groups. KIPP
Austin serves historically under served populations of students and
seeks to empower its students to graduate from high school, attend and
graduate from four-year colleges and universities and creates a
rigorous academic environment for students who may otherwise not have
access to this type of education.

This is a paid internship. Applicants must have own transportation.
Please send a resume and cover letter to Katie Hayes
khayes@kippaustin.org and Ricky Yudin ryudin@kippaustin.org.

Volunteer Opportunity on Campus

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This year’s theme for Liberal Arts Week is “The Past, Present and
Future of the College of Liberal Arts”. The Liberal Arts Council will
be hosting a different event each day to highlight the past, present
and future of COLA. This year, we are kicking off Liberal Arts Week by
bringing in 200 6th and 7th grade students from KIPP Austin College
Prep as the “future” of the College of Liberal Arts. KIPP serves
historically under served populations of students and focuses on high
school graduation, college and creating a rigorous academic
environment for under served students. We will be giving a
presentation on the history of many of the statues around campus and
taking them on an interactive tour and scavenger hunt to some of our
most historical and diverse landmarks.

The Liberal Arts Council seeks to find approximately 20 volunteers to
help out by visiting with students while they eat lunch in the South
Mall and during the tour between 12:00-2:00pm on Monday 9/20. Please
contact Shelby Carvalho at shelbyfc@gmail.com by Friday 9/17 at 10:00pm if
you are interested in volunteering!

Scholarship Opportunities in the College of Liberal Arts-Apply by October 15

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Liberal Arts Competitive Scholarships

Purpose of Award
For students in the College of Liberal Arts with a UT Austin GPA between 3.25 and 3.69.

Eligibility Criteria
GPA: 3.25 – 3.69
30 hours in residence at UT at time of application.

Award amounts from $1,000 – $2,000.

DEADLINE: October 15, 2010

Liberal Arts UG Research Awards

Purpose of Award
To support undergraduate student research.
To enable students to attend conferences pertaining to their field of study.

Award amounts: up to $1,000.00 will be awarded for fall 2010 or spring, 2011.

Eligibility Criteria
Student must have declared a Liberal Arts major
GPA of at least 3.2 at time of application

DEADLINE: October 15, 2010

Liberal Arts Study Abroad Scholarships for Exchange Programs

Purpose of Award
For students in the College of Liberal Arts planning on going on an Exchange Study Abroad Program. Number of awards vary in each semester.

Eligibility Criteria
Undergraduate student currently enrolled in Liberal Arts with at least one semester completed in the College.
Completion of a minimum of 15 hours of coursework in residence, through the Summer 2010 semester (at time of application).
UT-Austin GPA of at least 3.0.
One letter of recommendation from a UT faculty member.
Award amounts: $1,000 – $2,000

DEADLINE: October 15, 2010

To apply, go to
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/Programs/Scholarships.php

Internship with the Texas Daily Newspaper Association

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TDNA seeks an intern student to work with our Executive V.P. during the upcoming legislative session.   The candidate should demonstrate a passionate interest in current events, politics and/or the political process.  Our emphasis is always “freedom of information” and our lobby efforts were pivotal in the passage of the free flow bill during the last session.  Next year, we will defend that bill, as well as prevent new “bad” bills from becoming law.

Although we cannot offer a salary, the selected student will be given a $1,000 stipend.  The position will last from January 3, 2011 through May; it is essential that the candidate be willing to stay through May 31.  We hope for minimum participation of 10 hours per week and are flexible—key session events require more, while some weeks require less.  Preference will go to  someone who is available during standard work day hours. This experience will be very well received by resume readers.

Note–There is additional opportunity for the selected student to serve as the official bill “reviewer” for the Legislative Advisory Committee if scheduling permits.  This position offers additional funding and can be performed largely during the student’s own time at home!

Please direct resumes and questions to my office.

Warmest Regards,
Cyndi Brown
Member Services Director

Texas Daily Newspaper Association
718 West Fifth Street,  Suite 200
Austin,  Texas  78701-2796
512-476-4351  F: 512-476-0515

UT Community Garden Workday this Sunday!

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The University of Texas Gardening Committee is a committee of the UT Campus Environmental Center. The committee is entirely student-run. We plant gardens around campus, organize tree plantings and landscaping events, and are currently working to start a student-run community vegetable garden on campus. Email us at gardening@utenvironment.org for more information.

We’re having our first workday for the UT Community Garden this Sunday! We’ll primarily be building frames for our raised planting beds. Bring tools (especially hammers) if you can!

Check our blog for more details: http://utgardening.blogspot.com/

Also, make sure to check out our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=info&gid=281285494388

and our page on the UT Campus Environmental Center website:
http://utenvironment.org/our_projects/gardening/

Che our blog for more details: http://utgardening.blogspot.com/

US Department of State Information Session

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U.S. Department of State – Information Session

Date:  September 16, 2010
Time: 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Location:  WAG 214
Open to all majors

Come hear Ambassador Ron McMullen, UT’s Diplomat in Residence, discuss career and internship opportunities within the U.S. Department of State. Ambassador McMullen, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, has most recently served as ambassador to the State of Eritrea and was previously Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Rangoon, Burma.

https://www.myinterfase.com/lacs/event_view.aspx?token=8SE+DyleCXvzlAjoGARVrQ%3d%3d

Intern at Texas Daily Newspaper Association

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TDNA seeks an intern student to work with our Executive V.P. during the upcoming legislative session. The candidate should demonstrate a passionate interest in current events, politics and/or the political process.  Our emphasis is always “freedom of information” and our lobby efforts were pivotal in the passage of the free flow bill during the last session.  Next year, we will defend that bill, as well as prevent new “bad” bills from becoming law.

Although we cannot offer a salary, the selected student will be given a $1,000 stipend.  The position will last from January 3, 2011 through May; it is essential that the candidate be willing to stay through May 31.  We hope for minimum participation of 10 hours per week and are flexible—key session events require more, while some weeks require less.  Preference will go to  someone who is available during standard work day hours. This experience will be very well received by resume readers.

Note–There is additional opportunity for the selected student to serve as the official bill “reviewer” for the Legislative Advisory Committee if scheduling permits.  This position offers additional funding and can be performed largely during the student’s own time at home!

Please direct resumes and questions to my office.

Cyndi Brown
Member Services Director
cbrown@tdna.org

Rousseau’s Reading Group Schedule This Week:

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TUESDAY, September 7: The Forever War: 4-5pm @ Spiderhouse Cafe
WEDNESDAY, September 8: Jesus’ Son: 5-6pm @ LAH Commons
WEDNESDAY, September 8: Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: 6-7pm @ LAH Commons
THURSDAY, September 9: Anthem: 5-6pm @ Texas Union Governors’ Room
THURSDAY, September 9: Ender’s Game 6-7pm @ LAH Commons