The LAH Yearly Scholarship applications are now available online. We will be giving out scholarship awards of $2000 for the best responses to our essay prompts.
Incoming First Year scholarship applications are due September 3, 2010 at 5 pm.
Second, Third, and Fourth Year scholarship applications are due September 24, 2010 at 5 pm.
Applications may be downloaded from the LAH website.
The time has arrived to sign up for a Rousseau’s Reading Group! Take advantage of this fun and easy way to get to know other LAHers who are interested in the same topics you are. This year’s selections range from poetry to non-fiction essays, and from philosophy to international conflict, so there is plenty for everyone! Each discussion will be between 30 minutes to an hour in length and will take place during the first 3 weeks of class. Feel free to join one, two or even three reading groups if you can read through the books fast enough!
Signing up is easy: all you have to do is click on the link below to see all the reading groups that are available. Once you find the one you like, put your name, email, and phone number to reserve your spot!
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1pPXhqN1a2xbEz71P_2-C6jKrwUGtm2Xn_dBhR23Kx1c&hl=en
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either of the LAH Student Council academic chairs:
Happy reading!
LAHSC Academic Committee
9/1 – Wednesday – 5-6pm – Cafe Medici
Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex by Mary Roach
Leaders: Nicole Craigen & Alya Sulaiman
9/2 – Thursday 5-6pm – LAH Lounge
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P Huntington
Leader: Juan Salem
9/7 – Tuesday – 4-5pm – Spiderhouse Cafe
The Forever War by Dexter Filkins
Leader: Laura Kandle
9/7 – Tuesday – 5-6pm – Cafe Medici
Void of Course: Poems 1994-1997 by Jim Carroll
Leader: Elisabeth Eikrem
9/8 – Wednesday – 5-6pm – LAH Lounge
Jesus’ Son, a collection of short stories by Denis Johnson
Leader: James Lamon
9/8 – Wednesday – 6-7pm – LAH Lounge
Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth: Poems 2004 – 2006 by Adrienne Rich
Leader: Lauren Winchester
9/9 – Thursday – 5-6pm – TX Union Governors’ Room
Anthem by Ayn Rand
Leader: Matthew Levinton
9/9 – Thursday – 6-7pm – LAH Lounge
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Leader: Erica Allseitz
9/15 – Wednesday – 6-7pm – Cafe Medici
Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace
Leader: Jennifer Pier
9/17 – Friday – 4-5pm – Spiderhouse Cafe
The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Leader: Katy Eyberg
Enter the University Extension video contest and you will be eligible to win a free UEX course.
More information is available on the UEX website.
Please check with an advisor about how a course at UEX will apply towards your degree plan.
loveisrespect is currently hiring for Fall interns. Our Interns are trained to answer crisis calls and chats from teen and young adults in abusive relations and will also be assigned a project to work on in one of these areas: Training, Statewide Outreach Coordination, Online Outreach Coordination and Volunteer Recruitment. If you are interested or know any one that would be interested please visit this link to apply:
http://www.tcfv.org/tcfv-content/loveisrespect-internships/
This is a paid internship and the training will begin September 20th.
Please contact me for more information about the internship, about volunteering or about presentations.
Have a great day!
Sincerely,
Melissa Kaufmann
Melissa Kaufmann
Volunteer and Training Coordinator
loveisrespect, National Teen Dating Abuse Helpline
mkaufmann@loveisrespect.org <mailto:mkaufmann@loveisrespect.org>
512-685-6297
512-453-8541 (fax)
The Daily Texan is now hiring Senior Staff members for Fall 2010. It is not necessary to have previous experience with The Daily Texan; they’re looking for quality writers who are knowledgeable about university issues and have the drive to pitch their own ideas.
For more information, contact Sean Beherec, Managing Editor, managingeditor@dailytexanonline.com or stop by The Daily Texan office (HSM 2.120) to pick up an application.
Don’t forget to RSVP to the LAH Fall luncheon, August 24th, 11:30 -1:30 (just come when you can) in the Texas Union Ballroom. RSVP to: lahonors@austin.utexas.edu
Everyone is welcome. We hope that mentors and mentees will be able to meet up and introduce themselves to each other here, as well as give you all a chance to welcome the LAH class of 2014. We hope to see you all there!
Tuition for the Fall semester is due Aug. 11 at 5 pm.
Pay your tuition by this deadline or all your classes will be zapped.
When this happens, your LAH advisors have very little power to help you get back your original schedule, so please pay your bill on time and keep your fall schedule.
(Don’t worry, you will be able to add/drop Aug. 22 -24th and then during the first four class days if you want to make changes!)
View and pay your tuition bill at Student Accounts Receivable.
The time has arrived to sign up for a Rousseau’s Reading Group! Take advantage of this fun and easy way to get to know other LAHers who are interested in the same topics you are. This year’s selections range from poetry to non-fiction essays, and from philosophy to international conflict, so there is plenty for everyone! Each discussion will be between 30 minutes to an hour in length and will take place during the first 3 weeks of class. Feel free to join one, two or even three reading groups if you can read through the books fast enough!
Signing up is easy: all you have to do is click on the link below to see all the reading groups that are available. Once you find the one you like, put your name, email, and phone number to reserve your spot!
https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1pPXhqN1a2xbEz71P_2-C6jKrwUGtm2Xn_dBhR23Kx1c&hl=en
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact either of the LAH Student Council academic chairs:
Lauren Winchester: Lwinchester89@gmail.com
Nolan Oldham: nolan13@mail.utexas.edu
Happy reading!
LAHSC Academic Committee
Applications are now being accepted for the Texas Undergraduate Leadership Program at the Center for Women’s and Gender Studies at UT Austin. Female students from any major on campus who will be sophomores this fall are encouraged to apply. The deadline is August 2, 2010.
The Texas Undergraduate Leadership Program is a rigorous, three-year interdisciplinary program designed to inspire and support undergraduate students in the classroom, on campus, and in community leadership roles. The program empowers young women undergraduates to become leaders so that they will achieve the highest levels of attainment in their chosen fields and inspires and supports students in the classroom, on campus, and in community leadership roles. The students will develop skills in critical thinking, public presentation, group motivation, and negotiation in diverse social settings. The program offers young women opportunities to build leadership skills though the experiences of successful female mentors, engaging in community service opportunities, and working with other young women in environments that foster support and diverse, interdisciplinary perspectives.
The application and more information can be found at:
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/cwgs/outreach/TexasUndergraduateLeadershipProgram.php
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 occasional Saturdays from 8:00 to 2:00. Position can start the week of July 19, 2010.
Required: Current UT student status. Enrolled for at least 6 credit hours. (Students who completed the spring semester and who are enrolled for the fall semester are eligible even if not currently in summer school.) 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. If enrolled in summer school, applicants should also submit a copies of their class schedule. To get an application go to the Hire a Longhorn page at: http://www.hirealonghorn.org/ Then, go to the link for forms at the Human Resources webpage. That link is http://www.utexas.edu/hr/hrpro/forms/. Once there, click on “Students/Non-benefits eligible application form.” If you have trouble getting the form online, you can also pick up the printed form at the Information Desk at the Briscoe Library and fill it out by hand.
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