Volunteer Opportunity at the Harry Ransom Center for 2023

Deadline to Apply: December 19, 2022

The Harry Ransom Center is seeking volunteers to engage the public in the work of an internationally renowned humanities archive, museum, and research library. The Ransom Center’s collections provide unique insights into the creative process of writers and artists, deepening our understanding of literature, photography, film, art, and the performing arts. Our public exhibitions and programs showcase the collections, broaden the reach of the Center’s work, and seek innovative ways to add to the intellectual and public mission of the Center.

Volunteer duties include giving tours, working at special events, and greeting visitors when they arrive. Being a volunteer requires deep curiosity and the desire to share your knowledge with the public. Volunteers enjoy unique access to the collections, training, and complimentary membership as part of an ongoing commitment. Become part of a community of people who share a passion for the arts and humanities.

Our program accommodates the needs and schedules of our volunteers. There are positions that require three hours a month, and others three hours a week – your choice. We are seeking interested applicants for January through December 2023.

We encourage applications from any individual (student, staff, graduate student, or community member) who is interested in the mission of the Ransom Center. Applicants don’t need any prior experience, just an interest in learning and engaging with the public.

We would greatly appreciate your help in sharing these volunteer opportunities with anyone who may be interested. The application deadline extended to December 19, 2022.

To apply or learn more, visit https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/volunteer/.

Thank you for considering giving your time to the Ransom Center.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Anne Terrill, Manager of Visitor Experiences, at anne.terrill@austin.utexas.edu or 512-475-8086.

Student Food Resources

Check out this resouce full of food resource options on and off of the UT campus!

Food insecurity is an economic and social condition that a person may face of limited or uncertain access (transportation) to adequate food.

Students of color, LGBTQIA+ students, and first-generation students are more likely to experience food insecurity.

Students are able to perform better academically, socially, and physically if they do not have to worry about where their next meal is coming from.

UT STUDENT FOOD INSECURITY – hyperlinked

Arabic Summer Institute 2023 – application now open!

The Department for Middle Eastern Studies runs the Arabic Summer Institute (ASI) every summer and offers beginning, intermediate, and advanced training. The summer institute is open to all qualified students and the material covered/credit earned is equal to one full academic year of language learning! This can be a wonderful opportunity for students who don’t have time for 6 hour classes in their regular semester schedules.

You can learn more here!

ASI Poster 2023

Scheduling Community Fair: Logo design contest!

We need your help! We’re having a course scheduling professional development conference in the spring with a State Fair theme and we need a logo. Our slogan that we’d like incorporated in some way is “Come one, come all, to celebrate and share!”

The logo, which best features our theme and/or slogan, will be displayed prominently on our conference sites and other promotional materials. Multiple submissions are welcome. Selected entry will receive a $50 gift card.

The deadline for submissions is Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 11:45pm.

  • Digital images must be a high-resolution (300 dpi or greater) .tiff, .jpeg, or .png and be sized to 12×14”.

Submission form: https://forms.office.com/r/acQaSNhkAX

If you have trouble accessing the form contact: lisav@austin.utexas.edu

Research Opportunity for East Asian Males

Hi Everyone,
Dr. Marlone Henderson in the psychology department is looking for participants in one of his new projects.The project focuses on reactions to interracial prosocial interactions. He is specifically in need of an East Asian male to help create photographs of someone helping another person. The photographs will be inserted into fake news stories (e.g., helping a homeless person) that describe a helping encounter between people of either the same race or different race. So, he is  looking for someone willing to play the role of a giver or receiver and be photographed.
If anyone is interested, they can email Dr. Henderson at marlone.henderson@utexas.edu

Mr. Frasyniuk 12/2 Event

The Polish Club at UT Austin is excited to officially announce its fourth and final guest speaker of the semester: former Solidarity leader, political prisoner, Member of the Polish Parliament (1991-2001), and current democratic activist Władysław Frasyniuk. Mr. Frasyniuk will be delivering a speech entitled “The State of Democracy in Poland Today” on Friday, December 2, 2022, from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Central Time over Zoom. Mr. Frasyniuk will speak for 30-minutes and take Q&A for 30-minutes. When registering, there will be a section to submit questions for Mr. Frasyniuk. The moderator will select the five or so most interesting questions and ask them anonymously.

You can register for the event on the Polish Club’s website at this link: https://www.texaspolishclub.org/events

2022 Student Writing Flag Awards

The deadline is approaching for the School of Undergraduate Studies Writing Flag Award, honoring the best writing produced by UT undergraduates in courses carrying the Writing Flag. Students must submit their work by 11:59 p.m. on Monday, December 12, 2022, to be eligible for prizes of up to $300, awarded in three categories — Research, Persuasive/Critical, and Creative/Reflective. In each of these categories, the Writing Flag Awards will recognize student writing that best demonstrates clarity, inventiveness and intellectual rigor.

Eligible works must be written by an undergraduate student and submitted for credit in a UT Austin Writing Flag class in the Spring, Summer or Fall semester of 2022. Collaboratively written entries are allowed in all categories.

For full contest rules, submission guidelines and other information, please visit our website.

Thank you,

The Center for Skills & Experience Flags Team

Dr. Steele visits Critical Digital Studies Group

Good morning, folks,

Erin and I are writing on behalf of the Critical Digital Studies Group to remind you that the last two events of the semester are next week with Dr. Catherine Knight Steele, who will visit us on Monday, November 14th. Please circulate this invitation with your contacts.

Graduate student conversation 10:30am CST (@ PCL Learning Lab 3): Dr. Steele will visit the CDSG to meet with graduate students and talk about her book Digital Black Feminisms and methods in critical digital studies. If you’re interested in research devoted to Black feminisms, technology, digital media, and social justice, this workshop is a wonderful opportunity to think with a leading scholar and others committed to this line of inquiry. There will be breakfast tacos and coffee. Please RSVP with Erin and me by November 10th. (Limited paper copies of Dr. Steele’s book are available. Tell us if you want one!)

Public online talk at 4pm CST (register for her talk here): Dr. Steele will deliver a talk titled “From the Archive to TikTok: Care and Feeding as Praxis in Studying Black Women and Technology.” You’re welcome to share this talk with your contacts across and beyond campus.

 

The CDSG has been funded by the Gender, Race, Indigeneity, Disability, and Sexuality Studies (GRIDS) initiative. And we’re grateful the Humanities Institute has co-sponsored these last two events. Humanities Institute support provided through the Sterling Clark Holloway Lectureship in the Liberal Arts and the Initiative for Digital Humanities.

Salud,

Iván & Erin

 

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Workshop

The Senate of College Councils Undergraduate Research Committee is hosting a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Workshop this Wednesday, November 9th from 4-5 p.m. in UNB 2.102. The workshop is designed to introduce undergraduates to summer research opportunities at other universities. The workshop will feature a brief presentation on important application components, a panel led by program directors, and a student mixer talking about their summer research experiences.

 

Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies for Undergraduates

UT Austin’s South Asia Institute invites undergraduate students to apply for the scholarship below.

2023 Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies for Undergraduates

SAI encourages undergraduate students who are currentlyjuniors and seniors to apply for the Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies for Undergraduates. The scholarship amount varies, with a maximum award of $3,000. The application deadline is December 16, 2022.

Administered by the South Asia Institute, the Aggarwal Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Indian Studies was established by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System on March 11, 2010, for the benefit of the College of Liberal Arts. Gift funds were provided by J.K. Aggarwal, Ph.D. of Austin, TX and Shanti J. Aggarwal, Ph.D. of Austin, TX.

Eligibility:

  • Must have at least 45 hours in residence
  • Must be a junior or senior undergraduate during academic year 2022-23
  • Must have overall GPA of at least 3.6
  • Must be enrolled full time (at least 12, preferably 15 hours) in both the fall and spring semesters of the following academic year (during the tenure of the award)

How to Apply

Interested students who meet the eligibility requirements can apply for this scholarship by submitting the following materials to the South Asia Institute to sai@austin.utexas.edu:

  • Academic Summary (from Registrar’s Office) or informal UT Transcript.
  • one letter of recommendation from a faculty member.
  • one-page personal statement (350 words or less) that addresses one’s interest in India and future plans for the study of Indian languages and/or India studies at UT and beyond.

 Please Note: If you are applying for the Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship we will accept your two FLAS recommendation letters to apply for the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Scholarship!