Moody Minors Fair
Students can explore the credentials, academic experiences, and opportunities offered by Moody to enhance their degrees. These experiences will shape the narrative they present to employers, showcasing their skills and knowledge. The fair will feature all 13 Moody Minors, along with UTLA, UTNY, Texas Global, and the Archer program!
You can get a head start and begin exploring some of the Moody Minors here!
Songwriting Events
Darden Smith, UT’s 2023-24 songwriter in residence, is offering one-on-one consultations for student songwriters through the University Writing Center (UWC) until December 2, 2024. And on Nov. 1-2, he’s offering a songwriting workshop in the University Writing Center, PCL 2.330. Students can sign up for these events using the link here!
LIFT Fellowship
We’re excited to announce that applications for the Longhorn Impact Fellowship at Texas (LIFT) program will be opening soon!
LIFT (Longhorn Impact Fellowship at Texas) pairs student consultants with companies and nonprofits to help solve sustainability-related challenges. All UT Austin juniors, seniors, and graduate students may apply for the Spring 2025 cohort. Scholarships & independent study credit are available to select students.
Sanger Learning Center Hiring
The Sanger Learning Center is hiring Tutors and Supplemental Instruction Leaders for Spring 2025! Working at Sanger provides valuable work experience on a flexible schedule while helping other students achieve their goals. Skills developed and implemented by student educators at Sanger include peer-to-peer content tutoring and study group facilitation.
We also encourage students to attend the SLC Job Fair! They’ll be able to meet current student educators, the staff members leading our teams, and ask as many questions as they’d like while snacking on free Potbelly sandwiches, chips, and cookies. The event details are below:
SLC Job Fair
- October 17th| 3-5pm (drop-in anytime) | JES A309
The priority deadline for our tutoring application is October 20th, but the application will remain open on a rolling, as-needed basis. Our SI Leader application will open in late October and close in late-November.
Study Abroad Scholarship
Earn up to $1000 through The Liberal Arts Council’s Study Abroad Scholarship!
Apply utilizing the link here or search Liberal Arts Council Study Abroad Scholarship on the Longhorn Awards and Student Scholarship Opportunities (LASSO) website.
The application closes on 10/14 at 11:59pm.
William Powers Jr Endowed Scholarship
The Senate of College Councils is celebrating students who have made impacts on the university through the William Powers Jr Endowed Scholarship! Any enrolled undergraduate or graduate student, including doctoral students, who have completed two full terms (long semesters) at UT Austin can apply. Applicants will be evaluated on: contribution to the university, community/organizational involvement, job/work involvement, and financial need. For more information, please contact SCCFinancialDirector@austin.utexas.edu.
Applications are due Sunday, October 20, 2024 at 11:00pm! Apply here!
Please join us for the second Rapid Research Talks organized by the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) and McNair Scholars programs. The event will be held on Thursday, October 10, 2024, from 5:30-7:30 pm in RLP 1.302B. MMUF and McNair scholars will be giving 3-minute presentations of their research. Come learn about the fascinating research being conducted across disciplines. This is also a great opportunity for students to learn more about each program.
Publish Your Humanities Research!
The Searcher is a new academic journal sponsored by the Department of English that provides undergraduate students with the opportunity to publish scholarly work in the humanities. Any and all research is welcome, but we especially encourage English literary research.
We are currently open to submissions and accept works under 3,000 words for our e-journal and works over 3,000 words for our print journal—a copy of which will be provided for free to contributors! Submit to the print journal here by November 22 and the e-journal here by December 7.
Visit The Searcher’s website (linked here) or contact minzamirza@utexas.edu for more information.
UT GIS Day 2024
UT GIS Day is back in 2024! To highlight the innovative geospatial research being carried out here at UT Austin, we are inviting UT students to share their work in our poster competition. Any project (with a student first author) that makes use of GIS or involves geospatial data is eligible to enter. A panel of judges will score posters with monetary awards for the top scoring posters. First place will be awarded $200, second place $150, and third place $100.
Submit the proposal form if you are interested in participating in the session which will take place on Wednesday 11/20 from 4:00pm to 5:00pm in the Scholars Lab in the Perry-Castañeda Library (PCL). The deadline for poster submissions is Tuesday, November 5th and there are limited poster spaces available so consider submitting early to secure a place in the competition. If you would like to present your poster but do not to want to enter the competition you may select that option in the proposal form.