Recruiting Inaugural Volunteer UT Student Fellows

The Center for Community Engagement is recruiting for the inaugural class of Volunteer UT Student Fellows!

Deadline August 31, 2022

Volunteer UT Student Fellows will serve as ambassadors between The University of Texas at Austin’s Center for Community Engagement and the 18 colleges and schools across the Forty Acres. Each student fellow will act as a dedicated liaison to two academic units, connecting them with CCE resources to support service learning and community engagement.

Fellows will be appointed for one academic year and receive a $1,000 stipend for their service awarded upon completion of the program.

Expectations and Goals for Fellows

The main objective for student fellows is to provide support to faculty and staff to incorporate service learning into coursework, research, and student groups affiliated with academic units. As ambassadors to the colleges and schools across the university, student fellows will:

  • Connect with stakeholders from schools and colleges at the annual Community Based Learning Symposium
  • Provide ongoing support for faculty and staff to incorporate service learning into coursework, including one on one appointments and office hours
  • Conduct outreach to staff and faculty in their designated academic units
  • Present about CCE resources, including GivePulse, at faculty meetings in their designated academic units
  • Conduct Volunteer UT training for staff in their designated academic units
  • Gather information about service learning and community engagement from designated academic units for the Carnegie Classification Committee

Program Qualifications 

Applicants for the Volunteer UT Student Fellows Program should meet the following minimum qualifications:

  • Current full-time undergraduate student at The University of Texas at Austin
  • Must be in academic good standing
  • Available to attend required weekly meetings
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Experienced, engaging speaker and presenter
  • Committed to uphold the values of the Center for Community Engagement

Important Dates

Selection Process and Dates:

  • August 31, 2022 at 11:59pm – Application due
  • September 1, 2022 – Notification of advancement to interview
  • September 6 and 7, 2022 – Interviews
  • September 7, 2022 by end of day – Final decision emails are sent

Mandatory Dates (upon acceptance):

  • September 9, 2022 (2-4pm) – Orientation
  • September 13, 2022 (6-7:30pm) – Pre-symposium information meeting
  • September 15, 2022 (9:00-11:00) – Community Based Learning Symposium
  • Weekly meetings: Determined per fellows availability

APPLY NOW!

Dear Longhorn researchers,

Rice University is once again hosting the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Symposium (GCURS) in Houston this fall; interested students can apply at gcursapply.rice.edu. This year, the symposium will be on Saturday, Oct. 8.

GCURS provides undergraduate researchers the opportunity to present original research discoveries to scholars from around the world. Participants give 10-to-15-minute individual presentations which include a question-and-answer period. Following the presentations, faculty mentors provide feedback to each student. Past participants have shared that GCURS helps to foster interdisciplinary, intercollegiate fellowship. Here is a video overview of the symposium – it’s high-energy, exciting, and presenters get a lot of value out of it.

Accommodations are provided to accepted participants traveling to Houston from outside the area, and limited travel awards are available. In addition, students are encouraged to explore funding opportunities from their home institution.

The application is now open and the deadline is Sept. 1.

Robert V. Reichle, Ph.D. (he/him/his) (robert.reichle@austin.utexas.edu)

For more information: Flyer GCURS 22-6

First-Gen Grad Stoles available in SSB 3.200 while supplies last!

The First-Gen Signature Events Sub-Committee contacted all first-gen students this March who were flagged as likely to graduate this spring/summer to invite them to First-Gen Grad! Students were given the ability to RSVP for the celebration and were given information about how to pick up First-Gen stoles.

The RSVP has since closed, due to max capacity being reached in the San Jacinto Multipurpose Room; however, students who would like to participate will still be able to participate via live-stream on our website, firstgeneration.utexas.edu on May 18th at 2pm.

There are still 400 stoles that have gone unclaimed and are still available in SSB 3.200 to seniors on a first-come, first-served basis. The space is open Monday-Friday this week from 8-5. Stop by and grab your stole, free of charge, before they run out!

Subverting Silences: Uplifting Marginalized Conversations

All LAH students are invited to Dr. Lang’s LAH 350: Treasure Hunt Archival Research class’s unveiling and website launch of this year’s collection of digital exhibits titled: “Subverting Silences: Uplifting Marginalized Conversations”.

This year’s class has built exhibits around materials uncovered in UT Austin’s archives that all serve to amplify underrepresented voices in our society. Topics of featured exhibits include:

 

  • HIV/AIDS in the American South
  • Records of and Responses to Involuntary Institutionalization
  • Texans with Mixed Ethnic Identities
  • Cultural Intersections in Texas Fine Arts
  • Mexican American Experiences since the Mexican Revolution
  • Patterns of Feminism
  • Students for a Democratic Society in Austin

The event will take place at 10am on Tuesday, May 10th in PCL Learning Lab 3, with bagels and coffee. If you cannot attend in person, we will be ‘simulcasting’ students’ presentations on Zoom at the following ID:

https://utexas.zoom.us/j/98483807762 (Meeting ID: 984 8380 7762)

TCE Unpaid Summer Internship Scholarships

As part of the CARES Act, this summer only, TCE has $125K in scholarships to give away for unpaid summer internships. This is for undergrads and grad students. Priority application deadline for summer is June 1. Students receive a max of 4K; most are getting paid $20 per hour. Undocumented students can apply as well! Internships can be anywhere in the world. 

Click here for more information!

Summer Opportunity: Oaxaca, Mexico (Global Career Launch)

For students who are looking for international experience this summer, the Global Career Launch program in Oaxaca, Mexico – “Making Impacts in Mexico” is still accepting applicants.  There is funding available, and it is a great chance for students whose plans have changed or who are looking for a unique experience to get some international, experiential learning this summer. Additional details for this program can be found here.

If you are interested, please get in touch with Tommy Ward or Richard Amato by May 13 to be considered. 

Stories to Tell: Selections from the Harry Ransom Center

March 4, 2022 – August 15, 2022
The Harry Ransom Center houses some of the world’s most significant collections relating to literature, art, photography, film, and the performing arts. More than 42 million manuscripts, 5 million photographs, 1 million rare books, and 100,000 artworks document our cultural history and the creative process.

Many stories can be told through the Center’s collections. This rotating exhibition conveys stories of inspiration, innovation, collaboration, and frustration often associated with the creative work of leading writers and artists.

Highlights
Printing the World in Premodern Europe
Published by Joan Blaeu in 1648, the Center’s massive wall map of the world, Nova totius terrarum orbis tabula, is newly conserved and will be on view in our galleries for the first time. Learn more about the map and its place within a market for printed commodities that helped Europeans in the later 15th through early 18th centuries imagine themselves as part of a broader world, one they were increasingly connected to as merchants, colonists, and consumers.

Isaac Bashevis Singer
In partnership with the Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies, the Ransom Center will feature select works by Polish-born, Jewish-American writer Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903–1991) drawn from his extensive archive. Singer was educated at a rabbinical seminary, but later became a secular author writing exclusively in Yiddish. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1978.

David Foster Wallace
Materials from the Center’s extensive holdings related to American writer David Foster Wallace (1962–2008), the author of Infinite Jest, The Broom of the System, Girl with Curious Hair, and more, will highlight important aspects of his life and writing. Visitors will see examples of early writings, drafts, letters, teaching materials, annotated books, and other items from Wallace’s archive, which is among the most frequently studied by scholars visiting the Center.

https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/stories-to-tell/

Graduation cords for UT undergraduate researchers

If you are graduating this semester and have conducted and presented research or creative activity during your undergraduate career at UT, we invite you to complete the survey at https://utexas.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eA2MBFC0I0cE3Yi to tell us about your experience and claim a set of custom graduation cords. The survey should take about 5 minutes to complete.

To recognize the achievements of spring 2022 graduates, the Office of Undergraduate Research is providing undergraduate research graduation cords to students who have

  • conducted research as undergraduates
  • presented their research
  • completed this survey

All survey responses must be received by next Monday, May 9. Survey responses are voluntary and will be kept confidential. We anticipate having enough cords to meet demand, but they will only be available while supplies last.

After May 9, we will contact respondents who qualify to confirm that they will receive cords. Cords will be distributed at the Office of Undergraduate Research (FAC 33, lower level of the building) between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. May 17, 18, and 20. If you need to make alternate pickup arrangements or have questions, please contact us at uresearch@austin.utexas.edu.

Again, congratulations on your achievements!

Apply to the UTNY Program!

If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere. Right? Maybe! Only if you apply by the Spring 2023 UTNY deadline of May 1!

What is UTNY
UTNY is an internship-first experiential learning program that provides registered UT Austin
students the opportunity to live, work and learn in one of the most dynamic metropolitan cities
in the world.

Eligibility
Students must be currently enrolled, degree-seeking Liberal Arts undergraduate students
accepted into the UTNY program for Spring 2023. Students intending to enroll in LA 620wb
must be interning for a minimum of 40 hours per week. Learn more about hours and weeks
requirements.

Financial Aid
Students utilizing financial aid can apply their aid toward participation in UTNY. Similar to study
abroad programs, a student’s financial aid package may be adjusted to cover the additional
costs associated with attending UTNY.

UTNY classes are in-residence, so students should be prepared to pay normal UT tuition for
their academic credits and coursework and a fixed UTNY program fee. Lastly, students pay for
their own housing. They should also budget for necessary living expenses such as food,
transportation, and entertainment. Find program estimates on UTNY.

APPLY BY SUNDAY, MAY 1
A resume and essay question are required as part of the application.

Crafternoon with Humanitas

Join us for a fun, stress-relieving “crafternoon” on Monday, May 9 in the Glickman Conference Center, room RLP 1.302B. We’ll have light refreshments and several art therapy activities to ignite your creativity and take your mind off of finals. The event begins at 11 a.m. but feel free to come and go as you like until 1 p.m. Students, faculty, and staff are welcome!

RSVP here for this free event presented by Humanitas and the College of Liberal Arts.