Student Input Needed

The College of Liberal Art’s Senate Council, Liberal Arts Council (LAC)  is conducting a survey to obtain student experiences and opinions on remote proctoring services such as Proctorio, ProctorU, etc to report to the administration student attitudes and shape its future use at our university. This survey is anonymous, confidential and will be open from 3/1/21 to 3/20/21. The survey is relatively short and takes less than 5 minutes, and has an Amazon gift card raffle.

SURVEY LINK: tinyurl.com/UTPROCTOR.

For questions and concerns contact: Email: collegeambassadors.utlac@gmail.com

Endeavor Fund Scholarship

The Student Government Endeavor Fund Scholarship is aimed to alleviate some of the financial burden of college life and help transfer students maximize their personal growth and University of Texas experience. Any currently enrolled transfer student who has completed at least one but no more than three long semesters at UT Austin and who has demonstrated exemplary leadership experience and has financial need is eligible to apply. To learn more and apply, visit https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/secure/lso/endeavorscholarship.php.

The deadline to apply for the Endeavor Fund Scholarship is 11 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

Study Abroad Scholarship

The Senate of College Councils Academic Enrichment Committee Study Abroad Scholarship is designed to assist a student studying abroad in an upcoming academic year. This scholarship is open to all undergraduate students, including international students, who are studying abroad in Maymester or Summer 2021 Programs. For additional eligibility requirements and to apply, visit https://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/secure/lso/senatestudyabroadscholarship.php.

 

The deadline to apply for the Study Abroad Scholarship is 11 p.m. CST on Sunday, March 14, 2021.

Sustaining Democracy Book Club!

Sustaining Democracy is a new book club that provides UT students a space in which to read and discuss key thinkers and texts, both canonical and contemporary, that lay the foundations for democratic and ethical governance. Readings will highlight the specific ways that ethical and democratic governance is undermined by authoritarianism, tribalism, and political corruption. Interested students should email hina.azam@austin.utexas.edu for any questions or to join.

For the Spring 2021 semester, we will complete How Democracies Die, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, from the previous semester. For the remainder of the semester, we will read Sinclair Lewis’s 1935 classic fictional work, It Can’t Happen Here.

Participants are responsible for acquiring their own copies of the book. Meetings will usually be held on Thursdays at 5 pm; all meetings this semester will be held via Zoom. The Sustaining Democracy book club is open to all UT students.  To join, register at:

https://utexas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUof–srz8sGdZPI4XbjA_fKat9UpRMMWJP

For questions, please email Dr. Hina Azam at hina.azam@austin.utexas.edu.

SPRING 2021 SCHEDULE:

  • Tue 3/25: It Can’t Happen Here, Chs.1-7
  • Thu 4/8: It Can’t Happen Here, Chs.8-15   
  • Thu 4/15: It Can’t Happen Here, Chs.16-23
  • Thu 4/22: : It Can’t Happen Here, Chs.24-31
  • Thu 5/6: : It Can’t Happen Here, Chs.32-38 (end of book)

Please self-enroll in the “Sustaining Democracy” Canvas group for up-to-date information on readings, meetings, etc: https://utexas.instructure.com/enroll/H4E8NF

Exciting Essay Contest

Apply for UT’s annual Free Speech Essay Contest! The contest is open exclusively to UT undergraduates, and all undergraduates are eligible.

Prizes for the top three essays range from $700-$1500.

Deadline for submission is March 12, 2021.

The topics that students may choose between this year concern:

  • The rights of listeners
  • The difference between government restrictions on speech and private restrictions on speech

The specific questions and all further details about length, etc., can be found at our website – freespeechessay.com 

Feel free to contact Roxy Becker (roxybecker@austin.utexas.edu) if you have any questions.

LAH 102H Writing Fellow Applications

Please put in writing: “What you think a good Writing Fellow does and what a student needs from a good tutor.” Please submit your application in by Monday, March 22 as an attachment in an email to this address: Writing.dsbaji45xvy3gg6w@u.box.com

Any text in the email will not come through.

Writing Fellow are expected to attend LAH 102H every Monday from 4 – 4:50pm and attend the Writing Fellow meeting immediately after class until 5:15 pm.

Study Abroad Scholarships

The Liberal Arts Honors Program will award scholarships in varying amounts to support LAH students and Humanities majors who will be studying abroad in the Spring, Summer, and/or Fall.  An LAH student may apply for this scholarship by writing a one-page statement of his or her study abroad plans. The statement should include where and what the student will be studying, the projected cost involved, and the role that study abroad and the mastery of a foreign language plays in the student’s academic and career goals.

Please submit your application online through the study abroad online scholarship application, Global Assist and select “Get Started”. The website will prompt you to set up an online profile and show you a list of scholarships which criteria you meet. If you are applying for a study abroad program not affiliated with UT, please enter program code 300999.

Both LAH students and Humanities majors are eligible to apply for the LAH Study Abroad scholarship. Please contact the LAH office with any questions.

Spring 2021 Gale Lecture

On Sunday 2/28 from 5-7 pm, Dr. Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett will explore “1,000 Jewish Cookbooks: Gems from a Personal Collection.”  

Dr. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett is the Ronald S. Lauder Chief Curator, POLIN Museum Core Exhibition and University Professor Emerita and Professor Emerita of Performance Studies at New York University.  Dr. Kirshenblatt-Gimblett’s writing, teaching, and curatorial work spans many disciplines and covers a wide range of topics.

Pre-registration is necessary at all UT events and the talk will take place via Zoom. Registration is quick and easy through our website here.

Headliners Foundation Scholarship

A friendly reminder that the Headliners Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications for the 2021-22 school year. Deadline to apply is March 19.

Please help us spread the word to undergraduate students in your network and encourage them to apply at https://www.headlinersfoundation.org/scholarship-criteria.

In addition to the 15 annual Foundation scholarships, the $3,000 Bess Whitehead Scott Scribes Scholarship will be awarded to a non-traditional student who is seeking education in fields related to journalism and writing. When reviewing the BWS Scholarship applications, the Headliners Foundation’s Academic Excellence Committee will give strong preference to applicants with 10-15 years of professional work experience in journalism, nonfiction writing or a related field. Click here to learn more.

The Foundation awarded more than $72,000 in scholarships for the 2020-21 school year, with individual awards ranging from $3,000 to $6,000 annually.

Bridging Disciplines Programs

The spring BDP application deadline will be on Thursday, March 11th at 8:00am. 

Students can learn more about the BDPs by viewing a pre-recorded or live online BDP information session this spring. The first live Zoom info session is coming up on Friday, February 19. If students are ready to apply, they can find the BDP application on the BDP website. For students who are not quite ready to apply this spring, please know that we’ll have another application deadline in Fall 2021, in early October.