Career & Internship Fair Tomorrow – 10/5, 11a­-3p, Texas Union Ballroom

Fall 2016 Career & Internship Fair

Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2016 

Time: 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Location: Texas Union Ballroom, Career Fair Info…

Attire: Professional attire required (no jeans, shorts, running shoes/sneakers or flip flops; visit our Dress for Success page to learn more about professional attire.)

Employers: Meet recruiters from a variety of companies and organizations, including Charles Schwab, Austin Film Festival, The U.S. State Department, United Airlines, Indeed.com, Peace Corps and more! 

Explore Attending Employers and Opportunities: Download the Career & Internship Fair App by visiting the following links or searching for “UT Liberal Arts Career Fairs” in your Google Play Store or Apple Store.  UT Liberal Arts Career Fairs:  iOS  |  Android 

UT Austin Graduate School Fair – Tuesday, October 11

Meet representatives from graduate programs across the country and around the world at the UT Austin Graduate School Fair, October 11 from 10am – 2pm in the Texas Union Ballroom. Over 100 programs will be in attendance!

Visit the Event Page for a full list of represented programs, and for more updates.

During the Grad Fair, there will be panel discussions with UT faculty and with current grad students. The panels will talk about the benefits, challenges, and realities of graduate school, to help you decide if grad school is for you! Join us in the Sinclair Suite of the TX Union from 10:30 – 11:30am for the Faculty Panel and from 12:30 – 1:30pm for the Grad Student Panel.

Both events are free and open to all majors at UT. Click here to register. 

EVENT DETAILS:

Graduate School Fair

October 11

10:00am-2:00pm

Texas Union Ballroom

 

Featuring:

Is Grad School For Me?  

Faculty panel: Hear from faculty members in different areas who can tell you what they look for in successful applicants, how they select students, and the different kinds of funding available to students.  

10:30am-11:30am

 

Student panel: Current graduate students can tell you what it is like to be a graduate student on the UT campus.  They can also give tips on how to apply to graduate schools and what to expect when dealing with programs.

12:30pm-1:30pm

Sinclair Suite (Texas Union) 

 

Master the Possibilities inside The Daily Texan on Monday, October 10 for more details about the event and other graduate programs around the country.

Plan II PreMed Meeting

Next Plan II PreMed Meeting will be next Wednesday, October 5th at 7pm in CRD 007B.  We will be hosting Dr. Winnie Whitaker, a pediatric emergency doctor.  Dr. Whitaker graduated from the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio in 2001, and she is affiliated with Dell Children’s and UMC Brackenridge.  We will have food!

All LAHers are welcome.

American Foreign Relations Scholarship

The Department of Government is accepting applications for a James Roach Fellowship in American Foreign Relations. Fellowships will support research and/or writing, or foreign study or travel, and/or work experience in the American foreign relations field relating to South or Southeast Asia.

Deadline is October 21, 2016 

Students can access the scholarship here: http://liberalarts.utexas.edu/government/undergraduate/scholarships.php

Apply for Texas 4000

Texas 4000 is an 18-month leadership development program where riders learn resiliency training, decision-making, fundraising, and public speaking, as well as receive one-on-one mentorship all while training to bike from Austin, Texas to Anchorage, Alaska to raise money for cancer research and survivor programs. 

Texas 4000 supports UT Biomedical Engineering, MD Anderson Cancer Center, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Gundersen Medical Center, Young Adult Cancer Canada, First Descents, and Brent’s Place. 

If you are interested in becoming a Texas 4000 2018 Rider, we encourage you to attend an info session this fall. They will be from 6:00-7:30pm on Tuesday 9/27 (UTC 3.134) and Wednesday 9/28 (UTC 3.134).

The rider application closes on September 30th at 11:59 pm. 

The link for the application can be found here:

http://www.texas4000.org/get-involved/ride/

Don’t hesitate to email us at apply.texas4000@gmail.com if you have questions or reach out to past or current LAH riders to learn more about why they ride.

Clements Center Events

Wednesday, Sep 21, 2016 | 5:15-7:00 PM | MAI 212

The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia

Kurt Campbell (Former Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs)

Michael Green (Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Asian Affairs at NSC)

James Steinberg (Former Deputy Secretary of State and former Deputy National Security Advisor)

 

Thursday, Sep 22, 2016 – Friday, Sep 23, 2016 | Alumni Center/LBJ Presidential Library

The Herzstein Texas National Security Forum

Security in Transition: National Security Challenges Facing the Next President

This year’s conference theme is “National Security and the Presidential Transition” and will feature the Director of National Intelligence Jim Clapper, former National Security Advisor Steve Hadley, former Deputy Secretaries of State John Negroponte and Jim Steinberg, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe General Philip Breedlove, former White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, and many other national security leaders.

Full agenda here

 

Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 | 5:00-7:00 PM | CLA 3.102B

Information Session: Maymester in London

Applications due Nov 1st

Naomi Shihab Nye HRC Event

Event Title

Naomi Shihab Nye

Event Date and Time

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 7 P.M.

Event Cost/Admission

free and open to the public

Description

Award-winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye reads from her work for the Ransom Center’s 2016 Burnshaw Lecture. A former chancellor of the Academy of American Poets, she has written over 30 books of poetry and prose, including Transfer (2011), You and Yours (2005), and Fuel (1998). Co-presented by the Michener Center for Writers, where Nye is a visiting professor. A reception follows.

Location

Harry Ransom Center

Careers In Service Panel 9/26

Careers In Service: A Panel with AmeriCorps NCCC-Peace Corps-Teach for America-City Year – Monday, September 26 | 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | MEZ 2.124

Join us and find out how you can join local, national, and international service programs, including AmeriCorps NCCC, City Year, Peace Corps, and Teach For America, who are advancing education and youth development, propelling economic revitalization, and creating environmental stewards. Free pizza provided!

RSVP here: http://tinyurl.com/ServicePanelRSVP