Student tutors may be undergrads (at least juniors) or grad students. Tutors work between 5 and 19 hours and the schedule is flexible. Pay is based on experience and education and starts at $12.50 for undergrads and $14.50 for grad students. Students can apply by sending a resume, cover letter, and four academic or professional references (including name, title, relationship, and email address) to: Jobs.StudentServices@athletics.utexas.edu
The Pan American Round Table of Austin offers one $2,000 scholarship to a currently enrolled (AY 2019-20) junior or senior UT Austin undergraduate from Latin America. It is called the Jeannie Hunter Hackett Memorial Scholarship. The deadline to apply is in March 9, 2020.
Link to info is here: https://austinpanam.com/scholarships/
Link to the application itself is here: https://form.jotform.com/81076667684167
The Texas Student Research Showdown is a video competition for undergraduate researchers at The University of Texas at Austin. Student researchers create videos communicating their research or creative activity to a general audience. As selected by a panel of faculty judges, the top two videos in two categories (arts, humanities, and social sciences; science, technology, and engineering) will receive $2000 and $750 awards, and an “audience choice” winner selected by UT students will receive $1000. Student awards are provided through the generous support of Kimberly and Scott Martin.
The Showdown is open to any UT undergraduate involved in research or creative activity in any major. Your work can be an independent project, a team project, or a collaboration with a professor to which you have made substantive contributions. Even if your project is still in progress, we encourage you to consider a submission.
Feb. 18: Video submissions close
March 10: Winners announced at reception
To enter, read the full rules and submit your information through our online submission form.
Feeling stressed before finals? Come by the GSC to relax and treat yourself.
NEXT Tuesday, 12/10
12-3 PM
Gender and Sexuality Center (SAC 2.112.)
2201 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712
Join us for a FREE hot chocolate bar (with marshmallows, and whipped cream) we will also have coffee, tea, and snacks, while they last. There will be vegan options, as well! Hope to see you there!
Every soul has a story, and too many stories are never told. The beautiful thing about humans is they are and forever will be continually and uniquely beautiful.
There are no “un-creative” people; there are simply unshared songs, unshaped stories, and unseen melodies.
Please lend your voice to a “crowd-sourced” poetry anthology — either anonymously, under pseudonym, or under your own name — by submitting at least four of your best or favorite poems by December 15th, 2019. Length and subject of your choosing. All profit will be gifted to Austin’s SAFE Alliance. But, maybe, the greater gift will be letting your story see the light.
Email submissions to: bittersafepoetry@gmail.com
For waiver/disclosure in English, Spanish, and ASL:
https://laneonfire.com/bittersafe/
We want to donate all of profits from the book to The SAFE Alliance (safeaustin.org).
There is a new literary prize in honor of distinguished UT history professor Dr. Toyin Falola. The prize is open worldwide to young people age 18-35 who are either born in Africa or have an African parent, and the winner will receive $700. All details are attached. As Dr. Falola’s home institution we were hoping to encourage applicants from UT.
The Humanities Texas Holiday Book Fair is taking place on Saturday, December 7, from 10am–1pm. The book fair will take place at the historic Byrne-Reed House, located at 1410 Rio Grande Street. The event is free and open to the public, with all proceeds from book sales benefitting Texas libraries.
Twenty-three noteworthy authors will visit with the public and sign copies of their latest books, which Humanities Texas will offer for purchase at a discounted price. Available titles include works of fiction and nonfiction, with selections for both adult and youth readers. Free parking will be available in the St. Martin’s Evangelical Lutheran Church lot on the northwest corner of 15th and Rio Grande Streets and there will be free coffee and a bake sale of donated and homemade treats.
Our Facebook event can be found here: https://www.facebook.com/events/770084786773453/. Hope to see you there!
Today in America, kids growing up in low-income communities have a 14% chance of graduating from college by the time they’re 25. Be among the most diverse, remarkable leaders of your generation working to change that statistic by putting your talents to work to disrupt educational inequity.
By joining Teach For America, you will become part of a 60,000 strong network of leaders shaping the political, economic, and social future of our country. Learn about inspiring ways alumni are leading across education, business, policy, law, medicine, and more. Also, check out stories from UT students who have decided to join Teach For America after graduation.
The class of 2020 is welcomed to apply for the 2020 Teach for America corps by Friday, December 6th, 2019. All majors accepted. Full salary and benefits. 60,000+ alumni network.
Teemu Ruskola (Emory University) will deliver a lecture at the Law School, and LBJ School Professor Jamie Galbraith will provide a brief response. Ruskola’s talk is about the history of “Legal Orientalism,” and more: how China has become a global symbol of disregard for human rights, while the United States has positioned itself as the world’s chief exporter of the rule of law. We always leave a lot of time for Q&A and discussion with the audience, especially from students. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments are provided! Find out more information here.
When: Monday, November 25, 4:00-6:00 pm
Where: Sheffield-Massey Room (TNH 2.111), Texas Law
The Texas Undergraduate Research Journal (Texas URJ) is now accepting manuscript submissions for its 17th volume. We are the official, multidisciplinary research journal of the University of Texas at Austin and operate entirely by student staff. More information about the organization can be found on our website.
Publication in the journal is a unique recognition, and we would like to extend the opportunity to as many students as possible. Our staff would be grateful if we could distribute the following announcement to your students through any email newsletters or listservs that you have access to. We accept original work from any discipline, including research in engineering, sciences, social sciences, and humanities related fields. The article submission deadline this year is December 23, 2017.Feel free to contact Keerthana Chakka or Kyungseok Jung at editor.in.chief@texasurj.com with any questions. Examples of successful submissions from the past can be found by browsing our digital Archive at texasurj.com for URJ volumes.