Texas Phanos

CoLA is launching a new leadership opportunity for Liberal Arts undergraduate students called Texas Phanos (Greek for torches). Students that are invited to become members will represent our College in various capacities including recruiting new students, fundraising, assisting with official college events, and serving as student representatives to alumni and stakeholders.

More specific information about membership duties, benefits and qualifications can be found as an attachment to this email and online at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/student-affairs/student-programs/student-organizations/texas-phanos/index.php .

The deadline to complete an application is 5pm on 11/6/15, and the application can be found online at: https://utexas.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1Mow44xgHrk6bbf

Clements Center’s Maymester in London Information Session

All UT undergraduate students are invited to join the Clements Center for National Security for an information session on its Maymester in London titled “The U.S., U.K., and World Order” TOMORROW, October 13th at 12:30pm in SAC 2.120. Please note the room location for this session has changed! Lunch will be provided!

If you are unable to make the session but want to learn more, please email Jacqueline Chandler at jchandler@austin.utexas.edu.

Latin American Studies Travel Scholarships

The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies is now offering a number of travel scholarships for study abroad in Latin America for spring 2016 only.  No applications will be accepted for summer or for any future semesters.  The Institute is offering five $5,000 travel scholarships.  Students must attend degree-granting institutions in Latin America this coming spring and return with at least 12 hours of college credit.

Applications and letters of recommendation are due on November 9, 2015, without exception.  Please follow the link to the scholarship portal:

http://bit.ly/WNaeWm

Applications for the U.S. Dept. of State’s Summer 2016 Critical Language Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for the U.S. Department of State’s Summer 2016 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) Programin 14 critical foreign languages.

The application is available online at: http://www.clscholarship.org    Application deadline: November 23, 2015, 7:59 pm Eastern Standard Time.

The CLS Program is overseen by the State Department’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. It is a overseas,intensive language and cultural immersion program for American undergraduate and graduate students.CLS has summer sessions each year in a variety of overseas locations, and uses an intensive, group-based method of language instruction.  CLS goals are to increase the number of Americans studying and mastering critical languages, and to build relationships between the people of the United States and other countries.

CLS provides opportunities to a diverse range of students, from across the United States, at every level of language learning.  The CLS Program seeks participants with diverse interests, from a wide variety of fields of study, backgrounds and career paths, with the purpose of representing the full diversity of the United States. Students from all academic disciplines, including business, engineering, law, medicine, science, social sciences, arts and humanities are encouraged to apply.

Eligibility requirements – Applicants must be a U.S. citizen at the time of application, and be enrolled in an accredited U.S. degree-granting program at the undergraduate (associate’s/bachelor’s) or graduate (master’s/doctoral/professional degree) level.  For more information about CLS eligibility requirements, visit:

     http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

The 14 CLS languages areArabic, Azerbaijani, Bangla, Chinese, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Punjabi, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, and Urdu.  Swahili will, for the first time, be offered at the beginning through advanced levels. Most CLS languages do not require prior language training, but there are prerequisites for Arabic, Chinese, Persian, Russian, and Japanese.  For more information about prerequisites, visit: http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

Costs covered by CLS include:  Intensive overseas group-based language courses (20+ hours per week); room and board, often with a host family; a full cultural program; host community language partner; U.S. academic credit issued through Bryn Mawr College; domestic and international airfare; and a small stipend to cover incidental expenses and meals not provided by the program.

There is no requirement for CLS alumni to perform U.S. Government service after they participate in the program. Participants are, however, expected to continue their language study beyond the scholarship period, and to later apply their critical language skills in their professional careers. Participants are selected based on their commitment to language learning and plans to apply their language skills to their future academic or professional pursuits.

Prior to preparing their applications, interested students should review the full eligibility and application information on the CLS Program website:
http://www.clscholarship.org/information-for/applicants.

For news, updates and more information about the CLS Program, please visit the CLS website and Facebook page:

Website: http://www.clscholarship.org ; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/CLScholarship

For questions not covered in the CLS website’s FAQs, , please contact: cls@americancouncils.org

Voting is now open for the Texas Student Research Showdown!

Voting is now open for the Texas Student Research Showdown! You can now view 15 short videos made by UT undergraduates to explain their research to a general audience. From movie trailer to time-lapse, animation to idea pitch, these videos bring alive the student research happening in all disciplines across campus. Only currently enrolled UT undergraduates can vote on their favorite entries, and the researchers with the top videos will go on to compete for $2,500 in a TED-style talk showdown to an audience and judging panel on Nov. 12 in Avaya Auditorium.

The videos are viewable on the Showdown website, and on the online voting form itself. Students can vote for as many videos as they want, but each student can only submit the voting form once—multiple submissions will be rejected. Students will need to provide an EID to verify student status, but otherwise the vote is anonymous. Voting runs through Oct. 21.

Please spread the word to anyone with an interest in research communication, in students’ involvement in the world-changing work done at UT, and in supporting their friends and classmates.

UTLA Accepting Applications for Summer 2016

Apply for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) Program

The deadline to apply for the Semester in Los Angeles (UTLA) program for Summer 2016 is Saturday, October 31st at 1:30pm CST.  The UTLA program is open to all UT majors.

An information session will be held on the following date: Tuesday, October 20th@3:00PM CST in CMA 5.136. 

This session will be general in nature and intended for anyone with questions about the program, online application, costs, L.A., etc.  Phil Nemy, Executive Director of the UTLA program, will be hosting via video conference.

Future UTLA Application Deadlines:

Fall 2016 – February 15, 2016

Spring 2017 – May 2, 2016

For more information on the Semester in the Los Angeles Program (including a link to the online application), visit here.

The Daily Texan: Texan Talks

Join The Daily Texan for a moderated debate of campus carry on October 8th at 11 a.m. in the Sinclair Suite (UNB 3.128) of the Texas Union! Right now, a working group on campus carry is deliberating how campus carry will be implemented at UT. As this is an issue that is very important to the campus community, please join us for a debate between students from both sides of the issue, moderated by Daily Texan Editor-in-Chief Claire Smith and Forum Editor Walker Fountain. If you aren’t able to make the event, be sure to catch the video recap on www.dailytexanonline.com.

Undergraduate Research Grant

Each semester, the Senate of College Councils grant aims to provide an undergraduate $1,000 to assist in their research. Students will be evaluated by a panel consisting of 7 faculty members. We hope to promote the research mission of the University of Texas at Austin by encouraging students to become involved in research in their undergraduate careers. Students can access the application at http://utsenate.org/initiatives/urg.

$1,000 Research Grants Available

The Undergraduate Research Committee has released the application for the Fall 2015 Undergraduate Research Grant.

Each semester, the grant aims to provide an undergraduate $1,000 to assist in their research. Students will be evaluated by a panel consisting of 7 faculty members. These Grants promote the research mission of the University of Texas at Austin by encouraging students to become involved in research in their undergraduate careers.

Students can access the application at
http://utsenate.org/initiatives/urg.