Students for the Exploration and Development of Space (SEDS) will be hosting an interdisciplinary event this week about the Texas Legislature’s Texas Spaceport Trust Fund. Attendees will discuss how the Legislature created the fund, and how it’s since been used by companies like SpaceX to finance launch complexes like the one they’re currently building outside of Brownsville, TX.

Would you like to have a say in the new courses offered by the Liberal Arts Honors program? We are recruiting students to take part in a focus group geared at improving and diversifying the LAH curriculum. We want to hear about the kinds of courses you would like to take and with which faculty.

The sessions will be held in the CLA (LAH commons room) on the following dates:

Friday (2/23) 1 pm – 2 pm

Tuesday (2/27) 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm

Wednesday (3/7) 12 noon – 1 pm

If you want to participate or have any questions please email us (anastasia.rigney@utexas.edu). In your email please include your preferred session date. Pizza and drinks provided!

Schwarzman Scholars Info Session presented by Outreach and Selection Officer, Arlie Slonim

University of Texas at Austin, Wednesday, March 7^th, 4:00pm, Room CLA 0.128, Register here 

 Schwarzman Scholars: Overview

Schwarzman Scholars is a highly-selective, fully-funded scholarship program, based at the distinguished Tsinghua University in Beijing, designed to ensure that the next generation of business, political and civil society leaders around the world can effectively serve as bridges between China and the rest of the world. We aim to achieve this by (1) recruiting promising young leaders from around the world, people who have the ambition and talent to take on executive roles in government, civil society, or business and who have a commitment to building understanding among people with differing perspectives; (2) educating them about China’s global role via a one-year Master’s in global affairs at Tsinghua and (3) linking them to senior mentors in their field in China and to their peers among China’s rising young leaders. You may also find it helpful to view this video introduction, this profile in the New York Times, and/or to download the program’s full brochure.

Application Opens in April 2018

Applications for the 2019-2020 class open April 2018, with selections made in November 2018.  (Applicants with Chinese passports apply by May 2018, with selections made in September 2018).

Scholars will hone their leadership skills through a curriculum designed by leading academics from around the globe and frequent interactions with distinguished guest lecturers. Additionally, Scholars will spend considerable time outside the classroom developing firsthand exposure to China and its people through thematic study tours, a mentoring program and internships with key employers in Beijing. All classes will be taught in English, and students will have the opportunity to study Mandarin. Schwarzman Scholars will recruit an internationally diverse cohort each year, people who have the ambition and talent to take on executive roles in government, civil society, or business and who have a commitment to building understanding among people with differing perspectives, welcoming applicants up to age 28.

The program has been built with the support of donors from around the world and a distinguished Advisory Board consisting of important leaders including Prime Minister Tony Blair, President Nicolas Sarkozy, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Tung Chee Hwa, Henry Kissinger, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Hank Paulson, Bob Rubin, Jim Wolfensohn, Richard Haas, Richard Levin, Sir Colin Lucas, Richard Brodhead, Nobel Laureate Chen Ning Yang, John Thornton, Yo-Yo Ma, and Bob Dudley.

The Interpersonal Violence Peer Support (IVPS) Peer Supporter applications for the 2018-2019 academic year are now available! Both the position description, as well as the application can be found on our website: http://deanofstudents.utexas.edu/emergency/ivps_getinvolved.php. Applications are due by 5pm on March 2, 2018. In order to apply, students must be enrolled full-time as a UT Austin student. If students have questions or would like more information, they can email us at ivps@austin.utexas.edu or stop by the IVPS office.

SEAL is looking for a volunteer who speaks Swahili. The volunteer would need to be available on either Wednesdays or Thursdays from 2:45-4:45. If interested, please email Robert Mathis at robwmathis@gmail.com.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS SCHOLARSHIPS

Applications are now being accepted for merit-based, research, and study abroad scholarships for spring 2018!

See if you are eligible on the Liberal Arts scholarship website: 

 bit.ly/CLAScholarships

Deadline for merit & research scholarships are February 20 and March 6!

Plan II Honors presents the 2018 Julius and Suzan Glickman Centennial Lectureship featuring Dr. Dan-el Padilla Peralta, Undocumented

Wednesday, February 28th, 7:00 p.m.
Jessen Auditorium
Homer Rainey Hall
No tickets required, seating is first-come, first-served. Doors open at 6:30.

This talk will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the writing of Dan-el Padilla’s memoir, Undocumented: A Dominican Boy’s Odyssey from a Homeless Shelter to the Ivy League, from initial conception to final draft. Themes to be addressed include the memoir as genre, the challenges of writing about the immigrant experience, and the framing of the individual life against broader political and economic trends.

The Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies is now offering a number of travel scholarships to Liberal Arts majors for study abroad in Latin America, both for summer 2018 and for academic year 2018-2019.  For summer 2018, we are offering four $2,500 travel scholarships.  Students must attend degree-granting institutions in Latin America this coming summer and return with at least six hours of college credit.  For academic year 2018-2019, we will award six $5,000 travel scholarships for semester-long study abroad in Latin America.  Awardees must attend degree-granting institutions in Latin America and return with at least 12 hours of college credit.

Applications and letters of recommendation are due on February 23, 2018, without exception.  Please follow the link to the scholarship portal:

http://bit.ly/WNaeWm