If you are studying abroad in Summer or Fall of 2012, now is the time to apply for LAH study abroad scholarships!  Applications are due 5:00 pm April 2, 2012 for Fall and Summer programs. The Liberal Arts Honors Program will award scholarships in varying amounts to support LAH students and Humanities majors.  You may [...]

Don’t forget to vote this Wednesday and Thursday (Feb. 29 and March 1) for student government. Vote online at utsg.org from any computer. Good luck to all our LAHers on the ballot. Susannah Jacob is running for Daily Texan Editor! We also have one LAHer running for a rep position this year – Josh Fuller [...]

Phi Kappa Phi Study Abroad Grants are designed to help support undergraduates as they seek knowledge and experience in their academic fields by studying abroad. Fifty $1,000 grants are awarded each year. These awards are available to all University of Texas at Austin undergraduates, not just Phi Kappa Phi members. Students at The University of [...]

NAGAP: Celebrating Silver & Preparing for Gold 2012 Graduate School Fair A joint venture of NAGAP, TXGAP and UT Austin’s Graduate Coordinator Network Location: Red McCombs Red Zone (23rd St., between San Jacinto Blvd. and Robert Dedman Dr., near downtown Austin, TX) Date and Time: Saturday, April 28th, 1:00 pm-3:30 pm

Junior Fellows The Junior Fellows Program was begun in 1959 by Harry Ransom as a means of encouraging academic excellence in the College of Arts and Sciences.  At that time it was essentially an honor society to which students were elected at the end of their freshman year.  Over the years, the Junior Fellows has [...]

On behalf of UT Artists in Action, the Division of Art Education, and Matthew Remington… http://www.onemillionbones.org/ One Million Bones is a large-scale social arts practice, using education and hands-on artmaking to raise awareness of genocides and atrocities going on around the world. One million bones will be collected from across the country and installed on [...]

Wednesday, March 7th 4-5pm Burdine Hall, room 130 Free food provided!   Study Abroad Opportunities for First Generation College Students – Now that you’re here, where can you go? – Unique obstacles and challenges for “first gens” in the study abroad process – Opportunities and processes of study abroad (Where can you go? What can you study? How [...]

Here’s a note from Susannah about her campaign and editorial experience: As many of you know, I am an LAH junior and history major. At UT, I have worked at The Texan for six semesters under three editors as an associate editor reporter and columnist. I have also completed internships at The Texas Tribune and Vanity [...]

Cooperation Texas

February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment

Dreaming of starting your own co-op?  Everyone’s favorite Journalism professor, Dr. Bob Jensen, is working with a group called Cooperation Texas that provides training and support for people who want to start worker-owned/worker-run businesses: http://cooperationtexas.coop/ Professor Jensen has offered to reach out to LAHers who are interested in starting cooperatives.  If you’re interested, please let Dr. Carver [...]

Guantanamo: 10 Years Too Many To commemorate the 10-year anniversary since detainees were first sent to Guantanamo Bay under the guise of fighting terrorism, Texas Amnesty is hosting speakers Dicky Grigg and Dr. John Vernon to educate the UT community about the basic human rights violations that have become the norm under our administrations during [...]

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