4/25/2012
The Migrant Student Graduation Enhancement Program held its 25th anniversary Exemplary Migrant Student Recognition Ceremony on April 2. Check out our video report, photo gallery and links to press reports from this special event.
3/28/2012
Throughout the month of March, we have posted updates on past Exemplary Migrant Students. Those posts have led up to this: the 25th anniversary of the Migrant Student
3/20/2012
To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Migrant Student Program, we interview Maricruz Garcia Leal, a 1997 Exemplary Migrant Student now working as an elementary school teacher.
3/13/2012
To commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the Migrant Student Program, we interview Adrian Flores, a 2006 Exemplary Migrant Student now working as a criminal defense attorney in San Antonio.
11/17/2010
Alex Slaughter took an online course with the K-16 Education Center to stay on track with her pre-AP courses at her high school and maintain a competitive edge.
11/14/2010
Every week, Mirian Uroza takes a bus from Katy, Texas, to Austin to attend the UEX evening course, "Foundations of Entrepreneurship," on our campus. Her motivation? "I truly believe that the best investment you can make for personal success is education."
10/31/2010
As a student with the UT Online High School, Chris Catino is able to create his own schedule. This flexibility allows him to conduct marine biology research, work as a scuba-diving instructor’s assistant, and volunteer with Meals on Wheels.
9/27/2010
The Federal Communications Commission has approved an overhaul of its E-Rate program to give schools and libraries more options for faster Internet service.
9/13/2010
Campus Technology magazine reports that two new studies find that administrators and faculty from schools with online learning experience are more likely to believe in its benefits than those who don’t.
8/15/2010
CIE presents a number of new courses, programs and services to greet both traditional and non-traditional students in fall 2010. In part one, take a peek at what's in store from the K-16 Education Center, University Extension and the Professional Development Center.6/10/2010
On Memorial Day weekend 2010, UT Austin hosted the University Interscholastic League (UIL) music competition. CIE's Thompson Conference Center was the location for many of the contests that weekend, but CIE's relationship with UIL goes back to its very beginning.
6/7/2010
Students at the University of Texas-University Charter School's Pathways 3H campus write and submit poems in an annual poetry contest. CIE is proud to offer a small sample of these poems to our blog readers.
5/26/2010
Recently, the students of the Methodist Children’s Home (MCH) campus of the University of Texas-University Charter School raised money to create relief kits for the survivors of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti in January 2010.
5/17/2010
Kollette Kee is an instructor with the University of Texas-University Charter School, a component of CIE that works to help students with special needs or circumstances. Kollette tells the story of one of her outstanding students.
5/12/2010
Insurance professional Gary Ware of Zurich Global Energy has advanced his career through taking PETEX courses. For workers in the petroleum and energy industry, PETEX is an internationally recognized career resource for every area of this industry.
5/4/2010
LUCHA is designed to help Spanish-speaking students from Mexico transition into Texas public schools. Learn how LUCHA analyzes transcripts to place students correctly in the school system and give them credit for courses they've already taken.
4/28/2010
University Extension partners with the university’s International Office to offer courses that help students from Saudi Arabia adapt to life and study in the United States. The SABIC program helps these students become acclimated to American educational and societal customs.
4/18/2010
Colleen Wells is a highly-motivated, advanced student enrolled in UT’s Online High School. Her motivation comes from a great eagerness to learn, to achieve good grades, and to excel in school so that “all of my higher education options are open to me.”4/1/2010
Forty outstanding high school migrant students from across Texas were recognized on March 29 at the 23rd annual Migrant Student Recognition Ceremony at The University of Texas at Austin. Our video cameras were on hand to capture the event.
3/31/2010
Jamie Sauer returned to college to complete her degree after giving birth to her newborn daughter. She took both online and evening classes with University Extension to accomplish her degree path and stay flexible to the needs of her family.© 2012 Continuing & Innovative Education - The University of Texas at Austin
