Feature

Books that Changed America

Have you ever stayed up all night reading a book you just couldn't put down? Felt unreasonably annoyed when a well- meaning friend interrupts your reading time? Found that a book that you've read changed your mind and challenged you to change the world you live in?

If this sounds familiar, Dr. Michael Winship, the Iris Howard Regents Professor of English at The University of Texas at Austin, says you're not alone.


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College News

Elizabeth Warnock Fernea

Emerita Professor Elizabeth Warnock Fernea Dies

Noted author of "Guests of the Sheik" championed women's issues in the Middle East


Dhananjay Jagannathan

Liberal Arts Senior Earns Prestigious Marshall Scholarship

Dhananjay Jagannathan earns one of 40 national awards


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Events

Lyndon B. Johnson

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Spotlight

Application Deadline

Submit Nominations for 2008-09 Teaching Awards by Dec. 10, 5 p.m.


Academic

Blackboard (offsite link)

Course-management software to help you make better use of the web in your classes

Class Rosters (offsite link)

Access to course rosters; [UT EID login required]

Instructor & Course Surveys (offsite link)

More information about course-instructor surveys

Absence Failing Report

Report students with excessive absences to the Registrar [UT EID login required]

Report an Academic Concern

Report students with other academic problems to the Dean's Office

Substantial Writing Component (SWC) Form (offsite link)

Online SWC course-certification process [UT EID login required]

Course Schedules (offsite link)

Registrar's online listing of courses by semester


Research

Liberal Arts Grant Services

Personalized support services for faculty interested in seeking external resources for research and instruction

Undergraduate Research Apprenticeship Program

Tenured and tenure-track faculty can apply for research funding

University Resources (offsite link)

More information on faculty research at UT, including news and funding resources

Webspace (offsite link)

Save your files on a server that you can easily access from anywhere online

Computing Central (offsite link)

Email and Accounts, Help, Support, Training, Labs, Facilities, Internet, more...

Computing Deals

Faculty are eligible for special discounted pricing on personal computer purchases from Apple and Dell Computer. [UT EID login required]


Administrative

Liberal Arts Policies and Procedures

Recruiting, Final Separation, Leave, Retirement, Counter Offers, more...

University Policies (offsite link)

Annual reports, UT System Regents' rules, Vice Provost's office, more...


College Publications

Life and Letters

Liberal Arts magazine that profiles faculty, alumni and students who excel

Liberal Arts Insider

Semesterly news on faculty awards and honors, publications, more...