Calendar of Events
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | PR Meeting for May Graduates: Drafting the PR/Using the PR Template (OSAP) Location: SRH 3.314/3.355 Description: You should attend if you are are writing a Professional Report for May 2013 graduation. Bob Penman from OGS will train you in the use of the PR template and address your template questions/concerns. ... (more) |
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| 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM | 2013 SLC planning meeting (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.212/3.221 Description: planning committee meeting for 2013 |
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| 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM | William Bennett Lecture titled "Education Policy and the American Future." (UT Events) Location: The Julius Glickman Center, Room 1.302B Description: American conservative pundit, William Bennett, will be giving a lecture entitled "Education Policy and the American Future." |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | William Bennett Lunch Seminar (UT Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: William Bennett will be giving a lunchtime seminar titled, "Ethics and Politics:Can They Co-exist? Do They?" Lunch will be |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | The RGK Center's 2013 Global Civil Society Speaker Series: Juan Sheenan, Catholic Relief Services (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: Join us as Juan Sheenan discusses his experience and how to build a career in the international development field. As Country Representative for Catholic Relief Services (CRS), Juan Sheenan is ... (more) |
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| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Informal Welcome Lunch for Shirley Franklin (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School First Floor Lobby Description: Please join the LBJ School Dean's Office in welcoming Shirley Franklin. Lunch will will be provided starting at 12PM in the LBJ School First Floor Lobby. No RSVP is |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Dr. Weaver's PRP Video Conference with Andrew Natsios (LBJ Administration) Location: Wasserman Distance Education Room Description: This is a closed session for Dr. Weaver's PRP students to conduct a video conference with Ambassador Andrew |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | CHASP Under the Dome Alumni Speaker Series (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.212/3.221 Description: CONCEPT A new series of casual, candid conversations between current LBJ students and featured alumni now working in or around the Texas Capitol on social, health, economic, education, or related ... (more) |
| 5:10 PM - 6:30 PM | Urban Institute Information Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: A recruiter from the Urban Institute will provide information on Research Associate and internship positions. She will discuss the anticipated needs and the application |
| 5:15 PM - 6:00 PM | Harvey Milk Society meeting (Student Meetings) Location: First Floor Lobby Description: Regular meeting of the Harvey Milk |
| 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM | GPS Crisis Simulation Course Information Meeting (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: This is a mandatory session for all students enrolled in PA195G: Global Policy Crisis Simulation. All students should do the required reading (posted on BB) prior to the |
| 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM | To Be Rescheduled: Dallas/Forth Worth Alumni Reception (OSAP) Description: Due to unavoidable circumstances, this event will be rescheduled. ---------- Dean Robert Hutchings invites LBJ School alumni from the Dallas and Fort Worth area to a reception. Join fellow ... (more) |
| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Criminal Justice Policy seminar--extra skills training session (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.360 Description: Extra class |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Policy Research Projects: Using the PRP Template/Group Writing (OSAP) Location: SRH 3.314/3.355 Description: You should attend this seminar if you are enrolled in a PRP this year and are using the template. Learn how to use the LBJ School's PRP template, including tips for troubleshooting. In the remaining ... (more) |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Senator Ted Cruz's Office Internship Information Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: Staff from TX Senator Ted Cruz's office will provide information on Spring and Summer Internships in multiple locations, TX and |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Nonprofit Portfolio Spring Colloquium - Second Session (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: Placeholder for Nonprofit Portfolio Spring Colloquium (second session) |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Moody's Investors Service Information Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.216/3.219 Description: A Vice President from Moody's Investors Service Dallas Office will provide information on their diverse work in multiple areas as well as internships and |
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| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Student Leadership Conference - Elective Workshop Effective Communication Practice (Student Meetings) Location: SRH 3.214 |
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| 12:10 PM - 1:50 PM | Grand Strategy Working Group (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.316/3.350 Description: LBJ and Government faculty will meet to discuss recently-published articles on Grand |
| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | 2013 Sustainable Business and Social Enterprise Summit (UT Events) Location: SAC 2.41NS Description: The McCombs Sustainable Business and Social Enterprise Summit provides a place for students, faculty, community leaders, and distinguished business professionals to discuss current and emerging ... (more) |
| 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 2013 Student Leadership Conference Team Leader mtg. (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.216/3.219 Description: 2013 Student Leadership Conference Team Leader mtg. and planning |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to Discuss 'Unlimited Opportunity for Homegrown Energy' (LBJ Administration) Location: LBJ School First Floor Lobby Description: U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack will speak at a public lecture at the LBJ School of Public Affairs on Feb. 13 at 5:30 PM. The title of his talk is â�ï... (more) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Japan's 3.11 Catastrophe: The Rhetoric of Crisis and Political Change (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to "Japan's 3.11 Catastrophe: The Rhetoric of Crisis and Political Change" with Richard Samuels, Ford ... (more) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | CHASP Under the Dome Alumni Speaker Series (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.212/3.221 Description: CONCEPT A new series of casual, candid conversations between current LBJ students and featured alumni now working in or around the Texas Capitol on social, health, economic, education, or related ... (more) |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Gentrification by Design: Rhetoric, Communication, and the City (Part of the Opportunity Forum Gentrification Series) (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: UT doctoral student Kristin Stimpson from the School of Communication will present research focusing on how visual, material, and discursive rhetorics influence the ways we view, implement, and ... (more) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Writing the Policy Memo (OSAP) Location: SRH 3.314/3.355 Description: The seminar will cover key elements of the policy memo, including use of formatting and recommended styles of writing. We will discuss strategies to achieve brevity and concision. We will also look ... (more) |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Change Set In Motion: Barbara Jordan Retrospective (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: The Policy Organization for Women will host DeAnn Friedholm, and LBJ alum and former TA for Barbara Jordan. This event is an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to gain an understanding of ... (more) |
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| 5:10 PM - 7:00 PM | Department of Transportation - Office of the Inspector General Information Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: High level staff and an LBJ alumnus will provide information on the work of the DOT-OIG and summer internship |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Representing Change: Out to Win (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: The Harvey Milk Society welcomes State Representative Mary Gonzalez, who will speak about her experience on the campaign trail. She is now serving as Texas' first openly LGBTQ female legislator and ... (more) |
| 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 2013 Student Leadership Conference Team Leader mtg. (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.216/3.219 Description: 2013 Student Leadership Conference Team Leader mtg. and planning |
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| 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Foreign Service Oral Assessment (FSOA) Info Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.220 Description: This is an information session for those candidates who have passed the Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT), gone through the Qualifications Evaluation Panel (QEP), and been invited to the Foreign ... (more) |
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| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Challenges to Change: Shelby County v. Holder and the Voting Rights Act (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: SHEP and PAACC welcome Dana DeBeauvoir, Travis County Clerk, as well as other panelists. They will address the issues surrounding the Shelby County v. Holder case and the impact of the Supreme Court'... (more) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Affirmative Action in Brazil: An Ethnographic Approach (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.216/3.219 Description: Dr. David Lehmann is a sociologist and reader in Social Sciences at the University of Cambridge, where he also has served as Director of the Latin American Center. He received his DPhil from New ... (more) |
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| 5:05 PM - 6:15 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation: Vicki Huddleston, former US Ambassador to Mali and former Undersecretary of State for African Affairs (LBJ School Events) Location: Bass Lecture Hall Description: Ambassador Huddleston will present a review of what happened to allow an al Qaida franchise to almost take over a country of 12 million as well as the strategy now to stop their return. More on ... (more) |
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| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Barbara Jordan Nook - Third Floor |
| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School Third Floor Lounge |
| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School Second Floor Lounge |
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| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Open Space - Strauss Area |
| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Open Space - RGK Area |
| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Second Floor Study Space - West Lobby |
| 12:00 PM - 7:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Second Floor Study Space - Graduate Adviser Area |
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| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Barbara Jordan Nook - Third Floor |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School Third Floor Lounge |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School Second Floor Lounge |
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| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Open Space - Strauss Area |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Open Space - RGK Area |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Second Floor Study Space - West Lobby |
| 7:00 AM - 12:00 PM | MGPS Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Second Floor Study Space - Graduate Adviser Area |
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| 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM | (By Invitation Only) 2013 Student Leadership Conference Dinner (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3 - 1st Floor Lobby Description: Dinner for participants/attendees of the 2013 Student Leadership |
| 6:05 PM - 9:00 PM | 2013 Student Leadership Conference - Dinner and Workshop Presentations (LBJ School Events) Location: Bass Lecture Hall Description: By Invitation Only - Dinner and workshop presentations by attendees/participants of the 2013 Student Leadership |
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| 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM | Planned Parenthood Women's Health Update (Student Meetings) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: The Policy Organization for Women is partnering with UT's Voices for Reproductive Justice to invite students from across campus to a discussion about the outcome of the 2011 Legislative Session and ... (more) |
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| 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM | Online IEM Post-Course Focus Group and Review (OSAP) Location: SRH 3.360 Description: Provide feedback on online IEM course in Fall 2012, and suggestions for improving the course for Fall 2013 |
| 12:05 PM - 1:30 PM | |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | CANCELLED: Choosing Terror: Rebel's Use of Terrorism in Civil Wars (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to Do Terrorists Win? Rebels' Use of Terrorism and Civil War Outcomes with Page Fortna, Associate Professor at Columbia ... (more) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Student Worker Meeting (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.314/3.355 Description: Strauss Center staff meeting with student |
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| 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM | GPAC Brown Bag: Immigration Policy Round Table (Student Meetings) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: A panel of immigration policy experts and advocates discuss immigration |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | U.S. Department of State Director General Amb. Linda Thomas-Greenfield (UT Events) Location: Bass Lecture Hall Description: Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield will be speaking at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at a lecture titled "Diplomacy in the 21st Century" sponsored by the LBJ School of Public Affairs and ... (more) |
| 12:45 PM - 3:15 PM | |
| 5:15 PM - 6:30 PM | U.S. State Dept. Office of International Employment Assistance Info Session (Career Resources) Location: Bass Lecture Hall Description: A representative from the State Department's Bureau of International Organizations will provide information on how to successfully apply for positions with the United Nations and other international ... (more) |
| 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM | America in the World: Renewal or Restraint? (UT Events) Location: SAC Ballroom Description: On Wednesday, February 27th, the UT Alexander Hamilton Society will host a debate about the future of America's role in the world between two senior scholars and former policymakers,Dr. Peter Feaver ... (more) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | Jamie Galbraith Hosts Norman Birnbaum, Professor Emeritus
Georgetown Law (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: Norman Birnbaum discusses global economics and politics Birnbaum is very involved in politics both here and abroad, most recently serving as an advisor to the Cranston and Jackson campaigns and as ... (more) |
| 12:15 PM - 1:45 PM | Central Intelligence Agency Recruiting Town Hall / Q&A Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.124 Description: Representatives from the Central Intelligence Agency will provide information and answer questions regarding job opportunities, the application process and the work of Agency |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | The Problem of Vertical Demand Curves in Electricity Markets (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.216/3.219 Description: In electricity markets, near-vertical demand curves pose a fundamental problem. Because of a disconnect between retail electricity pricing and the operation of wholesale markets, consumer ... (more) |
| 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM | CHASP Under the Dome Alumni Speaker Series (LBJ School Events) Location: SRH 3.212/3.221 Description: CONCEPT A new series of casual, candid conversations between current LBJ students and featured alumni now working in or around the Texas Capitol on social, health, economic, education, or related ... (more) |
| 5:15 PM - 7:00 PM | Federal Employment Information Session (Career Resources) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: A representative from the Partnership for Public Service, Sarah Lynch, will provide information on federal employment, new federal programs and the application and hiring process. She is the ... (more) |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Barbara Jordan Nook - Third Floor |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School Third Floor Lounge |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: LBJ School Second Floor Lounge |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Open Space - Strauss Area |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: CCAPS Area Open Work Space |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Open Space - RGK Area |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Second Floor Study Space - West Lobby |
| 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM | Weaver's PRP Crisis Simulation - Negotiation Space (LBJ School Events) Location: Second Floor Study Space - Graduate Adviser Area |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 PM | Secession Redux: Lessons for the EU (UT Events) Location: SRH 3.122 Description: Several EU states and potential EU candidates face secessionist movements, violent or otherwise. It is vital and timely, therefore, to assess the lessons learned from recent US and EU policy ... (more) |
| 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM | Dr. Weaver's PRP - Crisis Simulation (LBJ School Events) Location: Third Floor Lobby Description: Dr. Weaver's PRP practice |
| 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM | PR Meeting for May Graduates: Writing the Abstract (OSAP) Location: SRH 3.314/3.355 Description: You should attend if you are are writing a Professional Report for May 2013 graduation. In preparation for the March 22nd submission of your first draft, this seminar will help you write a strong ... (more) |
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| 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM | PhD Student Dissertation Defense (Student Meetings) Location: SRH 3.216/3.219 Description: This event is for my doctoral dissertation defense. This defense will be from 1pm to 3:30pm on March 1, 2013. The chair of my dissertation committee is Dr. David Eaton. Another four committee members ... (more) |
| 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM | conference call (LBJ Administration) Location: SRH 3.316/3.350 Description: Conference call with Columbia |
| 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Service Scholars Meeting (LBJ School Events) |
| 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM | 2013 CHASP/SHEP Student-Alumni Mixer (LBJ School Events) Location: AT&T Conference Center - Tejas Dining Room Description: The Center for Health and Social Policy and Social, Health, and Economic Policymakers are pleased to invite you to the 2013 CHASP/SHEP Student-Alumni Mixer: On Friday, March 1, join CHASP and ... (more) |


