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8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
GPAC Brown Bag (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: GPAC Brown Bag with Dean Robert
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
LBJ Journal Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: Monthly LBJ Journal
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
HMS Student Panel (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: The HMS Student Q&A panel is a chance for students to ask questions and hear from their LGBTQ peers about: their experiences, key issues facing the LGBTQ community, and anything they would like ... (more)
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Research Survey Training (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.360
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LBJ Faculty Recruitment Job Talk - Tom DeLeir (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.122
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
PEEQ Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
UT Success Project Research Meeting (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.312
Description: Meeting with research project staff to discuss empirical
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Service Scholars Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
2:15 PM - 3:30 PM
CHASP Website Design Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.220
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
2012 Student Leadership Team mtg (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.316/3.350
Description: 2012 Student Leadership Team mtg to plan 2012 Student Leadership
5:30 PM - 9:00 PM
Speed-interviewing and speed-networking with the Austin Alumni Association (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: In tandem with Career Services & the Austin Alumni
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Faculty Recruitment Job Talk - David Anthoff (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.124
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
Hold for Caren Troutman (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.355
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
2012 Student Leadership Conference Team mtg. (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: 2012 Student Leadership Conference Team mtg. to plan
7:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Zero Waste Workshop (UT Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Information Session with Project Wadi Attir (LBJ School Events)
Location: Dean's Conference Room
Description: Key members of the Project Wadi Attir, an initiative of a Bedouin community for establishing sustainable, desert, farming operation integrating social, environmental, technological and economic ... (more)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Hold for Kerri (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.360
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Hold for Dr. Frumkin (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (UT Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM
SSC Fellows speaker event (UT Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall
Description: SSC Fellows speaking with MG
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM
PEEQ-E3 Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.214
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Hold for Kerri (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.360
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Global Civil Society Speaker Series (UT Events)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: Global Civil Society Speaker Series featuring Paul Rice, CEO Fair Trade
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Health Economist Job Talk - Sam Richardson (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.124
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
American Force: Dangers, Dilemmas and Delusions in National Security (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law invites you to American Force: Dangers, Dilemmas and Delusions in National Security, with Richard K. Betts, Arnold A. Saltzman ... (more)
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
RESCHEDULED: GPAC Brown Bag (LBJ School Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall
Description: This event is moving to an undetermined
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
GPAC - Finance Committee Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: The GPAC Finance Committee will meet to hear public testimony regarding the Spring 2012
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
LBJ Journal of Public Affairs Meeting (Editorial Board) (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.214
Description: Editorial Board Meeting for the LBJ Journal of Public
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
Central Intelligence Agency Information Session (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: Representatives from the CIA Analytical Division will provide information on jobs and internships and the application process. Individual drop-in advising meetings will be available on Thursday, ... (more)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
LBJ Faculty Recruitment Job Talk - Bill Lincoln (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.124
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Public Knowledge, LLC Management Consultants Information Session (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: Representatives from Public Knowledge Consulting will provide information on their work and on job and internship opportunities. They may also conduct interviews following the Info
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Tracking and Curbing the Next Pandemic (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: Dr. Lauren Ancel Meyers will discuss global pandemics, why influenza remains a major threat and how data and modern computing are helping to fight contagion.

Meyers is a mathematical biologist who ... (more)
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Argentina - TASTE of the World Series (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.316/3.350
Description: Come for an informative and engaging presentation on Argentina while dining on some authentic Argentinian food!
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Moody's Investor Service Information Session (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: Representatives from Moody's Investor Service in Dallas and New York will provide information on the diverse work that is done by Moody's and on job opportunities available now and in the
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
LBJ School Career Fair (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: Employers representing the public, private and nonprofit sectors will be available to discuss job and internship opportunities with students and interview for
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
2012 Student Leadership Conference Team mtg. (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: 2012 Student Leadership Conference Team mtg. to plan
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
William Inboden and Jeremi Suri will discuss Suri's latest book: Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama" in a live chat (UT Events)
Description: On Feb. 12 LBJ School Professors Will Inboden and Jeremi Suri will discuss Suri's latest book "Liberty's Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama" in a live chat ... (more)
9:00 AM - 11:30 AM
SSC Fellows speaker session (UT Events)
Location: SRH 3.220
Description: SSC Fellows speaking with Dr. Jinks and Dr.
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM
CFRP Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.214
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
CHASP Colloquium: Dr. Cynthia Osborne Discusses the Project on Educator Effectiveness and Quality (PEEQ) (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: Join CHASP for Dr. Cynthia Osborne's presentation on the Project for Educator Effectiveness and Quality (PEEQ). The purpose of the project, which is directed by Dr. Osborne, is to develop a ... (more)
1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Liz Carpenter Lecture featuring Nicholas Kristof (UT Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer and LBJ Auditorium
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
PEEQ E3 Meeting- Event wrap up (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.214
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Criminal Justice Policy extra class (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.360
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Additional class for Adv. Juvenile Justice Policy (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.355
12:05 PM - 1:55 PM
DSpace training for LBJ ITS (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.220
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
PAACC Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
Description: PAACC Student
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (UT Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
CenTex ASPA meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.214
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
GPAC Brown Bag (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Philippines Course (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
Description: Dr.Eaton meeting with interested students-Philippines
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Deloitte Case Challenge: Team Salmon Work Session (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.314
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Deloitte Case Challenge - Teams Receive Case (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: Deloitte Consulting will conduct a Case Challenge event at which student teams will receive a realistic consulting case and will have 24 hours to create a presentation addressing the case. Students ... (more)
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Menergy (Student Meetings)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall
Description: Student
9:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Deloitte Case Challenge: Team Prep Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.214
12:05 PM - 1:55 PM
Hold for Liliana (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.355
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
A Snapshot of China�s Wage Inequality During the Transitional Period and Its Impacts on Chinese Society (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: Wenjie Zhang holds a Master degree in Russian Studies from University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and Bachelor degrees in Economics and Russian from Peking University, China. Currently, she is a ... (more)
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
PEEQ Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Deloitte Consulting Case Challenge - Presentations (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.355
Description: Deloitte Consulting will conduct a Case Challenge event at which student teams will receive a realistic consulting case and will have 24 hours to create a presentation addressing the case. Students ... (more)
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Job Candidate Job Talk - Supreet Kaur (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.124
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
PEEQ Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
Legal Challenges for the Next Presidential Elections in Mexico (LBJ School Events)
Location: Sheffield Room of the Law School
Description: The LBJ School of Public Affairs and the School of Law invite you to a lecture in the Mexico Watch 2012 Series: The July 1st Presidential Elections, featuring Dr. Manuel González ... (more)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Conference Call with Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), a chicago-based think-tank for Prof. Carolyn Heinrich's Public Program Evaluation class. (Student Meetings)
Location: OSAP Conference Room
Description: We are in Prof. Carolyn Heinrich's class of Public Program Evaluation this semester. One of the clients of the class project is Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). We will be in a conference ... (more)
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CenTex History Fair (UT Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
CenTex History Fair (UT Events)
Location: SRH 3.124
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2012 Student Leadership Conference Team mtg. (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: 2012 Student Leadership Conference Team mtg. to plan
5:15 PM - 7:30 PM
Professional Development Seminar Series: Speed Interviewing (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.122
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
LBJ School Blood Drive (LBJ School Events)
Location: LBJ School Parking Lot 39
Description: Grindstone is organizing a blood drive for Monday, February 20th through the Blood Center of Texas as part of Barbara Jordan week. The drive will run from 10:00-3:00 and be open to all students and ... (more)
11:00 AM - 11:55 AM
Hold for Liliana (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.355
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Budget Council Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.355
12:05 PM - 1:55 PM
Dr. Mat 397 Tutorial (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.220
12:05 PM - 1:55 PM
Hold (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.316/3.350
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation Symposium: "School Discipline: A Pathway to the Juvenile Justice System or an Opportunity for Effective Intervention?" (UT Events)
Location: Thompson Conference Center (TCC)
Description: The Barbara Jordan Freedom Foundation, in collaboration with the Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP) at the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin, will present a ... (more)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Voter Registrar Event (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: In honor or President's Day Citizens for Local and State Service (CLASS) will host an event in which students can become voter registrars. This will promote civic engagement by giving students one ... (more)
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Hold for Setup (LBJ Administration)
Location: LBJ School First Floor Lobby
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Barbara Jordan Forum Week Keynote Address featuring Stacey Abrams, LBJ School Alumna and Georgia State Representative (LBJ School Events)
Location: First Floor Lobby
Description: To commemorate the 76th anniversary of Barbara Jordan�s birth, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin will host ... (more)
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM
DSIC Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.312
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
DSIC Strategic Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.360
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
East Side Corridor: Issues and Opportunities in Urban Development and Gentrification Brown Bag Discussion SRH 3.122 (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: Barbara Jordan's passion for community building in low and moderate income neighborhoods was illustrated by her staunch support for the Community Reinvestment Act. Progress and investment in these ... (more)
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Web development meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.314
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
2012 student leadership conference planning meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: Final planning meeting for
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
Alexander Hamilton Society--Texas Chapter Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.312
Description: This is a meeting to plan future speakers and debates as well as topics for discussion for the
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
DSIC Ambassador Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: Dell Social Innovation Challenge student ambassadors meet with RGK
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Jeremi Suri Book-Signing Event at Book People (UT Events)
Location: Book People
Description: LBJ School Professor Jeremi Suri will read and sign his new book “Liberty’s Surest Guardian: American Nation-Building from the Founders to Obama" at BookPeople in Austin on Feb. 2... (more)
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
Foreign Service Seminar (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.220
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
Women of Color: Overcoming Barriers and Taking Center Stage (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: Women of Color: Overcoming Barriers and Taking Center Stage Brown Bag Discussion; SRH 3.122

PAACC and ProCo would like to bring the position of the "woman of color" to center stage: a ... (more)
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Climate Change and Carbon Markets from Mexico's Perspective: Top Down or Bottom Up? (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: Dr. Alejandro Ibarra-Yunez is a professor of economics and public policy at the Graduate School of Business and Leadership (EGADE) and the Department of Economics at Tecnológico ... (more)
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Barbara Jordan Foundation Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.312
8:30 AM - 10:30 AM
LGBTQ Ally Training: Becoming the A(lly) in LGBTQA (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.355
Description: One of the lesser known facts about Barbara Jordan is that she had a woman partner. Highlighting this aspect of her life through an Ally training not only raises awareness about a purposefully hidden ... (more)
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
CFRP Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.214
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
PEEQ Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Review Session-Wilson's section of AEM (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
Description: Review session for mid-term
1:45 PM - 4:00 PM
Service Scholars Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2012 Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference (LBJ School Events)
Location: Thompson Conference Center and LBJ Auditorium
Description: An undergraduate leadership conference hosted by the Center for Ethical Leadership and Center for Politics and Governance in which students from all over the U.S. and Mexico participate in team ... (more)
1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Texas State German Contest Awards Ceremony (UT Events)
Location: LBJ Auditorium
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Lozano Long Conference Keynote Session (UT Events)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall
Description: Co-organized by the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies and the Center for Mexican American Studies at The University of Texas at Austin, this conference initiates a dialogue about ... (more)
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2012 Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference (LBJ School Events)
Location: Thompson Conference Center and LBJ Auditorium
Description: An undergraduate leadership conference hosted by the Center for Ethical Leadership and Center for Politics and Governance in which students from all over the U.S. and Mexico participate in team ... (more)
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM
2012 Hatton W. Sumners Student Leadership Conference (LBJ School Events)
Location: Thompson Conference Center and LBJ Auditorium
Description: An undergraduate leadership conference hosted by the Center for Ethical Leadership and Center for Politics and Governance in which students from all over the U.S. and Mexico participate in team ... (more)
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Mid Term Review (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: Review session for Adm Inman midter exam
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Additional class for Adv. Juvenile Justice Policy (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.355
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
2012 Crook Fellowship Information Session (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: The Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law will hold an information session on the 2012 Crook Fellowships. Light refreshments will be provided.

The Robert S. Strauss Center ... (more)
8:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Hold for LBJ Library (LBJ Administration)
Location: Bass Lecture Hall Foyer
9:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Mid Term Exam (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.360
Description: Make Ahead Exam for PA 383C, Adm
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
OSAP Mtg w/Texas A&M-Kingsville Students (OSAP)
Location: SRH 3.312
Description: Dr. Nirmal Goswani's honor class in "Texas Politics and Goverment" will be visiting the LBJ School for the
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
GPAC Brown Bag (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.124
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
SHEP Monthly Meeting (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.216/3.219
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
LBJ School Austin Alumni Association Leap Year Network Night! Feb 29, 2012 (UT Events)
Location: Hugo's Restaurant, Austin, Tx
Description: Casual after-hours networking invitation to Central Texas alumni, faculty and alumni affairs staff. Free appetizers and free covered parking. Drop by Hugo's 300 S. Lamar, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012 (5:3... (more)
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
SSC Speaker event (UT Events)
Location: SRH 3.214
Description: SSC Fellows speak with MG
9:30 AM - 12:00 PM
CCAPS staff meeting (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.360
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
CCAPS Africa Series: Water Governance in Challenging Environments with Dr. Faustin Maganga (LBJ School Events)
Location: SRH 3.122
Description: The StraussCenter's Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program presents Water Governance in Challenging Environments: The Heroes, Victims, and Villains, a talk by Dr. Faustin ... (more)
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
Blodgett Fellowship in Urban Management Info Session (Career Resources)
Location: OSAP Conference Room SRH 3.104K
Description: Terrell Blodgett will provide information and contacts for securing an internship in urban
12:15 PM - 1:45 PM
New student org meeting Policy organization for women (Student Meetings)
Location: SRH 3.316/3.350
12:15 PM - 1:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM
PEEQ Meeting (LBJ Administration)
Location: SRH 3.212/3.221
5:15 PM - 6:45 PM
Urban Institute Information Session (Career Resources)
Location: SRH 3.124
Description: A representative from the Urban Institute will provide information on the work done at the Institute and on job and internship