Yearly Archives: 2006

The Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps at The University of Texas at Austin won first place overall in the 2006 Co-ed Ranger Challenge Oct. 13-15 at Camp Bullis, a United States Army camp 17 miles northwest of San Antonio.

Ben Steinbauer, a graduate student in the Department of Radio-Television-Film (RTF) at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a Princess Grace Award winner in the film category. He is the third University of Texas at Austin RTF student to be recognized by Princess Grace Foundation-USA.

Dr. Judy Copeland Ashcroft, director of the Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed dean of the university's Division of Continuing Education, effective Feb. 1, 2007.

The Donald D. Harrington Fellows Program, one of the most well-endowed visiting scholar and graduate fellow programs in the nation, and the most prestigious fellowship program at The University of Texas at Austin, begins its sixth year with a new group of 14 outstanding scholars.

Dr. Lori Holleran, associate professor of social work at The University of Texas at Austin, has received the first Deborah K. Padgett Early Career Achievement Award from the Society for Social Work and Research for innovative scholarship and research.

Linda Millstone, deputy to the vice president and director of Equal Opportunity Services at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed associate vice president for institutional equity and workforce diversity at the university.

The Creative Research Laboratory, an art exhibition site open to the community to see contemporary art by University of Texas Art and Art History students, faculty, and alumni, has announced its fall exhibition schedule. 

Jade Walker, former administrative manager at the Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria, has been named director of the Creative Research Laboratory in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin.

Two faculty from the Department of Human Ecology at The University of Texas at Austin have been given highly coveted awards by the National Council on Family Relations.

Dr. Anthony Alofsin, professor in the School of Architecture at The University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded the 2006 Wright Spirit Award (professional category) by the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy.