Intellectual Entrepreneurship (IE) resources
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(1) The IE Dissertation ListServ and Resources WEB
https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/disslist.html
This includes instructions about how to subscribe to the DISSLIST (a tool
used by thousands of UT doctoral students since it was first established
in 1998), sample dissertation proposals from the arts, humanities, social
sciences and sciences, WEB resources, ethical issues faced by graduate
students, a dissertation writing bibliography, tips and advice from
leading faculty, former UT doctoral students, current students and
graduate deans, articles and essays about the dissertation process (from
start until finish) and links to other local and national lists and
resources.
(2) The IE Job/Career Resources WEB
https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/career_resources.html
This includes hundreds of local and national resources pertaining to
academic and non-academic jobs. There are essays and articles about
preparing a CV or resume, writing cover letters and interviewing. In
addition, there is material that will assist graduate students in deciding
what type of career best suits their interests and temperament.
(3) The IE Pre-Grad School Internship Program
http://www.utexas.edu/coc/cms/faculty/cherwitz/
https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/ie/kern.html#pregrad
https://webspace.utexas.edu/cherwitz/www/articles/factsheet.pdf
Information about how graduate students can become mentors for
undergraduates who are contemplating graduate study. Each semester, this
program enrolls 80-90 students, from every UT college/school, almost all
of whom work with a graduate student mentor. Besides offering terrific
professional development for graduate students (simulating what it will be
like to work with graduate students), this initiative offers 20 $500
stipends each semester to graduate students who mentor a first-generation
or underrepresented minority intern; in additional, travel grants are
available for graduate student mentors in 10 of UT's colleges/schools who
attend a professional or academic meeting with their intern as part of
internship.
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New Statistics Courses
New statistics courses for Fall 2008
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A group of statistics courses have been created to meet graduate student needs. These courses are on a trial basis, so if you think they are useful for graduate students, enroll! They are listed in the course listing under SSC. For more information, check the website at http://ssc.utexas.edu/
Topics offered under SSC 384 are designed for graduate students with a background in calculus and probability. Topics offered under SSC 385 are designed for students in the social sciences who have had an introductory course in statistics, such as SSC 380C. Some topics may have additional prerequisites.
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Brackenridge Meeting
The City of Austin is holding a meeting
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The City of Austin is holding a meeting this Saturday, July 12, for city residents and other interested persons to meet with Cooper Robertson master planners that were hired by the UT Regents to determine the future of the Brackenridge Tract.
PLEASE CONSIDER ATTENDING AND GIVING YOUR INPUT!
The next City of Austin neighborhood planning workshop for Central West Austin will focus on the Brackenridge Tract,345 acres owned by the University of Texas. Occupants of the 345 acres include the Lions Municipal Golf Course, West Austin Youth Association, Oyster Landing (Hula Hut, Mozart's, & Lucy's Boat Yard) UT's married/graduate student housing and the biological field lab among others.
The focus of this workshop will be to determine what the neighborhood plan should say about this large tract of land. To start, UT's department of Natural Sciences will give a brief presentation regarding the Biological Field Lab. The workshop details are as follows:
Topic: The Brackenridge Tract
Date: Saturday, July 12, 2008
Location: LCRA Red Bud Facility, 3601 Lake Austin Boulevard (the newest facility @ Red Bud Bridge)
Time: 9:00am to 1:00pm
Please direct any questions to University Apartments or call (512)232-5299 .
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Housing Input
We'd like your help!
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The GSA is interested in feedback from you on these issues before the August housing meeting. Please contact utexasgsa at gmail.com with your feedback.
-Should we limit the number of years a student can be in housing? If yes, what limit? If yes, does it apply to all (including those now there), or only prospectively?
-If new units are built, what size units should be the focus (e.g. 1, 2, or 3 bedroom)?
-Related to the above: should priority be given to families? To families with children?
-Should we continue first come, first served?
-Are undergraduates (now 56) a priority, or should it just be for graduates?
-Are international students a priority, and if so, is there a maximum percentage of American students?
Please consider these and any other issues that would address how you wish strategically to use these units to get us the best students and give them the best experience – because your policy decisions will affect our physical work.
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Need housing?
Check out a co-op
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Please see this website for more information. http://www.collegehouses.org/
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Be A Representative!
Representatives attend meetings to represent the interests of their departments, propose and vote on legislation, keep their departments informed of GSA activities, and generally have a say in all our funding decisions, appointments, and communication with the administration of the university. Each program of study gets one rep and one alternate. If you have been elected as your program's rep or alternate, download and fill out the form here.
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