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News & Events - 2009
November 18, 2009
UGS Council Hosts Town Meeting
On November 23, the School of Undergraduate Studies Council (UGSC) invites all UGS students to attend the school’s first Town Hall Meeting. Dean Paul Woodruff will provide remarks and answer questions. (read more)
November 02, 2009
Honors Center Offers Opera Tickets
Tickets to the Austin Lyric Opera performance of La Bohème will be available to students in the honors community. The University Honors Center provides tickets to local and visiting performances complete with a special academic pre-performance seminar or lecture. (read more)
October 23, 2009
Dean Woodruff hosts UGS family breakfast
Families of Undergraduate Studies' first class of students joined Dean Paul Woodruff for breakfast Saturday morning in the UT Tower's historic and beautiful Life Science Library. Assistant Dean for Advising David Spight and advisors from the Center for Strategic Advising also attended. (read more)
October 01, 2009
Signature Courses see King Lear
65 students from two Signature Course seminars will see and discuss the Actors of the London Stage production. Dr. Stephen Hoelscher's class, "American Spaces and Places," is looking forward to one of the actors joining the class discussion. (read more)
September 25, 2009
Bridging Disciplines Programs adds concentration in Human Rights and Social Justice
The Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDP) are pleased to announce a new certificate in Human Rights and Social Justice. The nineteen-hour program will introduce students to the interdisciplinary study and practice of human rights at home and around the world. (read more)
September 23, 2009
University Lecture Series wraps up third year
The University Lecture Series completed its second and final large lecture with Dean Paul Woodruff's How to Spot a Tyrant When You See One. The series also includes smaller linked events that will continue into the fall. (read more)
September 22, 2009
Dean Woodruff to lecture on tyranny & freedom in theater
Dean of Undergraduate Studies Paul Woodruff will speak tonight on tyranny, freedom, and democracy in theater. Masters students from the Department of Theater and Dance will perform scenes from _Antigone_, _Measure for Measure_, and _A Doll's House_. (read more)
September 21, 2009
University Lecture tonight
Dean Thomas Gilligan will speak about the factors that contribute to global economic growth, and reveal our role in the miraculous process. Tonight's lecture is the first of two in the third annual University Lecture Series. (read more)
August 28, 2009
UGS professors receive Regents' awards
Over half of the Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award recipients who teach at UT Austin are involved with Undergraduate Studies. (read more)
August 24, 2009
First-year students read up for Reading Round-Up
Over 850 students will gather the day before fall classes begin to meet with outstanding UT Austin faculty. Incoming first-year students will discuss their optional summer reading with a small group of peers and the professor who recommended their book as a must-read. (read more)
August 24, 2009
Undergraduate Studies welcomes new class with barbeque
The School of Undergraduate Studies welcomed its first class of enrolled students with barbeque on Tuesday evening. (read more)
August 13, 2009
BDP & Longhorn Scholars graduate to Teach for America
Ashley Lemell, a recent graduate of the Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDP) and a Longhorn Scholar, was selected from a record 35,000 individuals who applied for Teach For America this year. Ashley will be teaching ninth grade biology at Peak Preparatory, a charter school located in East Dallas. (read more)
August 10, 2009
New Advisor Joins Undergraduate Studies
Brad Popiolek will advise students & manage content for Wayfinder, an online advising tool. (read more)
July 29, 2009
Honors Colloquium wraps up
Over 500 rising high school seniors from across Texas participated in the three-day Honors Colloquium. Now in its 28th year, the Colloquium allows academically outstanding students to experience the best that UT has to offer. (read more)
July 21, 2009
Students arrive for 28th Honors Colloquium
Over 500 rising high school seniors from across Texas arrive at UT today for the three-day Honors Colloquium. Now in its 28th year, the Colloquium allows academically outstanding students to experience the best that UT has to offer. (read more)
July 17, 2009
New Signature Course Cohort program in trial run
Starting this fall, small groups of first-year students will take interrelated courses from top-notch professors while receiving academic support from peer mentors. (read more)
July 13, 2009
BDP class explores video game industry
Students in the Digital Arts & Media concentration of the Bridging Disciplines Programs earned industry experience in a spring 2009 game-development interdisciplinary course. Bruce Pennycook, who led the pilot class, collaborated with industry professionals and UT faculty. (read more)
July 07, 2009
New Undergraduate Studies Student Council
Dean of Undergraduate Studies Paul Woodruff has appointed three students to serve on the first UGS Student Council. (read more)
June 16, 2009
Learn More About UGS
Register for an orientation session or attend a Longhorn Saturday to meet with an Undergraduate Studies representative to find out more about our programs and applying to our School. (read more)
June 09, 2009
Undergraduate Studies creates award for core curriculum innovation
The School of Undergraduate Studies has announced plans to create a new annual award to be called the Cale McDowell Award for Innovation in Undergraduate Studies. (read more)
April 30, 2009
Longhorn Scholars Program featured on Fox News
Longhorn Scholar Crystal Hall, an intern with the Austin Fox News affiliate, reports in a three-minute feature on early class registration and interviews Program Coordinator John Paul Regalado and students about the Longhorn Scholars Program. (read more)
April 24, 2009
BDP selected as 2009 Outstanding Advising Program winner in NACADA
The Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDP) has been selected as a 2009 NACADA Outstanding Institutional Advising Program Award Winner. (read more)
April 22, 2009
BDP student wins best paper
Oscar De Los Santos, a Bridging Disciplines Programs (BDP) student, recently won best paper in the social sciences track at the recent multidisciplinary conference of the International Journal of Arts and Sciences in Las Vegas, NV. (read more)
April 20, 2009
BDP student receives 4 awards
Jacob Bintliff, an Environment BDP student, received the Texas Exes President’s Leadership Award, Senate of College Councils Undergraduate Research Award, Global Leadership Grant from the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS), and the LLILAS Davidson Family Scholarship. (read more)
April 17, 2009
Dr. Long speaks to SLP graduates
On April 22, Distinguished Alumna Dr. Teresa Long will speak to Senior Leaders Program graduates about leadership & its role in her success. (read more)
April 16, 2009
New Archer Fellows Selected
30 students from the University of Texas at Austin have been selected to live, work and study for a semester in Washington, D.C. (read more)
April 09, 2009
President Powers discusses UGS gains
UT president shares undergraduate improvements, details UGS initiatives in campus-wide message. Click to read the full message. (read more)
April 09, 2009
Research Week 2009
Delve into the exciting research being done by UT undergraduates during Research Week. The campus-wide celebration of research and creative activity takes place from April 13-17. (read more)
April 03, 2009
Honors Societies Induct New Members
A number of honors societies sponsored by the University Honors Center inducted new members this week as part of Honors Day 2009. (read more)
March 16, 2009
Dr. Abraham appointed Associate Dean
Dr. Lawrence D. Abraham, a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Education, has been appointed Associate Dean of the School of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. (read more)
March 06, 2009
Faculty-led book discussions at UT Libraries
Last year's Reading Round-Up professors will meet with undergraduates in UT library event. (read more)
March 06, 2009
FIG facilitators win five Vick Awards
All five winners of the 2009 James W. Vick Awards for Academic Advising also serve as First-year Interest Group (FIG) facilitators. (read more)
February 13, 2009
BDP alum named Intern Teacher of the Year
Amir Boroujerdi teaches secondary-level Spanish in Dallas. (read more)
February 10, 2009
Amy Forestell wins Interdisciplinary Teaching Award
Astronomy graduate student won for her outstanding essay. (read more)
February 02, 2009
Longhorn Scholar wins Mike Wacker award
The Mike Wacker Award, given by Texas Parents, recognizes students who are successful in the face of extreme adversity. (read more)
January 26, 2009
UGS courses seek to broaden education
Adam Rabinowitz, a UT assistant classics professor, said he decided to teach an Undergraduate Signature Course because he believes that education should be more than taking tests and making grades. (read more)
January 18, 2009
School of Undergraduate Studies Rolls Out Major Redesign of Web Site
When University of Texas at Austin students begin the spring semester on Tuesday, January 20, the School of Undergraduate Studies will have more and better-organized information available on its web site, thanks to a recent overhaul and redesign. (read more)
January 13, 2009
Nine UT students selected to apply for prestigious scholarship
The Goldman Sachs Global Leaders Program identifies exceptional, second-year college students and provides them with training that will enhance their leadership abilities. (read more)