Academics

Event: Texas Army ROTC Leadership Speaker Series presents Staff Sgt.

The Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin has awarded scholarships to 27 bilingual students seeking a master’s degree in social work to help increase diversity in the Texas mental health workforce.

President Bill Powers says, “The university is firmly committed to a holistic admissions policy that is narrowly tailored to achieve the educational benefits of a diverse student body.”

The key to raising four-year graduation rates at UT Austin is enhancing freshman orientation and the first-year experience and improving advising and student tracking, according to a newly released task force report.

Assistant Professor Kathryn Starkes is one of 30 faculty members and teaching assistants picked by students to get the Texas Exes Teaching Award.

The UTeach Institute has committed to doubling the numbers of universities implementing The University of Texas at Austin’s UTeach teacher preparation program nationally from 25 to 50, and students enrolled nationwide, from 5,000 to 10,000, by 2017.

School of Nursing alumna and scholarship recipient Trina Sommerlatte made more than a good first impression on donors Claud and Mary Virginia Jacobs.

Senior Ashley Garcia discovered her enthusiasm for research during an internship she found through the Intellectual Entrepreneurship program.

The University of Texas at Austin honored three organizations and five individuals for outstanding work in education and public service at the Fifth Annual Community Leadership Awards Ceremony at the Carver Museum and Cultural Center on Tuesday, Dec. 13.

Ninety-two percent of University of Texas at Austin graduate students who participated in a recent survey would recommend the university to their friends, and 85 percent would also recommend their department or programs. Nine percent said they would choose a different university, significantly less than at peer institutions nationally.

The School of Information and the Teresa Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at The University of Texas at Austin are offering a three-year dual degree program leading to a master of science in information studies and a master of arts in Latin American studies.