Student Experience

Darren Walker, a Texas Ex and president of the Ford Foundation, will deliver the keynote address during the 2015 spring commencement ceremony on May 23.

Due to potential winter weather, The University of Texas at Austin will officially close at 9:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2015, and delay opening until 1 p.m. Thursday, March 5, 2015. Classes will begin at 2 p.m. Thursday. Shuttle buses will begin operating at 12:45 p.m.

The Tower will shine with entirely orange lights March 2 in recognition of Texas Independence Day.

The Tower will shine orange Saturday, February 28, in honor of the Texas Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams’ Big 12 championships.

The Lebermann Foundation of Austin has committed $1.5 million to create two endowments at The University of Texas at Austin honoring the parents of former Austin civic leader Lowell Lebermann.

The university will host more than 50,000 visitors, from young children to parents of college-bound students, for Explore UT, an annual event with more than 400 free activities on March 7 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Due to the potential of winter weather, The University of Texas at Austin will delay opening until 10 a.m., with classes beginning at 11 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015.

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Kevin Hegarty will leave his position at The University of Texas at Austin after 14 years to become the executive vice president and chief financial officer at the University of Michigan.

As part of its ongoing efforts to foster an inclusive campus climate, The University of Texas at Austin has released its second Campus Climate Trend Report with data collected on bias incidents reported during the 2013-14 academic year.

UT’s Innervisions Gospel Choir forges friendships in prayer and song. Read more.

Civil rights activist and former Georgia state Sen. Julian Bond will deliver remarks at the 19th Annual Barbara Jordan Forum at the Lyndon B.

The tower of The University of Texas at Austin will be illuminated in orange Jan. 20 in honor of the swearing in of Gov. Greg Abbott, BBA ’81, and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.