PLAN2NEWS September 6, 2011 PHOTO BY CHRISBUZZARD / PANORAMIO Drop by the WCH 4.104 to meet the Plan II staff and advisors, check out the office, and grab a cookie! The Plan2News is delivered via email every Tuesday and Friday. You can also view the pdf version online at the Plan II website. WEEKLY EVENTS ITEMS IN BLUE ARE NEW; ITEMS IN RED ARE LAST CHANCE TUESDAY PLAN2NEWS 3. Orange Jackets information sessions • ON THIS DAY, 1881: Austin is 4. P2SA Co-Secretaries and Co-Historians 1. Plan II Sophomore Summit chosen as the main site of the 2. Fall Plan II advising hours Positions Open For Freshmen University of Texas 3. Freshman Getaway and P2SA 5. UT Building Tomorrow Kick-Off Event Membership 6. Girls’ Plan II Missional Community WEDNESDAY 4. Update your contact information 5. Plan II World Lit ambassadors needed EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIPS • ON THIS DAY, 1881: Austin is 6. Plan II overnight ambassadors needed 1. Openings at The Daily Texan chosen as the main site of the 7. Plan II e-mail ambassadors needed 2. Sociology work study opportunity University of Texas 3. Teach For America application ACADEMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 4. Career Design Center medical and dental THURSDAY 1. Study abroad information sessions school application and letter of • ON THIS DAY, 1894: The evaluation workshops 2. Liberal Arts Career Services Volunteer original Pledge of Allegiance Fair 5. Career Design Center medical and dental debuts in a children’s magazine 3. McCombs Study Abroad Fair school interview workshops 4. Bevonomics Repaying Student Loans 6. The College of Natural Sciences Fall FRIDAY workshop Career Expo 5. Undergraduate research information 7. GLG Research employment • Payment for added classes sessions opportunities (add bill) due by 5 p.m. 6. University Extension course registration 8. Career-oriented liberal arts courses • Last day an undergraduate may open 9. Fieldwork positions at the H.J. Lutcher drop a class for a possible Stark Center 7. Free classes and academic support at the refund or add a class (barring Sanger Learning and Career Center 10.Openings at the Harry Ransom Center rare circumstances) STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS USEFUL MISCELLANY BY ELIZABETH BARNES 1. Plan II Chamber Music Society meeting 1. About Plan2News 2. Plan II Pre-Med Society meeting 2. Submitting to Plan2News 1 3. Freshman Getaway and P2SA sessions begin on Wednesday, September PLAN2NEWS Membership 8. To volunteer, please contact P2SA Friday, September 9 Recruitment Chairs Austin Rogers or 1. Plan II Sophomore Summit 3:30 p.m. - 9 p.m. Johann Roldan at September 14 from 5:15 p.m. - 7 p.m. [email protected]. MEZ 1.306 Register now for the Freshman Getaway, and sign up for your lifetime membership 6. Plan II overnight ambassadors A mandatory event for all second-year to the Plan II Students' Association. needed Plan II students, Sophomore Summit is Getaway registration is due by September Are you an on-campus resident eager to where Plan II formally welcomes students 8; registration forms are available at the show off Plan II and UT Austin? Plan II back to UT Austin as we all gather Plan II front desk. needs male and female volunteers to host together as members of the Plan II visiting prospective students for an Community. The purpose of the Starting today, everyone signing up also overnight stay in a dorm. Hosts must Sophomore Summit is to briefly introduce needs the Medical Waiver form, which is provide visitors with contact information, students to several offices/resources on available on the Plan II website and at the a firm meeting time, directions around campus, provide guidance on customizing front desk. You can mail the form with campus, and a floor to sleep on for the course choices (to prepare for theses your check or fill it out at the Plan II front night. Honors dorms, Duren, and San down the road), and explain the year-long desk; please bring your insurance card if Jacinto are often requested, but hosts from Sophomore Advising Program. It is our you have one. all on-campus dorms are appreciated. hope that students leave the Summit with the information and tools they need to Plan II Getaway kicks off the year with Ambassadors will be asked to house investigate the many opportunities that great food (including vegetarian options), overnight visitors only once or twice lay before them and start thinking about volleyball, swimming, Frisbee, soccer, throughout the year. Volunteers are not what they want to accomplish in the next and more. Get to know Plan II faculty, expected to play tour guide or babysitter, few years at UT and beyond. staff, and peer advisors in a great setting but we expect them to be gracious away from campus—the Shady Springs ambassadors for Plan II and UT and hope For more information on all of the events Party Barn! Buses start loading at 3:30 that they will include visitors in activities. and activities included in the Sophomore p.m. in front of the Littlefield Fountain on To volunteer, please contact P2SA Advising Program visit the Plan II 21st Street and leave by 4 p.m. You will Recruitment Chairs Austin Rogers or Website: be back on campus no later than 9 p.m. Johann Roldan at http://www.utexas.edu/cola/progs/plan2/ [email protected]. advising/soph.php 4. Update your contact information Please be sure to keep your e-mail address 7. Plan II e-mail ambassadors needed To ask questions or request additional Plan II needs volunteers to serve as e-mail information, contact Senior Academic updated with the Plan II Honors Program office. Unfortunately, updating your e- ambassadors for prospective students. Advisor Melissa Ossian at Names, e-mail addresses, majors, and [email protected]. mail (or home address, parents' address, phone, etc.) on UTDirect will not update interests will be posted online, and our Plan II database. Please e-mail volunteers must respond promptly to questions. 2. Fall Plan II advising hours Jennifer Scalora at Monday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. [email protected] if you change any of your contact information. Plan II student contacts who are Tuesday:11:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. combining majors and degrees in fine Wednesday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 5. Plan II World Lit ambassadors arts, engineering, communication, and Thursday: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. architecture are especially in demand, Friday: 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. needed Share your Plan II pride! We seek first- though all are welcome. Send your name, year students to act as escorts for e-mail address, year (first, second, third, Note: On occasion, the Plan II advisors prospective applicants (high school etc.), and a list of other majors, degrees, are out of the office or unavailable during juniors and seniors). World Lit and special interests to Jennifer Scalora at the hours posted above due to meetings, ambassadors take visitors from Plan II [email protected]. appointments, trainings, etc. admission information sessions to selected World Literature classes and Advisors see students on a walk-in escort the visitors back to the Meyerson ACADEMIC basis. When you want to see one of the Room (WCH 4.118) afterward. Plan II academic advisors in the office, Prospective students will visit Professors ANNOUNCEMENTS stop by and sign in at the front desk. The Kevorkian's, Hoad’s, Rumrich's, and student receptionist will let us know that Garrison's MWF 11 a.m. classes. 1. Study abroad information sessions you are here. Have a seat in the front Today (Tuesday, September 6) at 4 p.m. BUR 108 office area and wait for one of us to come Ambassadors should must either belong out and get you. We see students in the to one of the listed classes or be free from order in which they signed up. All students interested in studying abroad 10 - 11 a.m. on MWF. We ask through UT Austin may attend. For more ambassadors to arrive at the Meyerson by information about funding study abroad, 10:40 -10:45 a.m. to ensure that everyone arrives to the class on time. Information 2 visit the Study Abroad website at questions and talk about strategies for www.world.utexas.edu/abroad. getting involved in undergraduate STUDENT research at UT Austin. Info sessions are 2. Liberal Arts Career Services open to students from all disciplines and ORGANIZATIONS Volunteer Fair majors. Material presented at the general Wednesday, September 7 and science sessions is similar in nature, 1. Plan II Chamber Music Society 9:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Speedway Mall so you only need to select and attend one meeting session. Sign up at: http:// Thursday, September 8 at 7 p.m. The Volunteer Fair features about 70 www.utexas.edu/ugs/ugr/students/ Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007B) nonprofit and government agencies sessions. seeking enthusiastic volunteers and Plan II Chamber Music Society would promoting volunteer service. Attend the 6. University Extension course like to invite you to its first meeting for a fair to find information on volunteer registration open chance to learn about the organization, opportunities with organizations from all University Extension (UEX) credit meet new people, and enjoy some areas of Austin. For more information, courses are offered online or after 5 delicious Tiff's Treats cookies! contact the Volunteer and Service p.m. in a classroom setting on the Learning Center at http:// university campus. Self-paced Come find out whether you would enjoy getinvolvedvslc.wordpress.com/ or (512) online credit courses can be started at going to concerts and musicals with 471-6161.