Announcements
GSA Officer Elections
Want to be a GSA Officer for the 2010-2011 term? File by Feb. 17th!
[read more]On March 2-3 of this semester, the President, Vice-President for Internal Affairs, and Vice-President for External Affairs of the Graduate Student Assembly will be voted into office by UT's 12,000+ graduate students through an online election.
If you are interested in serving graduate students at UT in any of these capacities, please complete and turn in a
filing form and the requested supporting documents by February 17th. One important note is that only individuals who are currently members of the GSA for the 2009-2010 year, serving as either a departmental representative or an officer, can run for the office of President.
If you have any questions about the elections process or the duties of these important champions of graduate student concerns on campus and beyond, you may visit our
elections page or contact one of the
current officers.
Additionally, some basic information about what the Graduate Student Assembly does each year is available
here, and information on how the organization is structured and run can be found in our new member
welcome packet.
[collapse]Next GSA Meeting
Wendesday, February 10th from 5-6:30 PM in the Glenn Maloney Room of the Student Services Building (SSB G1.310)
[read more]Please join us for our eighth GSA meeting of the 2009-2010 school year on Wednesday, February 10th from 5-6:30 PM in the Glenn Maloney Room of the Student Services Building.
Free food will be provided.
[collapse]GSA GSO Funding for Spring 2010
The priority deadline is Friday, Feb. 5th at 5:00pm!
[read more]Registered Graduate Student Organizations,
Every semester the Graduate Student Assembly accepts requests for funding for events, projects, programs, organizational support, etc. from registered graduate student organizations. The funding application contains instructions on how to complete and submit the application, as well as some general guidelines that GSA will use to evaluate these funding requests.
Funding Application
Briefly, the deadline for the priority funding round for the Spring 2010 semester is Friday, February 5th at 5:00pm . GSA will continue to accept and consider funding applications after that date on a first come basis through March 1st, subject to the availability of funds. The priority funding round recommendations will be presented and voted on at the Feb. 10th meeting of the Graduate Student Assembly (5:00pm in SSB G1.310). We highly encourage groups applying for funding to send a representative to our meeting on the date we consider your application in order to answer any questions about it that may arise. After this date, funds will be available to those organizations with approved requests, although you should allow for at least a one week lead time.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Best Regards,
Ashutosh Singh
GSA Financial Director
[collapse]Membership Information
Interested in becoming a GSA representative for your department? Read below to find out how.
[read more]The Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) is continuously working to ensure that every department at the University of Texas is represented at our assembly meetings. Our efforts include working with graduate coordinators to ensure that every college/department at UT elects a graduate student representative. To date we have 40 departments that are represented.
If you are interested in learning more about the assembly, unsure if your college/department is represented or would like to serve on the GSA, please stop by our meeting contact the GSA membership director Milli Reddy (millireddy@mail.utexas.edu)
[collapse]Housing Survey
Please take a moment to fill out a survey regarding housing for graduate students. Link: http://www.utgraduatestudentassembly.org/survey.php?SurveyID=50
[read more]If you have not taken the survey regarding housing for graduate students, please take a moment to fill out this survey. It will provide the Graduate Student Assembly (GSA) with important information that will enable us to advocate on behalf of graduate students. It should only take a few minutes to take this survey. It can be found online at:
http://www.utgraduatestudentassembly.org/survey.php?SurveyID=50.
[collapse]Association for India's Development (Austin Chapter) presents "Milan" - Music Without Borders
Concert: Chhandayan Fusion Group
Friday, Nov. 7 @ 5pm
[read more]Featuring:
*Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan Veena and vocal)
*Salman Ahmad of Junoon (guitar and vocal)
*Samir Chatterjee (tabla)
*Daniel Weiss (drums)
Saturday, November 7, 2009, 5:00 pm
Venue : Fine Arts Facility, Westlake High School, 4100 Westbank Dr, Austin, TX 78746
All proceeds from the concert will support development projects in India.
Tickets: $100, $50, $35, $25, $20 (students)
Call: 512-524-3819
Babysitting is available at the venue for a nominal fee.
Concert Website: http://austin.aidindia.org/milan
Milan on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=138965519696
About AID:
AID (Association for India's Development), is a registered 501c(3) non-profit, volunteer organization that supports a wide variety of social service and development projects addressing such issues as literacy, health care, rural credit, vocational training, women's empowerment and children's welfare.
AID website - http://www.aidindia.org
For more information please send an email to concert@austin.aidindia.org
[collapse]ASPECTS Trainings for the week of October 5th - October 9th
Blackboard: Enhancing Communication
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 10:00am
GSB 2.130
This hands-on session will focus on the effective uses of Blackboard's
communication tools to connect instructors with students outside the
classroom. We will discuss how to use, facilitate, and manage these tools to elevate class communication online. These tools include email, discussion board, chat and announcements.
Assessing Your Teaching
Tuesday, October 6, 2009 2:00pm
ACE 2.404B
In this workshop we will discuss the reasons for assessing instruction, learn the assessment process, and plan an instructional assessment. Specifically, workshop participants will be shown ways to integrate assessment into their instruction using the Ongoing Course Assessment (OCA) system, the Course Instructor Survey (CIS), and DIIA’s Instructional Assessment Resources Online. Participants will have the opportunity to begin developing an assessment plan for a course.
Teaching with Blogs and Wikis
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 10:00am
GSB 2.130
Have you heard of wikis and blogs, but aren’t sure where to begin searching for more information? This is the workshop for you! A wiki is a real-time, collaborative, Web page writing and editing tool, in which any number of people can participate. Blogging-a contraction of "Web logging"-is a method of posting information to an on-line diary. This hands-on session will focus on wikis and blogs available at UT and how to use them effectively in your class.
Promoting Active Learning
Wednesday, October 7, 2009 11:00am
ACE 2.404B
By using discussions, instructors can promote their students' active
participation in class, thereby addressing students' poor content retention, weak conceptual understanding, and inability to transfer knowledge to authentic situations. When students actively engage instructional material, they process information more deeply and engage higher level thinking skills, which generally translates into better grades and greater motivation for learning. After we examine three techniques for promoting classroom discussion, you’ll experience them for yourself and consider the instructional situations in which each would be most effective.
Exploring Multiple Identities
Thursday, October 8, 2009 1:00pm
ACE 2.404B
This session will focus on multiple identities that impact daily
interactions and relationships. Participants will identify and reflect upon
dimensions of their own individual identities as well as the identities of
others. Through small and large group discussion, participants will explore
the impact of multiple identities on classroom dynamics, and how the
activation of multiple identities shapes interactions with students,
colleagues, and instructors.
Teaching with PowerPoint (2hr session)
Thursday, October 8, 2009 1:00pm
GSB 2.130
As PowerPoint has become the standard presentation software used at UT
Austin, many students find the presentations boring and accuse some teachers
of becoming note-dependent while using it. We will demonstrate effective
ways to use PowerPoint, covering techniques for increasing student
participation, maintaining students’ attention, and branching presentations
to enable student interaction. Providing images, slides, or graphics during
class helps students link content with the “big picture” of the course and
with their prior knowledge about the topic. Visual materials can also serve
as memory cues for later recall and may also pique the interest of students
in exploring content further.
Effective Public Speaking Techniques
Friday, October 9, 2009 11:00am
ACE 2.404B
The difference between sharing academic knowledge in writing and in speech is that lectures and public speaking occur with the audience present. Just as writing can be learned, you can learn to speak publicly. We will discuss how to plan what you will say and how to make your message clear, while avoiding becoming a bundle of nerves!
For more information and registration options for all ASPECTS sessions, visit:
http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/gsi/aspects/view_sessions.php
An interactive map to all UT Buildings can be found at:
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/
PLEASE NOTE:
* Please be sure to register for any session you wish to attend.
* If you have registered for a session and do not plan to attend please cancel your registration as soon as possible by returning to the registration section of the website.
* Classes have LIMITED enrollment and some sessions fill up quickly, so plan ahead and REGISTER EARLY.
*Sessions are *FREE and open to ALL graduate students*.
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