Dean's Scholars Council Elections 2000 - 2001
Elections will be held in seminars the week of April 24 - 28.
All non-graduating Dean's Scholars may vote for up to 10
people. View election statements here.
Dean's Scholars Science Fun Day - April 28
It's time for DS Science Fun Day again, and we need your help!!!
Each Spring we invite 100 middle school children to campus for a day. In
the morning, we entertain them with a Chemistry Circus. Following a lunch
at the cafeterias on campus, we split them into groups and take them on
tours to various labs.
Here's a tenative schedule for this year's Science Fun Day (Friday April
28th):
9 a.m. --> Kids arrive
9:10 - 11:15 --> Chemistry Circus
11:15- 11:30 --> Walk to Jester/ Kinsolving for lunch
11:30- 12:15 --> Lunch
12:15- 12:30 --> Walk to respective labs for tours
12:30- 1:00 --> Lab Tour
1- 1:15 --> Walk to a final meeting place
1:15- 1:30 --> Wrap- up
1:30 --> Kids leave
We know that people have classes throughout the day, so any time you can
donate would be wonderful. We need people to: perform the chemistry circus;
chaperone the circus and lunch; lead/ chaperone lab tours. If you cannot
help out on that day itself, there should be some stuff to do ahead of time
if you're interested. Contact Pooja
soon if you are interested.
Dean's Scholars Musicale XV
The Fifteenth Annual Dean's Scholars Musicale will be Sunday
April 16 at 6PM. You are cordially invited to attend and have dinner.
Independent of talent, you are also encouraged to perform.
Please consider playing, singing, juggling, reading a poem, doing a skit,
climbing through a cave, ... . Once again talent is a sufficient but not
necessary condition for performing.
The event will once again be held at the home of Dr. Starbird, and a
piano will be available. Black tie optional. Blue jeans are optional, too.
Distinguished Lecture Series Speakers
The Dean's Scholars Distinguished Speaker Series is bringing
in three more distinguished speakers this semester:
-
Arthur Guitierrez-Hartmann, M.D. -
Director of the MD/PhD program
at The University of Colorado.
"Pit-1 and Ets-1 Transcription
Factors". Wednesday, March 29, 2000.
5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Welch 2.122.
-
David P. Anderson, Ph.D. - Director
of the SETI@Home project. Monday, April
3, 2000. 5:30pm - 6:30pm. PAI 2.48.
- Dr. Oliver Sacks!
- Neurologist and award-winning author. Wednesday,
April 12, 2000. 5:30 - 7:00pm. WEL 2.224.
Book Signing to Follow.
Please come to as many as you can! Free food!
Research Guide
The new undergraduate
research guide is now online. Contact Sara
Cecilia Martinez if you would like to help maintain the guide. If you work
in a lab and can't find your prof's name anywhere on the
listings, direct them to the
faculty research form.
IM Sports
If you are a Dean's Scholar that is interested in organizing
a team for an IM sport, please e-mail the group at ds@cs.utexas.edu.
(We currently have a basketball team, and in the past have played such sports as football
and floor hockey.)
Study Buddies
If you are interested in finding study buddies within DS for your classes, e-mail
Erin Lichtmann with your name, schedule,
e-mail address, and phone number.
DS Tutoring
Neighborhood Longhorns has a one-on-one weekly tutoring program for elementary school kids.
Dean's Scholars has started participating in this program as a group. If you
are interested, e-mail Maylon Hsu.
Office Beautification
If you have any ideas for improving the office, or items (posters, radios, etc.) to donate, come to
ESB 19.
Middle School Enrichment Program
The Middle School Enrichment Program (MSEP) is underway this semester.
MSEP is one of Dean's Scholars most
active programs. It was founded with the intent to keep middle school kids
interested in science. Every other week students get the chance to go to
area middle schools and perform science demonstrations. This program
requires about 2-3 hours per week in order to plan and prepare the demos
and to visit your class. It's not too late to sign up! If you are interested
in joining a group, please
e-mail Pooja Paranjpe.
Friday Lunches
Friday lunches are being held every Friday from noon to one this semester in the
Asian Culture Room of the Texas Union (Room 4.224). Check the
calendar for
information on weekly speakers and contact
Jessica Dalby for more information
or
to suggest a speaker.
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