civic participation

The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation will begin this month managing Project Vote Smart's Key Votes Program, a free online database that provides citizens with access to congressional and state legislative voting records compiled by undergraduate researchers.

The institute was among six universities vying to manage the Key Votes program. Thanks to [...]

The Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at The University of Texas at Austin is one of only 13 organizations from across the country selected to receive a grant from the U.S.

Election Assistance Commission (EAC) to foster student participation in the election process. Under the auspices of the Help America Vote College Poll Worker program [...]

Students from El Paso's Horizon High School offered solutions to the problem of teen pregnancy to win first place in the sixth annual Speak Up!

Speak Out! civics fair hosted by the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at The University of Texas at Austin.

Students from Akins High School and LBJ High School, both in [...]

Four University of Texas at Austin seniors will intern at the ACLU, the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations (NCUSAR), the Hispanic College Fund and Georgetown Law School this summer after winning Theodore Strauss Civic Internship Awards from the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation.

Lauren Conner, a history major from Dallas, will work with the ACLU [...]

Charles R. Courtney, former president and CEO of the Texas Retailers Association, has been named associate director of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at The University of Texas at Austin.

Courtney will oversee finance and development initiatives, including donor relations and grant procurement. He also will supervise program managers and graduate research assistants carrying [...]

Tex Elects, a program incorporating Get Out the Vote activities into the classroom, will enable middle and high school students to get involved in the political process through a statewide competition.

Tex Elects, an initiative of the Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Participation at The University of Texas at Austin, is a contest where students use [...]