college of liberal arts

Seven new department chairs have been appointed in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin this fall.

"The caliber of scholars who will be joining the College of Liberal Arts in their new leadership roles is phenomenal," says Randy L.

Diehl, dean of the College of Liberal Arts. "Each new chair [...]

Wednesday, Sept. 22, 5:30 p.m., MEZ 1.306. Hosted by the Liberal Arts Council and the Senate of College Councils, this forum will feature different teachers from across the College of Liberal Arts that have found innovative and alternative ways to educate their students.

Each teacher will give a small presentation about the different innovations they use in their classroom to spread awareness about their different techniques and encourage students to think and learn more creatively.

Dr. Daniel T. Slesnick, associate dean for research and technology in the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin, has been appointed the university's vice provost for resource management.

Provost Steven Leslie said Slesnick would fill a position that will become vacant Aug. 31, the date on which Executive Vice Provost Stephen [...]

Grace Eckhoff, an undergraduate at The University of Texas at Austin, has been named a Marshall Scholar, one of 40 scholars from across the nation who earned the scholarship to study abroad in the United Kingdom.

Eckhoff is a Plan II Honors student in the College of Liberal Arts and an Honors biology major in the [...]

To promote research in the humanities, 10 liberal arts tenured or tenure-track faculty will receive Humanities Research Awards totaling $150,000 from the College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin.

The college is accepting applications now and will announce the award winners for the 2009-10 academic year in December.

In order to provide a [...]

The College of Liberal Arts at The University of Texas at Austin has honored three students with a Larry Temple Scholarship.

Temple Scholars receive a $33,000 scholarship, $11,000 per year renewable for two years. Application for the scholarship is open to any student achieving a 3.9 or 4.0 grade-point average during his or her freshman year.

The [...]

Michael B. Stoff, associate professor of history at The University of Texas at Austin, will lead the nationally recognized Plan II Honors Program in the College of Liberal Arts.

The distinguished teaching professor has been interim director since 2006. "Plan II is the crown jewel of the College of Liberal Arts and one of the most [...]