The Residence Hall Programming Team and the Gender and Sexuality Center coordinated to organize Queer Prom, a dance event that sought to bring queer individuals, people of color and women together in an inclusive environment while also promoting on-campus queer and feminist student organizations.
UT’s Society of Physics Students has been around since the ’70s but has never been more committed to helping science, technology, engineering and math students explore the possibilities of their degree.
Day drinking, 2000s one-hit-wonder performers and students running amok in West Campus are usually the images that the words “Round Up” conjure up — not community service.
A steel drum orchestra relies on each musician’s ability to hit their notes, stay on tempo and put in the effort to create a spectacular experience for audiences. A small school in Austin today is carrying out that same mission to teach young students the art of steel band music and how to work together.
Elena Ivanova, Plan II and public health freshman, co-founded the Russian Student Association with a group of her Russian friends at the start of the spring 2017 semester to bring together students with a common interest in the culture.
One of UT-Austin’s student organizations is dedicated to mentoring disadvantaged middle school students and has already attracted dozens of volunteers.
