Coming Up in ELC:

Scholarship Application: Summer 2024

• Application available online HERE
• Submission Deadline: Friday, April 5 @ 5:00 pm
• Two (2) scholarships are typically awarded: one for AEP and one for ELP
• Award will cover $1700 towards intensive tuition for the Summer I 2024 (10–week) session in either AEP or ELP.

Continuing Student Applications

• For Summer 2024
• Application available online HERE
• We would love to see you again!

Final Reception: TALENT SHOW

• Monday, April 29
• 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm
• Texas Union – Santa Rita Suite (UNB 3.502)
• Winners of the Summer 2024 scholarships will be announced!
• Dinner will be served.
• Each semester, our final reception features a talent show.
• Past shows have included:
  • • songs- Karaoke style or musical instruments! 
    • dances
    • martial arts demonstrations
    • poems in many languages
    • international fashion shows
• Don’t feel shy! Grab your friends and classmates to help you out!
• We will also put together a slide show of photos from throughout the spring. Please share your pictures here to add them to the show!
• When you’ve decided what you’ll perform, please email elc@austin.utexas.edu so that we can add you to the program and coordinate your audio and video needs.
• The deadline to let us know if you will be performing is Monday, April 22 by 5:00 pm.
• We can’t wait to hear what you have planned! 

Upcoming Social Events:

Talk Time

• Practice your English conversation skills with native English speakers!
• Wednesday, April 3
• 3:45 – 4:45 pm
• CBA 4.328

 

 

Ice Cream Social 

• Because dessert is always a good idea, enjoy some delicious ice cream with your friends in the ELC!
• Friday, April 5
• 12:45 – 1:45 pm
• Barbara Jordan Statue, 307 W. 24th St.

 

 

 

 

Total Eclipse of the Horns: Solar Eclipse

• Join us for a community-wide celebration of
  the Great North American Eclipse including live music, free snacks, burnt-orange eclipse glasses and more!
• Monday, April 8
• 11 am – 3 pm
• UT community-wide viewing hour, 1-2 pm
• Eclipse Totality, 1:36 – 1:38 pm
• Afternoon classes from 2-3:30 cancelled for ELC students!
• Stop by any of our 16 Sun Spots to pick up your burnt-orange eclipse glasses, see the sun through a telescope, learn more about eclipses and grab your eclipse-themed snacks!
• Are you curious about the solar eclipse and want to learn more? Watch the video below,

Explore UT

Follow these self-guided tours to dive deeper into all The University of Texas at Austin has to offer.

Landmarks

• This is the university’s public art program. It is broadly accessible and free to all. The public art collection is one of the most distinguishing features of the main campus.
• More than fifty works of modern and contemporary art are on view throughout the 433-acre campus.
• Visit website for more information.

 

Mobil Phone App:

You can enjoy the Landmarks collection while walking on campus. Use your smartphone to access self-guided tours of select outdoor works of art, audio guides, artist videos, Spotify playlists, and more. Download the app or scan the QR code below.

This app allows you to discover over forty works of art from Landmarks, the public art collection of The University of Texas at Austin.

• Touch the navigation buttons at the bottom of this screen to access visitor information, maps, information about the collection, self-guided tours, and feedback options.
• While on the Collections page, scroll to the top of the menu to search works of art by title or artist name.

Watch interviews (below) with artists and academics about works in the Landmarks collection.

Live Green Campus Tour

• Take this self-guided tour of the UT Austin campus.
• Walk the gorgeous UT campus while discovering the secrets of sustainability and the history of the university.
• About 2 miles long (a little over 3 km) or about 1 hour of walking.

 

Walking Waller Creek 

• This self-guided walking tour of Waller Creek explores the urban stream and ecosystem that bisects The University of Texas at Austin.
• Learn about sustainable gardening on the UT campus, rainwater collection, native plants and wildlife, and so much more!
• The tour is 1.9 miles long (3 km) or about 1 hour of walking.
• Print this map!