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| Organization | Purpose | Functions |
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| G.R.A.C.E. INACTIVE | To Spread the gospel of Christ through relationship building, community engagement, and teaching. | Major activities include regular meetings, open socials, and community service projects. |
| Gamma Beta Fraternity, Inc. - TAPC | The official purpose of the Gamma Beta Fraternity is to better each member, as an individual and as a whole, and all those in contact with Gamma Beta through a brotherhood promoting and enforcing morality, discipline, responsibility, an unprecedented sense of unity, and high academic standards. | Social, community service, and take care of academics, life, and each other through family-like activities. |
| Gamma Beta Phi Society | The objectives of Gamma Beta Phi are to recognize and encourage excellence in education, to promote development of leadership ability and character in its members, and to foster, disseminate, and improve education through appropriate service projects. | Educational service projects both on and off campus (tutoring, programs, etc.) Induction by invitation held each spring. |
| Gates Millennium Scholars Association-Texas Chapter | Our mission as members of the Gates Millennium Scholars Association is to promote the spirit of the scholarship through academic support, social , networking, and community outreach | Being GMS ambassadors to high schools, support network for incoming scholars, service opportunities, promote and develop relationships |
| Gateway Mentor Program | The purpose of the Gateway Peer Mentoring Program is to develop mentoring relationships with freshmen Gateway Scholars to collaboratively strategize with them to help overcome academic and social challenges associated with their first year of college. Additionally, the peer mentor program seeks to develop the leadership skills of former first-year Gateway Scholars and provide a means for them to remain connected to the services and resources of the Longhorn Center for Academic Excellence. | Mentor to 1st year Gateway Scholars. Provide academic and social activities for these students. |
| GEELO | GEELO (Geological Energy and Environmental Leadership Organization) The purpose of GEELO is to educate the student body to topics that may not be fully expressed in UGS, and also to promote awareness of careers that can come out from these topics. GEELO will hold bi-monthly lectures and events, which will focus on the following areas of study: Energy Mitigation/ Energy Return on Energy Invested/ Peak oil, Gas, Coal, Uranium The upcoming hydrologic problems/ Groundwater processes Climatic changes and implications on the world/ Sustainability/ Paleoclimate research Future job/Internship opportunities for Undergraduates Linking science and policy UT professors/staff will give presentations on these specific topics and (if applicable) will discuss howtheir research is pertinent. Films will be screened on campus on relevant topics. | GEELO will hold activities such as outreach lectures and films. |
| Geo-Institute | To focus the talents and experiences of Geotechnical Engineering Stude nts to: Enhance awareness of Geotechnical Engineering among students, provide a forum to discuss current events and new technologies with pe ers. Foster an exciting learning environment. | Collaborate with ASCE on relevant issues. Promote Undergraduate awaren ess and interest in Geotechnical Engineering. Provide network opportun ities through social and educational activities. Participate in Community Service. |
| Geosciences Leadership Organization for Women (G.L.O.W.) | To encourage leadership, outreach and community within the female body of Geosciences. | Outreach programs for young women to encourage leadership and scientific critical thought. |
| German Club | To promote the study of the culture and languages of all Germanic countries at the University of Texas. | We organize social and cultural events and community service projects, and offer assistance and advice on learning German. |
| German House, Inc. INACTIVE | The purpose of the Deutsches Haus is to provide a place which facilitates the exchange with the German culture. It is a place where people can learn more about the German culture and language. | Activities include but are not limited to: German dinners, movie nights, outings to places with significance German influence (Fredericksburg, etc), housing of German exchange students, services to anybody interested in Germany (like talking to a class of German students about life in Germany). |
| Germanic Studies Graduate Association at UT Austin | GSGA will be a platform for intellectual exchange among UT graduate students interested in Germanic languages, literatures, linguistics and cultures. | Research presentations/ forums, open and advertised to graduate student community, to present and discuss original research and current topics in the field; inviting guest speakers; teaching workshops; research idea/ technique workshops; outreach events such as Int'l Education week. |
| Get Tested Longhorn (GTL) INACTIVE | To raise awareness about MTV's Get Yourself Test (GYT) campaign and help promote safe sex practices. | Campaigning for GYT, volunteering at clinics, promoting a healthy sex life |
| Gigglepants Improv Comedy Troupe | To provide good, free improvisational comedy for the students of UT. | We hold practices twice a week and perform on Friday nights at 7pm in Calhoun 100. Check on our website for show dates. |
| Girl Advocates! | To help adolescent girls realize their potential, equip them with the skills and resources they need to succeed and to help them maintain healthy body images. | Student mentoring, education of how to exercise and eat healthy, volunteering with organization such as GENAustin GirlStart, etc. |
| GLBTQA Business Student Association (GBSA) | The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, and Ally Business Student Association is a professional organization that provides GLBTQA students with networking opportunities through corporate interaction and community-building events. Students will learn about career opportunities within varying industries and ultimately work towards ending discrimination in the workplace. | Professional dinners, recruiting events, social events, diversity week, alumni events |
| Global Architecture Brigades | Global Architecture Brigades is an organization dedicated to research, design, and construction of socially responsible and environmentally sustainable solutions in developing nations. | Global Architecture Brigades conducts 2 annual trips to communities in Honduras, Panama, Nicaragua, and Ghana for the design and construction of sustainable architecture. |
| Global Business Brigades Austin | Provide students with international consulting experience and networking opportunities. | Students will team up with professionals in the consulting field and work on developing economically sustainable solutions for communities in developing countries. This semester will be focused on development in Panama. We have a proposed trip in March. |
| Global China Connection at The University of Texas at Austin INACTIVE | To connect people who are interested in Chinese culture. | Social networking |
| Global Dental Brigades-Longhorn Chapter | Global Dental Brigades aims to promote pre-professional students with the opportunity to gain real life experiences in the dental/medical field through the study end application of hands-on training in rural Central America, while offering their services to the community at large. | Guest speakers,basic first-aid/medical |
| Global Environmental Brigades Austin Chapter | To empower students to promote sustainable solutions in rural communities in Panama in order to reverse degradation and preserve the natural environment through reforestation, sustainable agriculture, wate management, and educational programs. | Volunteers travel to rural Panama a couple times each year to participate in environmental brigades. The rest of the year, members participate in fundraisers, workshops, socials, and local volunteer events. |
| Global Human Rights Brigades Austin | To mobilize students to empower rural communities in Panama to overcome obstacles that impede access to justice through legal council and educational workshops. | Volunteers travel to rural Panama a couple times each year to participate in human rights brigades. The rest of the year, members participate in fundraisers, workshops, socials, and local volunteer events. |
| Global Leadership Center | The Global Leadership Center (GLC) is founded as a collaborative effort of student organizations in the arena of international involvement, awareness, and exchange. The GLC is dedicated to make the global resources available at The University of Texas at Austin more accessible to the student body and empower students to transform their ideas into action with he support from experienced global-minded leaders. | We plan to organize future Act local, Think Global conferences, as well as to bring more involvement in the International Education week from student organizations. |
| Global Medical Brigades | Global Medical Brigades aims to provide pre-professional students with the opportunity to gain real life experience in the medical field through the study and application of hands-on training in rural Latin America, while offering their services to the community at large. | Guest speakers, Basic first-aid/medical training, Banquet, Latin America education. |
| Global Medical Training | To offer healthcare students the opportunity to obtain first hand medical experience while providing free basic medical services to communities in Central America and Mexico. We aim to make the experience as easy as possible for new trippers. The organization assist students in meeting fellow GMTers before leaving, conducting training workshops, and opportunities in financial aide. | Fundraising, workships, socials, volunteering. |
| Global Public Health Brigades at The University of Texas at Austin | To empower Honduran communities to prevent common illnesses through in home infrastructural development, community leader training, and health education. | Once or twice a year, during winter, summer, or spring break, a group of volunteers travel to Honduras on public health brigades, we spend seven days in-country and serve rural communities. |
| Global Student Ambassadors INACTIVE | To get a group of passionate UT students who want to learn and talk about their studying abroad experiences. Ambassadors help the transition of coming back to the home campus and learning how to use the experience for good. | The major activities include a general meeting every two weeks and getting involved with other campus groups to promote the helping of study abroad. Ambassadors can be of all years, and of all majors. |
| GlobeMed at the University of Texas at Austin | GlobeMed aims to strengthen the movement for global health equity by empowering students and communities to work together to improve the health of the impoverished around the world. | Seminars on global health, fundraising for community-based projects, partner/raise money for partner grassroots organization. |
| Goldbar Association | The Goldbar Association provides funding towards the extraciricular military events of Army Cadets fosters a deep sense of pride by supporting military-related issues. | The activities primarily focus on fundraising in order to support an annual military ball and other UT Army ROTC traditions such as the A&M UT ball run. 1 University StationC3603 |
| Gottlieb Lecture Series | The graduate students of the Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology would like to establish a new distinguished speaker series at UT. The purpose is to bring inspirational scientist for speaking engagements on relevant scientific achievements and to share experiences in the development of modern biology. | The main activity of the club is to host visiting scientists. During their stay we will show them campus, the city of Austin, and take them to dinner. There will also be a student dinner the evening of the talk. This provides graduate students the opportunity to personally interact with a noble laureate or highly regarded speaker in an informal setting. |
| Government Administrative Staff Association (GASA) | To serve as a resource and support group for administrative staff members in the department of Government and to provide a communication forum that cultivates mutual encouragement to maintain a positive work environment. | None |
| GRACLS | To provide an organizing body and social forum for graduate students in UT's Program in Comparative Literature. | We will organize brown bag lectures on academic and professional development, organize colloquia and conferences, and social gatherings for graduate students in Comparative Literature. B5003 Austin, TX 78712 |
| GRACS-Graduate Representative Assoc of Computer Science | Represents graduate students in computer sciences and offers a medium for social interaction. | Get together, social events. Taylor Hall 124 |
| Graduate Africanist Organization (GRAFO) | Organize professional/academic activities relating to the study of Africa, its people and their descendents. | We intend to organize round-tables, lectures, conferences, and other professional events which will promote the study of Africa. B7000 |
| Graduate Association of Geography Students | The purpose of GAGS is to provide a support system and social outlet for the graduate students in the Department of Geography and the Environment. | The majority of activities are social events and presentations. They act as a support network for the grad students and also help them prepare for conferences. |
| Graduate Association of Music and Musicians (GAMMA) | To promote cooperation among the music theory, ethno/musicology, and music composition departments at the University of Texas at Austin; to provide a venue for graduate students in these departments to discuss their scholarly research. | The organization will hold an annual conference during the spring semester. Proposals for papers and musical compositions to be presented at the conference will be solicited from both UT students and from other students at other institutions. MBE 3.406 |
| Graduate Association of Native American and Indigenous Students INACTIVE | To increase visibility of Native American and Indigenous issues on campus | Develop educational opportunities such as guest speakers, coordinate social functions among graduate and professional students interested in Native issues, voice needs of Native American and Indigenous students to university officials |
| Graduate Business Adventure Team | Exists to provide education, training support, and when necessary, motivation for MBA students who participate in multi-sport events. | Primary goal is to select 1 event per month to participate in as a team, and also have ongoing training events, guest speakers, etc... |
| Graduate Business Council | To promote social and intellectual interaction among members, faculty and student body. To encourage teaching excellence, recommend means for improving facilities, and provide a viable means for student expression. To provide a vehicle for the informal aspects of graduate education. Conduct other activities in support of the overall welfare of the Graduate School of Business of The University of Texas at Austin. | Include: faculty fireside; sandwiches seminars, and distinguished speaker program; an awards party each semester; participation in in- tramurals and other programs for informal student interactions. |
| Graduate Business Council, Evening Program INACTIVE | The Graduate Business Council, Evening Program, seeks to provide a forum for evening MBA students to work with administration to develop and maintain a strong sense of community and involvement among evening MBA students. | Plan events; advise administration on certain issues; community service PO Box7337 |
| Graduate Business Technology Group | To provide educational, career, and networking opportunities for students who are interested in the high-tech sector or business areas that are strategically impacted by technology. | Organize case challenges, speaker series, career trek, happy hours, and factory tours to help students keep abreast with the latest trends in technology field and promote increased relationship with corporate. |
| Graduate Business Wine Club | To promote education and appreciation for wine and foster relationships among MBA students. | Wine tastings off campus, educational activities, trips to wineries. |
| Graduate Chemical Engineering Leadership Council | This unified council is responsible for the management of professional enrichment, social, financial, and recruitment activities as it pertains to chemical engineering graduate students at UT. The council consists of no less than two elected positions as well as an elected council Chair. All ChE graduate students at UT are invited to run for a position on the council and attend open meetings of the council. | Major activities and events include seminars and sessions which provide professional enrichment, social gatherings such as football tailgates and monthly happy hours to promote networking at camaraderie, visitation weekend to showcase departmental research to potential students, and team-building mixers to increase collaboration and bonding within the incoming class. |
| Graduate Chemical Engineering Society | To promote interactions and friendship between members of the graduate chemical engineering department. | Monthly socials for graduate students to spend time together outside t he lab. |
| Graduate Committee for the Study of Religion | To foster the study of religion among graduate students at the University of Texas | Hosting Colloquiums on Religion, organizing annual graduate student conferences on the study of religion. |
| Graduate Consulting Group | To help graduate business students apply classroom knowledge to the real world. To provide technical help to local business. | Will organize teams of student consultants and assign those teams to specific projects. 1 University Station |
| GRADUATE COORDINATOR NETWORK | TO PROVIDE TRAINING, SUPPORT, AND NETWORKING FOR GRADUATE COORDINATORS AT UT AUSTIN. | NACADA and NAGAP IC2 Institute A0300 |
| Graduate Engineering Council | The primary purpose of the GEC is to represent the interests of the graduate engineers at The University of Texas at Austin. The GEC fulfills this purpose, serving as a liaison between the Office of the Dean of Engineering, the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies and graduate engineers in the College of Engineering. | The GEC engages in appropriate activities promoting the general welfare of the graduate engineers at The University o Texas at Austin. The GEC sponsors events such as the Graduate School Orientation Day, Income Tax Information Session, Health Benefits Information Session, Orientation Picnic for New Students and Student Research Conference and Seminar Series. Our Council also participates in events promoting graduate studies in the engineering fields including the Graduate School Information Panel for Undergraduates. CPE 2.704a |
| Graduate Finance Association | The purpose of this organization is to give UT Austin MBA students a forum to pursue their academic and career interests in finance. The areas of finance that will be included (although not limited to) are: commercial banking, investment banking, corporate finance, financial markets and risk management and insurance. | Present speakers on finance provide career information to members, organize social activites for members, provide informal advising to members, promote UT MBA students for jobs. 1 University Sta B6000 |
| Graduate Management Group | GMG aims to encourage management, leadership, and entrepreneurial skills within the non-business students in the graduate school, thereby building a community of future managers and business leaders from UT Austin non-business graduate background. | "Graduate Management Group" offers - 1. Management certification to graduate students from non-business disciplines. 2. Mini-MBA course in spring semester. 3. Mentorship opportunities for research, career, or professional development. 4. Seminars, workshops, and panel discussions intended to provide insight into ways of transitioning into management, leadership, and entrepreneurial roles. 5. Real-world activities to improve management, leadership, and business skills. 6. "Boardroom meetings" to analyze management policies and strategies across various industries and disciplines. |
| Graduate Marketing Network | Further student's interests and opportunities in marketing careers. | 1. Further faculty and student interaction. 2. Increase the number of firms coming to recruit for marketing students. 3. Seminars in interviewing, etc. |
| Graduate Operations Group | Expose members to industry topics and interest in the Operations Management field. Create networking opportunities with perspective employers. | Career panels. Industry speakers. Recruiting events. Social Activities. |
| Graduate Public Affairs Council | To serve the needs of the students of the LBJ School of Public Affairs. | The purpose of GPAC is to serve the interests of the LBJ School Student Body. In order to achieve this mission, GPAC shall facilitate student initiatives, foster discussion and decision-making, and engage in advocacy on behalf of students. |
| Graduate Real Estate Society | To establish and maintain a network of graduate students seeking careers in the real estate industry with the goal of promoting interaction with corporations in real estate related fields and educating the group's members about employment opportunities in this same field. | Real estate career panels, company presentations, site visits, and company hosted events. |
| Graduate Student Art History Association | The Objective of the GSAHA are to encourage and develop relations between M.A. and Ph.D. candidates, faculty, visting scholars, alumni, and other professionals in the fields; to provide a forum through which graduates students may openly address issues related to their experience within the Dept. of Art and Art History; and to foster an alliance with other graduate students within the university. | Annual Lecture w/ guest speaker, provide lecture receptions for dept. lectures, Greenhill Sym, Annual Book Awards. |
| Graduate Student Assembly | 1) Conduct activities which promote the general welfare of graduate students; 2) facilitate graduate student communication and inter- action; 3) gather and disseminate information pertinent to graduate students; 4) to represent the views of graduate students to the University community and the community at large; and 5) provide effective representation to appropriate bodies relating to graduate students. | 1) Distribution and compilation of Graduate Guide; 2) Who's Who selection; 3) production of special seminars on topics of interest to graduate students; 4) investigation of graduate students' areas of concern; 5) graduate orientation co-sponsor. MAI 2403 G2000 |
| Graduate Student Diversity Organization | This organization aims to relieve feelings of isolation felt by students from historically underserved or marginalized communities by organizing activities and coordinating events of interest to graduate students across campus, from various departments and schools. Our goal is to develop a sense of community among the diverse body of graduate students at The University of Texas campus by promoting social networking, professional development, opportunities for collaborative research, and community engagement. | Encourage the development of affirming and supportive relationships between and among graduate students of color and marginalized groups on campus. Develop educational and professional opportunities including hosting guest speakers, coordinating social functions, sponsoring research and initiatives addressing issues of diversity, and voicing needs of graduate students of color and underserved communities to university officials and administration. |
| Graduate Student Executive Committee (GSEC) | To represent the interests of the graduate students in the department of geological sciences. | Major activities are to act as a representative organization for graduate students in department of geological sciences, to act as link with the faculty and geology foundation. |
| Graduate Student Organization - Spanish and Portuguese | To serve as a liaison between the faculty and the graduate students and teaching assistants of the Department of Spanish and Portuguese. | We are especially interested in matters concerning teaching assistants and graduate students in our department. Ben 2.116 |
| Graduate Undergraduate Research Union (GURU) INACTIVE | To improve and bolster the research relationship between the graduate and undergraduate student bodies. | 1)Participation in original research in the field of Biomedical Engineering. 2)Designing a system of judging research posters for the Biomedical Engineering Undergraduate Research Symposium. 3)Developing information seminars for graduate and undergraduate students to strengthen the connection with research. 4)LINK meeting for graduate and undergraduate students in research. 5)BME graduate recruiting weekend. |
| Graduate Women in Business | 1) Offer educational and personal enrichment programs. 2) Provide contact and support among women presently and previously in the programs. 3) Communicate with program graduates, particularly regarding job opportunities and job related concerns. | Bring in outside speakers and collect information and contacts furthering the interests of women in business. 1800 Lavaca St. #507 |
| Graduate Women in Computing | Advocacy and support for women involved in computing research at the graduate level. | Professional seminars and social events. |
| Graham and Dodd Investment Group | Our investment group aims to teach and explore the investing principles of Benjamin Graham and David Dodd, the original "intelligent investors": dollar cost averaging, value investing, reinvestment of earnings and diversification of securities. | We will hold several meetings a semester with speakers from successful value investing firms. We will also hold an intraclub competition on a "play money" stock market website awarding the highest earnings in a diversified portfolio with a prize. |
| Grammy University Network - Texas Chapter | To educate college students about today's music industry by combining an educational component with networking events and professional development opportunities. | Events, guest speakers, performances by music artists and business professionals. |
| Graveyard Play INACTIVE | Graveyard Play seeks to perform a devised theatrical piece with an ensemble composed of UT students that asks the question, "What happens to the memory of our secrets after we die?" Graveyard Play will be performed between April 26- May 5 2013. | The Graveyard Play ensemble will workshop and develop a site specific piece, generate original text, seek academic advisement from their professors, undergo a rehearsal process and perform six shows for the public. |
| GREEN 'HORNS INACTIVE | TO PROVIDE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION TO STAFF AT UT AUSTIN REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY, MINIMISATION OF POLLUTION AND SUSTAINABLE PRACTICES ON CAMPUS. | none C2600 |
| Grupo Flor y Canto | Grupo Flor y Canto is an education performance troupe focused on dance forms with roots in Latin America. Our members and performances also include musicians and poets. Each fall we host Las Calaeas, a free educational event for the campus community with a Dia de los Muertos theme. Each spring we host Fandango, which is also a free educational event for the campus community. | Grupo Flor y Canto is committed to cultural education, and for that reason we organize a collaborative production each semester. |
| Guild of Student Carillonneurs | The Guild seeks to: maintain a regular ringing schedule of the Kniker Carillon during the academic year; to further the musical education of its members through performance and instruction; to perform at official functions of the university; and to encourage general interest in the Carillon at the University of Texas. | The Guild performs mini-concerts weekly on the Kniker Carillon as well as giving a larger concert at least once a semester. The Guild would also like to see the Carillon become more integral to official functions at the university as well as daily life. |
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Each year, registered student organizations self-identify according to the following twelve categories:
- Educational/Departmental Organizations promote development in a particular academic area.
- Honorary Organizations recognize high-level academic achievement, and generally require a demonstrated interest in a particular career or academic discipline.
- International/Cultural Organizations foster cultural diversity and offer support to their members and the campus community.
- Legislative Student Organizations Graduate Student Assembly, Senate of College Councils and Student Government.
- Political Organizations support political parties, political issues and/or candidates who are seeking political office.
- Professional Organizations provide a preview of students' anticipated professional careers. Group activities may include speakers, field trips and volunteer or field work.
- Recreational Organizations promote sports-oriented programs and/or recreational activities.
- Religious Organizations serve as support for students of a particular religious persuasion or denomination.
- Service Organizations provide volunteers for on-campus and off-campus projects. Membership requirements generally include a commitment to work for and/or an interest in a particular cause.
- Social Organizations foster social networks among members.
- Special Interest Organizations focus on a specific issue or topic.
- Student Governance Organizations address student needs and express student views.
