2013 UT/Community Summer
Associates Program Summary
June 3, 2013 – August 9, 2013
Overview
The UT DDCE will partner with the City of Austin to help
make a bigger impact in alleviating poverty in the community through education
and food security programs and services coordinated through programs and
services within six agencies.
Agencies
and Summer Associate Placements:
BiGAUSTIN (Business Investment Growth
Austin)– a small business development non-profit organization designed to
develop the next generation of entrepreneurs in Austin from a variety of
disadvantaged population groups including youth ages 13-19 through the
Entrepreneurial Training for Youth (ENTRY) Program, Disadvantaged Business
Enterprise (DBEs) in the construction industry through the Working Capital
& Technical Assistant Program, and ex-offenders interested in self-employment
through the Small Business & Job Creation Ex-Offender Re-Entry
Program.
*2 positions FILLED
Con Mi Madre (CMM) – a non-profit organization working
with the UT School of Social Work to increase the representation of Hispanic
girls in post-secondary institutions through a focus on education and social
support services to girls and their mothers.
*2 positions
Austin Pre-freshman Engineering Program (AusPrEP) - AusPrEP is one of the Texas
Pre-freshman Engineering Programs (TexPrEP) located on college campuses in
Texas. PrEP was founded to identify high achieving middle and high
school students with the potential and interest in becoming scientists and
engineers and to reinforce them in the pursuit of these fields. AusPrEP,
located at Huston-Tillotson University, focuses on recruiting girls and
students from minority groups, who have been traditionally underrepresented in
science and engineering.
*3 positions
UT University Outreach Centers (UOC) – The UT University Outreach Centers provide a
college preparatory program for underrepresented students in grades 8-12. The program is designed to enhance students’
success academically and ensure they are college admissible upon graduation
from high school. Furthermore, staff assist students with potential barriers
(e.g., entrance exam deadlines), and equip them with tools to successfully
negotiate the college admissions process.
*2 positions (UOC/San Antonio and UOC/ Rio Grande Valley)
UT Pre-College Academic Readiness
Program (PCARP) -
The UT PCARP is a program within the DDCE designed to provide academic
preparation through a variety of college-level curricula designed to improve
college readiness among Texas high school students underrepresented in
postsecondary institutions.
*1 position
United Way for Greater Austin – The United Way for Greater Austin
(UWATX) is a local nonprofit and community service
organization providing resources and volunteer opportunities with local Austin
charities. The 30 Summer Associates will
support strategic work in UWATX’s two premiere education initiatives: Target Graduation (a program designed to
positively impact student performance as well as the culture of learning in
schools by coordinating systems which emphasize collaboration to prepare students
for success in college, work and life) and Success by 6 (a cooperative program
designed to make sure every child is ready for kindergarten by improving the
complex networks of child care services, parent education, public and private
funding and public policy in the Central Texas community).
*30 positions (5 with
Target Graduation/25 with Success By 6)
Capital Area Food Bank - The
Capital Area Food Bank of Texas (CAFB) provides food and grocery products
to more than 300 Partner Agencies in 21 Central Texas counties fulfilling
its mission to nourish hungry people
and lead the community in ending hunger.
*10 positions