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Texas Please feel free to forward this newsletter to a friend. It is free to all UT Austin degree holders and Members of The Ex-Student's Association. COMMENTS? Email us at comments@alumni.utexas.edu Please do not reply to this e-mail. If you'd prefer not to receive this E-mail newsletter in the future, click on the link below: http://www.texasexes.org/welcome/unsubscribe.phtml University News: 1. New Dorm Opens 2. UT to Increase Internet Accessibility 3. UT Receives Scholarship Donation From Nortel Networks 4. UT Turns 117 __________________________________________________________ Ex-Students' Association News 1. Membership Campaign 2. Home Football games 3. Away game trips and tailgate parties 4. Membership benefits and services update 5. UT Memory Bank and Moonlight Prowl __________________________________________________________ UT AUSTIN CHALLENGES NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES TO INCREASE INTERNET ACCESSIBILITY: On Wednesday, Sept. 13, The University of Texas at Austin will kick-off the University Challenge, a month long effort to increase the accessibility of the UT Web site to all users, especially people with disabilities. For more about this story visit http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/news/00newsreleases/nr_200009/nr _internet000912.html. ************************************************************ UT ANNOUNCES $300,000 SCHOLARSHIP DONATION FROM NORTEL NETWORKS: The University of Texas at Austin on Monday (Sept. 11) announced that it has received a $300,000 donation from Nortel Networks. For more information go to http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/news/00newsreleases/nr_200009/nr _nortel000911.html. ************************************************************ CELEBRATION OF UT AUSTIN'S 117th BIRTHDAY BEGINS FRIDAY WITH TEXAS STATE FLAG CEREMONY AND CAKE ON SOUTH MALL: A giant Texas flag will be unfurled from the Main Building balcony on the South Mall in celebration of the 117th birthday of The University of Texas at Austin. To view media advisory, visit http://www.utexas.edu/admin/opa/news/00newsreleases/nr_200009/nr _birthday000911.html. __________________________________________________________ ____ News from The Ex-Students' Association: THE EX-STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES MEMBERSHIP CAMPAIGN: Because the largest University in the country should have the largest alumni association, we launched our "Next Level Membership Campaign," an ambitious attempt to double our membership in the coming months. If each of our Longhorn faithful would tell just one fellow Texas Ex about how their membership supports The University, we could meet our goal overnight! Sign up for membership now! Go to http://www.texasexes.org/membership/membership_options.phtml. If you have a Texas Exes chapter in your area, hook up with it and help spread the word. Go to http://www.TexasExes.org or call us at (512) 471-8839 to find out how to help us take The Ex-Students' Association to the nEXt level. ********************************************************* MEMBERS ONLY FOOTBALL PRE-GAME PARTY AT ALUMNI CENTER: As a member of The Ex-Students' Association, you have access to the world's largest tailgate bash at the Alumni Center before every home football game. Doors open 2 hours before kick-off and will stay open 1 hour after the game ends. The Texas Cheerleaders will be here 2 hours before the game. Food and drinks are available for purchase. Members are permitted 2 guests, non members are $5 at the door. Children 18 or younger accompanied by a parent are free. Check out this year's home football game schedule at http://www.mackbrown.com ********************************************************* AWAY GAME CHARTERS: The Ex-Students' Association will host chartered buses to Dallas for the October 7, Texas vs. OU football game. The price is $40 per person round trip and includes set-ups, soft drinks and tip for driver. Game ticket is not included. Space is limited, so make your reservation today! Call (512) 471-3808 or go to http://www.TexasExes.org and click on "Calendar of Events" for more information. The Ex-Students' Association will host a charter flight to the November 4, UT vs. Texas Tech game in Lubbock. The price is $499 per person from Dallas/ $459 per person from Austin. Price includes round trip air from Austin or Dallas, game transfers, game ticket, taxes and gratuities and Texas Exes pre-game party. For more information contact Kirsten Beals at beals@alumni.utexas.edu or call (512) 471-3808 or go to http://www.TexasExes.org and click on "Calendar of Events" for more information. Space is limited. ********************************************************** AWAY GAME EVENTS AND TAILGATE PARTIES: The Dallas Texas Exes will host several events for the October 7th Texas/OU game including a Thursday night kick-off party at Rock Bottom Brewery, the 13th Annual "Get Teed Off at OU" Golf Tournament at Chase Oaks Golf Club, a Friday night "Bash before the Clash" at the Hoffbrau, and a Texas Tailgate Party at the northeast corner of the fairgrounds. For more information, visit http://www.DallasTexasExes.org. For the October 14th Texas/Colorado game, the UT Foundation will host a pep rally on Friday night at the Regal Harvest Hotel. The Rocky Mountain Texas Exes and The Ex-Students' Association will host a Texas Tailgate party at the Regal Harvest Hotel on Saturday _ hours before the before the game. For more information, contact Courtney Houston at houston@alumni.utexas.edu or call 1-800-594-3937 or (512) 471-3812. For the UT/Texas Tech game, The Ex-Students' Association will host a Texas Tailgate Party at Bleachers in Lubbock, Texas. For more information, contact Courtney Houston at houston@alumni.utexas.edu or call 1-800-594-3937 or (512) 471-3812. *********************************************************** MEMBER BENEFITS AND SERVICES *********************************************************** MBNA ONLINE SERVICE: Announcing a special No-Annual-Fee MasterCard credit card now conveniently available to The Ex-Students' Association of the University of Texas graduates. Simply click on http://www.webapply.com/extx/ for further details about this offer and to apply online for The Longhorn Card MasterCard credit card. ZLONGHORNS.COM: Ready to watch your Longhorns take on the competition? Then you are ready for the latest offering from zLonghorns.com! Get into the game by going to zLonghorns.com to Guess the Score and win. A great prize will be given away to the winner each week. Look for this exciting on line compliment to your next game day experience! Brought to you by zLonghorns.com, of course. TEXAS E-PRONET: Texas eProNet is the FREE online career service for Texas Exes that matches exceptional individuals with exceptional opportunities at the world's most desirable companies. To find out how easy it is to join Texas eProNet, either as an alumnus or an employer, visit our Web site at: http://www.texasepronet.com. SPECIAL PRIORITY OFFER FOR UT ALUMNI: You have an exclusive opportunity to purchase tickets to Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" before they go on sale to the public. Special UT Alumni courtesy days are September 18-21. Tickets are available at the UT Performing Arts Center or charge by phone at (512) 477-6060. (The UT PAC Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 12noon-6 pm). Tickets range in price from $21-$58, and you can purchase up to 8 tickets per person. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning September 22. For information: call 471-1444 or go to http://www.utpac.org DISCOUNTS AT LOCAL AUSTIN STORES: Next time you're in Austin for a football game, don't forget to take advantage of discounts at local stores. Receive a 10% discount at the University Co-Op, (http://www.coop-bookstore.com/) 15% at Texas Textbooks (http://www.texastextbooks.com/) and a 10% discount at any Austin area Rooster Andrews Sporting Goods Stores (http://www.roosterandrews.com/). You must show your membership card to receive your discount. ********************************************************* NIGHTTIME CAMPUS TOUR: THE MOONLIGHT PROWL: http://www.utexas.edu/tours/prowl The Moonlight Prowl is a nighttime tour of the campus filled with anecdotes of student life, University history, and all sorts of "UT lore." Stories have been collected from professors' memoirs, old newspaper accounts, and from the countless boxes in the UT archives. The Prowl is intended to help "personalize" the University, explore a little of its history, and have some fun. The tour is free! For a schedule, some Prowl Stories, and even a UT Trivia Quiz, check out the Moonlight Prowl web site. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ INTRODUCING THE UT MEMORY BANK: http://www.utexas.edu/tours/prowl YOUR COLLEGE MEMORIES ARE PRICELESS! SAVE THEM IN THE UT MEMORY BANK! Here's your chance to make history! The UT Memory Bank is a serious effort to collect the personal anecdotes, recollections and other memories of students, ex-students, faculty and staff, and others associated with the University. Over time, contributions to the Bank will form a "collective memory" of the University's history. All submissions will be printed and donated to a special collection in the University Archives for posterity, and will also be posted on the Moonlight Prowl web site for others to enjoy, sorted by decade. See for yourself, and contribute to the collection! _________________________________________ **Subscribe** If you received this from a friend and would like to subscribe, please visit http://www.alumni.utexas.net, register for a Texas Exes e-mail address and you will automatically be subscribed to the newsletter. **Unsubscribe** If you would like to unsubscribe or if you have received this e-mail in error, please follow these directions to have your name promptly removed from our e-mail distribution list: 1. Click on this link - http://www.texasexes.org/welcome/unsubscribe.phtml 2. Enter your e-mail address 3. Submit 4. Please do not reply to this e-mail. ________________________________________ By receiving this e-mail you authorize The Ex-Students' Association to maintain your information in our database and on our servers and that we may, from time to time, provide you with advertising or information regarding products or services in which we believe you may have an interest. You may remove your name from our e-mail distribution list at any time by entering your e-mail address at this site: http://www.texasexes.org/welcome/unsubscribe.phtml _________________________________________ The Ex-Students' Association of The University of Texas at Austin 2110 San Jacinto, Austin, Texas 78705 Phone: 512-471-8839 http://www.TexasExes.org
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