Student Life

First-generation seniors, families mourn loss of in-person commencement

By Ariana Arredondo - Updated on May 7, 2020 at 10:39 pm

At first, Alessandria Garza said she was unfazed. “I was like, ‘It's fine,’ but it’s when I called my mom and had to tell her that graduation was canceled (that) I just started bursting into tears,” theatre studies senior Garza said.
SSD hosts first Disability Graduation online

By Trinady Joslin - Updated on May 7, 2020 at 10:36 pm

After the cancellation of in-person graduation ceremonies due to COVID-19, Services for Students with Disabilities considered postponing the first-ever Disability Graduation. Then, they asked the students who were helping plan the ceremony, SSD assistant director Emily Shryock said.
Out-of-state students find ways to pay in-state tuition

By Faley Goyette - Updated on May 6, 2020 at 10:35 pm

If she couldn’t receive in-state tuition after her freshman year, Emily Ries said she wasn’t sure she would be returning to UT. The problem: Ries was an Illinois resident.
RAs lost their homes, jobs due to the coronavirus. Some felt helpless when UHD didn’t inform them about pay cancellations.

By Trinady Joslin - Updated on May 5, 2020 at 11:34 pm

The morning of payday, Ethan applied for unemployment. He wasn’t sure if he’d end the day empty-handed or with a check.
UT senior gets surprise visit from Steven Spielberg on John Krasinski’s ‘Some Good News’

By Noah Levine - Updated on May 5, 2020 at 11:27 pm

With days left before his virtual graduation, an aspiring UT screenwriter received personal advice from a Hollywood legend.
Austin students join nonprofit feeding frontline workers, supporting local restaurants

By Jennifer Errico - Updated on April 29, 2020 at 7:15 pm

In the midst of a global pandemic, Alex Seiler said she saw an opportunity to serve. Seiler started the Austin branch of Fuel the Fight in response to the coronavirus crisis. Fuel the Fight is a volunteer-based organization that utilizes 100% of its donations to buy meals from local restaurants for nurses and doctors on the front lines.
UT-Austin music students learn how to adapt during coronavirus

By Avery Wohleb - Updated on April 23, 2020 at 8:25 pm

After a month of online classes, Butler School of Music students are struggling with the one thing they came to do: make music.
Seniors reflect on their last semester being cut short

By Anissa Reyes - Updated on April 16, 2020 at 9:06 pm

Dollar Beer Tuesdays at Cain & Abel’s, the 360 Bridge, Jacob’s Well — these were all things on Clarissa Gauna’s ‘What to do Before Graduation’ bucket list.
RTF students’ thesis film productions disrupted by COVID-19

By Noah Levine - Updated on April 16, 2020 at 7:54 pm

Daniel Hurtado de Mendoza was supposed to graduate this spring. Now, he’s planning on taking another semester to finish what he said is the pinnacle of UT’s filmmaking program.
UT students find work in time of crisis

By Jennifer Errico - Updated on April 15, 2020 at 8:21 pm

Like many other Americans right now, Jasmarie Hernandez-Cañuelas lost her job. But for those two weeks, she made a goal to not join the 17 million who have filed for unemployment. Hernandez-Cañuelas, like other UT students, has found work in a time of crisis.

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