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"What does it mean to be an Engineering LEADER?"
Before the tower commanded the campus landscape, before Bevo presided over UT sports, and before the Hook'em Horns sign provided Longhorn fans a friendly hand gesture, the Ramshorn defined excellence for eager-to-be engineers. T.U. Taylor, the first engineering faculty member and first dean of UT Engineering, began drawing an elaborate checkmark on his students' work-a mark reserved for perfect papers. In 1905, Taylor overheard a student exclaim he had “earned a Ramshorn.” From that christening, the mark evolved into a symbol Texas engineers seized as their own. From Texas engineering students at the beginning of the century, the Ramshorn represented a high quality standard that became a lifetime goal. It is now the country's oldest quality symbol and remains alive today in the Cockrell School of Engineering as a reminder of the high standards pursued by over a century of UT engineers.
To continue this spirit of engineering excellence and leadership, the Office of Student Life is proud to offer the Ramshorn Retreats for lower division (freshmen and sophomores by hours) engineering students.
Held on Thursdays and Fridays during the spring semester, Ramshorn Retreats are a half day, on-campus retreat designed to enable lower division engineering students to begin the process of learning what it means to be an engineering leader. Topics to be discussed at the retreat include: Leadership, Ethics, Attitude, Determination, Excellence and Responsibility. The Engineering Leadership Team (upper-division engineering student leaders), serve as facilitators for small groups. Representatives from industry and the community join the participants at dinner and for the after dinner session. The retreats begin with check-in at 3:30pm and end by 8:30pm.
Spring 2008 Dates - all held at the Texas Union:
Thursday, March 20
Friday, March 28
Thursday, April 3
Schedule:
3:30 pm - Check-in
4:00 - Session I
5:00 - Session II
6:00 - Dinner
7:00 - Session III
8:30 - Adjourn
Register for the 2008 Ramshorn Retreats
To participate in a Ramshorn Retreat you must be a lower division (freshman or sophomore by hours) registered student in the Cockrell School of Engineering in Spring 2008. You need only sign up for ONE of the retreats as the same information will be presented at all retreats.
The Ramshorn Retreats are FREE and include dinner (vegetarian option available).
Apply to be a member of the 2008 Engineering Leadership Team
All applicants for the Engineering Leadership Team (ELT) must be registered University of Texas at Austin engineering students in good academic standing and at least a third year junior. Applicants accepted to the ELT must agree to attend one of the staff orientations in November and training in January.