The ACES Sample Seminar Schedule

Class meets for 50 minutes one day a week. A WEP staff member and a student mentor facilitate the class throughout the semester.

Classes highlighted will be open to all first year students — bring a friend!

Date Location Activity/Speaker
Week One ECJ Classroom - Introductions/ Icebreakers
- Syllabus/Forms
- Introduction to Blackboard
Week Two Around Campus Scavenger Hunt
Week Three ECJ Classroom - Where did all the Time go?!
- Surviving your 1st Year
Week Four ECJ Classroom Scholarship Opportunities
Week Five FIG cancelled EXPO
Week Six TBA Wear Your Hard Hat! Tour campus construction sites
Week Seven ECJ Classroom Lunch with the Dean
Week Eight ECJ Classroom Sexual Jeopardy!
Week Nine ECJ Classroom Advising Advice
Week Ten UT Chilling Station Chillin': How the Campus Keeps COOL
Week Eleven ECJ Classroom Supermodel Looks: Staying Healthy in College
Week Twelve ECJ Classroom Faculty are Human Too!
Week Thirteen ECJ Classroom Ships Ahoy! Cardboard Canoe
Week Fourteen ECJ Classroom Evaluations, Study Session, and lessons learned
Week Fifteen Texas Union End of Semester Celebration