Looking for Leaders

We are currently looking for creative, highly skilled, and dedicated individuals to join our team!

We are looking for students that will intern with us this year and then take over the officer position in the 2014-2015 school year and beyond.

If this is something that may interest you, then visit the link below!

Officer Application

We will be accepting applications until TUESDAY OCTOBER 8th so apply TODAY!

Get the Most out of Pepe

FREE Tutoring
Want to receive additional Spanish practice? Need help in one of your Spanish classes? Come by outside of the Union Startbucks at 5p.m. on Tuesdays and we will cater to your Spanish needs.

Just remember to send us an email ahead of time so we know to expect you. You can contact us at practicaplatica@gmail.com

We have another exciting opportunity for y'all:
 

Volunteer at Cine Las Americas International Film Festival!

April 16-21 is the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival! The Festival needs volunteers for a variety of tasks.

Volunteer benefits:

Twelve (12) total hours of work = 1 all access film pass


Twenty (20) total hours of work = 1 all access film pass + *1 additional all access pass to share with a friend or family member

Sign up here:

https://www.shiftboard.com/CineLasAmericas/register.html

More info:

http://cinelasamericas.org/film-festival

Calling all leaders!

We are currently looking for dedicated and creative individuals to join our team!

We are looking for someone for this semester, so we need a student that is organized and a fast learner. Also, this student should be able to display great communication skills.

If this is something that may interest you, then you can visit the link below!

Pepe Application

We will be accepting applications until WEDNESDAY February 6th so apply TODAY!

T-Shirts!

It's official!

Practica Plática's 2012-2013 T-shirt design will be

Order your shirt now! We take checks, cash, and now credit/debit card!

If paying by cash or check: 
Members: $7
Non-members: $12
Checks should be written out to Practica Platica with 'tshirt' on the memo line.
If paying by credit or debit card: 
Members: $7.25
Non-members: $12.25

Remember Tuesday November the 13th is the ABSOLUTE last day to order! We will be putting in the orders the very next day so pay for your shirt NOW!

ULI's Deferred Action Clinic

Pepe will be participating in University Leadership Initiative's Deferred Action Clinic this Saturday October 13th. The event will be at Travis Heights Elementary School from 11-4pm.

About Deferred Action:
On June 15^th, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced that effective immediately, certain young people who were brought to the United States as young children, do not present a risk to national security or public safety, and meet several key criteria will be considered for relief from removal from the country or from entering into removal proceedings.

With this relief, the young person would be eligible to apply for a work permit lasting up to 2 years.
To find out more information about the requirements to apply or to find out more click here. 

Want to get involved? It's not too late. You can sign up to volunteer at the event or even show up the day of. Volunteers are needed as:

Runners (BL/NBL) – will be performing errands for the other volunteers, lawyers, etc.

Translators (BL) – will be working closely with applicants in order to get important documents and applications translated

For more information on this event, or questions regarding the trainings, please contact Juana Guzman at uli.dreamvoter@gmail.com 

(BL: Bilingual/NBL: Non-bilingual)

Who: University Leadership Initiative
What: Deferred Action Clinic
When: Saturday October 13, 2012 11-4pm
Where: 2010 Alameda Dr. Austin, TX 78704

Pepe Social!!

Hey everyone! Hope you enjoyed our very first Noche de Cultura! We are open to ideas and suggestions for countries, events, activities, and definitely topics for conversation you are interested in, just let us know what you would like to see Pepe become ;)

Also, we want to invite you to our very first Pepe Social! We are getting together on Sunday, October 7th at Juicy Tart [awesome froyo and very nice excuse for taking a break]. We're getting there at 6pm so come over and hang out for a little while, get to know your fellow platicadores and bring your friends! This is not a meeting, so we are leaving it up to you guys to decide if you want to practice your spanish here as well ;)

For those who don't know where this awesome place is, it is on 24th street behind Starbucks on the second floor, hope to see you all there!

SEC Film Committee Presents: 'Pan's Labyrinth' (El laberinto del fauno)

On Wednesday October 3rd, the SEC film committee will be showing 'Pan's Labyrinth' (El laberinto del fauno) in the Texas Union Theatre (UNB 2.228) free for all UT students, faculty and staff.

This three-time academy award-winning movie, written and directed by Guillermo del Torro, is an excellent work that demonstrates the beauty of Spanish cinema.

"In 1944 fascist Spain, a girl, fascinated with fairy-tales, is sent along with her pregnant mother to live with her new stepfather, a ruthless captain of the Spanish army. During the night, she meets a fairy who takes her to an old faun in the center of the labyrinth. He tells her she's a princess, but must prove her royalty by surviving three gruesome tasks. If she fails, she will never prove herself to be the the true princess and will never see her real father, the king, again." -IMDB

The officers of Pepe would like to invite you to attend this event!  It starts at 9pm Weds Oct. 3, but we suggest to get there 30 mins early to get a seat!

So mark your calendars because you're not going to want to miss this!

You can find more information about this event here.

Anuncio:

Are you one of those students that does so well in class but can't figure it out at home? 

Do you have an extremely creative mind, but can't get it out on paper? 

Do you struggle with Noticias y Sociedad? 

Are you exceedingly book smart but can't speak a word? 

Do you toss and turn thinking about the lab that is coming up?  

Then Practica Plática wants to help you! 

We would like to announce that Pepe will be offering FREE tutoring services to all its members! Of course all the material would have to be Spanish related. Help in the following areas will be available:

• Grammar 
• Creative Writing 
• Speech 
• Verbs
• Proofreading
• Projects
• Reading
• Study techniques 

Just so you know, all tutors will work on a VOLUNTEER basis. We like to consider Pepe as a community within a community trying to help one another succeed. 

Interested? 

Feel free to send us an email. Remember that we will only be available to help in SPANISH related courses. 

Are you inclined in any of the above areas? Are you interested in helping out a fellow platicador? Let us know by email or FB! 

Leadership Needed!

Calling all leaders! There are a few spots available for 2012-2013 Líderes de Pepe. 

Se solicitan estudiantes que:

• Have an intense passion for the Spanish language
• Pay great attention to detail
• Are imaginative and crafty 
• Dedicated and witty
• Open, warm, and brotherly/sisterly to all peers
• Sensitive to the thoughts of others
• Accountable
• Must be available for the meetings!

We could use a variety of different leaders. A leader is not necessarily someone who makes all the group's decisions, or tells others what to do. Instead, it is a person that can guide others by example, and is a genuine friend to all those around him. 

Do you feel the need to lead? Let us know by email or facebook message!