TEA helps grow its members professionally, socially, and academically by providing powerful speakers, helpful tutoring sessions, and fun socials.
The Texas Economics Association is the economics student organization of the University of Texas at Austin, sponsored by the Department of Economics. We focus on four areas: professional development, community service, academic advancement, and social experience. Meetings have included corporate speakers, local entrepreneurs, job recruiters, and academic panels. Socials have included parties, free
02/21/2022
Hello everyone! This Thursday TEA will be having our second meeting of the semester at 7:00 PM in BRB 1.118. We'll be hearing Professor Stephen Trejo speak about a major area of his research: the economic progress of Mexican Americans across immigrant generations. We hope to see you all there!
02/02/2022
Hello everyone! We hope that your spring semester is off to a good start. TEA will be holding its first meeting of the semester on Tuesday, February 8th at 7:00 PM in BRB 1.118. We're deviating from our typical Thursday meeting just this once due to the weather conditions tomorrow. There will also be a Zoom option for those not comfortable meeting in person.
As always, this meeting is open to all majors! We'll be going over our semester plans with respect to guest speakers, workshops, and socials. Also, TEA now has an Instagram! We encourage you to follow, along with our GroupMe and Facebook, via the QR code below.
We hope to see you there!
11/03/2021
Hello everyone,
This Thursday, November 3rd at 7:00 PM, TEA will be having our second social of the semester at the Torre rooftop. This will be a good time to socialize and connect with your fellow economics majors and we hope to see you there! There will be food and drinks.
10/20/2021
Hi everyone!
This Thursday, October 21st at 7pm in BRB 1.118 TEA will be having our second meeting!
The purpose of this week’s meeting will be a resume workshop, where we’ll be covering everything from proper resume formatting to specific things to avoid. We’ll also be looking at what to do in the context of a real world example (from one of our officers).
We hope to see you there and as always there will be food!
10/01/2021
Hi all,
Here are the slides from yesterday's general meeting!
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09/28/2021
Hello all,
TEA will be having our first general meeting on Thursday, September 30th at 7:00 pm in BRB 1.118. We'll be discussing the various ways you can get the most out of your economics major given your post-graduate plans and interests. We hope to see you there and of course, there will be food!
Hello everyone,
For economics majors with at least one year of college remaining, check out this amazing opportunity!
Economics Alumni Mentor Program
APPLICATIONS NOW BEING ACCEPTED!
Deadline to apply is Oct 1, 2021
In its 5th year, EAMP pairs undergraduate economics majors with successful professionals as mentors, to guide students on a path to success in their fields of interest.
Goals of the Program:
• Provide first-hand, behind the scenes knowledge about industries and professions of interest
• Discuss lessons in life-skills
• Perspective on career choices, transitions, and different professions
• Increased networking capability (and teaching how-to successfully network)
• Help with professional development (resume and cover letter reviews, interview advice)
• Potential Internship opportunities
Apply here: https://forms.gle/gvrBi8tG2qoBEnQT9
09/20/2021
Hello everyone, we've decided to update the day/time of our first bowling social happening this week:
TEA will be holding our first social of the semester on Thursday, September 23rd at 5 pm in the Texas Union. We'll be bowling at the Union Underground, the price of admission is $4 per person. We hope to see you there
Hello everyone! Texas Economics Association will be holding our first information session of this semester in BRB 1.118 at 7:00 pm on Thursday, September 9th, 2021 (tomorrow).
We'll be discussing our semester plans for speakers and professional development activities. This is a great opportunity to meet the TEA officer core and other economics students! (There will also be food)
We hope to see you there!
04/26/2021
Hello Everyone! Below is a form that is REQUIRED to run for an officer position. Descriptions of the positions are in the form. Elections will be held on Monday, May 10th at 6pm. Please attend the meeting in order to vote for the 21-22 officers.
The form is DUE by MAY 3rd AT 11:59PM
https://forms.gle/hYTsci5fdHUSV5Rn9
if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Alyssa Hensley VIA facebook messenger or email ([email protected])
*anyone can run for positions but it is preferable that the president is a past TEA officer*
TEA Officer Election Submission Form 2021 Officer elections will be held over zoom on Monday, May 10th at 6pm. Zoom link will be posted about a day in advance with the password. This form is necessary to fill out if you are running so that we can keep track of who is running for what. PLEASE do not apply to more than two positions. THIS FOR...