Futures Initiative
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The College of Liberal Arts is excited to launch The Futures Initiative, an alumni series highlighting how studying the humanities prepares students for public and professional lives of purpose. Join us for live Q&As with Liberal Arts Longhorns working in a variety of industries where they’ll share their career journeys and offer advice to current students.
Upcoming Futures Events
Liberal Arts in Writing & Editing: A Conversation with Lauren Woods
Novemeber 4th, 2025 4-5pm, RLP 1.302B
Lauren D. Woods, originally from the Dallas area, now lives and writes in Washington, DC, where she was a 2024-25 Washington, DC Arts and Humanities Fellow for Fiction. Her debut short story collection, The Great Grown-Up Game of Make-Believe, won the 2024 Autumn House Press Fiction Prize, judged by Kristen Arnett. Her writing has appeared as a spotlighted story in The Best Small Fictions, as well as in The Antioch Review, The Normal School, Passages North, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Red Rock Review, Southern Humanities Review, and Lunch Ticket, among others. Lauren works in consulting and lives with her husband, four children, two cats, and a guinea pig. While at the University of Texas, Lauren studied in the Liberal Arts Honors program, served on the Liberal Arts Council, and wrote for The Daily Texan.
Register for the event here.
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Fall 2026 Speakers and Dates TBA
Have an industry or alum you’d like to see featured in an upcoming Futures Initiative event? Email Tatem Oldham to share your idea!