Spotlights

UT alumni Kate Knight shares about her career journey, from film school to impacting investing in the non-profit space.

This spring, the RGK Center awarded Nonprofit Scholarships to six students at the University of Texas at Austin who are completing unpaid internships with nonprofit organizations. The RGK Center is proud to support rising student leaders and their work with nonprofits across the globe. Learn more about each of our spring scholarship recipients and their internships below.

Celeste Diaz is a dual degree candidate pursuing a Master of Science in Social Work (MSSW), Master of Business Administration (MBA) and a Nonprofit Studies graduate portfolio through the RGK Center. Diaz shares what led her to the 40 Acres, and the opportunities that have sprung from being enrolled at UT Austin.

The LBJ School is excited to announce the 2025-2026 LBJ School Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Cohort presented by the RGK Center.

LBJ School alumni Becky Pastner reflects on her career and how resources offered at the school shaped her career.

The RGK Center awards the Kozmetsky Fellowship to incoming LBJ School students who have a demonstrated interest in the nonprofit sector and in pursuing a career in the sector after graduation. This year, we are proud to welcome three Kozmetsky fellows to the 40 Acres to pursue their studies at the LBJ School.

This summer, Briana Cohen is an MSSW student working in Boulder, CO with Dharma's Garden, a nonprofit educational farm. Read her reflection on her summer internship activities and what she has learned through place-based, community-focused work.

Fernanda Caceres, a 2023 graduate of the LBJ School’s Masters in Global Policy Studies (MGPS) program and the RGK Center's Nonprofit Portfolio program, is applying lessons she learned in graduate school to her work in food and water systems at The Nature Conservancy, a global environmental nonprofit.

Dr. Ji Ma's latest research explores how AI models— particularly large language models (LLMs) — are changing the social sciences.

Master of Public Affairs student Evelyn Barbaran is graduating this December with the Nonprofit Studies Portfolio from the RGK Center.