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Entries from September 2008

Featured Jobs of the Month

September 29th, 2008 · Filed under: Careers

Posted by Christine Burdell

Visit the McCombs Job Board for more information on these opportunities and others–many posted by McCombs alumni.

Invesco Aim, Equity Analyst - International Equity Team, Austin
Pearson Partners, Director of Finance, Houston
Prospect Capital Corporation, Associate, New York City
Target, Product Sourcing Manager, Minneapolis

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Texas Exes Business Network Golf Tournament

September 23rd, 2008 · Filed under: Events · Houston

Posted by Sarah Dooley

The Texas Exex Business Network is accepting teams for their annual 10th Annual Texas Tee Off - TEBN Golf Celebrity Golf Tournament featuring former Texas football players.  The tournament is on Thursday, September 25th at Cinco Ranch Golf Club in Katy, TX.  For more information or to register, click here.

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McCombs Ranks 6th for BBAs

September 23rd, 2008 · Filed under: BBA News · Rankings

Posted by Sarah Dooley

U.S. News and World Report named McCombs the number six undergraduate business school in the nation in its 2009 rankings. The accounting program maintained its first-place rank for the third year in a row. In arguably the school’s best U.S. News undergraduate rankings to date, all 12 McCombs specialties ranked in the top 10, with [...]

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Reunion Weekend Celebrated by Classes of 1998 and 2003

September 23rd, 2008 · Filed under: Alumni News · MBA News

Posted by Christine Burdell

The MBA classes of 1998 and 2003 returned to Austin last weekend for their 5- and 10-year reunion. Events kicked off on Friday night with the MBA Alumni Awards Celebration and continued late into the night with a reunion reception and various informal gatherings. On Saturday, the classes had the opportunity to hear program updates [...]

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POSTPONED: Houston BBA Alumni Event

September 23rd, 2008 · Filed under: BBA News · Houston

Posted by Sarah Dooley

In light of the current circumstances in Houston, the McCombs BBA Alumni Network Houston Chapter Happy Hour originally scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 17, will be postponed. 
We’ll continue to monitor the situation in Houston, and let you know about the new date and time as soon as it is appropriate.  Until then, please know that you and [...]

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Relaunch Your Career

September 23rd, 2008 · Filed under: Careers

Posted by Christine Burdell

Without a doubt, today’s fast-paced and fluctuating business environment presents our graduates with personal and professional challenges. This is especially true for our alumni facing the competitive world of senior-level job searching, recruitment and placement.
We invite you to explore the McCombs Alumni Career Resources Web site to take advantage of the many tools available to [...]

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Bigfoot and Dell Partner on Gaming PC

September 23rd, 2008 · Filed under: MBA News

Posted by Christine Burdell

Austin-American Statesman
Bigfoot develops network cards designed to offer a smoother and faster gaming experience. Dell plans to offer the technology as an option on their gaming desktops. Bigfoot was founded in 2004 by evening MBA alumni Harlan Beverly, ’04; Bob Grim, ’05; and Mike Cubbage, ’05. Their team won the Texas Moot Corp. in 2005 [...]

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Support for Houston Area Alumni

September 16th, 2008 · Filed under: Alumni News · Houston

Posted by Sarah Dooley

The McCombs Alumni Relations Office is thinking about you and the entire Houston and Gulf Coast community during this difficult time. We hope that you are safe and wish for a speedy recovery of the Houston area.
If there is anything we can do to help, please don’t hesitate to contact us. Additionally, if there is [...]

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MBA Summer Reception Photos Available

September 12th, 2008 · Filed under: Events · MBA News

Posted by Christine Burdell

Alumni gathered in 23 cities across the world last June for the MBA summer receptions.
“It’s wonderful to see our alumni and newly admitted students at these events. I’m especially pleased that we are connecting not only graduates of the full-time Texas MBA , but also graduates of the Executive MBA programs in Austin and Mexico [...]

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Texas MBA for Life!

September 9th, 2008 · Filed under: MBA News

Posted by Christine Burdell

Your McCombs School connection does not end after graduation. You are part of a world-wide community of more than 16,000 alumni.
Get involved today:

Network at events
Search for alumni by industry, company, etc. in the online directory
Connect with your local alumni chapter
Sign up for e-mail distribution lists
Join the McCombs MBA Alumni Network groups on LinkedIn and Facebook
Give [...]

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