McCombs Alumni Network News

From McCombs TODAY
FocalPop, a Web-based solution for finding quality stock photography, won the Texas round of the Moot Corp® competition, the new-venture competition hosted annually at the McCombs School of Business.
The win at the Feb. 18 competition earned FocalPop a berth in the Global Moot Corp competition, which will be held in Austin May 7-9. [...]

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By Amy Wittmayer, MBA ‘04
Networking is probably the most misunderstood activity in your professional life and career search.  The goal of your networking should be a genuine and mutual relationship with other professionals.  Here are a few tips to keep your network healthy, especially during these uncertain times.
1. Network Outside the Office:  Invite a small group [...]

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From The University of Texas at Austin Public Affairs
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin will open its doors on the morning of March 7 for the 10th annual “Explore UT: The Biggest Open House in Texas,” treating campus visitors to a day of fun and learning.
Explore UT Saturday, March 7.With more than [...]

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By President William Powers, Jr. from OnCampus
The 81st Texas Legislative session is under way, and its outcome is important to UT. A predicted budget shortfall, a weak economy, the aftermath of Hurricane Ike and other issues will make it a challenging session for legislators and those of us who depend on state revenue.
State support for higher [...]

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John R. Boettiger Jr., BBA ’92 and MBA ’95, has been named chairman of the Texas Lyceum, a multi-partisan, 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization that serves Texas by developing and connecting leaders from across the state and by conducting periodic public forums on topics important to Texans.
Boettiger is a principal at Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP. In [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
After thousands of votes were cast and the judges had the final say at the Showcase Showdown Feb. 18, there is a grand prize-winner in the McCombs’ Next Top Major competition.
Here is your winner, The Carls, with a video promoting the Engineering Route to Business program. The runner up is Accounting’s The One [...]

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By Sandy Leeds
Once again, my guilty conscience has gotten the best of me. I’m hoping that writing this will cleanse my soul. Several alumni have told me that they think it’s really great that we’re hosting the Alumni Conference in March. They generously attribute altruistic motives to our actions. I really wish that they were [...]

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Ridgefield resident Tim Washer is by day a modern Man in the Gray Flannel Suit, commuting to a corporate communications job at a Fortune 500 company and planning PowerPoint presentations on marketing or profit margins.
But for years he secretly longed to do stand-up comedy, and one day, after seeing him crack up colleagues at the [...]

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From The Hindu in McCombs Today
Prabhudev Konana is the William H. Seay Centennial Professor and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Those who prophesied the ‘coming collapse of China’ didn’t see what was coming. Ironically, it is to China that the world looks for major stimulus [...]

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From The New York Times in McCombs Today
James Deitrick (left) and Michael Granof are accounting professors at the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin.
Timothy Geithner, the Treasury secretary, has pledged that the second bank bailout will be characterized by far greater transparency than the first on the part of the [...]

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