McCombs Alumni Network News

From McCombs TODAY
On May 22, 2009, the McCombs School of Business welcomed its new alumni at celebrations across campus. The MPA commencement at Gregory Gym awarded degrees to 162 graduates and featured speaker Will O’Hara (transcript of speech), lecturer at the McCombs School. The entire commencement ceremony can be viewed below. (Commencement videos will be [...]

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From Forbes.com
Forbes is on the hunt for tomorrow’s serious wealth creators.

Take their survey by June 30 and find out if you’re one of them.
Be sure to mark “McCombs” as the source that recommended the survey or email alumni@mccombs.utexas.edu to let us know you completed the survey.

How promising is your young business? The world wants to know.
That’s [...]

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From the Campaign for Texas
ConocoPhillips has contributed $1 million to support academic programs at UT.
The grant benefits undergraduates and graduate students in the University’s McCombs School of Business, Cockrell School of Engineering, Jackson School of Geosciences, and College of Natural Sciences. The largest component of the donation is $275,000 for the SPIRIT Scholars program. Now [...]

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From Oklahoma Magazine
From more than 250 nominations, Nick Dell’Osso made the list of 40 finalists chosen for their extraordinary achievements, character and care for their communities. Nick is the Vice President of Finance for Chesapeake Energy and the Chief Financial Officer for Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. Read more from Oklahoma Magazine.

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From McCombs TODAY
On May 22, 2009, the McCombs School of Business welcomed its new alumni at celebrations across campus. The BBA commencement at the Erwin Center featured speaker John McStay (transcript of speech), a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame. The entire commencement ceremony can be viewed below. (Commencement videos will be available [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
The McCombs School’s Business Honors Program (BHP) has given its 2009 awards to five graduating students, who in the judgment of their peers, the Honors Program faculty and the Honors Program Faculty Committee, have distinguished themselves in academics and leadership. The winner of the R.C. Doenges Award is Albert Chen. The award, named for previous [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
For Armando Rios, MBA ’09, agility and adaptability are the hallmarks of his international business experience. The Motorola executive has worked in general management, sales and marketing in five different Latin American countries during his career, a reality that he expects will become more common throughout the business world in the coming years.
“In [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
Over a career that has spanned 15 years, Carlos Berriochoa’s work on major international construction projects has given him diverse professional perspectives: from construction to design to project finance. Now equipped with an MBA, Berriochoa says he has the holistic business perspective and analytical framework to make a major impact on toll projects [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
Since coming to The University of Texas at Austin from his home country of Kenya, John Kidenda, BBA ’09, has tried to take advantage of every learning opportunity he could, while also serving as a sort of unofficial ambassador for Africa.
Last year, when protest and violence erupted in his home country after a [...]

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From McCombs TODAY
On May 22, 2009, the McCombs School of Business welcomed its new alumni at celebrations across campus. The MBA commencement at Gregory Gym featured speaker Kenneth Jastrow (transcript of speech), non-executive chairman of Guaranty Financial Services and Forestar Group Inc. Jastrow previously was CEO of Temple-Inland Inc. and is a McCombs Distinguished Alumnus. [...]

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