McCombs Alumni Network News

Tony Award-winner John Rando, BA ’83 and 2004 Outstanding Young Texas Ex, directs the hit New York musical comedy, The Toxic Avenger, with Producer Jean Cheever, MBA ’87. Rando and Cheever have brought the hilarious story of Toxie to life in New York City with fellow Texas alumnus, Fight Director David DeBesse, BA ’83.
The Toxic [...]

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The McCombs School of Business inducted three alumni into the Hall of Fame on Friday, Nov. 6: James R. Huffines, BBA ’73 (below left), Joel V. Staff, BBA ’67 (below middle) and Elizabeth Henke Yant, BBA ’77, MPA ’78 (below right). The highest honor bestowed by the school, the Hall of Fame Award recognizes individuals who [...]

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“Energized lectures” and discussions, led by master storyteller, business history enthusiast, and founder of Hoover’s Business Information service,
Gary Hoover
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, the Herb Kelleher Center
Upcoming Presentations:
5:30PM - complimentary appetizers and cash bar
6:00PM - lecture followed by discussion
Wednesday, December 2
Big Screen: How a handful of immigrants created the movie industry.
Wednesday, January 27
Flying High: The creation and development of [...]

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McCombs VIP Speaker Series - Michael  S. Dell, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Dell
When: November 11, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Where: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Ballroom
Click here to RSVP.
Each semester Dean Tom Gilligan hosts an informal conversation with 3-4 keynote “C-Level” speakers from major U.S. corporations. Guest speakers discuss their background, career, corporation, and give advice to [...]

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By Gregory Rutzen, Office of Institutional Advancement
While Congress spent another day immersed in debates on healthcare reform, leaders in the Texas Medical Center participated in a panel discussion, sharing their visions for healthcare coverage and how to pay for it.
The Nov. 3 event at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston was presented [...]

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From McCombs Today
On Oct. 19 it was announced that MagnaQuest, a Hyderabad, India, company had acquired eVapt, an Austin company which has its roots with the Texas Evening MBA program (TEMBA). Both companies are involved in providing cloud computing solutions.
Shortly after the acquistion, TEMBA Director Trent Thurman interviewed Ranjit Nayak, MBA ‘07, who founded the [...]

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From McCombs Director of Communications David Wenger and ID University
Are you willing to obsess over costs, eat Ramen for dinner, toil far from the PR limelight, and build the business one customer at a time?
I walked the path over to Chris Treadaway’s blog, The Common Sense Web…An Entrepreneurs’ Blog, and was immediately taken by his [...]

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From Career Coach Neena Newberry, MBA ’92 
No matter what anyone says, change takes energy - whether it’s positive or negative change.  We may tell ourselves that we embrace change and thrive on it, but the reality is that it can be stressful.  Change often triggers fear, one of the biggest impediments to success.
So, what is fear [...]

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The McCombs Alumni Network Dallas MBA Chapter invites Dallas BBA, MPA, MBA and Ph.D. alumni and guests to the Faculty Speakers Series featuring Dr. Ehud Ronn.
Dr. Ronn will provide an overview of the financial markets’ forward-looking metrics: what they are, how they are obtained and the message they are conveying by focusing his talk on:

Measuring [...]

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From The CleanTech Group at the McCombs School of Business

This short film explores the economic opportunity for Central Texas to leverage and build off its foundation in clean energy and technologies (CleanTech). Austin, Texas - a world-leader in semiconductor manufacturing, battery technology, and home to some of the largest Texas wind energy companies – is [...]

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