McCombs Alumni Network News

From McCombs Today
In Forbes magazine’s 2009 ranking of MBA programs across the country, the full-time Texas MBA was listed at 11 overall, and second among public schools. In the last ranking in 2007, McCombs was 14 overall, and third among public schools.
This ranking is based on the MBA graduates of the Class of 2004, with [...]

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The Texas MBA for Working Professionals program Evening, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston MBA alumni are invited to join the new online community for prospective students. Alumni Michael Hedegard, Cindy Scovel and Michele Stoebner have recently posted blogs about their Texas MBA experience and prospective students are asking them more questions on the site. If you [...]

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From McCombs TODAY and The Financial Times
The Financial Times released its annual ranking of the top 100 global MBA programs, and Texas has moved up significantly from last year. The 2009 ranking has the full-time Texas MBA at 49, up 27 spots from last year’s rank of 76. In the United States, FT ranks Texas at 23, a climb of 20 spots from 43 in [...]

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From McCombs TODAY and BusinessWeek
The following is an excerpt from BusinessWeek’s “MBA Journal,” written by McCombs first-year MBA student Kathleen Voboril.
I was floating on a tube on the Colorado River, basking in the sun and laughing with smart, interesting McCombs first-year MBAs when I thought, Life doesn’t get any better. Orientation was winding down and [...]

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From McCombs Today
After welcoming the most diverse incoming MBA class of recent years this past August, McCombs gears up to host the 7th Annual Explore McCombs – Diversity Weekend for prospective MBA students, Nov. 20-22. This is the premier recruiting event for the diversity recruiting efforts of the full-time Texas MBA program, and this year [...]

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