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From McCombs Today
McCombs Dean Thomas Gilligan kicked off the 2009-2010 University Lecture Series with a classic economics lesson about global economic growth.
Speaking to a crowd of more than 1,000 students and other members of the university community at Bass Concert Hall in the Texas Performing Arts Center Monday evening, Gilligan explored trends in prosperity and [...]

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Alumni are cordially invited to hear Dean Thomas Gilligan speak about “Emerging Global Economic Growth” as part of the University Lecture Series.
Monday, September 21 at 7 p.m.
Bass Concert Hall
Emerging Global Economic Growth
Throughout history, poverty and economic stagnation have defined the human condition. Even today, more than a billion people live on incomes of less than two [...]

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From Thomas W. Gilligan
Dean and Centennial Chair in Business Education Leadership
I am pleased to share the final version of the McCombs Strategic Plan Outline. This outline is the result of a collaborative process involving hundreds of hours of careful deliberation by faculty, staff, students, alumni and advisory board members of the McCombs School of Business. [...]

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McCombs Investors Ensure “Texas Is Everywhere“
From Thomas W. Gilligan
Dean and Centennial Chair in Business Education Leadership
Over the past year the McCombs community has experienced many successes. The AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center was completed in August 2008, the McCombs Alumni Network expanded to connect more than 64,000 BBA alumni to McCombs and each other, [...]

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From McCombs Today
The Alcalde, July/August 2009
Hiring is down. Anxiety is up. Tom Gilligan is calm.
When economic conditions plunge, a university’s business school feels the nausea most. UT’s McCombs School has been led by a newcomer to Texas this past year. If a mid-crisis transition like that sounds like it could be rough, realize Dean Gilligan’s [...]

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Dean Thomas Gilligan recently interviewed Red McCombs in San Antonio at an event entitled “Access McCombs” for young alumni. They discussed numerous topics including Red’s keys to success, leadership, the economy, the auto industry, work/life balance and philanthropy. Then Red turned the tables on Dean Gilligan and asked a few questions of his own. Look [...]

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From McCombs TODAY

Gil Manalo, MBA ’05, (right) with Iraqi marines on the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal in Iraq.
Top brass. Rally the troops. Lead the charge.
Business lingo often borrows heavily from military vocabulary, but the overlap between the two worlds extends far beyond metaphors.
Former military officers are well-represented among our corporate chiefs. Research conducted in [...]

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Dean Thomas Gillian (right) recently visited alumni in Paris, Texas. He is pictured with Mike Rishell, Executive Director of Development and External Relations.

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90+ alumni attended.
Dean Thomas Gilligan provided an update on the current status of The University and the McCombs School.
Faculty and staff members who attended included Jennie Loev, Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving; Sarah Dooley, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations; Mary Ann Maltz, Director for Development; Steve Limberg, Professor of Accounting and Director for [...]

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100+ alumni attended.
Dean Thomas Gilligan provided an update on the current status of the University and the McCombs School.
Faculty and staff members Eric Hirst, Associate Dean for Graduate Programs; Jennie Loev, Director for Alumni Relations and Annual Giving; Kim Delinski, Associate Director for Development; Bill Fleming and Shannon Hickson, both from the Professional MBA Careeers [...]

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