Tag Archives: students

Meet The Graduates: Texas MBA Class Of 2012

Posted on by
Reply

CommencementThe following post is adapted from “The Graduates: Stories From The Class of 2012″ on McCombs Today.

A filmmaker, a Peace Corps alumnus, and a sportswriter. A newlywed in a two-student marriage and a manager promoted to CEO. Below are just a few of the stories from the Texas MBA class of 2012.

Click below to read more about these fascinating, smart, and hard-working students.

Christine Chen, Full-time MBA

Christine Chen is “addicted to filmmaking.” She came to McCombs to learn about entrepreneurship in order to make directing a full-time career. Watch the movie she produced that sums up her MBA experience and includes all 267 of her classmates. Meet Christine.

Alan Trubow, Evening MBA

Why would a sports reporter need an MBA? Alan Trubow felt like the non-business outsider when he enrolled in the Texas Evening MBA program, but realized that his unusual background is part of what sets him apart. And that’s a good thing. Meet Alan.

Bailey Donvan Allen, MBA at Houston

For better or worse, richer or poorer, when both of us get an MBA at the same time. Newlywed Bailey Donovan Allen shares how she and her husband survived simultaneously attending graduate school and working full-time. Meet Bailey.

Matt Stevens, MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth

Matt Stevens’ interest in business took root in an unlikely place: an Ecuadorian hatmaking cooperative. Now the former Peace Corps worker is headed to Washington, D.C. to work on policy issues, developing entrepreneurial programs on a broad scale. Meet Matt.

Ayse McCracken, Executive MBA

Ayse McCracken became CEO of a multibillion dollar hospital system less than a year into her time as a Texas Executive MBA student. Learn how business school prepared the health care veteran to face the challenges of such a tumultuous industry. Meet Ayse.

Join Texas MBA Students at a Coffee Chat this Winter!

Posted on by
Reply

Current Texas MBA students will be in cities throughout the world to meet with you this holiday season. Take advantage of this unique opportunity to meet a student in your city and learn first-hand knowledge about the full-time Texas MBA program. It is the perfect way to warm up this winter with a cup of coffee, while hearing about what life is like as a student at McCombs.

These informal Coffee Chats will be taking place December 15 through January 10 in a variety of cities. Students will be able to address your pressing questions about the program as well as the admissions process. Learn more about student organizations, hands-on opportunities, MBA+ projects, career fairs and career service opportunities, orientation, the culture at McCombs, their classmates, their classes and their professors.

To find out more info about where the students will be and how you can meet them, please go to the Texas MBA Coffee Chat webpage. Space is limited so please RSVP with the appropriate contact listed on the page.

Meet the MAC

Posted on by
Reply

Students on the McCombs Admissions Committee at the full-time Texas MBA are the faces and personalities for the thousands of prospective students that visit the school, call or write for information each year. They are a great resource for you to get a student perspective for the Texas MBA Program. 

Search our MAC Student Directory to view profiles of current MAC members. You can search by name, undergraduate school, undergraduate major, and previous employer/role. MAC members are willing to share their experiences of going through the application process and joining the full-time Texas MBA program.