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Careers in Energy

November 15th, 2009 · Filed under: Academics · Austin · Career · Internship · Leslie Phillips, MBA '11

Posted by Leslie Phillips

While we have a wide range of career interests represented on the blog, I wanted to speak to an area that hasn’t yet come up but is very prevalent at McCombs – energy finance and clean technology. The energy crew in particular includes some of the most active and passionate students in the program. For [...]

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Those minor life changes

October 19th, 2009 · Filed under: Austin · Leslie Phillips, MBA '11 · Student Life

Posted by Leslie Phillips

McCombs draws students from not just all over the United States, but from all over the world. And while 30% of our class is made up of Texas residents, the majority of these Texans have moved from Dallas or Houston. Overall it’s safe to say that we’ve made some pretty major life changes to be [...]

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Professors: can’t live with them, can’t live without them

October 5th, 2009 · Filed under: Academics · Leslie Phillips, MBA '11 · Student Life

Posted by Leslie Phillips

This week marked the end of our first-year CORE accounting, finance, stats and microeconomics classes. With finals coming up next week it would have been nice to take a breather – instead our last week was one of the most intense ones, filled with quizzes (3), projects due (2) and homework. I must admit that [...]

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New Curriculum

September 23rd, 2009 · Filed under: Academics · Leslie Phillips, MBA '11

Posted by Leslie Phillips

As first-years, so much of what we do is a new experience – attending the first career fair, working the first T-account problem, preparing for the first case interview. However our academic schedule this year isn’t just a new experience for the first-years; it’s a new experience for McCombs faculty and administration as well!
This year, [...]

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