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McCombs Undergraduate Team Takes Grand Prize in Net Impact Re-Source Challenge

November 20th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Honors & Awards · Student News · Top Stories

Posted by Amber Walkowiak

A team of McCombs undergraduate students won the grand prize in the 2009 Net Impact Re-Source Challenge. The team shared the win with an MBA team from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Business.
Bijal Mehta, Elaine Hsu and Zoe Gabbard were the only undergraduate team to enter the competition and they beat out more than 30 MBA [...]

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McCombs MIS Student Combines Art and Entrepreneurship

November 17th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Student News

Posted by Dave Wenger

Skyler Kanegi, second-year MIS student at McCombs, started his first company at age 16 because he wasn’t satisfied with the editorial stance of his high school’s magazine. He launched an alternative magazine for people in the arts community and soon had submissions from around the world. “For the first issue we printed 60 copies of [...]

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Sent to Prison for Illegal Loans, Harvin Moore Shares Story of Corruption, Lessons Learned

November 5th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Events

Posted by Amber Walkowiak

“A felony is forever. That’s not a legacy to leave to anybody.”
Harvin C. Moore III (right) gave a speech on ethics Nov. 4 to Urton Anderson and Janet Dukerich’s undergraduate studies class, Organizational Corruption and Organizational Control.
At first glance, Moore looks like the picture of success. He earned a law degree from UT Austin and [...]

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University of Hong Kong Victorious at McCombs International Business Competition

November 4th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Top Stories

Posted by Rob Meyer

Some of the best business students from around the world convened in Austin October 27-31 for the 16th McCombs International Business Competition (MIBC), one of the top annual undergraduate business competitions in the world. In total, 20 schools from North America, Asia and Europe competed in this year’s MIBC, which was sponsored by Motorola, the [...]

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Texas BBA Team Sole Undergraduate Finalists in 2009 Net Impact Resource Challenge

October 22nd, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Honors & Awards · Student News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

A team of McCombs undergraduate students were selected to be one of three finalists for the Net Impact Resource Challenge.
Bijal Mehta, Elaine Hsu and Zoe Gabbard were the only undergraduate students to enter, and they beat out more than 30 MBA teams for a spot in the finals. The Resource Challenge is a mini-case competition [...]

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Careers24 - 24 Hours of Career Events at McCombs

September 4th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Events · Student News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

This semester BBA Career Week is taking on a new format with Careers24. To allow employers to take part in more recruiting efforts surrounding Career Expo, McCombs created Careers 24, an impactful 24 hours of career events!
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9
Undergraduate Career Expo
Time: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
Location: UT Rec Sports Center
Career Panels
All career panels are in the Legacy Events Room. [...]

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Student Consulting Initiative Info Session Sept. 8

September 3rd, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Events · Student News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

Are you an undergraduate student interested in consulting? Stop by the Student Consulting Initiative information session Tuesday, Sept.8th at 6 p.m. in UTC 4.110.
The Student Consulting Initiative holds an annual case competition in the fall for students who would like to gain real world consulting experience. As participants in the case competition, students consult struggling [...]

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Students Learn Cross-Cultural Teamwork, Management Skills at BBA Global Business Program

August 28th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Student News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

This summer 33 students, including two from McCombs, participated in the BBA Global Business Program on the UT campus. The four-week program brings university students from Austria, Brazil and China to build management skills and get intensive intercultural exposure.
Students formed cross-cultural teams to compete in an online simulation which pits global companies against each other [...]

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Welcome Back, Students

August 26th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · MBA · MPA · Ph.D. · Student News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

Today officially marks the beginning of the 2009-10 school year at McCombs (although many of you have already been on campus for a few weeks). Summer offers a nice change of pace, but campus really comes alive when students return and the fall semester gets underway.
So welcome back, students! And to those of you who [...]

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BBA Study Abroad Fair is Sept. 2

August 25th, 2009 · Filed under: BBA · Events

Posted by Tracy Mueller

Learn about living and learning in another country, and talk to international exchange students from our partner institutions about life and school in their home country. The event will showcase our 27 partner institutions located in 22 countries around the world.
If you have known you wanted to study abroad since you came to UT or [...]

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