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On May 22, 2009, the McCombs School of Business welcomed its new alumni at celebrations across campus. The MPA commencement at Gregory Gym awarded degrees to 162 graduates and featured speaker Will O’Hara (transcript of speech), lecturer at the McCombs School. The entire commencement ceremony can be viewed below. Congratulations to all of our graduates!
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On May 22, 2009, the McCombs School of Business welcomed its new alumni at celebrations across campus. The BBA commencement at the Erwin Center featured speaker John McStay (transcript of speech), a member of the McCombs School Hall of Fame. The entire commencement ceremony can be viewed below. Congratulations to all of our graduates!
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On May 22, 2009, the McCombs School of Business welcomed its new alumni at celebrations across campus. The MBA commencement at Gregory Gym featured speaker Kenneth Jastrow (transcript of speech), non-executive chairman of Guaranty Financial Services and Forestar Group Inc. Jastrow previously was CEO of Temple-Inland Inc. and is a McCombs Distinguished Alumnus. The entire [...]

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This spring, the McCombs School graduated remarkable students from around the world. Here are eight of their stories, from each program at McCombs. They are an opera director, a pair of mountain climbers, a loving father, international travelers, advocates for the less fortunate, and some of the sharpest business minds around. Learn about where they’ve [...]

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For Armando Rios, MBA ’09, agility and adaptability are the hallmarks of his international business experience. The Motorola executive has worked in general management, sales and marketing in five different Latin American countries during his career, a reality that he expects will become more common throughout the business world in the coming years.
“In my view, [...]

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Over a career that has spanned 15 years, Carlos Berriochoa’s work on major international construction projects has given him diverse professional perspectives: from construction to design to project finance. Now equipped with an MBA, Berriochoa says he has the holistic business perspective and analytical framework to make a major impact on toll projects in Texas [...]

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Since coming to The University of Texas at Austin from his home country of Kenya, John Kidenda, BBA ’09, has tried to take advantage of every learning opportunity he could, while also serving as a sort of unofficial ambassador for Africa.
Last year, when protest and violence erupted in his home country after a dispute over [...]

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One pound doesn’t seem like much—a can of soda or a bag of coffee beans, perhaps. Nothing substantial. But when Peter Kottenstette’s twin daughters were born 14 weeks prematurely on February 23, 2008, suddenly every pound, every ounce, mattered. Chloe was born first, at 1 pound, 11 ounces. Emma was born a minute later, weighing [...]

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You’d think someone accepted into Harvard Law School would be eager to begin that chapter of his academic career. But for Thomas Garza, BBA ’09, MPA ’09, Harvard will have to wait.
Instead, he has volunteered for a two-year stint with Teach for America, a program that partners outstanding college graduates with schools that serve disadvantaged [...]

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Rose Nunez completed her MBA degree requirements in December to accept a mega-promotion at IBM in Slovakia, managing its Power Systems hardware and services brand across three global regions. But next week, she will return to Austin to walk the commencement stage with her MBA classmates—a team she says has been integral in helping her [...]

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