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Loescher Updates Fox Viewers on Latest in Healthcare Reform

September 16th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media · Top Stories

Posted by Rob Meyer

Fox-Austin, September 16, 2009

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Loescher on Fox: Private Employers Paying Hourly Workers in Comp Time are Breaking Federal Law

July 28th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

Fox, Seven on Your Side, July 27, 2009
Kristie Loescher, McCombs management lecturer, provided analysis for Fox’s Seven on Your Side in a story about rules regarding employees being paid in comp time rather than in overtime.

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Video: Loescher on Healthcare Reform Debate

July 20th, 2009 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

Fox, Good Day Austin, July 20, 2009
Kristie Loescher, McCombs management lecturer, provided viewers of Good Day Austin an update on ongoing healthcare reform measures currently being debated in the U.S. Congress.

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Intellectual Entrepreneurship Program Gives Undergraduates a Taste of Life as a McCombs Graduate Student

May 27th, 2009 · Filed under: MBA · MPA · Student News

Posted by Tracy Mueller

Chrissy Grigalis, (right) a corporate communication senior at UT, has built a broad base of experience in her undergraduate field of study. But recently she realized she was more interested in an accounting career, so she set out to learn more about the nature and rigor of the Texas MPA program.
Grigalis is a spring intern [...]

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Loescher: It’s Never Too Early to Start Preparing Kids for Careers of the Future

November 18th, 2008 · Filed under: McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

Fox News Austin
Nov. 14, 2008
Kristie Loescher, McCombs management lecturer, was featured in a Fox news story about how to begin preparing children for the careers of the future. “I think it is never too early to find what’s going to spark a kid,” Loescher said.
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Halliburton Summer Institute Intensive Program for Non-Business Majors

August 18th, 2008 · Filed under: BBA

Posted by Rob Meyer

By Rob Meyer
Halliburton, the Houston-based energy company, has always been impressed by the graduates it has hired from the University of Texas. The engineers and scientists Halliburton recruits from UT represent some of the top young talent available.

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Business Foundations Students “Climb” Mt. Everest

July 18th, 2008 · Filed under: BBA · Events · McCombs in the Media

Posted by Rob Meyer

Students in the inaugural Halliburton Business Foundations Summer Institute took part in a leadership competition June 25 that simulated the treacherous climb to Mt. Everest. The task was to work together while managing medical, weather, and oxygen challenges (the simulation recreates an actual climb attempted in 1996). The winning team is pictured with Kristie Loescher, [...]

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