McCombs TODAY

Eric Hirst, associate dean of the MBA program, launched the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series Sept. 29 in an interview with Stacy Smith, CFO, Intel. Smith has been with Intel since he earned his MBA from McCombs in 1988. Below are a few highlights from the interview.

Smith on Leadership.mp3 (1m24s, 1.4MB)
Smith recommends taking on the tough tasks to stand [...]

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Who: Stacy Smith, CFO, Intel
Host:  Eric Hirst, associate dean, MBA Program
When: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009  5:30-6:30 p.m.
Where: Will C. Hogg 1.120
Stacy J. Smith is vice president of finance and enterprise services and the chief financial officer (CFO) for Intel Corporation. In this role, he is responsible for leading the worldwide finance organization and overseeing operational finance, [...]

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Maybe we’re working you too hard here at McCombs if skydiving is how you gear up for the semester… 
From Rohit Bhatia, MBA Class of 2010:
Recently 11 McCombs MBAs decided to jump out of a plane flying at 10,000 feet. All of us had wanted to do it at some point in our lives, so we [...]

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In Forbes magazine’s 2009 ranking of MBA programs across the country, the full-time Texas MBA was listed at 11 overall, and second among public schools. In the last ranking in 2007, McCombs was 14 overall, and third among public schools. 
This ranking is based on the MBA graduates of the Class of 2004, with 17,000 alumni at 103 schools taking part [...]

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There’s a term in mountain climbing called “summit fever” that describes the moment when otherwise sane climbers get so close to the summit that they’ll do anything to get to the top, regardless of altitude sickness, bad weather or other dangerous conditions that would normally halt the climb.
It’s a purely psychological affliction, but it can [...]

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The Moot Corp competition is the oldest and most prestigious business-plan competition in the country.
Recently, a panel of former Moot Corp participants gathered to share insights on topics such as raising venture capital, hiring the right team and how to learn from mistakes along the way. Taking part in the panel hosted by Moot Corp Director Rob [...]

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The full-time MBA program at the McCombs School of Business ranks at no. 18 in the 2009 U.S. News survey of America’s Best Graduate Business Schools. McCombs has been included in the Top 20 programs in 15 out of the past 16 years. Only four public schools rank above McCombs: Berkeley (no. 7), Michigan (no. [...]

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April is Student Philanthropy Month at McCombs, and we’ve asked a few students to share their thoughts on why they’re investing their hard-earned money in programs for future students. Below, we hear from MBA student Tiju Tom, member of the MBA Legacy campaign committee.
It is not very often that we are presented with a real [...]

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By Nirav Desai, MBA ’09
In my application to the full-time Texas MBA program, I wrote that my professional goal was to develop skills that would allow me to fulfill my long-term objective of helping nonprofit organizations improve their business processes. Fast forward two years, and I am not only armed with the knowledge base and [...]

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The Texas MBA team of Nihar Gupta, Tiju Tom, Nirav Desai and Aashin Gautam took third place at the 4th Annual International Tech Strategy Business Case Competition hosted by Boston University and Ericsson on March 29 in Boston. MBA students from 15 of the world’s leading business schools participated in the competition, with Queen’s School [...]

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