This blog was intended to have been written last week. The Longhorns’ loss to Arizona completely crushed my spirits, however, leaving all motivation I had in disarray for the week. The Dance goes on though, and with it comes the next installment of my take on my internship. A lot of questions I think a [...]
Archives for March, 2011
Internship Series: I. Embarkation
Rolling down the interstate, gazing in awe as the Hill Country slowly becomes vibrant with the life of spring, I begin to reflect upon the experiences of the past ten weeks. I turn up Led Zeppelin on the radio and try to make sense of a whirlwind of the emotions endured from invincibility to hopelessness [...]
You have a liberal arts degree. What should you expect from the MPA program?
When I arrived in Texas last summer, I was a bit anxious about how I would make my way in the program. I skew a little bit far from the previous class’s profile. I’m older. I have more work experience, but no business background. Many of my classmates came out of school with degrees in business, [...]
Life in the real world begins…
So, where have I been all this time? Well, after that fall semester roller coaster ride, the spring semester has been an outer space kind of journey. It began with my early and short spring semester that actually started on January 4. I was in an accelerated six-week program, where I took two three-hour graduate [...]
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What’s life as a Texas MPA all about? Six current students—Sarah, Jamal, Hannah, Pierre, Melissa, and Ally—give you the inside scoop in their blogs. Read up on their perspectives on classes, the job search, living in Austin and more.
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Sarah Haas, MPA '13
MPA Track: Taxation
Jamal Deek, MPA '14
MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance
Hannah Franklin, MPA '13
MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance
Pierre Rochard, MPA '13
MPA Track: Financial Reporting and Assurance
Melissa Hodges, MPA '14
MPA Track: Audit
Alexandria Newman, MPA '14
MPA Track: undeclared, planning Taxation
