Earlier this semester, my violin instructor at UT asked me to think about why I continue to study music and what it means to me. Coming from a major in which a lucrative career is emphasized, taking the time to reflect why I would continue to study music was important. A music career exemplifies the [...]
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MPA is a Mixtape: B-Side
The best B-side to an album ever is the B-side to Abbey Road. Period. However, I feel that I just gave away my age by admitting that I remember when an album was organized in two halves…and I guess by also admitting that I still buy albums instead of songs. Regardless, it should be pretty [...]
MPA is a Mixtape (cont.)
One of my favorite places in Austin is in the Long Center. You can usually get in as a student, and you can usually get pretty decent seats. Doesn’t matter though–go all the way to the top balcony. On that top foyer, you can look out into the night sky. Usually the several minutes that [...]
MPA is a Mixtape
It’s finally the time of year when you leave your apartment around eight in the evening or so and can still see a few shades of orange and red peeping from behind the tower and surrounding foliage. Clouds of purple come down to bid farewell to the sun for the day’s work and the dark, blue [...]
Sentiments of a Fifth-Year MPA Student
Wow! I never thought I would get this far. Being a fifth-year Integrated MPA student still feels surreal to me. My years of hardwork as a college student will finally come to a close. It surely feels bittersweet. What does a fifth-year student’s schedule look like? After going through my recruiting and internship semesters, I have [...]
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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
