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McCombs Executive Mentorship Dinner Series

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The McCombs BBA/MPA Alumni Advisory Board would like to invite you to participate in the McCombs Executive Mentorship Dinner Series. We are extending our invitation to a limited selection of student leaders to join highly successful executives and McCombs alumni for dinner.

Below is the full list of executive mentors attending the February dinner:

1. Keat Wilkins – CEO, Sense Corp
2. Jeff Eller – Chairman, Public Strategies
3. Steve Rohleder – Group Chief Executive, Accenture (Health & Public Service Operating Group); former Accenture COO
4. Sandy Gottesman – LiveOak Gottesman
5. Darrell Windham – Head of the Corporate Law Practice, Greenberg Traurig; former Head of the Corporate Law Practice at Fulbright & Jaworski
6. Jim McBride – Founder and Managing Member, Blue Sage Capital
7. Gary Valdez – CEO, Focus Strategies
8. Joe Holt – CEO, JPMorgan Chase, Central TX
9. Kevin Hegarty – CFO, UT; former CFO of Dell Financial Services
10. Ken Cho – Co-Founder, Spredfast
11. Rick Thielke – Portfolio Manager and Head of Analytics, SandRidge Capital
12. Jack Baum (to confirm) – Partner 2m Co, CEO of Food, Friends & Company
13. Erin Mulligan Nelson – Chief Marketing Officer, Bazaarvoice *recent addition*

The dinner will take place at the Hall of Honors on Feb. 7, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the McCombs School of Business. The event is $20 which covers a small portion of the cost. Please register by purchasing a ticket.

The deadline to register is Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. This event will be limited to only 120 students. Therefore, we greatly encourage you to register as soon as possible. Also, please feel free to forward this invitation to other students in your organization.

The McCombs BBA/MPA Alumni Advisory Board leads a network of 67,000 McCombs alumni and has one of the largest alumni infrastructures of any business program worldwide. The board oversees strategic initiatives at McCombs and encourages alumni involvement and giving. The board is comprised of 28 members, who are leaders in the business field throughout North America. Continuously, the board strives for the betterment of the MPA and undergraduate experience for current and future students. Each of our board members has a passion to give back and to help McCombs achieve a superior level of academic excellence.

Sincerely,
McCombs BBA/MPA Alumni Advisory Board

Posted by Alesi Gerthe

WetFeet Career Benchmark Employer Perception Survey

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The WetFeet Career Benchmark Employer Perception Survey wants your opinion on how companies should build their brand on campus and recruit students. Your participation in this survey can help affect how University of Texas at Austin students are recruited by companies in the future.

Please click here to participate:
http://unisurv.co/usss2013prof?reid=72

Editor’s Note: The WetFeet Career Benchmark Employer Perception Survey is not affiliated with the MPA program or The University of Texas at Austin. Placement of this announcement in the MPA newsletter does not constitute an endorsement of the survey.

Posted by Alesi Gerthe

Austin CPA Chapter Student Scholarships

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The Austin CPA Chapter/TSCPA, the local CPA professional association, offers scholarships to accounting students each year.  In an effort to improve the student scholarship program and meet the needs of more students, the Austin CPA Chapter asks that you complete a short survey regarding the chapter’s scholarship process. This information will be used to refine future scholarship procedures.

Thank you in advance for your participation!

Submitted by Alesi Gerthe

MPA Legacy Campaign Committee- November 26 Deadline!

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Preparation for the 2013 MPA Legacy Campaign is currently underway and we are now taking applications for the 2013 MPA Legacy Campaign Committee! A joint effort by the MPA Council and the McCombs Alumni Relations & Annual Giving Office, this first-annual MPA Legacy Campaign will help to establish a culture of student giving within McCombs. The Committee will provide a unique opportunity for you to be a leader in your class, and we invite each of you to apply.

Today, with public universities facing funding challenges and increased competition for the best and brightest faculty and students, the tradition of students giving back has become an important tradition.  These campaigns, led by students for students, are not only a sign of pride in collective achievement, but are also used by many ranking programs as a measure of student and alumni satisfaction. This is your opportunity to come together as a class and make a difference at McCombs.

If you would like to help lead a highly visible campaign that strengthens your class ties and encourages philanthropy to your alma mater, please respond to the following questions and e-mail your answers to Laura Welch at laura.welch@mccombs.utexas.edu by November 26, 2012.

1.    Why are you passionate about serving on the MPA Legacy committee?

2.    Do you have prior fundraising/creative design/leadership experience that will help you assist with this campaign?  If so, please list your experience.

3.    In your opinion, what is the importance of student-led support of McCombs?

Thank you,

Claire Williams, President, MPA Council
and
Keary Kinch, Director, Alumni Relations & Annual Giving

Submitted by Alesi Gerthe

Entrepreneurship Live with Ian Hatton, Chairman & CEO of Barynovx

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The Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship and the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center invite you to a new and exciting speaker series, Herb Kelleher Entrepreneur-in-Residence, moderated by Laura Kilcrease. Each lecture is free and open to the public. The event will include a meet and greet as well as a reception.  Space is limited, so mark your calendar for these three informative October programs:

Entrepreneurship Live with Ian Hatton, Chairman & CEO of Barynovx, Global Entrepreneur.

When: Tuesday, October 2nd

Where: AT&T Conference Center, Room #201

Time: 5:30-8:00 p.m. Meet and Greet, Program and Reception

RSVP: http://tinyurl.com/EIR-Speakers-Oct-2

Posted by Alesi Gerthe

ModelOff 2012 – Financial Modeling Competition for Students

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ModelOff - the 2012 Financial Modeling World Championships

Registration has recently opened for ModelOff  – a fun, competitive and educational competition that is aimed at students and young professionals. Students will find ModelOff a great real world learning opportunity and a fantastic way to build their CV.

The competition is being put on in conjunction with the Bloomberg Institute, Deloitte CFE, AMT Training as well as a number of other leading global finance businesses

Please visit www.modeloff.com for additional information.

Submitted by Alesi Gerthe

Information Session-BDO

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Those who know…Know BDO is hosting an information session on Wednesday, August 29 at 5:30 p.m. in UTC 3.112. Come and meet a few of our BDO professionals and learn more about the opportunities BDO has to offer. We will have several executives and alumni present to help answer any questions. Dress is Business Casual. PLEASE RSVP IN OCR.

Submitted by Alesi Gerthe

American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) Austin Chapter Meeting

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The American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) Austin Chapter will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. This month’s program features discussion on the importance of payment card security by Ken Given of WorldPay Payment Services.

What: American Society of Women Accountants (ASWA) Austin Chapter meeting for networking, dinner, and CPE
Date: Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Time: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Where: Brick Oven
Address: 10710 Research Blvd (Braker & Jollyville by HEB)
Cost: $21 to $35
Speaker: Ken Given, WorldPay Payment Services
Topic: “The Importance of Payment Card Security”–80% of all security breaches and identify theft now occurs in small businesses.

Please call 512-217-1679 or visit www.aswaaustin.org to register or for more information.

 Submitted by Paul Nabhan

Extended International Student Advising Hours

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Peak advising season for International Students is here, which means that we will be offering Extended International Student Walk-In Advising Hours, beginning  Friday, May 4th and running through Friday, May 18th.   If you know of a student who needs to come in for any reason, please don’t hesitate to pass this information on!

Please note:  Given the volume of students who come in at this time of year, we often have to stop adding names to the wait-list prior to the end of the advertised advising hours (this can frustrate students at times, but we want to ensure that everyone can be seen on a given day.  The student can always call 512-471-2477 to see if we are still taking names).  On Monday, May 21st, advising hours will revert back to the standard times advertised on our website at:  http://world.utexas.edu/isss/advising

*Scholar Advisors and the Health Insurance Advisor will continue to see individuals on an appointment-only basis.)

Submitted by Alesi Gerthe