MPA Educated Eats
Each semester, the MPA Program Office facilitates Educated Eats, a series of lunches and cookie/coffee breaks hosted by faculty and staff. These meetups provide an opportunity for students to interact with faculty and staff in a small-group setting and engage on a variety of topics.
Fall 2021 Schedule
For details about each event and to RSVP, follow the link in the Sign Up column (EventBrite registration is not required to RSVP). Attendance is limited to ten students per event and is open to any MPA unless otherwise noted. Sign up ends 24-hours before each event or when all spaces are full, at which time the wait list is activated. If you have any questions, please contact MPAEvents@mccombs.utexas.edu.
| Date | Time | Topic | Host | Sign Up |
| Monday, 10/11 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: FASB PTA Program | Matt Kubic | RSVP |
| Thursday, 10/14 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: A Career in Big 4 Accounting – Real Answers to Your Questions | Jeffrey Johanns | RSVP |
| Friday, 10/15 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch: FASB PTA Program | Matt Kubic | RSVP |
| Friday, 10/22 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Career Opportunities in the Pharmaceutical Industry, Business Partnering, and Tips for Success | John McGuire | RSVP |
| Monday, 10/25 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Public Accounting Experience & Transition to PhD Program | Kaitlyn Kroeger | RSVP |
| Thursday, 10/28 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch: Accounting career observations from someone a few years ahead of you: how to find and have a great career. | Nathan Herrmann | RSVP |
| Monday, 11/1 | 10:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Coffee Break: Accounting career observations from someone a few years ahead of you: how to find and have a great career. | Nathan Herrmann | RSVP |
| Monday, 11/1 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch: Why study taxes – even if you think you might want to do something else later on… | Brady Williams | RSVP |
| Wednesday, 11/3 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Tax Hot Topics….or anything MPAs want to talk about! | Terri Holbrook | RSVP |
| Tuesday, 11/9 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Lunch: Questions About Careers in Accounting | Gretchen Charrier | RSVP |
| Wednesday, 11/10 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: PhD in Accounting/Applying to Programs/Experience in the Program | Abhi Ramchandani | RSVP |
| Thursday, 11/11 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Anything! | Sara Toynbee | RSVP |
| Tuesday, 11/16 | 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. | Lunch: Short Selling/Short Squeeze | Wuyang Zhao | RSVP |
| Wednesday, 11/17 | 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. | Lunch: Thoughts on a new data analytics course | Professor Nicholas Hallman | RSVP |
| Thursday, 11/18 | 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Lunch: Questions About Careers in Accounting | Gretchen Charrier | RSVP |
| Friday, 11/19 | 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Lunch: Tax track and/or international tax | Professor Lisa De Simone | RSVP |
| Tuesday, 11/30 | 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. | Cookie Break: PhD in Accounting | Professor Lisa Koonce | RSVP |
**Cancellation notice: If you RSVP for an event and need to cancel, you can do so through EventBrite. In order to avoid penalties such as being blocked in RecruitMcCombs, you must cancel at least 24-hours in advance (Monday RSVPs must be cancelled by Friday).**