Calendar of Events

November 2009

Who:
All McCombs Alumni in Houston Area

Where:
Beth Robertson Auditorium in the Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building 1825 Pressler Street
Houston, Texas 77030

What:
“Healthcare Reform: Left, Right and Center.”

A panel discussion with leaders from the Texas Medical Center’s University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHSC-H). The group will discuss U.S. healthcare reform issues, particularly from a “real world,” patient care perspective. A broad political spectrum of reformers’ views will be presented, and debated.

The discussion will be moderated by UTHSC-H’s executive vice president and chief operating and financial officer, Kevin Dillon (BBA ’81, MBA ’84). Panelists will include the following faculty members of the University of Texas’ only School of Public Health:

Osama Mikhail, Ph.D

Senior Vice President, Strategic Planning
Professor, Division of Management, Policy and Community Health
Director, The George McMillan Fleming Center for Healthcare Management
UTHSC-H School of Public Health

Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau, Ph.D

Professor, Division of Management, Policy, and Community Health UTHSC-H School of Public Health

Thomas R. Cole, Ph.D

McGovern Chair in Medical Humanities
Director, The John P. McGovern, M.D. Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Leon J. Leach, M.B.A.

Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

And other members of the TMC community.

The event will be held on November 3^rd, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at the state-of-the-art Beth Robertson Auditorium in the Fayez S. Sarofim Research Building, located at 1825 Pressler Street Houston, Texas 77030.

Free parking will be available at 7000 Fannin Street, Houston, TX-77008.

Who:
Austin Area MBA Alumni

Where:
TBD - Contact the alumni office for more details at: mbaalumni@mccombs.utexas.edu  

What:
These meetings are OPEN to ALL McCombs MBA Alumni in the Austin area. If you have been looking for a way to be more involved with the chapter, learn more about what is going on with McCombs, or just catch up with fellow MBA alumni, please plan to come. There are many opportunities to get involved and help us with planning social, networking and professional development events, as well as chapter development and communication!

No RSVP required

Who:
All McCombs Alumni in Austin Area

Where:
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Ballroom

What:
Each semester Dean Tom Gilligan hosts an informal conversation with 3-4 keynote "C-Level" speakers from major U.S. corporations. Guest speakers discuss their background, career, corporation, and give advice to students to help them succeed in their future careers. The event consists of an informal interview session followed by an open floor question and answer. The average audience is 200-400 students, primarily undergraduate business students. This event is open to all University of Texas at Austin students and staff, as well as the general public. The series is organized and sponsored by the Undergraduate Business Council.

Click here for more information on Michael Dell

Save the date for future VIP speakers:

• Doug Ulman, President, Lance Armstrong Foundation, February 4
• Roy Spence Founder, GSD&M Idea City, February 23
• Ahmed Mahmoud Chief Information Officer, AMD, April 8

Who:
All McCombs Alumni in Austin Area

Where:
Molotov
719 W. 6th Street
Austin, TX 78701

What:
Join us at a joint Austin MBA-club happy hour at Molotov (upstairs, presuming the weather permits – otherwise downstairs). Feel free to invite other MBA friends and bring along significant others.

We’ve created a Facebook group to broadcast events like this. I suspect we'll aim to do a couple each year. For this particular event, please RSVP here or via email if you think you might come, so we can at least get a rough idea of how many people will show up!

Fee:
Non-perishable food item for the Capital Area Food Bank