McCombs School News Bytes: December 2002
This newsletter is written to keep you--our alumni--connected with the McCombs School of Business at The University of Texas at Austin. Each month we will include a series of brief topics with links leading to additional information about alumni, faculty, students, centers, activities, and programs. We welcome your comments and suggestions for future editions. Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship Launches Working Paper Series Faculty and staff of the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship have completed its inaugural series of working papers, which will be a regular initiative of the Center and will highlight the latest research in the emerging discipline of entrepreneurship. You can access these papers at Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship Web Site. Business Honors Program (BHP) Students Recognized by Parents’ Association The Office of the Vice President of Student Affairs along with the Parents’ Association recently announced the six finalists for the Outstanding Student Award at The University of Texas. Remarkably, of the six finalists for the entire student body, four are BHP students. Go to BHP News for more information. McCombs School Inducts Newest Hall of Fame Members The McCombs School inducted The Honorable Linnet F. Deily, The Honorable Donald L. Evans, and Mr. Jeffrey Heller into the prestigious Hall of Fame during a ceremony on November 8. Read the press release. See photos from the event. Goldman Sachs Gift Helps Fund MIS NetLab Goldman Sachs donated funds to the MSIS Department to support two MIS NetLab teaching assistants. Teaching Assistants maintain software and hardware, design lab tutorials, and help students with tutorial exercises. Learn more about the MIS NetLab. Alumni/Parents’ Day BBQ is a Delicious Success! More than 800 people attended the October 26 Alumni/Parents’ Day BBQ. View the photo gallery at Alumni Events and click on the “2002 Alumni BBQ Photo Tour” link. Don’t Let the Tax Man Take all Your Cash With the end of the year less than a month away, now is the time to make a gift to the McCombs School and help the school achieve its goal of becoming the best public business school in the nation. All donors will be listed in our annual Investors’ Report and online. Go to our gift/pledge form. Learn more about Hermes Society membership and benefits. Aggies Take First Place in International Challenge (IBC) The undergraduate student team from Texas A&M officially won the 2002 International Business Challenge (IBC), which concluded October 18 at the McCombs School and was sponsored by the school’s Undergraduate Management Consulting Association. Read the press release. Glamour Magazine Recognizes Business Honors Program (BHP) Student and Alumnae Glamour magazine recently named BHP Senior Christina Fu as one of its 2002 College Women of the Year. Go to BHP News for more information. In another issue, the magazine named BHP graduate Sherron Watkins (BBA ’81) one of the magazine’s Women of the Year for her role in bringing to light accounting inaccuracies at Enron. Read about Ms. Watkins. McCombs Offers Executive MBA at D/FW The Texas Executive Education MBA Program at Dallas/Fort Worth is an innovative two-year program allowing academically qualified executives to pursue the MBA degree while continuing their regular job responsibilities. Learn about the program at the Texas Executive MBA at Dallas/Fort Worth website. Find out about information sessions scheduled for January 28 and February 28 at or contact Karen Browning at (512) 232-6243 or karen.browning@mccombs.utexas.edu for more information. Save the Date for Explore UT! Explore UT will be held on March 3 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Play a stock market game, test your knowledge of companies and brands, enjoy a business fashion show, evaluate your interviewing savvy, tour the latest McCombs School facility renovations, and experience the ENTIRE UT campus! For more information about the “Biggest Open House in Texas”. Stay in Contact with the McCombs School
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