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In This Edition
- McCombs MBA Students Meet with Warren Buffett
- Media: MBA “Games” Lead to Real-World Investing Success
- In the News: U.S. News Releases Annual Graduate School Rankings
- Moving the Might Oak
- McCombs School Job Postings
McCombs MBA Students Meet with “Oracle of Omaha”
Some MBA students had the chance of a lifetime Feb. 15, when they met with Warren Buffett in his home city of Omaha, Nebraska. During the Q and A session, the students received the following advice from Buffett: I know a woman in her 80s, a Polish woman forced into a concentration camp with her family. She says, “I am slow to make friends because when I look at people, I have one question in mind: would they hide me?” If you get to be my age and have a lot of people that would hide you, then you can feel pretty good about how you’ve lived your life. I know people on the Forbes 400 list whose children would not hide them. “He’s in the attic, he’s in the attic.” Some of them keep compensating by joining boards or getting honorary degrees, but it doesn’t change the fact that no one will give a damn when they are gone. The most powerful force in the world is unconditional love.
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Media: MBA “Games” Lead to Real-World Investing Success
CFO.com
A recent story on CFO.com highlighted the growth of MBA-based investment funds that give students experience with managing real assets and included the McCombs MBA Fund. Amrita Dukeshier, a second-year MBA student, said in the story that she probably would not have the job that she has lined up at Fidelity were it not for her experience working on McCombs’ $16-million fund covering the energy markets. “What we do in the fund is exactly what an equity analyst does,” she said.
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Media: U.S. News Releases Annual Graduate School Rankings
U.S. News & World Report, March 28, 2008
U.S. News & World Report released its annual rankings of graduate programs March 28. The full-time MBA program at McCombs was ranked No. 18 for the fourth year in a row. The Department of Accounting was ranked No. 1 in the specialty section for the second straight year. Congratulations! Other programs and departments at McCombs were ranked as follows: executive MBA, No. 13; MBA for working professionals, No. 25; entrepreneurship, No. 9; finance, tied at No. 15; information systems, No. 3; international No. 11; management, tied at No. 15; marketing, No. 9; and productions/ops, No. 15; supply chain/logistics, tied at No. 21.
Moving the Mighty Oak
On Sunday, March 9, two mature live oak trees from a holding area near the LBJ Library were moved to the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Both trees, each weighing more than 65,000 lbs., seem to be enjoying their new home and are sprouting new growth. The AT&T center will open in August this year.
McCombs School Job Postings
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