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All business school alumni are invited to the inaugural Texas McCombs Homecoming Weekend! This event is a two-day campus celebration with an all-alumni business conference, an all-alumni BBQ tailgate before the Oklahoma State football game, and reunion celebrations for the classes of '74, '79, '84, '89, '94, '99, '04, '09, and '14. The weekend will be hosted in our new building, Robert B. Rowling Hall. So come on out and reconnect with classmates, network with fellow alumni, get back into the classroom, and experience our new state-of-the-art building.

All business school alumni are invited to the inaugural Texas McCombs Homecoming Weekend! This event is a two-day campus celebration with an all-alumni business conference, an all-alumni BBQ tailgate before the Oklahoma State football game, and reunion celebrations for the classes of '74, '79, '84, '89, '94, '99, '04, '09, and '14. The weekend will be hosted in our new building, Robert B. Rowling Hall. So come on out and reconnect with classmates, network with fellow alumni, get back into the classroom, and experience our new state-of-the-art building.

CPE Credit is offered for the Alumni Business Conference.

The mission of this Network is to contribute to the success of the McCombs School by researching and recommending solutions to issues affecting women; raising the visibility of women; providing opportunities for women to develop leadership skills and broaden their network; and reaching out to women, students, and our Austin community.

We know McCombs alumni change the world. Celebrate and share Longhorn social and environmental impact with fellow alumni and current students at the inaugral Alumni in Impact Social Hour! Alumni and students interested in social and environmental impact will enjoy snacks and networking. Guests will also learn more about how The McCombs School of Business is preparing students to drive positive change in any career.

Calling all ambitious Longhorns! Are you interested in entrepreneurship? Do you want to meet other innovative students? Are you looking for mentors and resources to help you launch? If you answered yes, then this event is for you! Join the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship and learn about the UT and Austin startup ecosystem.
This event is for everyone - whether you're a freshman with an interesting idea for a business or a grad student with a venture underway.

Meet the people who can help you in your entrepreneurial journey at the Startup Resource Trade Show following the presentation.

Dr. Katie Pritchett, Ph.D. is Lecturer in the Management Department. She currently teaches classes on Entrepreneurship and Organizational Behavior. Dr. Pritchett specializes in teaching through experiential learning to give students access to real-world opportunities to sharpen their personal efficacy and professional abilities. She has prior experience in Washington D.C. working for the U.S. Department of Education in policy implementation and for a private Fortune 500 company working on marketing research to support the cybersecurity initiative for the U.S. Department of Education. Her passion lies at the intersection of business and education and finding innovative solutions to issues of access, equity, and persistence of under-represented student groups.

The BBA Etiquette Dinner (held each fall and spring) provides networking practice for approximately 60 BBA students with a networking session in addition to learning the do's and don'ts of business dining etiquette. Employers are seated with students to share stories and give advice on business networking. Learn more and register here: http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Career-Services/Connect/BBA. 

Join the New York for McCombs Council, Texas Real Estate Center, and Texas MBA for an alumni reception and fireside chat with Dean Jay Hartzell, John Lancaster, Jr. (BBA '90), Partner, Riverstone Holdings and Christopher Manning (BBA '90), Chairman, Trilantic Energy Partners North America.  
     
   7 p.m. Networking  
   7:45 p.m. Fireside Chat Moderated by Dean Jay Hartzell  
     
John Lancaster, Jr. is a partner at Riverstone Holdings. He joined Riverstone in 2000 and is responsible for the sourcing and management of investments across the energy industry. He heads the firm’s oilfield service investment program and also leads a number of investments in the exploration and production sector. Lancaster received his BBA from Texas McCombs and his MBA from Harvard Business School.  
     
Christopher “Chris” Manning is a managing partner of Trilantic North America and chairman of Trilantic Energy Partners North America. Manning is also a member of the Investment Committees of Fund III, Fund IV Global, Fund V North America, and TEP North America. His primary focus is on investments in the energy sector. Manning holds a BBA from Texas McCombs and an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. 

Join the Houston Chapter to kickoff our monthly lunch series. All Texas McCombs alumni are welcome to attend. This event is a great opportunity to network, catch up with classmates, and discuss other events happening in the UT community over lunch. The lunch will be held every fourth Thursday of the month.

The first lunch will be held at Cadillac Bar and the guest speaker will be Grant Pinkerton, Texas Ex and owner of Pinkerton's Barbecue. He is a distinguished UT alum and has previously been listed on the Forbes 30 under 30 list. We hope to see you there.

disABILITY Advocate Foundation Training

The Foundation training is designed to facilitate open conversation and provide an engaging learning environment through interactive activities and discussion. Participants will learn specific strategies to make campus more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities within their role at UT. Each participant will receive a disABILITY Advocate placard that indicates completion of the program and willingness to be an advocate on campus.

The "Physical & Digital" and "Human & Machine" dimensions are converging, and every organization must discover the right balance today to be successful in designing tomorrow’s work environment. Changes in workforce dynamics, technology advancements, modern space needs, and process optimization approaches are forcing companies to redesign their workplace strategies.

Join us as Kai Andrews, principal at Point B Management Consulting, shares his experience with this groundbreaking approach that enables your workplace transformation. Leveraging the powerful Future of Work concepts to seize the competitive advantages that remain locked up in many workplaces is relevant for any organization that is:

• Looking to transform team collaboration
• Fighting the talent wars
• Managing a distributed workforce
• Optimizing their workspace

Come experience this unique model of flexibility, flow, and focus and see how you can get started on your journey to sustainable business transformations. The future of work is now! About Kai Andrews: Kai Andrews leads Point B’s Future of Work practice and has over 20 years of business and IT consulting experience, with primary expertise in delivering pragmatic workplace transformations concentrated in business collaboration and intelligence engagements. His focus has been on developing digital workplace strategies and designing and implementing collaboration and content management solutions for clients in the healthcare, retail, technology, and professional services industries.

As companies of all sizes scramble to keep-up in ever-increasingly competitive environments and in response to ever-increasing customer expectations, many are now leaning into the challenge of innovation as the key to surviving and thriving — disrupting before being disrupted. Join the McCombs School of Business for this lunch and learn event. 

Speakers:
Dr. Stephen Walls, Senior Lecturer, McCombs Dept. of Marketing
Jeff Mulhausen, Founding Partner, Upstream

The University of Texas Annual Energy Management Golf Tournament takes place in the fall at the UT Golf Club. The funds raised from the golf tournament help support the Master of Science in Energy Management and the Undergraduate Energy Management Program’s experiential programming for the academic year, including the Texas Energy Management Program Student Association’s monthly meetings and speaker series. Your participation would contribute to the success of MSEM/EMP students across UT campus. This event provides a great opportunity for you to network with fellow industry members and meet some of UT’s Energy Management students.

Please email Kristen Gallegos at kristen.gallegos@mccombs.utexas.edu for questions about registration and event details.

We will be offering Ally Toolkit Training in CBA and RRH buildings in September & October 2019. The trainers will be from the Gender and Sexuality Center and. Details below. There are two different groups (September and October) with alternating days on M/W and T/TH. You must attend both parts to become a certified ally/advocate.

Please join your fellow alumni and friends at Robert B. Rowling Hall for an engaging and informative workshop to help you plan for your future. This is a two-part class that will take place on Tuesday, Oct. 1st AND Thursday, Oct. 3rd. Daniel Caswell, CPA, BBA '84, will conduct the workshop to educate and inform McCombs alumni about smart ways to build a stress-free retirement. The number one concern for Baby Boomers in retirement is, "we don’t want to run out of money." With all of the changes in our environment, the risk of falling short is greater than ever. This class covers potential new threats to a successful retirement, now and in the future, while providing students with the knowledge they need to build a successful retirement in our new reality. The workshop topics include: - Conventional Financial Wisdom - The Fiscal Health of the United States - Failure to Maximize Retirement Income - Unplanned Healthcare Expenses - Improper Estate Transfer Design - Losing Money in Large Market Declines - Failure to Have a Well - Designed Retirement Plan - Bring It All Together for Your Plan Parking will be validated for the AT&T Conference Center garage located at 1900 University Ave. Please bring your parking ticket from either garage to the event.

We will be offering Ally Toolkit Training in CBA and RRH buildings in September & October 2019. The trainers will be from the Gender and Sexuality Center and. Details below. There are two different groups (September and October) with alternating days on M/W and T/TH. You must attend both parts to become a certified ally/advocate.

It's often said that culture eats strategy for lunch.   
High-performing businesses – Amazon, Southwest Airlines, Starbucks, Whole Foods, Zappos, among numerous others – usually credit their cultures for their success.  It is clear that creating and nurturing the right culture is key to winning in competitive markets.

How can you create a culture that is right for your business and how can you make sure that it helps you outperform your competition? 
Join the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at the McCombs School of Business for a highly interactive session with a powerful, hard-nosed, practical approach to designing the right organizational culture for your business.

The workshop will be followed by a fireside chat with Vice President of Southwest Airlines University, Elizabeth Bryant.

The Austin Chapter welcomes Ryan Edwards, MBA ‘17. Ryan currently works for SunPower Corporation and CleanTX and would like to start a dialogue with McCombs alumni about mentorship and diversity in the workplace with a focus on hiring veterans and the clean energy industry.  

Ryan is a finance associate at SunPower, responsible for managing more than $2 billion in residential lease assets and more than $1 billion in Senior and Mezzanine debt. Concurrently, Ryan also serves as the Board Chair for CleanTX, where he tailors strategy and operations in order to accelerate the clean technology industry in Texas and nationwide. Before joining SunPower and CleanTX, Ryan served in the U.S. Navy for 8 years where he held Mission Commander and Instructor designations for the P-3 Orion and P-8 Poseidon. In the latter part of his service, Ryan served as an associate professor for The University of Texas at Austin Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps where he instructed and mentored aspiring Naval Officers while they completed their undergraduate degrees. Ryan is originally from Chicago, IL, and is a McCombs MBA '17.  
  
Founded in 2006, CleanTX is a nonprofit economic development and professional association for clean technologies in Central Texas, a $2.5 billion industry that employs 20,000 individuals. The CleanTX community encompasses over 250 companies and an active ecosystem of entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and regional partners. CleanTX supports cleantech innovation and adoption by: (1) Providing avenues for networking, education, and information exchange among industry and community stakeholders; (2) Facilitating strategic partnerships to launch forward-looking economic development initiatives; and (3) Promoting the growth of the cleantech industry in Texas through increased visibility,

There will be no recruiting events on October 11, 2019.

All McCombs alumni are invited to a first-look tour of the new home for the Dallas/Fort Worth Weekend MBA at The Centrum in Uptown Dallas. The highly visible, 17,000 square-foot, first-floor space holds interactive classrooms, group study and breakout rooms, individual study nooks, 16-seat interactive board room, meeting rooms, offices, and open community space. The new location will accommodate current and future classes and provide easy access from multiple freeways for students, faculty, staff, and visitors. Join fellow alumni and current students to celebrate this new space and hear updates from McCombs leadership. Refreshments will be provided.

Please join your fellow alumni at Robert B. Rowling Hall for an informative presentation by Jeff Hertz, senior vice president and investment specialist at Cantor Fitzgerald. Jeff has 20 years of expertise and specializes in real estate investments, primarily focusing on tax-advantaged strategies.  
     
Jeff will lead a discussion about the Qualified Opportunity Zone Program, created by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. This initiative is designed to encourage long-term investments in designated communities by delivering certain tax benefits to investors in Qualified Opportunity Funds (“QOFs”). QOFs are created to help drive real estate development, job creation and overall economic growth in lower-income communities, which can then have a compounding effect on the original investment, potentially benefiting investors and communities alike.  
     
   Topics Include:  
   • Overview of the Opportunity Zone Program  
   • Tax Consideration and Timeline  
   • 1031 Exchanges and Opportunity Zones  
     
Light refreshments will be provided. Complimentary parking at the AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center. Please bring your parking ticket to the event.  

disABILITY Advocate Foundation Training:

The Foundation training is designed to facilitate open conversation and provide an engaging learning environment through interactive activities and discussion. Participants will learn specific strategies to make campus more accessible and inclusive for people with disabilities within their role at UT. Each participant will receive a disABILITY Advocate placard that indicates completion of the program and willingness to be an advocate on campus.

Join entrepreneurs, investors and industry leaders for The University of Texas at Austin's first-ever “Taste of Texas” CPG Showcase.
This one-of-a-kind event will feature special guest speakers, panel discussions and a community + student Trade Show.
Networking to follow.
  
Come learn from and network with Texas' top innovators in the CPG space!

Join the Los Angeles Chapter at the fall Faculty Speaker Series featuring Dr. John Daly. Professor Daly will present on "The Interpersonal Skills of Successful Leaders.” 
      
This is a great opportunity to connect with fellow McCombs School of Business and Moody College of Communications alumni and hear from one of UT’s most popular professors.  
     
6 p.m. Registration and networking 
6:30 p.m. Program

Change the game. Push boundaries. Test out innovative ideas.

DisrupTexas is an annual Pitch Competition for undergraduate students across the state of Texas. Hosted by the Herb Kelleher Center for Entrepreneurship at UT Austin, DisrupTexas is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for fully immersive learning – and a chance for student teams to walk away with some serious cash.

There will be no recruiting events during the Thanksgiving Holiday (11/25-11/29).

There will be no recruiting events during the Thanksgiving Holiday (11/25-11/29). 

December 06, 2019 is the last day of fall recruiting in the Ford Career Center (FCC).