Quantcast
Channel: Events – Live and Learn
Browsing all 31 articles
Browse latest View live

And the Oscar goes to…

Did anyone else see the PwC partners walking the Academy’s votes down the red carpet at the Oscars? There are a lot of things in the popular media that are actually done by accounting firms. The...

View Article



Can Spring Break Last All Year?

Greetings from Spring Break 2012! I know many of my fellow MPA’s were on vacations much more exciting and exotic than mine, but I thought I would share my experience anyways. I spent my first weekend...

View Article

Group Motivation!

Here at McCombs, we’re in the home stretch of the Spring semester, preparing ourselves for that one. last. exam (per course) before summer. Sigh, time passes so quickly. Some Updates: Work at...

View Article

“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: ‘What are you doing for...

Last week, a group of MPA students, myself included, who are recruiting with one of the Big 4, had the opportunity to participate in an activity co-sponsored by TOMS shoes. For those of you who may not...

View Article

MPA Council Hosts Catherine Cook, Founder of MyYearbook

Last Wednesday, April 4th, the MPA Council invited Catherine Cook (founder of MyYearbook.com) to speak as part of their Esteemed Speaker Series. Ms. Cook started off describing what MyYearbook was all...

View Article


Analytics in Practice: Going Beyond the Buzzwords

The MPA Distinguished Speaker Lyceum is one of the most important traditions in the MPA program. Last Tuesday we hosted Ms. Camille Stovall, a partner at Deloitte and the Chief Operating Officer of...

View Article

Choosing a Career Path: To Ph.D. or Not to Ph.D.

One of the things I love most about the MPA program is the amazing faculty, so of course I jumped at the chance to attend Dr. Jeri Seidman’s “Don’t Mess With Taxes” presentation. Professor Seidman went...

View Article

The Man in the Glass

A few weeks ago, Professor Limburg and the MPA program welcomed Harvin C. Moore to speak at our Distinguished Speaker Lyceum. Mr. Moore began his presentation with some relatable stories, his...

View Article


Run Austin! (2.0)

Last year I wrote a blog post about the best places to run around in Austin on a day to day basis, and mentioned a few of Austin’s most famous races. (Click here if you missed it!) Austin has a strong...

View Article


I Met a Famous Author Thanks to UT!

One of the most overlooked benefits of attending a large, prestigious school like the University of Texas is the abundance of interesting events available to students. So even though I’ve spent most of...

View Article

First Impressions

First impressions are important because they always last, and the same goes for my entrance to the MPA program. Notwithstanding a brief visit last fall and interacting with career services over the...

View Article

Bon Qui Qui Visits Austin

Welcome to King Burger where you can have it your way but don’t get crazy! If you’re familiar with this snippet from a Mad TV comedy clip, then you’d be excited to know that the laugh out loud Bon Qui...

View Article

Next Stop… More Barbecue

Back on the Central-Texas Barbecue Trail, my next stop was the world-famous Franklin BBQ. A relative newcomer to the barbecue scene compared to the longstanding Salt Lick, Aaron Franklin opened up shop...

View Article


Live Music Capital of the World

Now that recruiting is out of the way and one semester under my belt, I feel like I have some extra breathing room to enjoy more of the fun that Austin has to offer. My biggest new year’s resolution is...

View Article

Recruiting: Week One

Welcome back everyone! We all know that syllabus week does not mark the beginning of the semester. It’s the second week of classes now, so school is officially back in session! Being in my second...

View Article


Recruiting: Week Two

Middle Market Firms and Big Four Firms During your recruiting semester as an MPA you will face the decision concerning what company(s) you want to apply for. The best way to figure this out is to...

View Article

Recruiting: Week Three

MPA Mock Interviews If you have ever taken BA 101, a class required of all first-year business majors, you probably know what a mock interview is. Basically, mock interviews are practice interviews....

View Article


Recruiting: Interview Week

The crazy week of interviews and pre-interview dinners is past and somehow I have managed to survive. How did I survive you ask? Was it nonstop coffee and late-night studying? Was it doing my...

View Article

Competing With Engineers for a Sustainable World

A couple of months ago, we all received an invitation to compete in BASF’s Team Chemistry challenge. A fellow MPA student decided to form a group, and so I joined. It seemed like a fun project – come...

View Article

International Potluck

Recently, the MPA International Connection hosted a potluck where international students shared foods from their respective home countries. Fortunately, they invited all of us to come and try them out....

View Article
Browsing all 31 articles
Browse latest View live




Latest Images