Adam Smith Society
The Adam Smith Society is a community of business school students and alumni who believe that business, entrepreneurship, and commerce are wellsprings that keep this country vibrant, creative, prosperous, and free. Adam Smith Society members are dedicated to exploring the links among the economy, government, and society through rigorous debate and discussion. The Society aims to build an influential network of future business leaders dedicated to preserving and strengthening the free-market economic system.
Contact: adamsmithsociety@mccombs.utexas.edu
Aerospace Management and Innovation Club
The Aerospace Management and Innovation Club offers MBA students a unique platform to explore careers in the aerospace sector spanning commercial space, airlines, defense, and more! Through guest lectures, workshops, networking events, and industry visits, students gain insights into aerospace trends and connect with industry professionals. Tailored career guidance and hands-on project opportunities equip members with the skills and experience needed to excel in aerospace management. Serving as a bridge between academia and the aerospace industry, the club fosters innovation, leadership, and success in this dynamic field.
Follow @aerospacemanagement on Instagram and connect on LinkedIn.
CleanTech Group
The CleanTech Group supports McCombs MBA students addressing global energy and environmental challenges by facilitating educational, networking, and recruiting opportunities in a range of business functions across the energy and environmental sectors. CTG organizes speaker visits, career treks locally and in Houston/San Francisco, projects with Clean Tech companies, and conversations with other student groups in McCombs and the broader UT community. The group also manages the Clean Tech Fellows program, which gives MBA students the opportunity to work intimately with a Clean Tech company.
Contact: cleantechgroup@mccombs.utexas.edu
Energy Finance Group
The primary objectives of the Energy Finance Group include: facilitating interaction between students, faculty, and industry leaders through professional, social and academic events; promoting the Energy Finance specialization to current and prospective students as well as industry recruiters; and supporting industry practicums and independent research. Other EFG activities include: Coordinating site visits to energy firms and related businesses, hosting on-campus industry topic panels, and organizing the annual National Energy Finance Challenge.
Graduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club
The Graduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club is a student organization made up of students and alumni from McCombs and budding entrepreneurs in the Austin area. The goal of the organization is to use its network and guidance to equip its members with the leadership skills to successfully manage a business or business unit. The graduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club’s mission is to advance the understanding of startups or self-run companies. In conjunction with the outstanding faculty and curriculum offered by McCombs, the Graduate Entrepreneurship and Innovation Club provides resources for the would-be entrepreneur to pick up the necessary skills for starting a business and to network with others for assistance, guidance, or to simply share their passion for creating a business.
MBA Tech Club
The MBA Tech Club provides educational, career, and networking opportunities for students who are interested in the high-tech sector or business areas that are strategically impacted by information technology. This organization understands that tomorrow’s business leaders must embrace technology and apply that knowledge in making their corporations succeed. MBA Tech Club co-hosts the annual Tech-Ops Challenge as well as works with the faculty and administration at McCombs to formulate a world-class curriculum for the Information Management Concentration. MBA Tech Club also organizes academic events like speaker series, industry tours, luncheons with professors, and a case challenge competition.
Contact: GBTG@mccombs.utexas.edu
Graduate Consulting Group
Graduate Finance Association
Graduate Marketing Network
The Graduate Marketing Network (GMN) provides members with the tools and resources to connect them to their marketing interests and help them discover new ones. Through hands-on experiences, cutting-edge speakers, and innovative workshops, GMN provides its members with a current perspective on marketing and prepares them for successful futures as marketing professionals.
Graduate Operations Group
Graduate Real Estate Society
Graduate Women in Business
Graduate Women in Business (GWiB) strives to improve the visibility of women at McCombs, to offer career development resources to members, provide opportunities for members to enhance the skills they need to remain competitive in the marketplace, be an informational resource for prospective McCombs students, assist organizations serving women in its community, connect its members to articles and news stories that are related to women’s issues in the workplace, and promote a spirit of camaraderie among its members and women in the business community. McCombs Graduate Women in Business also serves as a resource for the annual Women in Business Leadership Conference.
MBA Healthcare Association
Net Impact
Net Impact is an international network of over 50,000 members and 300 chapters that are dedicated to exploring, creating, and pioneering ways of using the power of business to create a better world. Net Impact McCombs focuses on issues, including corporate responsibility, employee workplace practices, human rights, environmental sustainability, and community development. The group hosts speaker series with national and local business and community leaders, alumni/member gatherings, career support, and networking opportunities. Net Impact also hosts the annual Business for Good Summit, supports membership participation in the national conference, and launched a Board Fellows program.
Contact: netimpact@mccombs.utexas.edu
Sports, Entertainment and Media Association
The mission of the Sports, Entertainment and Media Association is to make McCombs a learning destination for students pursuing careers in the business aspects of sports and entertainment. The goals of the organization are to provide formal and informal learning opportunities in sports and entertainment management, initiate and maintain a strong network of contacts and provide career opportunities for association members. SEMA hosts an annual conference in the fall which unites industry professionals and students and provides participants the opportunity to challenge one another and learn from discussions and networking.
Contact: SEMA@mccombs.utexas.edu
Graduate Business Adventure Team
Graduate Business Wine Club
Food and Beverage Innovation Club
The Food and Beverage Innovation Club loves food and people who love food. The club aims to help connect the McCombs community by exploring Austin to find great food and drinks, learn about the restaurant industry, and expand horizons by experiencing new trends in fine dining and different cultures.
MBA Golf Association
The MBA Golf Association facilitates interaction in the McCombs community through the game of golf. In bringing together students, faculty, staff, alumni, recruiters and business leaders, the association seeks to enhance the overall experience of the Texas Full-Time MBA program through member support and player development, innovative recruiting and networking events, special events, and community outreach. MBA Golf welcomes everyone from beginning golfers to advanced players and provides events that cater to all skill levels.
MBA Soccer Club
The MBA Soccer Club is for men and women of all skill levels who enjoy playing soccer. The group meets for friendly soccer scrimmages and places teams in fall and spring intramural tournaments, a local city league, and national MBA invitational tournaments. The group’s biggest annual event is the Texas Winter Classic MBA Invitational Soccer Tournament, which is held in Austin and hosts MBA teams from top programs around North America and Europe.
Contact: mbasoccer@mccombs.utexas.edu
MBA Wellness Collective
The MBA Wellness Collective provides its members with the tools, time, and space to cultivate a balanced, healthy lifestyle. The club offers free yoga & meditation classes for members, serves as a bridge between McCombs and the Austin wellness community, organizes wellness retreats, and aims to build upon the conversation of the importance of wellness initiatives within the workplace.
Black Graduate Business Association
Founded in 1985, the Black Graduate Business Association is built on the achievements of its membership. BGBA members represent a variety of academic concentrations and political, religious, and socioeconomic backgrounds. Members’ business interests range from the public to the private sector, entrepreneurship, and national and international markets in various areas of the business world. As a professional organization of predominantly Black students pursuing an MBA, the BGBA’s purpose is to provide a nexus through fellowship to broaden, enhance and promote the successful futures of its members.
Contact: BlackGraduateBusinessAssociation@mccombs.utexas.edu
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East Asian Business Association
The East Asian Business Association is dedicated to establishing and strengthening both the business and cultural relationship between Texas MBAs and China. The organization works to improve the overall environment of Chinese business students and fosters networking opportunities with students from other schools and alumni. The group welcomes all students interested in Chinese business or culture.
EQUAL MBAs
South Asian Business Association
International MBA Student Association
Jewish MBA Organization
Latin American and Hispanic MBA Association
MBA Christian Fellowship
The MBA Christian Fellowship is a non-denominational group of MBA students whose goal is to grow a sense of spiritual community at McCombs through weekly Bible studies, discussion groups, social events, and guest speakers. MBACF’s focus is to provide students the opportunity to learn from Christian business leaders and to develop genuine relationships, both with Christ and with one another.
Texas Veterans in Business
Texas Veterans in Business (TVIB) fosters camaraderie among MBA students who previously served, or continue to serve, in any nation’s armed forces. TVIB is comprised of a unique set of MBA students who share an extraordinary set of leadership skills, cultivated and practiced under the most adverse conditions. The organization focuses on drawing parallels between the principles learned in the military and the skills required to be successful in business. TVIB maintains relationships with other ex-military MBAs at top business schools around the country and provides information to current or ex-military applicants.
Contact: Veterans@mccombs.utexas.edu
Graduate Business Council
The Graduate Business Council (GBC) is the student government for all students enrolled in the Texas MBA Program at McCombs. The GBC serves as a liaison between the student body and the MBA Program administration and works to foster a strong sense of community and pride within McCombs. The GBC organizes many events throughout the year, including MBA Tailgates before each home football game, weekly Think ‘n Drink events, MBA Spring Formal, community service events, partner and family events, and more.
McCombs Ambassador Committee
The McCombs Ambassador Committee (MAC) is a group of students who are selected to serve as representatives of the MBA admissions team. MAC members are often the first point of contact that prospective students have with McCombs, and they help future MBAs navigate through the application process. Students on the MAC are involved in many aspects of the MBA admissions process, including answering prospective student questions via email or phone, hosting campus visits, and conducting admissions interviews. Serving on the MAC provides members the unique opportunity to give back to the McCombs community and have a direct impact on the next class of Texas MBA students.
Contact: TexasMBA@mccombs.utexas.edu
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