Advisory Council Meeting November 12, 2010 Welcome & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Advisory Council Meeting November 12, 2010 Welcome & - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Advisory Council Meeting November 12, 2010 Welcome & Introductions Transition of leadership Outgoing Chair Gary Kusin Incoming Chair Gary Kelly New Vice Chair Alan Dreeban Presumptive Vice Chair George Seay
Welcome & Introductions
- Transition of leadership
- Outgoing Chair – Gary Kusin
- Incoming Chair – Gary Kelly
- New Vice Chair – Alan Dreeban
- Presumptive Vice Chair – George Seay
Welcome and Introductions
New Advisory Council Members
New Advisory Council Members
Brian Gladden
- Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
- Dell Inc.
- Austin, TX
Aaron Kozmetsky
- Chief Investment
Officer
- KMS Ventures, Inc.
- Dallas, TX
New Advisory Council Members
John Lancaster
- Managing Director
- Riverstone Holdings
- Darien, CT
Niloufar Molavi
- Tax Partner
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Houston, TX
New Advisory Council Members
Shea Morenz
- Southwest Regional
Manager for Private Wealth Management
- Goldman Sachs
- Houston, TX
Erin Nelson
- Chief Marketing Officer
- Bazaarvoice
- Austin, TX
New Advisory Council Members
Norma Petrosewicz
- Attorney
- Norma Petrosewizc, PC
- Houston, TX
Brien Smith
- Managing Director
- Neuberger Berman, LLC
- Dallas, TX
New Advisory Council Members
Sam Susser
- President and Chief
Executive Officer
- Susser Holdings
Corporation
- Corpus Christi, TX
Michele Thatcher
- Senior Vice President
- f Human Resources
- Frito-Lay North
America
- Plano, TX
New Advisory Council Members
Bob Zlotnik
- Chief Executive Officer
- StarTex Power
- Houston, TX
Welcome and Introductions
- Current Advisory Council Members and
Spouses
- School Leadership
Recognitions
Tom Gilligan, Dean
McCombs Leadership Society
- Lifetime Leaders – $500,000 or more cumulatively
- Dean's Circle – $10,000 or more annually
- Dean's Fellows – $5,000-$9,999 annually
- Dean's Associates – $1,000-$4,999 annually
- Students and recent graduates who contribute $500 or more
annually are recognized as Dean’s Associates
Student Presentations
Experiential Education
McCombs School of Business
Experiential Learning Opportunities in Energy
Energy Management & Innovation Center
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Our mission is to empower leaders to more effectively manage energy demand and resources while enabling innovative technologies grounded in sound business principles.
Energy Management & Innovation Center
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Create a professional network for effective collaboration Strengthen the education
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tomorrow’s energy leaders Inspire honest debate on energy management and policy
Training Energy Leaders
- Decision Analysis
- Finance
- Accounting
- Marketing
- Business Law
- Management /
Entrepreneurship
- Energy Technology &
Policy
- Electives in Law,
Architecture, Public Policy, Engineering
- MBA Concentrations (UG to follow)
- Energy Finance
- CleanTech Finance
- CleanTech Marketing
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Experiential Learning Opportunities
- Courses
- Financial Strategies, Financial Risk Management
- Law, Geology and Business
- Plus Projects
- Fayetteville CCS
- Practica
- Oil Sands, Refineries, Cash Flow Modeling
- Internships
- Projects
- Smart Grid Primer
- Pecan Street Project
- Competitions
- Renewable Energy Challenge
- Energy Finance Challenge
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National Energy Finance Challenge
- Annual Business Case Competition focused
- n real-life finance issues within energy
industry
- History:
- Started in 2005
- 6th Annual NEFC was held on September 30th and
Oct 1st 2010
- Objectives:
- Bring top energy companies into contact with best
MBA students in Texas and the World
- Provide real world learning experience to students
- Promote Energy Program at McCombs
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National Energy Finance Challenge 2010
Sponsoring Student Organization: Energy Finance Group Corporate Sponsors:
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Participating Schools
- 1. University of Chicago –
Booth School of Business
- 2. Columbia Business School
- 3. University of Virginia-
Darden School of Business
- 4. Duke University- Fuqua
School of Business
- 5. University of Berkeley –
Haas School of Business
- 6. Cornell University – The
Johnson School
- 7. University of North Carolina-
Kenan-Flagler School of Business
- 8. Purdue University – Krannett
School of Business 9. Harvard Business School
- 10. MIT Sloan School of
Management
- 11. University of Michigan –
Ross School of Business
- 12. New York University- Stern
School of Business
- 13. Carnegie Mellon University-
Tepper School of Business
- 14. University of Pennyselvia-
The Wharton School
- 15. Yale School of Management
- 16. University of Texas at
Austin- McCombs School of Business
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Energy Finance Challenge Format
- Chevron prepares the case for the
competition
- Case is distributed to teams one week
prior to competition
- Team have 3 days to work on case
- Teams arrive in Austin one day prior to
competition for networking reception
- n Thursday
- Team presentations on Friday
- Sponsor Presentations on Friday
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Other Highlights
Networking Receptions Sponsor Presentations: Chevron and BoA -ML
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Case Overview
- Case centered upon European Shale Gas
- pportunity in the Republic of Gazland
- Gazland National Oil Company seeking
- perating partner to develop leasehold
acreage with significant reserve potential
- 45% Operating Interest
- 35 Tcf natural gas reserve potential (8.75 Tcf recoverable)
- Operating partner manages day-to-day
production and associated activities
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Case Overview
- Each team represented OZARK Corporation,
a US-based independent oil & gas producer
- Safe, efficient operator
- Proven shale gas developer with international operating
experience
- First round presentation made to NOC and
Republic of Gazland government representatives
- Focus on development plan, project valuation and strategic
- bjectives
- Final round presentation made to OZARK
Corporation Board of Directors
- Focus on valuation, financing, gas commercialization plan and
key risk factors
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Team Recommendation
- Develop the field as quickly as possible, optimizing
rig counts based on gas prices, rig availability, costs and transportation constraints
- Utilized Monte-Carlo simulation to predict gas prices,
expropriation risk, and input costs
- Recommended to the Batu Khan Group that we carry
initial construction costs to be recovered later from production revenue
- Minimize credit risk
- Alleviate capital concerns
- Recommended to our Board of Directors that this
project be viewed as positive NPV project in addition to a real option
- Future projects in Gazland
- Gain additional access to European shale gas plays
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Team Experience
- Plus Projects
- Practica
- Classes
- Internships
- Anadarko Petroleum
- ConocoPhillips
- UBS Global Energy Group
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NEFC 2010 Results
- 1. University of Texas at Austin-
McCombs School of Business
- 2. NYU Stern School of Business
- 2. CMU-Tepper School of Business
- 3. The Wharton School
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Hook ‘em!
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NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2010 National Energy Finance Challenge
www.tvl.utexas.edu
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From our last meeting
- The What…
– Venture Labs is a University wide interdisciplinary education and research initiative to support entrepreneurship, innovation and company formation while providing a unique and directly applicable educational experience for participating students and a research environment for faculty.
- The How…
– Venture Labs delivers the intellectual horsepower to promote new venture creation at UT Austin through education and mentoring; market and business plan validation; team-building and networking; and providing direct links to resources and funding.
- … and What’s Unique…
– Venture Labs is Built on the entrepreneurial skunk-works that has thrived at UT Austin for the last five years and produced substantial results.
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From our Last Meeting: Timeline
Stage 1
- Idea Generation
- Research
- Technology
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Stage 2
- License
- Market
Validation
- Product
- Business
Model
- Business Plan
Stage 3
- Management
Team
- Funding
- Launch
Stage 4
- Ongoing
Mentoring
- Growth
- Harvest
March 2010: Initial focus sourced from Graduate Business and Engineering programs September 2010: Signature deals sourced from OTC, Graduate Business and Engineering programs
Since our Last Meeting: Accomplishments
- 30 graduate students enrolled from graduate business, law and engineering
schools currently enrolled
- 40 graduate students, including College of Natural Sciences, enrolled for spring,
2011
- One full time post graduate employee
- Dedicated office space
- 10 new ventures under development
– Allocated one from engineering, Office of Technology Commercialization, and Austin Technology Incubator – Screened by technical advisors – 5 early stage, 5 later stage
- Actively managing the Central Texas Angel Network
- Venture Expo scheduled for November 19, 2010
- Venture Week, including Investment Competition, scheduled for May 2, 2011
- Active fund raising efforts
- Advisory board in place
- Pursuing research efforts for academic journals
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Since Our Last Meeting: Current New Ventures
Stage 1
- Idea Generation
- Research
- Technology
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Stage 2
- License
- Market
Validation
- Product
- Business
Model
- Business Plan
Stage 3
- Management
Team
- Funding
- Launch
Stage 4
- Ongoing
Mentoring
- Growth
- Harvest
Wibole
Jeff Harbach, MBA 2011
Pre-MBA MBA
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Why am I here? Build and Grow TVL
Principal Meetings
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Why am I here? Cross-Campus Collaboration
Classroom Meetings
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Why am I here? Entrepreneur Interaction
Meeting with Entrepreneurs
Todd Davidson, PhD Mechanical Engineering
Who am I and Where did I come from?
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Tucson
- Entrepreneurial
Family
- Love Competition
- Math
San Antonio
- B.S. Engineering
- Outdoor Guide
- Cross-Country
Aust stin in
- MS & PhD - Mech.
Engr.
- Power Generation
Aust stin in
- NVC
- Goettl Davidson
Consulting, LLC
Tucson
- Missile Defense
Architecture
- Patented
Guidance System
Why Am I Here?
- Experience
- Collaboration
- Networking
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Current TVL Progress
- Currently working two deals:
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Wibole
- Completed primary and
secondary market research.
- Advised company on go to
market strategy.
- Connected entrepreneurs with
potential technology adopters.
- Expanded value proposition by
increasing market size with research on nonsurgical applications.
- Participated in Angle meeting
that led to funding event.
Hands-On learning for SCM
A collaboration between Target Corporation and University of Texas--Austin Eva Agoulnik, Jared Pelley, and Dr. Michael G. Hasler
McCombs School of Business The University of Texas at Austin
Our story
- How we collaborated with Target
- Describing the process
- Student Perspective—Eva
- Student Perspective—Jared
Dean’s Advisory Council
SCM and Target in Hong Kong
Dean’s Advisory Council
Our Partnership
- Target has recruited heavily at UT for the past
several years, but only recently in SCM
- UT visit to Target HQ in May 2009
- “The map”
Dean’s Advisory Council
Process
- Decided on 3 products with different characteristics
- Tracked products “upstream” at each stop in the process
– Store – RDC – Deconsolidator – Customs
Dean’s Advisory Council
- Entry Port
- Exit Port
- Consolidator
- Manufacturer
Texas Instruments
- BA II Plus
calculator
ROOM ESSENTIALS
- Home Patio
Set
CIRCO
- 18” Sleep
and Feed Baby Doll
EVA AGOULNIK FINANCE MAJOR, CLASS OF 2012
Dean’s Advisory Council
Student Perspective
Hong Kong
- International
Business Hub
- Combines Cultural,
Educational, and Business aspects
- Global Perspective
Dean’s Advisory Council
Experiential Learning
- Process Analysis—Long Beach
Ports and Yantian Container Terminal
- Batch Sizing—Hong City Toys
and Shincrest Furniture
- Queuing Theory—Shanghai
World Expo and Target Store Checkout
Dean’s Advisory Council
International Connections
- Experiential
- International Network
- Recruited On the
Great Wall
Dean’s Advisory Council
JARED PELLEY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT MAJOR, CLASS OF 2012
Student Perspective
Dean’s Advisory Council
Import Warehouses
Domestic Consolidators Domestic De-consolidators
TARGET
Overseas & Domestic Ports
Overseas Vendors Domestic Vendors Local Target Store
Living the Map: Target Distribution Flow
Headquarters (Minneapolis, MN)
TARGET
Regional Distribution Centers
Long Beach, CA Midlothian, TX South China Los Angeles, CA Austin, TX
Dean’s Advisory Council
Education through Experience
- Watching T.I.
Calculators being made at Kinpo
- Applying Operations
Management lectures
- Walking the assembly
line with Dr. Hasler
- Adding value to stand
- ut during interviews
Dean’s Advisory Council
Lessons in Management
- The labor force
- Risk management
- Ripple effect of
decisions
- Accuracy that is
good for society and the bottom line
- Inventory Modeling
in Dr. Hasler’s class
Dean’s Advisory Council
Xie Xie!
Dean’s Advisory Council
Dean’s Advisory Council
Break – 15 minutes
UT & McCombs Admissions
Augustine Garza Deputy Director UT Office of Admissions
Augustine Garza - Nov. 12, 2010
McCombs School of Business
FALL 2010 ENROLLED STUDENTS
51,195 – Total Enrollment 7,275 – First time freshmen 773 – First time freshman McCombs School of Business Fall 2010: Apps (5685/1980 HB 588) Admits (1377/938 HB 588) Enrolled (773/571 HB 588)
MCCOMBS 2010 FRESHMAN CLASS
40% DIVERSE 45% 47% WOMEN 54% 53% MEN 46% 85% TEXAS RESIDENTS 88% 10% NON RESIDENTS 8% 5% INTERNATIONAL 4% 64% 1800-2400 SAT (1920 MEAN SAT) 50% (1820 MEAN SAT) 74% TOP 10% EXPLICIT RANK 75% 59% > $100,000 FAMILY INCOME 47%
ALL
PATHWAYS TO UT – 2011 COHORT
- Automatic Admission for the top 8% TX HS Graduates
- Competitive Admission Review for non-top 8%
- Coordinated Admissions Program
- Transfer Admission
- Community College and Core for
students eligible for UT Austin admission.
APPLICATION DEADLINES
- Freshman Admissions Deadline
– December 1 – Scholarship and Honors Programs
- Transfer Admissions Deadline
– Summer/Fall – March 1 – Spring – October 1
ADMISSIONS PROCESS
Programs with Impacted Enrollment
- McCombs School of Business Top 3%
- College of Communications Top 8%
- Cockrell School of Engineering Top 1-7%
- School of Nursing Top 3%
- Department of Kinesiology Top 8%
- School of Architecture College discretion
- College of Fine Arts College discretion
6 5 4 3 2 1
380 370 360 350 340 330 320 310 300 290 280 270
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT INDEX PERSONAL ACHIEVEMENT INDEX
410 000
Regular Admit
Coordinated Admissions Program Wait List Review
- RECRUITMENT
- COLLABORATIVE
- YIELD
NEW STRATEGIES
RECRUITMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE EXPANSION
Alpine Van Horn Marfa Pecos Fort Stockton Del Rio Alice Corpus Christi Beaumont Port Arthur Orange
Dallas Admissions Center (2000) 1 Director 2 Admissions Counselors 1 Administrative Assistant 1 Financial Aid Counselor East Texas Admissions Center (2010) (Longview) 1 Director 2 Admissions Counselors 1 Administrative Assistant Houston Admissions Center (1995) (Beaumont, Port Arthur, Orange, & Victoria) 1 Director 3 Admissions Counselors 1 Administrative Assistant
1 Financial Aid Counselor
Valley Admissions Center (2007) (Harlingen) (Corpus Christi) 1 Director 1 Admissions Counselor 1 Financial Aid Officer 1 Program Coordinator 1 Administrative Assistant
Undergraduate Admissions Center (1985) (Central Texas I-35 Corridor) 6 Admissions Counselors 1 Administrative Associate
San Antonio Admissions Center (2005) 1 Director 2 Admissions Counselors 1 Administrative Assistant
1 Financial Aid Counselor
Pan Handle Area (Amarillo) 1 Admissions Counselor Abilene Area (San Angelo) 1 Admissions Counselor South Plains Area (Midland- Odessa) (Fort Stockton & Pecos) 1 Admissions Counselor West Texas Admissions Center (2010) Area HUB (Lubbock) 1 Director 1 Administrative Assistant Laredo Admissions Center (2011) (Del Rio & Alice) 1 Admissions Counselor El Paso Admissions Center (2011) (Van Horn, Alpine & Marfa) 1 Director 1 Admissions Counselor 1 Administrative Assistant
South and Central Region San Antonio (5) Laredo (1) Austin (6) Valley (5) TOTAL STAFF: 17 North and West Region Lubbock (5) El Paso (3) Dallas (5) TOTAL STAFF: 13 East and Gulf Coast Region Longview (4) Houston (6) TOTAL STAFF: 10
Advanced Admissions
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
SENATE BILL 175
- UT not required to automatically admit more than 75% of available
Texas spaces.
- UT must announce automatic percentile by September 15 to Junior
class
- Sunsets after 2015 – 2016
- Students can be admitted Summer or Fall
- Students must take 6 hours in non-peak times
- 10% non-resident limit for Full Time Freshman
- Community College Automatic Admission
DETERMINING TOP 8%
PERCENTAGE NUMBER CUMULATIVE N CUMULATIVE % TOP 1% 1366 1366 12% TOP 2% 1254 2620 22% TOP 3% 1075 3695 31% TOP 4% 1068 4763 40% TOP 5% 974 5737 49% TOP 6% 943 6680 57% TOP 7% 906 7586 67% TOP 8% 848 8434 72% TOP 9% 840 9274 79% TOP 10% 874 10148 86%
We Change People; They Change the World.
UT & McCombs Admissions
Paula Murray Associate Dean, Undergraduate Programs McCombs School of Business
Dean’s Update
Tom Gilligan Dean McCombs School of Business
McCombs Strategic Priorities
- Excellence
- Research at McCombs should have a demonstrable impact on business and
management thought, practice, and policy-making.
- Teaching at McCombs should be effective, innovative, and lead other institutions
- f business education.
- Distinctiveness
- Some of our academic pursuits should be truly distinctive in business education.
- These sources of distinctiveness should be unique to McCombs and difficult to
imitate.
- Integration
- Our academic programs should integrate knowledge in ways useful to students.
- Research that creates and integrates knowledge across interdisciplinary
boundaries should be rewarded.
- Where relevant, knowledge produced throughout the University should be
integrated into our programs.
- Community
- A community that offers students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to develop to
their fullest potential.
- Alumni, friends, and business partners are valued community members.
BBA Program
- Accomplishments
- Incoming class is top-notch, with high GPAs and
highest average SAT score in years (1293-89th percentile)
- BHP is one of the top honors programs on
campus and in the nation
- Last year offered top incoming students four-year
scholarships—doubling efforts for the coming year
- 82% of grads reported permanent job offers
- Global education remains a priority
- Currently have programs in 23 countries
BBA Opportunities
- Last year 67 scholarships to BBA and BHP students
and 22 accepted
- For 2011, adjusting our amount to be offered – $10,000/year for
BHP and $5,000/year for BBA students
- Size attracts top quality recruiters, but class size
continues to be an issue
- Smaller classes are easier in a non-traditional classroom
experience, such as case-based teaching and experiential learning
- All upper classmen now required to attend ethics
training before beginning the interview process
- Meets increasing emphasis on ethics by employers
- More students taking advantage of BBA Career
Services
MBA Program Highlights
- MBA Program office restructured to leverage the
portfolio of programs
- MSTC now with McCombs
- Applications increased in 4 of 6 programs
- Full-time MBA
- Average GMAT 685 (89th percentile); 33% female
- New flexible core implemented and well-received
- DFW & Houston
- Residential component now optional
- Moved to new permanent facilities
- Full-time Career Services
- Solid outcomes with steady salaries and above average
placements
MBA Program Challenges
- International student loans
- Domestic lenders have withdrawn from
international student loan market
- High cost of student loans in home countries
- State restrictions
- International student employment
- Need for connections abroad
- Staff retention
- Affected by budgetary challenges of UT
- Operating at capacity—no slack
MPA Program Contributions
- Serving employers and society
- Provides high-quality students to marketplace
- Alumni are recognized leaders in accounting
firms
- Grads represented in all levels of industry and
government
- Brings stature to School
- Attracts top faculty
- Rich research environment, depth of knowledge
- Contributes to school’s strategic
initiatives
MPA Opportunities and Challenges
- Scholarships
- Attracting and retaining under-
represented minorities
- Sufficient staff to meet aspirations
- Limited summer graduate offerings
- Establishing meaningful relationships
with alumni
Importance of Ph.D. Program
- Ph.D. program is vital to support the
school’s research mission and academic reputation
- Vibrant Ph.D. program needed to attract top
faculty
- Faculty members look to collaborate with Ph.D.
students on research projects
- Journal publications, awards, and placements at
top universities enhances the McCombs School’s academic reputation and influence
Ph.D. Program Structure
Department
- No. of Ph.D. Students
as of Fall 2010
Accounting 16 Finance 22 IROM 31 Management 16 Marketing 11 TOTAL 96 The McCombs School offers five Ph.D. programs:
- Goal is to train, mentor, and equip students for productive academic
careers.
- Program is highly selective. Only around 7% of applicants are admitted;
average GMAT is 720
- We consciously limited size of program to around 100 students in various
stages of the program, to ensure adequate supervision and support for the students.
ExecEd 2009-10 Achievements
- Realized a 12% increase in business
- Open enrollment programs had 506 participants (436
participants prior year)
- Re-launched eight-class series in Energy Finance
- Dramatic diversification in Custom Programs
- 30 partners, including ExxonMobil, Shell, St. Jude’s, AMD, Dell
& Polycom)
- First-time custom partners include: National Oilwell Varco,
Chicago Bridge & Iron, Mustang Engineering, USAA and Walmart
- Also, new week-long U.S. immersion programs delivered for
MBAs from Chile, China and India
- Overall program delivery days increased from 313 in 2008-
09, to 378 in 2009-10
- More days of programming already scheduled for 2010-11 than
were run last year
ExecEd: Looking Forward
- Project continued double-digit growth
in Custom and Open Enrollment programs
- Focus on serving Texas businesses
- Texas has over 300 public companies with
$100M+ revenue
- Expanding international MBA
immersion programs
- Represented 31% of custom activities last year
- Recently became a GSA-certified
provider of services
Communications Department
- Accomplishments
- Implementing new strategic direction
- Texas Enterprise Business & Policy News Site
- New McCombs TODAY Alumni & School Site
- New OPEN magazine from McCombs School
- Providing technology support and training
- Energy Management & Innovation Center
- Texas Venture Labs
- Faculty and Program Office Blogs & Social Media
- On-going media relations success
- NPR, New York Times, BBC, Houston Chronicle
- Telling the McCombs Story in compelling manner
- LINGO, Home Page Banner, Matt Miller story
Communications Department
- Opportunities
- Staff training and job restructuring
- Change of focus from marketing support to
editorial writing and video production
- Creating technology infrastructure for online pubs
- Texas Enterprises and McCombs TODAY sites
- Video posting, blog servers, captioning
- Managing cost of printed materials
- Planning opt-out card for next alumni magazine
Alumni Relations & Annual Giving
- Achievements
- Alumni community
- Creating a rich community through online content, alumni-
maintained chapters
- Launched a campaign to update and maintain alumni contact
information
- McCombs expertise
- Sharing expertise through multiple communication channels,
including social media
- Annual Giving participation
- Increased participation in annual giving campaigns through
education and marketing
- Overall giving has increased
- First-time donors have increased
- Online giving is steadily improving
Alumni Relations & Annual Giving
- Alumni giving
- Becoming more difficult to reach alumni/friends via phone
- Alumni either feel spammed by the University or they never hear from
the University… need a healthy balance
- Strategic partners for the future
- Faculty: sharing McCombs knowledge and expertise, incorporating
faculty into alumni community
- Corporate Relationship Management: continue to maximize gift
match opportunities through corporate matching gift campaigns
- Major Gifts: identifying prospects through recognition sites
- Texas Exes and other CSUs: collaborative events and programming,
sharing UT knowledge and expertise
- Advancement Services and Communications: packaging and
sharing McCombs knowledge and expertise, expanding online communications, particularly social media
- Campus Information Technology: improving alumni access to secure
information
What else…
- Budget
- Further contraction in State support
- Creativity to further the goals and strategies of
the school
- Re-accreditation
- AACSB-Association to Advance Collegiate
Schools of Business
- Review visit – February 13-15, 2011
- Facilities Master Plan
- Presentation at next Advisory Council meeting
- Website
Questions?
Capital Campaign Update
Nick Ferrara Assistant Vice President for Development The University of Texas at Austin
Campaign for Texas Update Nick Ferrara
Friday, November 12, 2010
Campaign For Texas Impact
Herman and Joan Suit
Created a $500,000 endowment to retain top faculty member at UT
Led team that received
$8 million National Science Foundation grant
- Dr. Karl Gebhardt,
Herman and Joan Suit Professor of Astrophysics
to study
dark energy
Campaign for Texas Update
$1.25 billion $304 million
Average raised per year: 41.5%towards our goal
Campaign for Texas Update
Broad Participation
$10,000
98%
Leadership Gifts
- f the dollars
2% of gifts comprise 86%
- f gifts are under
Campaign for Texas Update Alumni
Participation
22%
New Records
in 2009-2010
156,000 gifts
115 bequest
commitments have made gifts
37% first-time donors
McCombs School of Business Update
In Gift Officer
FY ’09 928 FY ’10 1,077 YTD (Sept. – Oct.) FY ’10 266 FY ’11 290 FY ’09 $20.3M FY ’10 $26.4M YTD (Sept. – Oct.) FY ’10 $ 8.5M FY ’11 $10.5M
Increase Donor Visits
In Major Gift
Increase Solicits ($25K+)
Dates to Remember…
Spring 2011
- March 10, 2011 – Annual Council Dinner
- March 11, 2011 – Council meeting and spouse
program
Fall 2011
- October 27, 2011 – New Member Orientation &
Committee Meetings (tentative)
- October 28, 2011 – Council Meeting, Spouse
Program & Hall of Fame
- October 29, 2011 – Dean’s Pre-Game Reception