Letter from the Executive Director: Count ’Em
Chuck Harris, the Forty Acres class of 2020, and the Longhorn Band at an annual program dinner, Sept. 20, 2019. This past September, a bunch of us filed into...
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Letter from the Executive Director: Busy Season
The Etter-Harbin Alumni Center tailgate for the Texas vs. Alabama game, Sept. 10, 2022. Earlier this summer, thanks to the Flying Longhorns, I was with a bunch...
Letter from the Executive Director: Core Memories
GM Steakhouse, circa 1990. Staring at this photo of a car whizzing by the old GM Steakhouse on the Drag transports me straight back to the late 1980s and my...
Letter from the Executive Director: The Year of AI
President Hartzell speaks with students and robot at the 2024 SXSW Hook ‘Em House. On Jan. 31, UT President Jay Hartzell declared 2024 “The Year of...
Letter from the Executive Director: Power in Numbers
Life Membership scrolls hanging in the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center. As you can see on the cover, the Texas Exes is rounding the corner on a major milestone. This...
Letter From the Executive Director: 50 Years With Carol
Harris and Barrett at the tailgate celebration. When I came to this job at the Texas Exes seven years ago, I confess I knew very little about the ins and outs...
Letter From the Executive Director: You Had to Be There
From left, Chuck and Tamra Harris; Margaret Williams, Director of Travel; Gay Gaddis, President, Texas Exes Board of Directors; Jamie Puryear, Vice President of...
Letter from the Executive Director: The Center of It All
A view of the most iconic campus building from the courtyard of Mary E. Gearing Hall. When I first learned there was talk about renovating the UT Tower, I was...
Letter from the Executive Director: Moment in the Sun
After more than five years heading up the Texas Exes, I had one of my favorite UT experiences recently on the field at DKR, and it had nothing to do with football....
Letter From the Executive Director: #UTatSXSW
From left, Texas Exes President-elect Gay Gaddis, Banger’s Owner Ben Siegel, UT President Jay Hartzell, Chuck Harris. South by Southwest, the conference...
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The Way Back: Hoop Dreams
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