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...
Author Archive: Chuck Harris
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...
Letter From the Executive Director: Film School
Long ago, when Ronald Reagan was president and I was a UT senior cruising toward graduation and dreaming of a cushy first job on Wall Street, I hit a bit of...
Letter From the Executive Director: Word on the Street
Texas State Capitol Building in Austin, TX. Recently I had a procedure that was inconsequential enough that I was back to work at the Alumni Center the next...
Letter From the Executive Director: Made in Longhorn Nation
This is often how my life goes as the guy who runs the Texas Exes … Me: “Dang, that’s good whiskey.” Friend: “You know the owner went to UT?” Or...
Letter From the Executive Director: Bang the Drum
Harris backstage at the Academy of Country Music Awards in 2009. As a hardcore business major in the 1980s, I was focused on getting to class at the McCombs...
Letter from the Executive Director: Hangman
Movie stars—are they just like us? Or another species entirely? I got to meet Glen Powell recently when he came back to campus and the Alumni Center to chat...
Letter From the Executive Director: Opportunity Knocks
We’re at the start of a new era in college athletics. Everything is changing: College athletes are now allowed to monetize their name, image, and likeness...
Letter from the Executive Director: Story Time
A rendering of a section of the Alumni Center project from the Advent team. Close your eyes and picture yourself walking into the Etter-Harbin Alumni Center....
