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...
Author Archive: Chuck Harris
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....
Letter From the Executive Director: Chasing the Greats
A lot of people don’t get the appeal of golf. Even—shockingly—some members of my immediate family. But it has always been my thing. That’s why a nearly...
Letter From the Executive Director: Show and Tell
Since we are playing this game with our cover story—the UT lucky charm/talisman/thing-you-hope-your-spouse-never-throws-away-game—I’d like to present...
Letter From the Executive Director: Serendipity
The photo above was taken in the Frank Denius Family University of Texas Athletics Hall of Fame, which opened on August 30, 2019. Even though it is two years...
Letter From the Executive Director: The Big Show
Planning an outdoor event in Austin in the month of May is like performing a high-wire act with no safety net—and this year the forecast for UT’s universitywide...
Letter from the Executive Director: Play on
So much of our identity as Austinites comes from the city’s famously vibrant live music scene. And Longhorns have always been especially proud to attend college...
Letter from the Executive Director: Speaking Up
This January, elected officials from across the state will once again climb the Capitol steps and begin the important work of the 87th Legislative Session....
Letter from the Executive Director: All of Us
Sometimes a school like UT can feel a little too big. There are lots of people at the Texas Exes and on the university’s staff who spend their days trying...
