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...
Author Archive: Chuck Harris
Letter from the Executive Director: Out in Front
I don’t know what will happen in the time between me writing this letter and the magazine actually showing up in your mailbox, but I think it’s safe to...
Letter From the Executive Director: If You Build It
When the purpose of the organization you run is to bring people together, a global pandemic and the advent of social distancing makes you question everything. For...
Letter from the Executive Director: Here for You
As I write this on Monday, March 30, 2020, it’s hard to know what life will be like when this issue lands in your mailbox. While our editors and designers were...
Letter from the Executive Director: One Man’s Treasure
In the fall of 2021, a new building will open its doors on the Forty Acres: the Gary L. Thomas Energy Engineering Building. When you walk around a sprawling campus...
Letter from the Executive Director: The Greats
When people ask me why they should join the Texas Exes, I often reply: “Well, life is all about the company you keep.” In the photo above, I’m in some pretty...
Letter from the Executive Director: Public Figures
On Sept. 10, my Texas Exes colleagues and I were enjoying a change of scenery in our nation’s capital for Longhorns on the Hill, our big day of federal advocacy...
Letter from the Executive Director: Going for It
Behind the scenes of the Alcalde’s Sep|Oct 2019 cover shoot featuring Texas volleyball. On July 9, 2019, UT President Greg Fenves sent Longhorn Nation an email...
Letter from the Executive Director: More Than a Job
This past May was a major turning point in my career. It was the first time I’ve presented a budget where the revenues equaled the expenses and I didn’t get...
