The Big Picture

 

Turning the Page

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With a succession plan in place for President Bill Powers, it’s time to think about the future. In July, UT-Austin president Bill Powers and UT System chancellor...

 
 

Taking Texas to the Top

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The time has come for us to recommit to making UT the best public university in the country. “And why do I love The University? Many reasons must finally be...

 
 

Find Your Way Home

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Every May, the University of Texas at Austin celebrates the graduation of thousands of students with a party that has few equals. The Tower lights up that beautiful...

 
 

The University Needs You—What Are You Waiting For?

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Texas Exes can help get the best students to UT, make it affordable to attend, and tell the University’s best stories. “We must all get together and work for...

 
 

Rethinking the Status Quo

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Making major strides in fundraising, graduation rates, and innovation is business as usual at UT-Austin. One of the main talking points for those who would have...

 
 

An Army of Volunteers

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The dedicated members of the Texas Exes’ 146 chapters power our purpose worldwide. Every day, in communities around the world, alumni volunteers go about the...

 
 

Staying Relevant

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What was true when the Texas Exes was founded is true today: the University needs us informed, active, and engaged. In 1885, a group of fresh-faced University of...

 
 

Keep on Truckin’

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If Sir Isaac Newton were a Texan and he pronounced his theory today, he might say that absent some other force, objects at rest tend to stay at rest and objects...

 
 

Why We’re Independent

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For 96 years, the Ex-Students’ Association of The University of Texas at Austin has stood as an independent nonprofit organization. In that time, the Association...

 
 

Everything’s Bigger in Texas (Including Our Hearts)

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In the spring of 1917, Texas Governor Pa Ferguson vetoed The University of Texas’ legislative appropriation because then-UT president Robert Vinson refused to...

 
 
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