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Letter from the Executive Director: Count ’Em

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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...

 
 

Cuba Libre

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Four UT scholars get a dose of cultural immersion in Havana When a group of four Forty Acres Scholars boarded their plane from Havana, Cuba back to Florida earlier...

 
 

The Wizarding World of Giancarlo Bernini

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Getting to know a magical Forty Acres Scholar. The résumés of super-achieving high school students often look the same. But Giancarlo Bernini, a recipient of...

 
 

The Big Picture: Pursuing the Very Best

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The Forty Acres Scholars Program aims to attract top students by connecting them with alumni. In 1899, just 14 years after 32 University of Texas alumni founded the...

 
 

Texas Exes Honors Final TEA Scholars, New Forty Acres Scholars

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Over the years, the Texas Exes has planned activities to bring Texas Exes scholars together and develop among them a nurturing and collegial atmosphere at the...

 
 

Forty Acres Scholars Watch the Game with Red McCombs

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The Forty Acres Scholars had a great view of Saturday’s football game. They watched it from Red McCombs’ private box. “One of our goals with the...

 
 

Senior Texas Exes Scholars Say Farewell (and Thanks)

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Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. Every fall, at the start of the new school year, the Texas Exes host a dinner for the recipients of the Texas Exes Awards...

 
 

Chapters Present $482K in Scholarships to 322 UT Students

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Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. Texas Exes Chapters awarded 322 University of Texas at Austin students with scholarships totaling $482,720 at a dinner...

 
 

Forty Acres Scholars Take a Ranch Retreat

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Can’t see the slideshow? Click here. Playing chess, making s’mores, and getting leadership training—sound like your weekend? That blend of stimulation...

 
 

How We Met Our Scholar

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My wife, Cynthia, and I were honored by the Houston Texas Exes with a named Forty Acres Scholarship, a new, full-ride merit award that targets top high school students....

 
 
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