Congratulations to Robin Weekley Bruce, Acton Scholar 2010, as a recipient of a Texas Business Hall of Fame scholarship!
Robin, along with 18 other outstanding students, will be accepting a $10,000 scholarship on Nov. 8, 2010 at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio. Recipients come from higher education institutions across Texas. She also was one of the [...]

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Congratulations to our 2009-2010 awards recipients!
Thanks to everyone who made Acton’s 2009-2010 school year such a stellar year. Five people particularly stood out:
This year’s Case Teacher of the Year was awarded to

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Ever wonder what it’s like to be an Acton student? Here’s your chance to hear about one student’s experience throughout the school year.
This year, one of our Class of 2011 students will be maintaining a Twitter account during his journey through Acton. For the next year, Chris will be twittering the ups and downs, successes [...]

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Another year has come and gone. This year’s class, the largest so far at Acton, was full of different personalities who brought unique insights and experiences to the table.

Congratulations to the Class of 2010! We’re so proud of the hard work all of you put in this year.

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Acton receives a special honor thanks to our students.
The Acton School of Business has been given the honor of making The Princeton Review’s second annual “Student Opinions Honors for Business Schools” list. Acton is 1 of the 15 graduate schools in the General Management category. Other categories include Accounting, Finance, Global Management, Marketing and Operations.
The [...]

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Acton has a few important events and deadlines quickly approaching.
Early application deadline for the 2010 – 2011 Acton program is Wednesday, February 24. The final application deadline is March 31. Start your application early to have all the requirements and materials finished!
Spring Life of Meaning Course registration deadline is Friday, February 26. For more information, [...]

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Listen to students from the Acton MBA Class of 2010 talk about their third month in the program. After sharing a bit of their backgrounds and why they came to Acton, the students discuss their greatest challenges, what it’s like learning from real entrepreneurs, and the kinds of real-world lessons they have experienced so far.

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“I’m not just learning here. You come to Acton and you’re changed.”

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On Monday, Brilliant Magazine featured the Acton School of Business on its web site. The article, entitled “The Business of People,” highlighted the Acton difference.
The article emphasizes how Acton deviates from traditional business schools around the country. These points include Acton’s entrepreneur teachers, the unique Life of Meaning course and the heavy, but healthy, competitive environment [...]

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As mentioned before, our students are our customers here at Acton and their feedback is invaluable to us. Thus, students fill out detailed, online surveys at the end of each week, grading everything from sessions to lecturers to required readings.
Last week, the incoming class went through Boot Camp, a rigorous week that brings all the [...]

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