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Posted in Awards & Recognition, Students on Jun 10th, 2010
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 [...]
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Students on Jun 4th, 2010
Want entrepreneurial wisdom in bite-sized pieces? Red McCombs, Muhammad Yunus, George Foreman, and more gave some great tips in their graduation speeches.
Now that it’s June, graduation season is almost over (our Acton MBA students graduated on May 2). For the past several weekends, happy grads everywhere have been throwing their caps in the air and [...]
Posted in Featured Entrepreneurs, Students on Jun 3rd, 2010
The Acton Scholars, Class of 2010, graduated on Sunday, May 2. Below is the speech Jeff Sandefer delivered to honor the extraordinary achievements of this year’s class.
Well, you made it. Today is the end of a long hard road. And we accept that you have to leave and we accept that you are going to [...]
Posted in Awards & Recognition, Students on Jun 1st, 2010
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
Posted in Students on Apr 30th, 2010
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.
Posted in Students on Feb 8th, 2010
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.
Posted in Students on Oct 27th, 2009
“I’m not just learning here. You come to Acton and you’re changed.”
Posted in Students on Sep 2nd, 2009
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 [...]
Posted in Students on May 28th, 2009
We have just finalized the Acton MBA Class of 2010 and couldn’t be more excited about the extraordinary group of 38 entrepreneurs joining us in Austin this fall! This dynamic group of men and women will be Acton’s largest class yet.
The numbers:
Of these talented men and women….
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