NYTE Chili Cook Off

Over 2500 alumni and friends gathered for the New York Texas Exes Lone Star Chili Cook Off on May 11, 2013 at Beekman Beer Garden near the Brooklyn Bridge. The event raised over $40,000 for scholarships.

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Mother Duck for a Day

Recently, I volunteered to be a guide to groups of students from the University of Texas at Austin, my alma mater, during their Spring Break trip to NYC to learn about their prospective fields.  Being a mother duck to 13 other souls in crazy New York City, in and out of random subway stations, up and down unfamiliar streets, was fun and exhilarating. Fortunately, no one was left behind or mugged and I didn't get us lost. So it's a good thing I've explored the city so much during the last six months!

The NYC UT alumni chapter, Texas Exes, puts together an amazing lineup of meetings and info sessions with competitive NYC companies. Students visit the workplaces, ask lots of questions, and some of them get on-the-spot interviews (and nail them!) for internships. I am pleasantly surprised at how many UT alum live & work in NYC, across many, many industries such as media, visual arts, advertising and journalism.

This slideshow sums up the outings for the day! Click the Qwiki link below to play.

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