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Earlier this year, the Texas Women’s Basketball team advanced to the NCAA Elite Eight for the third time in four seasons, adding another accolade to their impressive record. More than a hundred years prior, however, pioneering female basketball players were carving out some history of their own. Basketball first came to the Forty Acres in 1899. Beginning in physical education classes and then developing into organized team sport, the women played their first games in a library-turned-gymnasium in the former Main Building, years before the men's team formed. Learn more about the sport's history in the Alcalde. 

🚨 We need Longhorn Businesses to network with our students! 🚨 Will you come and showcase your Longhorn Business at our Career Day event on Jan. 21? 🤘 We invite the entire student body and expect at least 500 students. 🤘 It is two hours long 🤘 It's a great way to meet other Longhorn Businesses. 🤘 You do not have to have a job or internship to offer, but it's a bonus for both parties if you do! 🤘 We want the students to learn how to build their network with alumni. 🤘 You will be included in our marketing letting students know who is coming. Comment below, and we will send you a link! Thank you to Gutier; Bridge Insights & Media; Arcanum Infrastructure, LLC; Whitley Penn; FreshOne Holdings, LLC; Barefoot Campus Outfitters; and BKCW Insurance for saying yes so far!

David Griffin, BS ’20, has created a unique community on and off campus, fostering champions and scholars from many slices of UT life. The seven-time Under-25 National Champions University of Texas Weightlifting Team is a first-of-its-kind college program, outperforming scholarship-offering competitor schools under the guidance of Griffin, its singular founder. Learn more about Griffin and the team in the Alcalde. 🏋️

“Hot Science — Cool Talks,” is a free, monthly lecture series that opens up the science on the Forty Acres to a public audience. After 25 years, founder Jay Banner is now working to boil down the essence of the “Hot Science” experience—the scientific wonder and the personal connection—into a new television series with the help of some experts on show biz. Learn more about the TV series in the Alcalde. 🧬

No matter where you live, you can have Longhorn-made tamales shipped to your home. 🤘 Delicious Tamales, owned by Valerie Gonzalez, BSW ’78, Life Member, has been selling and shipping tamales from San Antonio since 1980. They now operate the largest retail tamale kitchen in San Antonio. This week on Hello Longhorn, learn more about Valerie and the company she now runs with her daughter. Listen now → https://lnkd.in/gacytwZ8 #HelloLonghorn - Steve Hicks School of Social Work - The University of Texas at Austin

Did you work a fun, unusual, or even miserable job while you were a student at UT? Have any of your beloved previous employers since closed? Send your stories to [email protected] for a chance to be featured in an upcoming issue of the Alcalde! 📝

Meet these three business owners in the Longhorn Business Network on #LonghornFriday. 🤘 🤘 Arch Aerial, founded by Ryan Baker, is an enterprise drone (UAS) data collection and analytics services for energy and construction operators. 🤘 QED Global Solutions, run by Waseem Ansari, P.E., is an engineering consulting firm specializing in forensic engineering. They are retained to determine the origin and cause of reported failures and to testify in court if needed. 🤘 XOXOart & Co., co-owned by Jessie Gibbons, is a women-owned, western-loving, Texas-based wholesale apparel and accessories company sitting on the Fayette County line. Everything they do starts as hand-drawn art on paper. Learn more about the Longhorn Business Network and how you and your company can join! → txex.us/JoinLBN

We created the Texas Exes Business Fair so that Longhorn companies can hire Longhorn students. 🤘 Are you looking to fill internships and/or entry level positions at your Longhorn-run company? Please join us for our Texas Exes Business Fair on January 21, 2025. It is also a great way to network with other Longhorn-owned businesses! Sign up today: https://lnkd.in/gdVdnHjr

🚨 Final call for Longhorn 100 nominations and applications! 🚨 Our alumni create and guide some of the fastest-growing businesses in the world. We want to celebrate this burnt-orange entrepreneurial spirit! Apply by Dec. 6 ---> https://lnkd.in/ghmD68Yk #TexasExes #Longhorn100 #LonghornBusinessNetwork The University of Texas at Austin

Our final Longhorn Coffee of 2024 is next Tuesday, December 10. Join fellow Longhorn entrepreneurs for a coffee at Easy Tiger at the Linc from 8:30–10 am. Sara Light can also fill you in on the Orange Pages, launching in 2025. Sign up today: https://lnkd.in/gsvvxcqg