Davidson Management Honors Program

Davidson Management Honors Program students gathered at the North Texas Food Bank after volunteering

JSOM’s Honors Program

Find Your Community

Why should you choose the Davidson Management Honors Program?

Holistic Academics

Enjoy smaller class sizes and amazing professors with your cohort

Opportunities Outside of the Classroom

Take advantage of professional development, community engagement, and social events

Find Your Community

Students are engaged in the classroom, in the lounge, across campus, and around the world

DMHP Student Experience

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Honors Courses

DMHP provides many development opportunities. Challenging academics will ensure that you have the technical skills you need to thrive in your career. We create unique cohorts of students with different majors and experiences. The cohorts are generally small — ranging from 60 to 70 students, allowing for discussion-based classes, more personal interaction and formation of lasting relationships.

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Travel

The travel/study abroad component of DMHP focuses on developing independence and cultural awareness. DMHP offers heavily subsidized opportunities to travel. The trips provide an opportunity for historical, cultural and business learning while developing closer bonds with classmates and DMHP staff.

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A World of Opportunity

The different components of the DMHP ensure that students obtain a well rounded education with plenty of enrichment opportunities that focus on the community. The academic environment offered through DMHP is designed to enhance critical thinking skills, improve intellectual maturity, sophistication and curiosity, and strengthen professional communication.

Learn about your opportunities in DMHP

Student and Alumni Profiles

Megha Goyal

Megha Goyal, BS in Global Business and Finance ‘21

Finance Rotation Program Associate, Capital One

Internships:

  • Thomson Reuters, Summers 2018 & 2019
  • Capital One, Summer 2020

Study Abroad:

  • Hong Kong, China, Fall 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • Art UTD
  • Financial Leadership Association
  • Women in Technology and Business

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has been an integral part of my experience at UT Dallas. It has provided me with so much from challenging academics with great professors,a strong professional networking platform, to some of my best friends and peers that I know I could rely on for anything. DMHP has really helped push me in so many different ways and has given me so many valuable experiences that I wouldn’t be able to find elsewhere.
Christy Chinn

Christy Chinn, BS in Finance ‘22

Finance Major

Internships:

  • Vistra Energy, Summer 2020
  • Bain & Co., Summer 2021

UTD Involvement:

  • Orientation Leader
  • Greek Life
  • Dean’s Council
  • NOVA Ambassador
  • Cultural Scholar

How has DMHP enhanced your UT Dallas experience?

Joining DMHP was the best decision I could have made; this program has provided me the opportunities to better myself and my community in a variety of ways. DMHP has also introduced me to a diverse group of students with whom I have forged countless friendships. Whether it be professionally or personally, the aim of the program is to make its students better. My honors classes are always my favorite, while they are also my most challenging. Outside of academics, I am provided with opportunities to network with and learn from some of the best in the business, and I will be forever grateful for all the encouragement and growth that this program has brought to me.
Pratiksha Tonpe

Pratiksha Tonpe, BS in Marketing ‘20, MS in Marketing ’21

Analytics Strategist, Carmichael Lynch

Internships

  • Simple Media Agency, Summer 2019
  • Fuse Association, Summer 2019
  • Dell Technologies, Summer 2018 & 2019
  • Zamdanga Video Productions, Summer 2019

Study Abroad

  • AIESEC Exchange: Mexico City, Mexico, Summer 2018

UTD Involvement:

  • Peer Advisor
  • 200 Perfect
  • Dean’s Council
  • Comet Marketing

How has DMHP enhanced your UT Dallas experience?

Honors students like me are so passionate about learning and challenging themselves and DMHP offers us the perfect outlet for our curiosity. I have loved my DMHP experience because of the wonderful people I have met and experiences I’ve shared with them. There’s just some sort of excitement with the honors classes and it’s because you aren’t sitting in a room full of strangers; you’re sitting with the person you sat next to on the subway when you went on the DC/New York trip or the person you knocked out when playing dodgeball at Group Dynamix. You don’t just get that kind of classroom environment just anywhere.
Alisha Jha

Alisha Jha, BS in Finance ‘22

Consultant, Oliver Wyman

Internships:

  • UBS Financial, Summer 2019
  • Salesforce, Summer 2020
  • Oliver Wyman, Summer 2021

UTD Involvement:

  • Dean’s Council
  • JSOM Career Management Center Ambassadors
  • Financial Leadership Association
  • UT Dallas Pratham

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

Coming in as a Freshman, I was intimidated and nervous by how the year ahead of me would unfold. I had spent the summer wondering if I would be able to build strong relationships with my peers and teachers, while enhancing my education through DMHP. However, when I came to JSOM in the Fall, I was pleasantly surprised by the warmth with which we were all welcomed by everyone on campus. Through this program, I have not only developed a fierce work ethic and professional network, I’ve also made relationships that will last a lifetime.
Taylor Davis

Taylor Davis, BS in Marketing ‘21

Internships:

  • Jackson Durham, Summer 2018
  • Chancey Charm, Fall 2018-Current

Study Abroad

  • Vienna, Austria, Summer 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • JSOM NOVA Ambassadors
  • UTD FOCUS
  • Collegium V Honors Program
  • McDermott Scholars Program

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has not only given me the academic challenge that I was looking for in my business classes, but it also has given me professional development opportunities, ways to grow, and people to support me along the way. I absolutely love volunteering with DMHP students, attending events, competing, and pushing each other to be even better and to serve UTD more. This community has become like a family to me!
Yesenia Lopez, CPA

Yesenia Lopez, CPA, BS in Accounting ’15, MS in Accounting ‘16

Accounting Projects, Initiatives, and Systems Senior Analyst, Toyota Financial Services

Internships

  • BKM Sowan Horan, 2012-14
  • Crowe LLP, 2013
  • EY, Summer 2014
  • Deloitte & Touche, Spring 2015

Study Abroad:

  • DMHP D.C. & N.Y.C. Trip, Spring 2013
  • DMHP International Trip Sydney, Australia, May 2015

UTD Involvement:

  • Sigma Lambda Alpha Sorority
  • The Accounting Club
  • United Greek Council (Multicultural Greek Council)
  • Alpha Beta Psi

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

The Davidson Management Honors Program (DMHP) helped prepare to me for a demanding and rewarding career in public accounting. I received the opportunity to volunteer, travel, attend luncheons and networking events, and work with the top faculty and students at UT Dallas. These opportunities helped me develop networking skills that now help me maintain my relationships in my career. I learned to thrive in challenging environments, communicate effectively, and produce high quality work. Most importantly, DMHP helped me value corporate citizenship and team development. I use these skills daily when I interact with clients, my teams, and management. I also use these skills to promote thriving team environments where team members respect individuality while providing quality results. DMHP provided me with life experiences and lessons that cannot be taught in textbooks, and I am privileged to have received the opportunities that I did while being a part of DMHP. I continue my involvement and personal growth by being a member of the DMHP Alumni Affinity Board.
Priya Mekala

Priya Mekala, BS in Biology and Healthcare Management ’21, MBA in Healthcare Management ‘22

MD Student, UT Southwestern Medical Center

Internships

  • Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, Office of Investigations, Spring 2020

Study Abroad

  • Sydney, Australia, Summer 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • Healthcare Management Association
  • Toastmasters
  • Molding Doctors
  • Collegium V Honors Program

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has provided me with more opportunities than I imagined from connecting with business professionals to building great friendships. I have been able to grow both personally and professionally through this program, and my college experience would not be complete without it.
Shumpei Yasuda

Shumpei Yasuda, BS in Supply Chain Management and Marketing ’22

Project Planning & Management Analyst, Toyota

Internships:

  • Toyota, Spring and Summer 2021 (Co-Op)

UTD Involvement:

  • 180 Degrees Consulting
  • Comet Marketing
  • Business Professionals of America
  • Chinese Student Association

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has helped me tremendously in navigating through my freshman year. Both the professors and my peers motivated me to have a positive mindset throughout the school year, prompting me to take opportunities that I otherwise would not have taken. I appreciate DMHP for its excellent staff and all the great friends I’ve made in this program.
Scott Lloyd

Scott Lloyd, BS in Finance ‘18

Senior Manager, People Insights and Analytics, DaVita Kidney Care

Internships

  • Freescale Semiconductor, Summer 2015
  • Valesco Industries, Summer 2016
  • Bain & Company, Summer 2017

Study Abroad:

  • DMHP International Trip Prague & Budapest, May 2016
  • DMHP International Trip Hong Kong, May 2017
  • DMHP International Trip Croatia, May 2018

UTD Involvement:

  • DMHP Advisory Council
  • DMHP Peer Mentor
  • DMHP Retreat Leader
  • JSOM Book Club

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP played a hugely important role in preparing me for my professional career. The organization provided me with so many opportunities to be a leader on campus, and to learn valuable skills that were critical to both my personal and professional development.
Naha Kaisani

Neha Kaisani, BS in Supply Chain Management and Marketing ‘21

Technical Account Manager, Qualtrics

Internships:

  • Toyota, Summer 2021

UTD Involvement:

  • Orientation Leader
  • Freshmen Mentor
  • Dean’s Council
  • Business Professionals of America

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has enhanced my UT Dallas experience by allowing me to engage with our school while still receiving a more rigorous, challenging, and rewarding education. The program has granted me a group of students that constantly push me to be my best and also allows me to give back to a community that has done so much for me.
Francisca Li

Francisca Li, BS in Information Technology and Systems ’22

Consulting Analyst, Accenture

Internships

  • Liberty Mutual, Summer 2020 and Summer 2021
  • Accenture, 2022

UTD Involvement:

  • Women in Technology & Business
  • UTD Archery Club

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has enhanced my UTD experience by giving me a place where I belong. Not only are the academics amazing, but the program offers so many opportunities outside of the classroom through professional networking and volunteering events. DMHP is where I have found some of my closest friends here in Dallas, and I am extremely grateful to have the opportunity to be in this program.
Sharvari Gupta

Sharvari Gupta, BS in Accounting and Finance ‘21

Graduate Student (MS Accounting), UT Dallas

Internships

  • JPMorgan Chase, Summer 2020
  • EY, Spring 2021
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co., Summer 2021

Study Abroad:

  • DMHP Croatia, May 2018
  • Bangalore, India, Summer 2018
  • DMHP Peru International Trip, May 2019
  • London, United Kingdom, Summer 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • PPA
  • Undergraduate Accounting Club
  • DECA
  • UT Dallas Hansini
  • 180 DC

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has given me the opportunity to gain skills, perspectives, and knowledge that aren’t taught in a classroom setting. From mock interviews to company site visits, DMHP has better prepared me for my business career. Additionally, through DMHP, I have gotten the chance to travel around the world and broaden my global perspective. Lastly, DMHP has allowed me to meet so many amazing people who I now call friends.
Jessica Saywell

Jessica Saywell, BS in Marketing and Business Administration ‘20

Operations Leadership Development Program Participant, Travelers Insurance

Internships

  • AmWINS, Summer 2018
  • Travelers, Summer 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • The LOTUS Project
  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Peer Advisor
  • Gamma Iota Sigma

How has DMHP enhanced your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP enhanced my college experience from my first day on campus, to every day after. I have formed my closest friendships, had the most fun learning, and experienced the greatest things through DMHP. I truly enjoyed every second I had with DMHP and I am very grateful for everything the program has done for me.
Varika Pinnam

Varika Pinnam, BS in Marketing ‘21

UK, Ireland, Nordics: Windows & Surface Category Manager, Microsoft

Internships:

  • Vivid Marketing, Summer 2018
  • Anschultz PR, Fall 2018
  • Perot Museum, Spring 2018
  • Microsoft, Summer 2020

Study Abroad:

  • Hong Kong, Summer 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • Association for Computer Machinery
  • 180 Degrees Consulting
  • Colloquium for the Advancement of Free-Enterprise Education
  • Blackstone Launchpad

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

Within DMHP, I’ve found a constant and community in an ever-changing college environment. Being a part of such an amazing, supportive cohort is very special to me and has defined my JSOM experience because it is what I had wanted before even entering college. The experiences I’ve had, whether it be volunteering or a trip, and the friends I’ve made have left a lasting impact on me -all because of being a part of this program.
Valerie Wijeweera

Valerie Wijeweera, BS in Information Technology and Systems ‘21

Operations Leadership Development Program Participant, Travelers Insurance

Internships:

  • City of Garland, Summer 2019
  • Travelers Insurance, Summer 2020

UTD Involvement:

  • ITS Leadership Council
  • Eternity Sisters Christian Sisterhood

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has provided me with a network of friends to pull ideas from, encourage each other throughout our classes, and support each other as a community within our cohort. I have found some of my best friends through DMHP, and after attending Ursuline Academy of Dallas, I have found that a solid community can provide impetus to building each other up and pushing forward to become the best version of ourselves. Overall, DMHP has provided the perfect opportunity for members to network with professionals, volunteer in the surrounding community, and socialize with others inside and outside each cohort; moreover, DMHP offers a perfect blend of academic rigor, professional development, network building, service, and community.
Bella Ngo

Bella Ngo, BS in Information Technology and Systems ’22

Associate Product Manager, Visa

Internships

  • IBM, Summer 2020 and Summer 2021
  • Archer Fellowship Program, 2022

Study Abroad:

  • Sydney, Australia, May 2019
  • Finland, Fall 2021

UTD Involvement:

  • Office of Student Volunteerism
  • Dean’s Council
  • Collective Movement
  • Comet Marketing

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP gave me a strong start in the Jindal school freshman year! I met many kind and hard-working friends in my cohort and learned a lot about the importance of business and law from my honors class. And there’s still so much more to gain from being in the honors program (i.e. New York/D.C. trip, international trips, interviewing big industries). I look forward to my next year as a DMHPer!
Brandon Reed

Brandon Reed, BS in Finance and Information Technology and Systems ‘22

Professional – Business Management, AT&T

Internships:

  • Peregrine Investments, Spring, Summer, and Fall 2019
  • AT&T, Summer 2020 and Summer 2021

Study Abroad:

  • DMHP Peru International Trip, May 2019

UTD Involvement:

  • 180 Degrees Consulting
  • FOCUS

How has DMHP enhanced your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has been the highlight of my time at UTD. Not only has it been essential in preparing me academically and professionally, it has surrounded me with an amazing group of people and friends.
Joseph Molinar

Joseph Molinar, BS in Biology and Healthcare Management ’21

MS Clinical Mental Health Counseling Student, Southern Methodist University

Healthcare Management Major

Internships:

  • Creative Risk Funding, Inc., Summer 2020

UTD Involvement:

  • Delta Sigma Pi
  • Cultural Scholars
  • HOSA

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

Joining DMHP was the best decision I could have made, and I am grateful to have been able to join. DMHP has provided me the opportunities to better myself and my community through the events it hosts. DMHP has also introduced me to a diverse group of students with whom I have forged countless friendships.
Kiyanoush Forough

Kiyanoush Forough, BS in Finance and Economics ‘21

J.D. Candidate, Harvard Law School

Internships:

  • Congressman Colin Allred, Spring 2019
  • Archer Fellowship, Fall 2019
  • White House Council of Economic Advisers, Fall 2019
  • Dell Technologies, Summer 2020

UTD Involvement:

  • Pi Kappa Phi
  • Student Government
  • The Innocence Project
  • Texas Civic Ambassadors

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

DMHP has given me a network that not only serves as a professional resource but a truly tight-knit group of friends. In any academic or professional endeavor, DMHP has provided me with someone to reach out to in search of guidance or support. In return, I have had the rewarding opportunity to provide my mentorship to younger students in DMHP.
Cayla Kwee

Cayla Kwee, BS in Accounting ’22

Graduate Student (MS Accounting), UT Dallas

Internships

  • Howard, LLP, Summer 2020
  • Texas Instruments, Summer 2021 & 2022
  • KPMG, 2022

UTD Involvement:

  • Peer Advisor
  • Collective Movement Dance
  • Chinese Student Association
  • EPIC Movement

How did DMHP enhance your UT Dallas experience?

Being a part of DMHP has opened up so many new opportunities and experiences for me. I have met many of my close friends through this program, and the professors and staff here really care about your personal and academic success. I have grown so much as a student, as a professional, and as an individual, and I am so thankful for all that DMHP has done for me.
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