Matthew McConaughey Tapped As UT-Austin Professor

AUSTIN, TX — A fixture at University of Texas at Austin athletic events where he helps pump up both the crowds and athletes to victory, Oscar-winning actor Matthew McConnaughey has officially joined the faculty as a professor of practice.

The appointment at the Moody College of Communication is in addition to his role at the school teaching a Script to Screen film production class in the Department of Radio-Television-Film. In assigning the UT-Austin alumnus his new professor's role, officials at Moody said it was "in recognition of his professional pedigree and personal investment in student success."

According to university officials, McConaughey has been a visiting instructor since 2015. Recently, he was tapped in the newly created position of UT's "Minister of Culture" given his enthusiasm as a sports booster and other UT-centered enthusiasms.

McConaughey earned a film degree from the university in 1993 before starring in more than 50 films, most notably "Dazed and Confused," ''The Wolf of Wall Street" and "Dallas Buyers Club." With his laid-back attitude, winsome Southern drawl and signature phrase of "all right, all right, all right" that encapsulates his relaxed demeanor, it's sometimes easy to forget McConaughey's thespian chops. He won the Oscar for his leading performance in "Dallas Buyers Club," in which he portrayed a man afflicted with AIDS in a memorable role in which he was nearly unrecognizable in physicality.

In addition to his considerable talents, McConaughey is (we're told) easy on the eyes as well. Upon hearing the news of the actor's new role, women with hearts aflutter took to Twitter to express how his now-solidified presence at UT-Austin might prompt them to move to Austin and enroll in the university.