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Mays CPA pass rates still among the highest in Texas

By Chrystal Houston • April 22nd, 2008 • Category: Departments

According to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, students from Texas A&M’s Mays Business School scored the highest overall pass rate in the state on the CPA exam (compared to other Texas schools with five or more candidates taking the exam). More than 83 percent of Mays students passed the challenging test, which is the gatekeeper for the field of accounting.



KPMG to fund scholarships with major gift

By Chrystal Houston • February 13th, 2008 • Category: Departments

KPMG LLP and the KPMG Foundation have announced a gift of $550,000 to the accounting department at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. This gift will establish an endowed scholarship fund for high-achieving Aggie accounting majors.



Marketing Strategy and Management Research Workshop to highlight former students’ research

By Chrystal Houston • January 30th, 2008 • Category: Departments

The Department of Marketing at Mays Business School will host a research workshop on February 15 that has one distinguishing feature: the presenters are all former Mays doctoral students in marketing.



Transitions in leadership at Mays Business School

By Chrystal Houston • December 17th, 2007 • Category: Departments

The spring semester will see a few changes in leadership at Mays Business School. David Blackwell, head of the Department of Finance and Republic Bank/James W. Aston Professor of Finance, will be stepping down as department head and taking on the roll of associate dean for graduate programs.



Deloitte solidifies partnership with Mays

By Chrystal Houston • November 29th, 2007 • Category: Departments, Donors Corner

Continuing a tradition of support for Mays Business School at Texas A&M University, the Deloitte Foundation, a non-profit organization of Deloitte & Touche USA, has announced their largest individual gift during their 25-year history with the school, with a $500,000 endowed professorship.



Accounting program highly ranked on all levels by Public Accounting Report

By Chrystal Houston • November 28th, 2007 • Category: Departments

The doctoral accounting program at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University moved up from 21st to 15th while the undergraduate and master’s programs in accounting were again ranked at 6th in the nation according to the 2007 rankings from the Public Accounting Report.



Mays grads soar to highest CPA pass rate in Texas

By Chrystal Houston • November 26th, 2007 • Category: Departments

Students from Texas A&M’s Mays Business School scored the highest overall pass rate for the CPA exam at 73.2 percent, according to recently released statistics from the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy. This overall pass rate nationwide is less than 44 percent while the average pass rate in Texas is 54.8 percent.



Accounting firm endows scholarship in memory of former partner

By Mays Business Online • October 25th, 2007 • Category: Departments, Donors Corner, Former Students

“He was a fervent Aggie,” said David Donnelly, partner in the accounting firm of Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches (GD&D), of his long-time friend and business partner Sam Svoboda, a 1982 graduate of Texas A&M. Svoboda had worked with the firm since 1993 and passed away unexpectedly in May of 2007. His legacy lives on, however, [...]



Browns and Coons establish scholarships in Accounting, Science

By Mays Business Online • October 25th, 2007 • Category: Departments, Donors Corner, Former Students

Longtime friends and classmates Doris and Charles Brown ’61, and Barbara and Julian “Barry” Coon ’61 have teamed up to create a $250,000 endowment with the Texas A&M Foundation. Their gift, in the form of real estate, will establish scholarships at Texas A&M University in both the Mays Business School Department of Accounting and the [...]



Management awards $20,000

By Mays Business Online • May 1st, 2007 • Category: Departments

Twenty management majors were selected for $1,000 scholarship awards this year, up from 16 students last year and previous years’ scholarship amounts in the $500 to $750 range.
Outstanding students were honored at a reception in April for their academic achievements, work experience and community and student group involvement.
Nine individuals or organizations, including some faculty [...]