Three business school graduates were given the 2013 Distinguished Alumnus Award by Texas A&M and the Association of Former Students: Robert A. Epstein ’44, R.H. “Steve” Stevens, Jr. ’62 and Glenda C. Mariott ’79.
Rodney Faldyn ’88 says obsession drives the success of Academy Sports + Outdoors, which led to his recognition as the 2013 M.B. Zale Visionary Merchant Award. “We are obsessed with always getting better. We build a team, align our goals and let them execute them.”
A student’s most important job search might be the pursuit of an internship, suggests Anthony DeLuca ’84, managing director of SCF Partners. DeLuca, who received a bachelor’s in accounting from Texas A&M University in 1984, urged a group of Mays Business School undergraduates to secure internships, even if they are not required.
Getting to college is a challenge for almost anyone, and freshman Corps member Veronica Bahena faced additional challenges on her way to obtaining an education. As a Latina, the numbers were against her. According to a report by The National Women’s Law Center and the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, roughly 42 percent of Hispanic females never graduate from high school, let alone go to college.
The Internet is full of articles meant to advise people on how to be successful. It can be hard to sift through it all and decide what is accurate, but Mays’ business honors students recently got the opportunity to hear it straight from the source: Monty Davis ’77, COO of Core Laboratories, an oil service company that advises oil exploration and production companies on the best way to get the most oil or gas out of reservoirs.
Ask any business student, and many will confess: owning their own business is the ultimate dream job. Entrepreneurs Jay Graham ’92 and Anthony Bahr ’91, co-founders of WildHorse Resources, spoke with students about what it takes to start a business.
Taseer Badar ’95 honored his mother and his university when he created an endowment – the Kausar Badar Family Business Honors Scholarship.
Mike Yantis Jr. ’02, CEO of Yantis Company, has quickly moved up the corporate ladder. Starting out as a project manager at Yantis in late 2002 after finishing his bachelor’s in management, Yantis was promoted to president by 2007, and then CEO in late 2012.
The world is waiting for full economic recovery, and the retail sector – the “engine of the American dream” – has a role in that rebuilding. Those were the words spoken and reinforced at the recent Retailing Summit conference in Dallas.
Representatives from thriving Aggie-owned companies gathered in The Zone at Texas A&M University Friday for the Aggie 100. The celebration sponsored by the Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship at Mays Business School began with a reception Thursday and lasted through lunch on Friday at the Zone Club.
