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.
Mays doctoral graduates are counting down the final days of their extended education this spring, preparing themselves to share their business acumen with the nation’s brightest minds. With Mays’ placement among the top U.S. business schools, it is only fitting that many of its doctoral graduates have been offered teaching positions at acclaimed institutions with high-ranking business programs.
Ring Day is a rite of passage for every Aggie and a time of celebration for every Aggie family. For the Easterwoods, the Ring Day held on April 4 had special significance: As Jeff Easterwood ’07 accepted his ring and looked forward to finishing his degree at Mays Business School in a few weeks, his father, Terry ’80, was celebrating the start of his studies there.
“Put yourself in good places, surrounded by good people, work hard, and good things will happen.” This was the career advice Robert McBurnett ‘78 had for current Aggie business students when he spoke recently to a large audience of freshman at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School as an executive guest lecturer.
Murphy Smith, accounting professor at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, was presented with the Distinguished Paper Award by the American Accounting Association southwest region at its annual conference in Houston in March 2008.
Terry Hatchett went to work for a Big Eight accounting firm right after leaving Texas A&M with his BBA in 1968. In the following years, Hatchett climbed the corporate ladder, starting as a CPA and moving to the upper echelons of management. Hatchett shared insights from his remarkable career journey as a guest lecturer on a recent campus visit.
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.
Mays Business School recently completed the accreditation maintenance process with AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business), the premier accrediting agency and service organization for undergraduate and graduate business administration and accounting programs. After completing this review Mays and the Department of Accounting have been granted another five years of accreditation.
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.
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.
