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Graduates of Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School Master of Real Estate program from 2004 through the 2012 can now boast a more valuable degree: the program was recently approved by the Appraisal Qualifications Board of The Appraisal Foundation, a congressionally-authorized nonprofit organization that fosters professionalism among real estate appraisers by setting qualifications and standards.

Charles Gilliland ’83, a research economist with the Texas Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School, has been appointed to the Helen and O.N. Mitchell Fellowship in Real Estate. As a researcher with the center since 1977, Gilliland has dedicated 32 years to the study of the Texas real estate market, as well as to the teaching of related subjects in the business school.

ARGUS Software, Inc., a global company specializing in commercial real estate software, recently gave a gift-in-kind worth $200,000 to Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. The gift provided 50 copies of their ARGUS Valuation DSC software, which students will be able to use in a campus computer lab.

Though there is no way to predict economic pitfalls and therefore eliminate them, preparation can prevent added panic and anxiety. With courses focused on the changes and history of financial markets, Mays faculty makes it their goal to prepare students, so that when future economic crises arise, the next generation of business leaders is ready for the challenge.