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.
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.
Tony Weber ’84 returned to campus recently with a mission: to let Mays students know about the highly profitable opportunities available in private equity. Weber, who has worked in the energy industry since graduation, and specifically in the private equity industry for the past six years, says it’s an area more students at his alma mater need to know about.
Inspired by TED, the annual conference for the world’s preeminent thinkers and entertainers, Mays student Bill Erickson and his colleagues set out to create a gathering just as important, but sans the $6K admission ticket. Hence BIL, the “unconference” with the tag line “minds set free” debuted in March in Monterey, California - in the same neighborhood and following close on the heels of TED to encourage participation in both.
It was a glimpse into the future for 16 third and fourth graders from area elementary schools who participated in the annual “Aggie for a Day” program. The event took place on February 2 and was hosted by the Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) organization at Mays Business School at Texas A&M University.
Two Mays Business School graduates have devised the perfect plan for investing. The formula is simple: buy what Warren Buffet buys.
The sight of dazzling emerald hills caressing the shoreline. The smell of salty waves. The rhythmic rocking of the boat. The sound of sea birds crying. The feel of fresh, cool, Alaskan air.
And the slick thud of fish after fish landing on the boat-bottom as Scott Lee and his sons pull them out of the net.
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.
Vipin Sethi, a sophomore at Mays Business School, has won the third annual Texas A&M Inter-University Forex Competition, with the highest overall rate of return on investment of 78.64 percent. This month-long international competition drew 137 students from 13 colleges and universities to compete for the grand prize of a $10,000 forex trading account from Global Forex Trading (GFT).
