At Mays, we are fortunate to have outstanding relationships with a wide range of employers

Companies add value

Our friends in business often ask me to name our most important "customer.” Business schools are unusual because they have a wide range of customers: prospective students, current students (who can be both a customer and a product), former students, our faculty, our staff and many, many others. However, very important customers for us are the companies that provide employment opportunities to our students. At the end of the day, a business school that can't provide opportunities for students is simply not going to survive.

At Mays, we are fortunate to have outstanding relationships with a wide range of employers. Last year, almost 500 companies interviewed Mays Business School students for career opportunities; of these, 88 were Fortune 500 companies. However, our relationship with corporate partners goes far beyond employment. Our corporate partners speak to our classes, providing our students with a perspective that blends so very nicely with the education provided by our outstanding faculty. In addition, they provide valuable assistance on our development and advisory boards, ensuring that our curriculum continues to provide students with the skills so important to beginning and developing their careers. Finally, many of our corporate partners provide important financial support for our students, faculty and programs.

In this issue of Mays Business Online, you'll read about one of our academic centers (the Center for the Management of Information Systems) that works very closely with corporate partners to prepare students for rapidly-changing careers in information technology. Whether it is one of our six other academic centers, five academic departments or 18 student organizations, a consistent theme emerges in the Wehner Building: our school partners with outstanding organizations. We are fortunate to have these relationships and hope we are returning as much value as our partners are providing to us.

If you would like to join our mission and help fulfill the potential of Mays’ educated and bright young students, contact our development relations coordinator, Janet Barrett, at jsbarrett@mays.tamu.edu or 979-458-1452.

I hope this issue of Mays Business Online finds you well and refreshed from the holidays. Please stop by for a visit if your travels bring you to Aggieland.

Best regards,

Jerry Strawser '83
Dean



At Mays, we are fortunate to have outstanding relationships with a wide range of employers	Companies add value Our friends in business often ask me to name our most important "customer.” Business schools are unusual because they have a wide range of customers: prospective students, current students (who can be both a customer and a product), former students, our faculty, our staff and many, many others. However, very important customers for us are the companies that provide employment opportunities to our students. At the end of the day, a business school that can't provide opportunities for students is simply not going to survive. At Mays, we are fortunate to have outstanding relationships with a wide range of employers. Last year, almost 500 companies interviewed Mays Business School students for career opportunities; of these, 88 were Fortune 500 companies. However, our relationship with corporate partners goes far beyond employment. Our corporate partners speak to our classes, providing our students with a perspective that blends so very nicely with the education provided by our outstanding faculty. In addition, they provide valuable assistance on our development and advisory boards, ensuring that our curriculum continues to provide students with the skills so important to beginning and developing their careers. Finally, many of our corporate partners provide important financial support for our students, faculty and programs. In this issue of Mays Business Online, you'll read about one of our academic centers (the Center for the Management of Information Systems) that works very closely with corporate partners to prepare students for rapidly-changing careers in information technology. Whether it is one of our six other academic centers, five academic departments or 18 student organizations, a consistent theme emerges in the Wehner Building: our school partners with outstanding organizations. We are fortunate to have these relationships and hope we are returning as much value as our partners are providing to us. If you would like to join our mission and help fulfill the potential of Mays’ educated and bright young students, contact our development relations coordinator, Janet Barrett, at jsbarrett@mays.tamu.edu or 979-458-1452. I hope this issue of Mays Business Online finds you well and refreshed from the holidays. Please stop by for a visit if your travels bring you to Aggieland. Best regards, Jerry Strawser '83 Dean