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	January/February News Features Built by Love One Mays student has turned tragedy into a business plan to help others heal Just outside College Station lies a two-acre plot of land with a white rock road twisting toward a large red barn and connected two-bed, two-bath house. The front yard regularly pastures neighbor’s horses and the barn itself stands open to the world, welcoming in evening’s cool breezes. It is a picturesque place and one would never know that anything was amiss except its occupant, Mandy LaCombe ’05. Full Story >> Demand spikes for Mays INFO majors Given the trends in salary offers and new business opportunities, IT careers are hot again Employers in need of management information systems graduates are seeking face-time at Mays — and that’s no surprise, given that demand has spiked as schools have produced fewer systems specialists who understand how a company’s technology can drive their overall strategy. Full Story >> Gaining an Aggie education Man graduates inspired by his uncle, father and son Robert Eugene Vick came to Texas A&M in 2001 with a pair of borrowed cowboy boots and a legacy to uphold. Graduating in December 2005 at the age of 46, Vick fulfilled a promise of education to an inspiring family of men who died too soon and a son who overcame personal tragedy to earn his own Aggie degree. Full Story >> Ethics in Action R. Austin Daily, Director of the Professional Program and Deloitte & Touche Professor During the past few years the accounting profession has been involved in a number of ethical lapses. As a consequence, the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy now requires that CPA candidates complete a three-hour course in accounting ethics. Full Story >>

	March/April News Features This old house… becomes a home Generosity of spirit helps Extreme Makeover dreams come true. Just ask John Speer ’71 and Matt Henderson ’05 On the last day of a 105-hour push to build a new home for a family, Royce Builders workers and volunteers propped their elbows on fence posts and shook mud off their boots while others whisked remaining items into the house for placement — a landscape painting, wooden bookshelf, pillows for a deck chair. Full Story >> Exploring Southeast Asia's beauty and challenges Malecha lured to Papua New Guinea's economic hurdles and unspoiled landscape A world away on the islands of Papua New Guinea, a vibrant sunset swirls with a rainbow of breath-taking purples, oranges and pinks overlooking green landscapes, soaring mountains and endless crystal waters. Tucked into the South Pacific and the Coral Sea, the land is dotted with 800 native tribes. Any given night, fire dancers kick at the flames with their leaf-adorned ankles and Mud Men disguise themselves in heavy, fragile masks of mud. Full Story >> Neiman Marcus turns to Mays grads When one of the world’s most famous department stores needs new buyers, it looks first in its own backyard: Dallas-based Neiman Marcus has hired ten marketing students from Mays in just the last four years. Full Story >>

	May/June News Features 2006: A space odyssey — with a business edge When Brette Hardison joined Texas A&M University’s AggieSat Lab team in April 2005 as the business coordinator, there were seven engineers in a room tossing around ideas. Their goal was to design and build small satellites for NASA and the Air Force. Full Story >> Media convergence: transforming print into pixels The New York Times ended daily publication of its stock tables in April, pushing readers to stock information on the Internet and heralding a turn towards more rapid convergence into online formats. Full Story >> Wall Street Just to hear Brent “B.R.” Adams ’89 talk, in candid tones with a growl buried underneath reminiscent of his 15 years as a trader in New York and all the Wall Street movies you’ve ever seen, is enough to spur images of the heart of the United States’ financial sector. Full Story >>

	July/Aug News Features The business of war A platoon of 40 infantrymen was pinned down near the holy Imam Ali Mosque in Najaf in the August heat, under heavy fire from cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Iraqi insurgents. Full Story >> Prison Entrepreneurs The brotherhood of 50 or so men comes together every Thursday, meeting in sparse white-walled rooms with a few song verses unfolding inspiration across the walls. For four months, they talk about their big ideas for the world outside these rooms and learn how to put a business plan together. Full Story >> An Iraqi’s American dream Most Americans dream of meeting the president. For Salah Zayouna, a guest in this country from war-torn Iraq, standing in the White House and having his picture taken with President Bush was one of many extremes that have characterized the 40-year-old accounting student’s life. Full Story >>

	Sept/Oct News Features New scholarship Eleven new permanent faculty members joined Mays Business School in 2006 Full Story >> A walk to remember Two recent A&M business graduates promoting healthy living from the Appalachian Trail Full Story >> My father the hero CPA-turned-author talks about his book and finding his WWII-pilot father’s true story Full Story >>

	Nov/Dec News Features Maintaining life’s balance 2006 Outstanding Alum are 15th class of successful honorees Full Story >> No one gets lost in the crowd Mays welcomes 781 freshmen into peer groups and learning communities Full Story >> Crafting well-rounded execs CED’s custom corporate training creates business leaders Full Story >>