Mays Business School

Business school at Texas A&M University

Mays Business School

Motto| Advancing the World’s Prosperity
Type| Public
Established| 1961; 63 years ago (1961)

Parent institution

| Texas A&M University
Dean| Nate Sharp
Students| 6,408 (Fall 2012)[1]
Undergraduates| 5,238 (Fall 2012)
Postgraduates| 1,170 (Fall 2012)
Location|

College Station

Texas

United States

30°36′38″N 96°21′03″W﻿ / ﻿30.610637°N 96.350886°W﻿ / 30.610637; -96.350886
Affiliations| AACSB
The Washington Campus
Website| mays.tamu.edu

Mays Business School is the business school at Texas A&M University. The school educates more than 6,400 undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students in accounting, finance, management, management information systems, marketing and supply chain management.

Mays Business School was one of the first five schools in the United States to offer a trading center, the Reliant Energy Securities & Commodities Trading Center, which provides students with hands-on training in the tools used by commodities and currency traders.[2] Students also use the center to manage the Tanner Fund, a $250,000 portfolio created using donated funds.[3] Additionally, the School houses the nation's largest publicly funded real estate research organization, the Real Estate Center,[4] and the Center for Retailing Studies, which was the first retailing center partnered with a business school.[5]

## History

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Wehner Building

Business education was first offered at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College in conjunction with mechanical and agricultural programs. From 1876 through 1920 students at Texas A&M could select from a small number of business courses including single and double-entry bookkeeping and creamery management. In the 1920s the Department of Economics and the Agricultural Administration programs began offering further business courses, and by the end of the decade the college had established departments for accounting and statistics, farm and ranch management, marketing, and finance.[6]

Shortly after World War II, Thomas W. Leland became the first department head of the newly created Department of Business and Accounting, under the umbrella of the School of Arts and Sciences. After Leland's retirement in 1961, the School of Business Administration was formed. By 1965 the new head of the department, John E. Pearson, had spearheaded the formation of several departments within the School of Business, including accounting, business analysis and research, finance, marketing, and management. The Master of Business Administration (MBA) program debuted in 1966, and two years later in 1968, the college was officially formed when Texas A&M received University status, and the School of Business became the College of Business Administration.[6] The college was accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1972, and began awarding Ph.D.s the same year. Over the next several decades the college continued to grow, establishing various centers, including the Center for International Business Studies and the Center for Human Resources Management, and implementing new bachelor's degrees.[6]

The College of Business moved into the newly built Wehner Building on the western edge of Texas A&M University's campus in 1995. The following year the College was endowed by Lowry Mays, founder of Clear Channel Communications, and in his honor was renamed Lowry Mays College & Graduate School of Business.[6] Six years later, the name was simplified to Mays Business School.[6] Expansion continued quickly, and in 2003 an additional wing was added to the Wehner Building, housing the new 66,000-square-foot (6,100 m2) Jerry and Kay Cox Graduate Business Center.[7]

## Academics

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Business School
International Rankings

U.S. MBA Ranking
Bloomberg (2024)[8]| 45
U.S. News & World Report (2024)[9]| 31
Global MBA Ranking
Financial Times (2024)[10]| 51

The business school is subdivided into five academic departments: accounting, finance, information & operations management, management, and marketing.

## Research Centers

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* Center for Executive Development (CED)
* Center for Human Resource Management (CHRM)
* Center for International Business Studies (CIBS)
* Center for the Management of Information Systems (CMIS)
* McFerrin Center for Entrepreneurship (MCE)
* Center for Retailing Studies (CRS)
* Real Estate Center (REC)
* Reliant Energy Trading Center (RTC)

## Notable Faculty

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* Leonard Berry, distinguished professor of marketing
* R. Duane Ireland, distinguished professor of management and former interim dean
* Eli Jones, professor of marketing and former dean
* Venkatesh Shankar, professor of marketing

## Notable Alumni

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* Cigna COO and President David Cordani '88
* Humana CEO and President Bruce Broussard '84
* Halliburton CEO, President, and Chairman of the Board Jeff Miller (American businessman) '88
* New Orleans Saints Head Coach Dennis Allen (American football)
* Permanent University Fund (UTIMCO) Chief Investment Officer, Teacher Retirement System of Texas Chief Investment Officer, Bridgewater Associates former CEO Thomas Britton Harris IV '80
* Koch Industries Co-Owner, CEO, and Chairman Chase Koch
* Kinder Morgan CEO Kimberly Dang '92
* Southwest Airlines CCO Ryan Green '99

## Notable Organizations

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* Business Student Council
* Founded in 1968, BSC is responsible for some of the largest events and projects at Texas A&M, including Maysfest, the Business Career Fair, Mays Exchange apparel sales.[11]
* Functions as an umbrella organization between the Dean's office and the other student organizations at Mays Business School.
* Aggie Investment Club
* Founded in 2000.[12][13][14][15]
* Membership is open to undergraduate and graduate students in all majors.[16]
* Known for Speaker Series, Security Analysis Workshops, and Travel Series which has included meetings with Warren Buffett, George Mitchell, Sam Zell, and Lee Bass; among others.[17]

## Notable Programs

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* Aggies on Wall Street [citation needed]
* The Tanner Fund [citation needed]
* Titans of Investing [citation needed]
* Professional Program of Accounting (PPA) [citation needed]
* Trading, Risk, and Investments Program (TRIP) [citation needed]

## See also

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* List of United States business school rankings
* List of business schools in the United States

## References

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1. ^ "Finger Tip Facts - Fall 2012" (PDF). Texas A&M University. Retrieved 2012-09-25.
2. ^ Zuehlke, Lara (February 2001). "Bridging the Gap: Trading center puts students in touch with the business world". Mays Business Online. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
3. ^ "The Reliant Energy Trading Center". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2006-08-31. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
4. ^ "About RECenter". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2007-04-16. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
5. ^ "Center for Retailing Studies". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2006-06-22. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
6. ^ a b c d e "College History: Mays Business School Timeline". Texas A&M University. Archived from the original on 2007-02-04. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
7. ^ "A Catalyst for Learning". Mays Business Online. October–November 2003. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
8. ^ "Best B-Schools". Bloomberg Businessweek.
9. ^ "2023 Best Business Schools Rankings". U.S. News & World Report.
10. ^ "Global MBA Ranking 2023". Financial Times.
11. ^ "Business Student Council | About". tamubsc. Retrieved 2022-05-04.
12. ^ "Aggie Investment Club Profile". Texas A&M StuAct Online.
13. ^ "Explore Organizations". Texas A&M StuAct Online.
14. ^ "Undergraduate Business Organizations". Mays Business Student Council.
15. ^ "STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS". MBS Department of Finance.
16. ^ "Join". Aggie Investment Club.
17. ^ "Our Programs". Aggie Investment Club.

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