making a difference
Message From the Dean of Mays Business School Dear Friends, “Thank you” is easy to say. But, it is difficult for these two words to truly express our appreciation for your support of Mays Business School. When I consider the impact you have had on everything we do, it is overwhelming. Just consider the following: • Mays has 25 endowed chairs, 31 endowed professorships, and 28 endowed faculty fellowships. These endowed positions allow us to attract and retain world-class faculty, whose research impacts the academic and business worlds and whose teaching develops the next generation of business leaders. • Mays has 174 endowed scholarships. Added to that, a total of $1.8 million in non-endowed scholarship support was provided in 2009. Whether based on academic merit or financial need, these scholarships provide us with the opportunity to attract top students and provide them with the unlimited opportunities that accompany a Mays degree. • Program opportunity funds and unrestricted gifts allow Mays to develop new ideas and explore new opportunities. Our Reliant Energy Securities & Commodities Trading Center, Gallery Furniture/Jim McIngvale interactive library in our Center for Retailing Studies (see page four), Technology Transfer Competition conducted by our Center for New Ventures and Entrepreneurship, and Aggie 100 event are just a small number of examples of how your generosity has allowed us to create new programs and explore new ideas. • Our facilities are truly second to none. When walking around the Wehner Building or Jerry and Kay Cox Hall, named classrooms, auditoria, and meeting rooms show the impact of donors in providing our students with a magnificent environment in which to study business. As you can see, your impact on our school is deep and wide. Whether supporting an undergraduate student, faculty member, or academic program, your generosity allows us to achieve our lofty mission of creating knowledge and developing future ethical business leaders for a global society. I will close with the same two words that I began with…THANK YOU. Sincerely, Jerry R. Strawser Dean