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Welcome Class of 2020

Mays Business School

2016 New Student Conference

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This Morning’s Goals

• To welcome you into the Mays Business School family at Texas A&M University

• To equip you for your first semester at Mays Business School with your four-year goal in mind

• To develop an action plan for this afternoon, when you register for your fall course schedule

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This Morning’s Schedule

8:30 Mays Business School Meeting

9:45 Break

10:00 Small group registration advising for

the fall

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Family…you’re invited!

Who: Family

What: “A Conversation with the Dean”

When: 1:30 – 2:30

(while your student registers)

Where: 113 Wehner

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This Afternoon’s Goals

• To register for fall courses

• To get to know your advisors

• Advisors and small group leaders will be available until 5:00 p.m. to help

Don’t leave with unanswered questions!

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This Afternoon’s Schedule

1:30 Family: “A Conversation with the Dean”

113 Wehner

1:30 Students: Meet with small group leaders

West Campus Computing Center

2:00 Registration Begins

2:30 Family and guests welcome to join students

West Campus Computing Center

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Learning for Life

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May 2020: Congratulations!!

Get a JOB!

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Learn to Interview

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Dress for Success

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Etiquette Dinners

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Networking

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Networking

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#1 Student-Run Career Fair

Go Somewhere!

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Panama

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Spain

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Sweden

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China

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South Africa

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France

Be a Winner!

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Wall Street Journal Challenge1st Place, 2014 2nd Place, 2015 3rd Place, 2016

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YMA Fashion Scholarship Winners

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Food + City Challenge Prize & CEO's National Elevator Pitch Competition

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Rice University Business Plan Competition

The Road to

Success

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The Road to Success

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How Do Businesses Work?

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Visit With Guest Executives

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Mentorship From Faculty

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Core Competencies

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Martha Loudder Medal of Excellence

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You are Wanted by the FBI

Freshman

Business

Initiative

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Freshman Business Initiative

A Learning Community designed to help you…

• Transition to college

• Build a network within Mays

• Begin developing the 7 Core Competencies

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7 Core Competencies

CommunicationProblem Solving

Creating Leading

ManagingWorking With

OthersActing Ethically

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Freshman Business Initiative

The Community:

• Freshmen Enrolled in BUSN 101 – That’s You!

• Sophomore, Junior and Senior peer leaders

• Program Coordinators

• Faculty

• Dr. Henry Musoma

• Mr. Richard Johnson

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Freshman Business Initiative

How FBI works:

• Large lecture led by a professor with visiting speakers

• Small group of 18 students led by two peer leaders

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Small Group

2 Peer Leaders and 18 Freshmen…

Peer LeadersFreshmen

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Freshman Business Initiative

To join your classmates in FBI, register for BUSN 101 today.

BUSN 101 is a 3-hour General Elective Credit

Business

Student Council

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Business Student Council

“We develop leaders, serve Mays

Business School, and positively

impact the Bryan-College Station

community.”

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Career Fair

September 21 – 22

Reed Arena

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Maysfest

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Pro-Trip

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Chicago 2012

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Seattle 2013

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San Francisco 2014

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Washington, D.C. 2015

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Project Mays

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Social Events

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Mays Exchange

Sale Today!

2 – 3 p.m.

Outside

113 Wehner

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Important Dates

MSC Open House September 4 1 – 5 p.m.

BSC Open House September 10 – 3 p.m.

Undergraduate

Advising

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Undergraduate Advising

238 Wehner 979-862-3850

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Walk-in

Monday & Thursday8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

By Appointment

Monday – Friday8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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Mays Undergraduate Resources

Center for International Business Studies230 Wehner

Communication Lab339 Wehner

Business Undergraduate Career Services340 AA Wehner

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Choosing Courses

The “Big 5”

Mathematics

MATH 141 Business Mathematics I

MATH 142 Business Mathematics II – Calculus

Lower-Level Core Business Knowledge

ACCT 229 Introductory Accounting – Financial

ECON 202 Principles of Economics – Microeconomics

ECON 203 Principles of Economics – Macroeconomics

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Choosing Your Major

ACCT Accounting

BHNR Business Honors*

FINC Finance

MGMT Management

MKTG Marketing

MISY Management Information Systems

SCMT Supply Chain Management

*By application only

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Graduation Requirements

Complete the 120-hour curriculum with:

Overall GPA > 2.0

CBK GPA > 2.0

Major GPA > 2.0

Foreign language requirement

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Good Academic Standing

2.0 75%

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Roles & Responsibilities

Student

Look at your schedule

Listen to your resources

Learn what you pay for

Advisors

An eager resource

An encouraging truth-teller

Family

Familial Support

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Registration Breakout

Advisors will be available until

5:00 p.m. today to help

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Mays Business School

Undergraduate Advising

238 Wehner

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