Letter from the Interim Dean

Howdy!

I hope you are all doing well.

I am honored to receive the opportunity to serve you and our school again as interim dean. In this role, and by collaborating with you, we will continue to keep our foot on the pedal driving us forward and advancing the world’s prosperity. This trajectory and goal of preeminence was set by former Interim Dean Ireland, and former deans Jones, Strawser, and Cocanougher, and all those before them.

We are indeed advancing Mays Business School and invite your input, support, and talents to accomplish this vision.

We are honored to share stories of this vision already in motion in this edition of Benefactor. You’ll read about Mays student and Texas A&M Student Body President, Case Harris ’23, advancing Texas A&M; Mays faculty member, Sarah Stuber, advancing research; and Mays staff, Barbara Bayer ’94 ’07 , Kim Syptak ’97, and Diane Johnson, advancing our school’s prominence among other stories of ways that Mays Business School is pushing forward. 

If we stop pushing forward, we don’t just stand still, we fall behind. And none of us want that to happen!

This issue comes at an exciting time for both higher education in general and Mays Business School in particular. We have endless opportunities ahead of us as we search for a new permanent dean, break ground on a new building this fall, follow new Texas A&M leadership, and have been approved by the Board of Regents to offer new tenure track opportunities in the coming year – just to name a few.

To continue our vision, we need to serve students, grow our talent, and expand our impact.

The charge to continue our vision isn’t just on you, but we are doing our part, too. Whatever your opinion may be, please let me know how we might be of service – maysdean@mays.tamu.edu.

We hope to hear from you,

Ricky