Welcome Class of 2021
Mays Business School
2017 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 College Meeting
9:45 Break
10:00 Small group registration advising
11:00 Resource Fair in Wehner Atrium
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Family and Guests…You’re Invited!
Who: Family Members and Guests
What: “A Conversation with the Dean”
When: 1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
(while your student registers)
Where: 114 Wehner
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Students…This Afternoon’s Goals
• To register for fall courses
• To get to know your advisor
• Advisors will be available until 5:00 p.m.
Don’t leave with unanswered questions!
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This Afternoon’s Schedule
1:30 Students: Meet with your small group leader
West Campus Computing Center (WCCC)
1:30 Family & Guests: “A Conversation with the Dean”
114 Wehner
2:00 Registration Opens in WCCC
2:30 Family & Guests welcome to join your students
WCCC
2:00 –
3:00
Mays Exchange: T-Shirt Sale
Outside 113 Wehner
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Mays Transformational Leader
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Are. You. Ready?
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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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
• Transition to Mays Business School
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Freshman Business Initiative
FBI Class Structure:
• Large lecture led by a professor, featuring visiting speakers
• Small group of 18 students, led by two peer leaders
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Freshman Business Initiative
The Community:
• Freshmen enrolled in BUSN 101 – that’s YOU!
• Sophomore, Junior and Senior small group Peer Leaders
• Program Coordinators
• Professor Johnson
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FBI Small Group
2 Peer Leaders and 18 Freshmen…
Peer LeadersFreshmen
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Freshman Business Initiative
Transition to College
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Title
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Freshman Business Initiative
Transition to
Mays Business School
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Seven Core Competencies
CommunicationProblem Solving
Creating Leading
ManagingWorking With
OthersActing Ethically
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Freshman Business Initiative
To join your classmates in FBI, register today for BUSN 101.
BUSN 101 Freshman Business Initiative is a 3-hour General Elective Credit
Undergraduate
Special
Programs
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Martha Loudder Medal of Excellence
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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
Mays Business School
Undergraduate Advising
238 Wehner
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