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Monthly Newsletter of the students of the College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University
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March 2, 1982
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Supplement to The Battalion The Business, March 2, 1982 — Vol. 5, No. 4
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ENot all athletes are physical education
majors, as some people are prone to be
lieve, according to the academic counse
lor for athletes in Wofford Cain hall.
■ Leroy Sutherland Jr., who is also the
resident manager in Cain Hall gave sta
tistics that put 30 percent of the athletes
he works with in business majors, 25 to
30 percent in engineering majors, 25 to
30 percent in education majors and the
remaining 10 to 15 percent in various
others.
I "I would say that the business majors
are my best students, scholastically,
among the other majors," Sutherland
said. "With the exception of the few pre-
med and pre-vet students."
■ Mike Hoche said, "Given that we have
to wake up early, to work out, and go to
bed early, the athlete must budget his
study time accordingly." A senior fi
nance major, Hoche is also a member of
the Texas A&M swim team.
B Hoche has already had an internship
with Price Waterhouse over the sum
mer. Hoche needs two more semesters
to graduate and maintains a 3.24 grade
point ratio.
I "Sports ivf general give you a good
Symposium on careers in business
communications
outlook with excellent leadership qual
ities and thus hard work will lend itself
well in the business world," Hoche said.
Steven Box, a sophomore marketing
major, who plays strong safety for the
football team, agrees that budgeting
your study time can be the whole key to
staying in athletics and doing well in
school,
"I looked into the future when I chose
a major in business, because I will only
play football professionally if the oppor
tunity presents itself," Box said.
John Dawson; a fifth year manage
ment major, on the other hand, was de
termined to make it in professional foot
ball, until he was injured his junior year.
Then Dawson changed from a physical
education major into business to get a
degree with a better employment out
look.
"I finally grew up when I was a sopho
more here. I realized 1 couldn't spend all
my time in football and had to hit the
books, and use my time wisely," Daw
son said.
Marvin Keller, a sophomore account
ing major who pitches for the Texas
A&M baseball team said that school is as
important as athletics and thus Keller
boasts a 3.8 GPR.
The reason for Keller's choice into a
business major is that all his life he has
dreamed of becoming a certified public
accountant (CPA).
"I would like to pursue tennis profes
sionally, but I need a good degree to fall
back on if I don't make it on the begin
ning circuits," said Ron Kowal, a junior
finance major on the Aggie tennis team.
Kowal misses many classes in the fall
due to away tournaments and must rely
on the tutors that are provided to help
him catch up on the classes missed.
"It's hard and demanding to be an
athlete and study, and no one should
think that an athlete can just slide
through. You have to have your priori
ties straight before you get to your upper
level business courses." Kowal said.
Even with all of Kowal's away tourna
ments and demanding prtice schedule
he maintains a 2.5 GPR.
All in all there are 13 of the 92 football
players in business majors, five of the 38
baseball players, 12 of the 57 track mem
bers, five of the 10 tennis players, nine of
the 29 swimmers, six of the 14 golfers
and one on the basketball team.
If you have ever thought of a career in
business communications, then you will
be interested in the symposium to be
held in room 410 of the Rudder Tower
from 7-9pm on March 25.
"Careers in Business Communica
tions" is a workshop being sponsored by
the Brazos Valley chapter of the Interna
tional Association of Business Com
municators (IABC) and the Department
of Communications at Texas A&M.
The symposium will bring communi
cations professionals from Dallas, Au
stin and Houston to participate in frank
and open discussions ^bout this grow
ing field. Jo Ann Armke, an editor of
Tierra Grande, is president of the local
IABC chapter.
The panel of professionals includes:
is* Michael S. Reynolds, '66, manager
of communications for Conoco Chemic
als in Houston who will discuss what
supervisors look for when hiring new
communications personnel
is* Ava King, '80, a communications
specialist with Conoco Chemicals who
will look at corporate communications
from the viewpoint of the new employee
— including how to succeed where
others fail
is* Linda Walker Buck of the Texas
Medical Association in Austin will re
view careers in statewide and national
communications management positions
for corporations, associations, hospitals
and advertising/public relations firms;
She will discuss career opportunities
that result from a communications back-;
ground
is* Betty Barnett is a communications
consultant with the Dallas office of Tow
ers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, a worl
dwide organizational communications
firm. She will outline careers available in
the growing consulting industry for per
sons with communications/business
backgrounds.
David Jones, the local IABC program
chariman, explains that the format of the
symposium will allow maximum in
teraction between the audience and
speakers, with brief professional presen
tations, a general question-and-answer
session, and small groups in face-to-face
discussions on communications careers.
More information is available from
David Jones in the Texas Real Estate Re
search Center, room 633, Academic and
Agency building; 845-2038.
A personal touch at A&M
by Larry Baggs
Co-op education a large plus for business students
by Chris Hunjey
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■ MENTORS, a volunteer group of pro-
m lessors, add an extra dimension bf care
and provide a mechanism for communi
cation between students and faculty.
Professor James McNeal said.
I MENTORS, a program of faculty
office hours for students who "just need
to talk with someone," does more than
help students struggling with difficult
classes, said McNeal, a marketing pro
fessor in the College of Business Admi-
He has been a mentor for
$hree years.
I "Mentors serve as brokers of informa
tion by referring students to people that
can help," McNeal said.
Ill "They care an extra hour or so," he
said, referring to the fact each mentor
ets aside special time for students.
Each mentor receives a copy of "MEN-
ORS Can Help," a manual that lists
it researchers each mentor, his teaching field and the
bidden from tf hours he is available. The booklet in-
nones. eludes information about where to refer
people with specific problems,
j The growth of Texas A&M University
J led to the creation of MENTORS,
| C ) I vJU McNeal said. This growth forced profes
sors to concentrate more on academics,
he pre-World lb he said. As the classes increase in size,
ommemorate t< |h e professor has less time to spend with
i niniiiig hj s gpjdents individually. Faculty mem
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io will be displaiftlents with academic or personal prob-
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questions see their instructors first, but
admitted that some students need more
time than instructors can provide. He.
said he looks upon the mentor's role as
supplementary to that of the instructor.
McNeal also noted that MENTORS was
not designed to replace or substitute for
any programs provided by departmental
advisors, the Academic Counseling
Sevice, the Personal Counseling Service,
or any other student services. MEN
TORS was designed to provide a listen
ing ear, a counselor who knows what
services are available for troubled stu
dents. "I advise perhaps six people a
year who make several visits each,"
McNeal said. Most students need help
only once or twice, he said, but some
students need someone to listen and
care.
"In those cases," he said, "the student
usually prefers someone he won't be
seeing in class."
McNeal said the reason more students
don't participate is because they don't
know about the MENTORS program.
He suggested that students who need
information should ask a mentor for
help.
Each college has mentors. Those in the
College of Business are McNeal, Lorence
Bravenec, Gary Giroux, Charles Plum,
Larry Pointer, Florence Sneed, Steve
McDaniel, Wade Ferguson, George
Fowler, David Benson, Cynthia Fisher,
Stanley Kratchman, and Richard
Woodman.
Three years ago, the College of Busi
ness Administration began its coopera
tive education program with one stu
dent. This year the program has 36 stu
dents involved from the College of Busi
ness.
In the co-op program, 1,200 students
participate from the Colleges of Agricul
ture, Architecture and Environmental
Design, Business Administration, Edu
cation, Engineering and Liberal Arts,
and the Departments of Meteorology
and Biomedical Science.
To participate in the co-op program, a
student must maintain a 2.5 grade point
ratio. The majority of the students in the
co-op program have a 3.0 GPR or better,
Associate Director of Cooperative Edu
cation Wayne Terrell said. If the student
does fall below a 2.5 average, the deci
sion to let the student remain in the co
op program is left to the employer.
Most students in the co-op program
do not have problems graduating in four
years. However, this does mean he must
attend summer school and night school
when co-oping, Terrell said.
There are many advantages to partici
pating in the co-op program, Terrell
said. Students receive two hours credit
for participating, in addition to getting
paid for their work. Experience and exp
osure in specific fields, association with
and working with others in their field,
and the ability to be certain the field they
have chosen is right are other advan
tages of the co-op program, he said.
The basic concept of the co-op prog
ram is to give students a higher level of
exposure to the corporate world, and in
dustry benefits by using the co-op prog
ram as a recruiting device.
Fifty major companies like Exxon,
Monsanto and IBM participate in the
Business Administration Co-op Prog
ram. The average salary for the business
co-op student is $950 per month, but the
actual salary can go as high as $1,200 per
month depending on the student and
the company.
This is the fifth and final year the co-op
program will be federally funded, Terrell
said. Future funds for the program will
be acquired from the state and industry.
Unfortunately, state funding was
based on last year's enrollment of 30,000
students, Terrell said. The increase of
enrollment this year will cause a cutback
of funds to many University organiza
tions and services, including the co-op
program, he said.
Students interested in the business co
op program may call Terrell at 845-7725
or see an advisor in the business under
graduate dean's office.
MBA program restructured
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The Master of Business Administra
tion, MBA, degree program at Texas
A&M University has been reconstructed
to focus on general business manage
ment rather than on specialization in a
specific business field, according to Lin
da Chalmers, MBA program assistant di
rector.
The previous MBA program was one
of variable length, with emphasis on a
major field. It depended largely on the
composition of students' undergraduate
degrees and the universities they had
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attended. Chalmers said the old prog
ram was a "cafeteria-style program"
with a little of everything included.
The decision to rebuild the MBA prog
ram at Texas A&M University was
reached in the fall of 1979. A committee
examined the graduate school programs
of several major universities around the
United States.
The new program, which began in
August 1981, is a 48-hour program —
about two years for full-time students —
and is directed away from specialization
in a specifiq>field of study. The program
is built around set schedules each semes
ter. Only three or four elective courses
are taken, and those generally at the end
of the program, Chalmers said. The pre
vious MBA program required 6(J to 66
hours of graduate work for students
without business degrees.
The MBA program is designed for stu
dents from nearly every field, as only 26
percent of the enrollment were under
graduate business majors, Chalmers
said. The other 74 percent is composed
of 18 percent engineering and technical
majors, 18 percent liberal arts majors, 16
percent sciences and 22 percent other
majors. 7
Students tend to enter the MBA prog>
ram to find as many career opportunities
as possible. Their motives are to advance
in specific fields or change career fields
entirely, broadening their career op'-
tions. '
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The Business, March 2, 1982
— Vol. 5, No. 3
"The Business" is published by
the undergraduate Business Stu
dent Council as a monthly news
letter for students of the College of
Business Administration, Texas
A&M University. Telephone 7131
845-1320. This special edition is
published as a supplement to The
Battalion. Advertising in this .
special edition is the responsibility '•
of "The Business," and the Busi- ■'
ness Student Council.
Staff Editor, Susan DuBois £
Student Editor, Phillip DuPree
Advertising Director, Marianne
Dominguez
Ad Assistant, Alan Sandersen
Council President, Denise
Johnson
Council Staff Advisor, Lynn Zim-
mermann
Dean of the College, Dr. William
V. Muse.
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