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son MSC's success relies on people
’87 MSC president looking ahead
ByJEANNE ISENBERG
Staff Writer
t , ’eople are the key to the success
ubi the Memorial Student Center in
pilg Texas A&M and its students
n toM t h e i r educational goals, says
(j lt )ert Bisor, the 1986-1987 MSC
,la r > Bent.
It’s time to let people know why
tsof.relhere and how important we
f in the University’s educatio-
e [j broi ess,” Bisor says. “The MSC is
e . boratory where students can take
Ua l ^B°m knowledge and apply it to
of l;M e situations.”
1 sa\iB r ’ a sen > or sociology major,
.pIBiosen Monday night by the
.U^touncil to take over the duties
MSC president/MSC Council
t beginning in April,
r says he is not a newcomer to
council or to the MSC as a whole.
ifot
«u£B volvemem begun during his
^yjBian year w'hen he joined the
tv fk Awareness Committee, and
level of involvement has in-
steadily through time, he
came here from Bryan
;h>I found I really needed some-
da! ig 1 )take up my time,” he says. “I
j^Joing crazy without involve-
U, and so I became a general
Robert Bisor
committee member of the BAC.
From there, I moved into the pro
gramming aspects of that committee
by questioning the whys of what we
were doing and helping in the plan-
ning.
“However, it was during my ju
nior year with the BAC, when I was
executive vice chairman, that I real
ized how many opportunities existed
outside of the BAC.”
Bisor says he and the chairman of
the BAC began trying to incorporate
more of the MSC and its policies into
the committee. Recruitment, one of
the major goals of the MSC, became
one of the major goals of the BAC,
he says.
Bisor says that was his most devel
opmental year with the BAC, be
cause the committee had never paid
so much attention to minority re
cruitment and retention. He said he
really learned about dedication to a
goal and seeing it through.
Then, last April, Bisor became the
vice president of cultural programs
for the MSC. He had set the BAC in
a direction to keep growing, he says,
and he was ready to move on.
He stayed in this position for six
months, until the position of exec
utive vice president for marketing
and personnel opened.
As president, Bisor says, his first
goal is to maintain and strengthen
the MSC goals.
Bisor says the MSC has four major
goals:
• To provide a place where the
faculty, the students, the former stu
dents and any guests to the Univer
sity can interact as equals.
• To provide a wide range of cul
tural, educational, recreational and
entertainment programming.
• To provide facilities and serv
ices such as the Browsing Library
and print and copying.
• To provide and advance stu
dent leadership opportunities.
Bisor is the first black MSC presi
dent, and he says that he’s only dis
appointed that it took so long to hap
pen.
“It isn’t the fault of the MSC, but I
really think it says something about
the University and how it’s chang
ing,” Bisor says. “Maybe at one point
the student body wasn’t willing to ac
cept a black student on campus, let
alone in a major leadership position.
But this is a message to minority stu
dents that that’s changing.
“I’d like to be considered a role
model to students. It shows that once
you’re out in the real world you have
to deal with people, regardless of
race, sex, religion.
“People just have to learn to pay
attention to the character of the per
son under the skin — not just their
color.”
Bisor says he wants students to
understand that if they want to get
things done, they have to get in
volved and roll up their sleeves and
work.
“My mother’s always told me that
I’m the final decision in anything I
want to do,” Bisor says, “and the
MSC has given me so much, I’m
hoping to give it something back.”
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Monday, February 3,1986
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BUSINESS
Monthly Newsletter of the students of the College of Business Administration. Texas A&M University
Supplement to the Battalion
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Business Student Council of the
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Dean Welcomes Students
Dear Students:
I As we look beyond the campus boundries, we see a world in the midst of
I major economic tranformations. The unprecedented competetion for global
I markets; the acceleration of technological development; increased merger,
joint ventureand new venture activity; and theincreasing percentage of our
GNP attributable to information and service sectors of the economy are but
; a few of the manifestations of this tranformation.
BUSINESS WEEK and CAREER FAIR provide you with an excellent oppor-
, tunity to learn more about how various organizations are planning for the
| future and what roles you can expect to play in this future. Good career
j choices are based on good information. You are encouraged to take full ad-
vantageof the seminars, career booths and other activities planned for
BUSINESS WEEK to help focus your career thinking. A record number of
companies will be participating and an outstanding program has been
planned for yourbenefit.
My congratulationsto the students who are totally responsible for organiz
ing and implementing BUSINESS WEEK and CAREER FAIR. Your lead
ership is a great service to your fellow students, the college, university, and
business community. Thanks to the corporate community, visiting exec
utives and faculty for devoting their time and expertise to this important
week of information sharing. *
I look forward to seeing you during BUSINESS WEEK and CAREER FAIR.
Sincerely,
William H. Mobley
Dean
Encouraging Future
for College Grads
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Company Booths on
Tuesday February 4
ARCO Oil & Gas Company
Arthur Andersen & Company
Burgher King
Business & Prof. Advertising Assoc.
Color Title, Inc.
Commonwealth Financial Group
CONOCO North American Produc
tion
Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Dillard's Department Stores, Inc.
Dillard's of Fort Worth
Dun & Bradstreet
Eckerd Drugs
EXXON Company USA
Foley's
HEB Grocery Company
Interfirst Bank
Interfirst Bank
JCPenny Company
Joske'sof Texas
Kroger Grocery Company
Mervyn's
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Neiman-Marcus
Palais Royal Stores, Inc.
Paul Nick Financial Services
Payless Cashways, Inc.
Pennzoil Company
Quaker Oats Company
Randall's Food Markets, Inc.
Safeway Stores, Inc.
Sanger Harris
Seidman & Seidman
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.
Tenneco Oil Exploration & Produc
tion Co.
Tennessee Gas Transmission Com
pany
Texaco Inc.
Texas Comptroller of Public Ac
counts
Touche Ross
United Services Automobile Assoc.
Victoria Bank & Trust
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
Xerox Corporation
Tandy Corporation/Radio Shack
By Mark Rudolph
The career outlook for college grad
uates in 1986, according to the Col
lege Placement Council Annual Re
port shows a two percent increase in
jobs for all graduates.
Dr. Willaim H. Mobley, dean of
Texas A&M's College of Business
Administration, says the highest
percentage of new job creations will
be in small companies. He defines
small companies as those having les-
sthan 100 employees.
But Mobley says there should be
some "catchup" hiring in the en
ergy, electronics, and financial infor
mation industries.
"One can argue that these indus
tries will bottom out," Mobley says.
The council report predicts a
seven percent increase for graduates
with a Bachelor of Business Admin
istration degree and a four percent
increase for graduates with a Master
of Business Administration degree.
"Over a five year period I would
expect annual rates in that range,"
Mobley says.
Dr. Candida Lutes, associate dean
for students in the College of Liberal
Arts, says there is increasing prom
ise for liberal arts graduates in ob
taining jobs, if the economy stays
the way it is.
She says publications continually
show that corporations are aware of
the value of a liberal arts education.
"Liberal arts graduates fare pretty
well given that they are flexible,"
Lutes says.
"Any company, any corporation,
any agency that wants someone who
can come up with new approaches
will be looking at liberal arts ma
jors."
She says students with technical
degrees start with higher salaries,
but liberal arts graduates who learn
on the job technical skills have a his
tory of moving up the ladder
quickly.
"There seems to be a swing back
toward the interest in hiring liberal
arts majors," according to Danny
Parsley, Liberal Arts assistant for the
Placement Center.
He says liberal arts major can offer
a more liberal, general background
and companies are looking for indi
viduals with broad backgrounds.
"Chief Executive Officers want
more liberal arts majors," Parsley
says, "but conflict arises with the
idea that business majors will pro
duce more output quicker."
Mobley adds that there will be
above average hiring for graduates
with degrees in accounting, business
analysis and management informa
tion systems. He also says one
should expect a further expansion in
job hiring if interest rates fall and if
exports become attractive.
Many employers are upset with il
literacy. It is a real plus in the job
search for people to write well. En
glish and Journalism majors could
benefit. Lutes says.
Lutes also says economics majors
should do well in seeking employ
ment over the next few years.
As for other students. Lutes says it
is a matter of them selling them
selves.
Brookshire Food Stores
CONOCO Petroleum Products,
N. A.
Company Booths on
Wednesday February 5
American Institute of Real Estate
Appraisers
Arthur Andersen & Company
Arthur Young
Becker CPA Review
Burgher King Corporation
Boeing Computer Services
Burroughs Corporation
Children's Place, The
Chubb Groupof Financial Services
Clarke Checks, Inc.
Conviser-Miller
Cooper's & Lybrand
Deloitte Haskins & Sells
Diamond Shamrock
Dow Chemical USA, Comptroller
Div.
Dow Chemical USA, Marketing
Ernst & Whinney
Harper and Pearson Company
Jack In The Box (Foodmaker, Inc.)
KMG Main Hurdman
Luby's Cafeterias
MBank Houston
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
Mobil Oil Corporation
Pappas' Restaurants, Inc.
Payless Cashways, Inc.
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co.
Pizza Hut
Price Waterhouse
Seidman & Seidman
1776, Inc.
State Farm Insurance Companies
Taco Bell Corporation
Tenneco Oil Exploration & Produc
tion
Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company
Texas Commerce Bank - Reagan
White Petrov McHone
Zales Corporation
CONOCO Petroleum Products,
N.A.
Recognition Given Leading
Students in CBA
By KATHERINE GOLLEY
The handsome maroon and white
invitations sent to companies nation
wide to attend the Texas A&M Busi
ness Week is a good representation
of the quality of the week-long
schedule of events held every spring
by the College of Business Adminis
tration.
The College of Business Adminis
tration has been putting on the Busi
ness Week since 1980.
The week, which begins Monday,
February 3, 1986, will include a wide
variety of functions that are in
tended to expose students to various
companies from around the country.
One aspect of the Business Week
is the recognition of outstanding stu
dents in the College of Business Ad
ministration.
"The CBA annually uses this time
to recognize our outstanding aca
demic and business leaders, " com
mented Lynn Zimmermann, Assis
tant to the Dean of the College.
"One element of that week is that
we have twonights set aside to rec
ognize outstanding students in the
CBA. The students selected as this
year's leaders are invited to a recep
tion with the representatives from
the participating companies."
About 200 students are invited
and approxamately 100 company
representatives attend the recep-
tion,he says.
"What we are trying to do is get
the company representatives to
gether with the students in a relaxed
atmosphere."
The students also are publicly rec
ognized the following night during
the Career Fair Banquet.
"They are awarded a plaque and
have the opportunity to further ac
quaint themselves with the partici
pating companies," Zimmermann
explained.
Each of the 75 companies has its
own table at the banquet, he says.
When the student buys a banquet
ticket, he chooses to sit at a partic
ular company's table. Six to eight
students are at the table with one or
two reps from the company in which
they have a specific interest, Zim
mermann says.
"This increases the personal con
tact we are trying to maximize," he
says.
The criteria for recognition as a
CBA leader comes from two catego
ries- grade standing and extracucci-
cular activies in the CBA.
Dr. Samuel M. Gillespie, assistant
to the dean irt the CBA, says, "The
senior and junior with the highest
overall grade-point ratio in the Col
lege of Business Administration is
awarded the overall academic
award. Then the junior and senior
with the highest GPR's in each of the
five departments within the CBA are
also recognized.
These students are chosen at the
end of the fall semester and recogni
tion will be based on current GPR
and number of hours completed at
A&M, Gillespie says.
"Also, students that have made
the dean's honor roll for two consec
utive semesters, which means post
ing a GPR of 3.75 in two semesters
while carrying a minimum of 15
hours in the spring or fall semesters
or 12 hours in the summer semester.
These students are invited to attend
the reception and are honored at the
banquet," he adds.
The other category is the business
leader group.
Zimmermann says, "Those stu
dents involved in student activities
are recognized for the time and lead
ership they devote to the 20 student
clubs within the CBA. All the presi
dents and vice-presidents of these
organizations are invited. Many
times we have overlaps from stu
dents who are both academic and ex-
tracurricularleaders so our number
of students recognized varies."
“The Business" is published by the undergraduate Business Student Council
of the College of Business Administration, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843; telephone 409/845-1320. Editors: Pam Bolting and
Kenneth Dornak. Business Student Council President: Doug Boughton.
Council,Advisor: Lynn Zimmermann. Dean of the College: Dr. William H.
Mobley.
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