Professor Elam

Entrepreneurial Spirit: South Texas Women in Business

Weekend July 6, 2019

Texas A & M University San Antonio will sponsor the symposium  Entrepreneurial Spirit: South Texas Women in Business.  The inaugural event will occur

Friday November 1, 2019. It will be held in the Vista Room  with its spectacular view of the drive  from South Loop 410 into Campus.  the Vista Room is located on the Fourth Floor of the Central Academic Building.  Women are in the news more than ever which makes this an ideal topic for our new annual event.

 

Register at

 

https://jg/rs/stwbc

The fee is modest at $30 per attendee or $240 for a table of eight.   that includes morning coffee and a light lunch.

The proposed agenda is as follows.

AM

10: 30    Registration and Coffee, Fourth Floor, Academic Building

11:00    Opening Remarks Office of the President Cynthia Matson

11:10     Alyssa Hayden, CEO Socionomics Institute , Why Women Now?

11:35      Dr. Amy Porter,  The Female Experience: South Texas 1800-1850

PM

12:00    Lunch

12:20     Corinna Holt Richter, CEO Holt Caterpillar, The Values of HOLT Make us Who We Are

12:50    Reset for Town Hall Presentation

1:00     Patricia Stout. CEO / President, The Alamo Travel Group

1:15    Cecilia Garcia, The Priority Group, Commercial Real Estate

1:30     Town Hall Meeting with All Speakers Available to the Audience

Networking to follow in the afternoon.

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Alyssa Hayden

Alyssa Hayden is CEO of he Socionomics Institute.  The Institute promotes the study of Socionomics which explains that changes in endogenous social mood activate social change.   She studied education and culture while teaching at  at the University of Oregon where she received her Masters Degree.

Dr. Amy Porter

Dr. Amy Porter was be inducted into the Texas A&M University System annual Chancellor's Academy of Teacher Educators in  2015. Dr. Porter, an author and avid researcher of colonial America and women’s history.  She authored Heir Lives, Their Wills: Women in the Borderlands, 1750 - 1846.

Corinna Holt Richter

Siblings Peter Holt and Corinna Richter have owned and managed HOLT CAT since 2017. Now the largest Caterpillar dealer in the country, with over 2,700 employees and more than 50 locations throughout Texas, HOLT CAT is a fifth-generation family-owned business headquartered in Southeast San Antonio. Peter Holt serves as CEO and General Manager of HOLT CAT, while Richter is the company’s President and Chief Administrative Officer.

 

Pat is the Founder/CEO/President of The Alamo Travel Group, LP. Established in 1990 in San Antonio, Texas, Alamo Travel has expanded to become a nationwide provider of corporate, leisure, federal and state travel services. Alamo Travel is a certified travel service provider for federal and state employees by the State of Texas, the General Services Administration and the Department of Defense.

The Priority Group was founded and is personally managed by Cecilia G. Garcia. Ms. Garcia is a proven specialist and has over 21 years experience in leasing, sales, management, accounting, construction and marketing  of commercial properties (Industrial, Office, Retail).

For more information contact

 

Dennis Elam PhD CPA

dennis.elam@att.net

 

 

 

 

11% Default Rate $1.5 T Student Debt

Monday June 24, 2019

Bernie says it is time for Wall Street to bail out student borrowers

Expect the 20+ Dem Presidential candidates to out do one another in offering schemes to eliminate student debt, and attract those student voters.

Bernie says the problem is that the Federal Govt has not stepped in and helped students.

 

This is grossly incorrect. The Feds have stepped in only to help universities raise fees and tuition with no downside or risk to the school whatsoever.  And the real tragedy

 

if a college degree (notice it iis always a generic degree,never s specific one) is so valuable, why do so many students have difficulty repaying hhe loan. The answer is that far too many  degrees simply do not deliver the job ready skills to meet the debt payments. And that is the tragedy.

And  now a question, if Bernie et al are going to wipe out existing college debt, what about the debt currently being pile up by those enrolled in college?  Doe s that get wiped out the day the student graduates?

Job Opportunity

Weekend June 16 2019

We have a job opportunity at Lone Star Capital Bank for a full-time Credit Analyst.  Please find attached the job description.  I would be very appreciative if you could circulate this to faculty and the career counseling office at Texas A &M.

 

Kind regards,

 

Sujata

 

 

Sujata Venkateswar

Credit Officer

210-496-7723– office

(210) 496-6118 – fax

 

Seeking a Gleim Campus Rep

Wed May 29, 219

Good afternoon,

I hope all is well! Do you know of any students that might be interested in the Gleim Campus Rep Program? If so, complete information can be found here: https://www.gleim.com/students/campus-rep-program/

The last Gleim Campus Rep for your school completed the program and was unable to find a replacement.

The program is easy to complete and normally takes about 20hrs a semester. Students can do presentations, post on social media, and tell others about Gleim to gain points and earn free study materials.

Benefits:

• Earn a full GLEIM Review System of your choice (CPA, CIA, CMA, or EA).
• Great opportunity to network with professionals, teachers, and your peers.
• Learn about the exam process and content while educating your fellow students.
• Build your resumé.

Responsibilities:

• Tell all of your classmates about GLEIM.
• Distribute GLEIM promotional materials on our CPA, CIA, CMA, and EA Exam Review Systems.
• Make sure GLEIM is visible at club and campus events.
• Opportunity to work trade shows with GLEIM (not available in all areas).

Please feel free to distribute this information to anyone that might be interested or to other professors. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask. Thank you for your help!

Best,

Alexandra

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Alexandra Graham
Professor Relations Coordinator
IMA Chapter Coordinator
800-874-5346 ext. 658

Vacatoning in SA, the Japanese Garden and the Bombay Bicycle Club

Memorial Day Weekend May 27, 2019

Am I going anywhere in June?  Well not very far, we decided to vacation in San Antonio. People come from all over to be here and we already are. First stop, the Japanese Tea Garden.

Originally constructed in 1915 in a rock quarry, the Parks Foundation has re furbished this gem.

 

What is a Japanese Garden Pool without Koi (japanese carp) ?

We then retreated to the https://www.bombaybicycleclubsa.com/ just a block west on St Mary's.  A unique holdover from what used to be a nation wide franchise.

 

What could be more kitsch than an Alberto Vargas imitation?

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The place is packed with all sorts of collectible memorabilia, here is a sample.

I never have quite understood the murals of animals playing cards but here is one for the record books.See below.

Bombay is on St Mary's just west of US 281, the Garden is another block down the street. Bombay is very casual, burgers, beer, appetizers and such. She had a burger and I had the turkey avocado bacon, we had to split each and bring the other half home in a carry out. Cheap thrills, stay tuned for more vacation fun in SA.

Students Learn About CMA CPA Exams

Friday May 17 2019

 

Saturday April 27 2019 I invited three guest speakers to my  ACCT 5308 Ethics Class.

Jennifer Larson CPA is the current President of San Antonio Institute of Management Accountants. She brought along Russell who is a CMA.

Jennifer Dirks is a TAMUSA graduate. She has passed two now three parts of the CPA and the first part of CIA.

Michelle Willis is a TAMUSA graduate who has passed the second section of CIA.

We had a lively discussion about the different exams and test taking strategies.

Russell and Jennifer Larson at right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Dirks above.

Michelle visits with students in right photo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Students  engage all four speakers after class.

The students agreed this was a helpful session.

 

Certified Exam Update

Weekend April  127, 2019

Former students Michelle Willis and Jennifer Dirks  spoke with my ACCT 5308 class today.  Michelle has passed parts I & II of the CIA.  Jennifer has passed part I of CIA and Regulation and Audit in CPA.  Jennifer Larson CPA with Sol Schwartz is President of SA Institute of Management Accountants.

 

E book Survey

Weekend April 27. 2019

Please assist our Marketing Dept in conducting a survey on the e book prolbem

 

Dear students,
I would like to invite you to participate in a research project on evaluating our college’s ebook program. Your participation will help our college evaluate and improve our ebook program and ultimately benefit your learning. Please click on the following link (or copy and paste the link into your browser) to complete the anonymous survey:

https://tamusa.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cPbiSjOkn2XJlvD

Thank you very much.

Brigham Young Professor Visits Campus

Weekend April 21 2019

 

Professor Douglas Prawitt visited the TAMUSA campus. He presesented one of his papers and discussed research with the faculty.

TAMUSA Internship Expo

Weekend April 21, 2019

A poster presentation of our business student involvement in internship took place April 8.