Mays students get honorable mention in Deloitte competition
November 16, 2007
A team of graduate students from Mays Business School at Texas A&M University was given honorable mention in the sixth annual Deloitte Tax Case Study Competition, a nationwide interscholastic competition for undergraduate and graduate tax students. The Deloitte Foundation, a non-profit arm of the Deloitte professional services organization, hosted the competition in November.
Collegiate teams met at 10 regional Deloitte offices around the country, and were presented with a hypothetical case study that tested the students’ knowledge of a variety of tax topics. Each team was then given five hours to ponder and compose a solution to the case study.
“This year, our judges were genuinely impressed by the performance of the more than 200 students who participated in the regional competition,” said Shaun Budnik, president of the Deloitte Foundation. “If the case study responses that were submitted this year are any indication of where the next generation of tax leadership is heading, our future is going to be in very good hands.”
Each of the eight regional honorable mention award recipient schools will receive a $1,000 award for their institution. A $100 individual award will also be given to each regional honorable mention student team member.
“This year, we had nearly 50 teams from 35 colleges and universities work against the clock to complete a real-world, complex business problem that is reflective of what practicing tax professionals must address and solve in the workplace each day,” said Chet Wood, chairman and chief executive officer of Deloitte Tax LLP. “We are delighted at the high level at which these students competed, which is a credit not only to the students themselves, but also to the faculties and tax departments at their colleges and universities. As educators and business people, we share a duty to prepare the next generation of business leaders, and to open students’ eyes and minds to the opportunities that exist. Deloitte is proud to play a part in doing that by sponsoring this competition. Congratulations to all of the students on a job well done.”
About the Deloitte Foundation
The Deloitte Foundation is a not-for-profit organization that supports teaching, research, and curriculum innovation in accounting, business, and related fields within the U.S. The Foundation, founded in 1928, supports an array of national programs, which are relevant to a variety of professional services, and which benefit undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty. For more information, please visit the Deloitte Foundation web page at www.deloitte.com/us/df.
About Deloitte
As used in this document, “Deloitte” means Deloitte & Touche USA LLP. Please see www.deloitte.com/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP and its subsidiaries.
About Mays Business School
Mays Business School currently enrolls more than 4,000 undergraduate students and 875 graduate students. Mays is nationally ranked among public business schools for the quality of its undergraduate program, MBA program and the faculty scholarship of its 110 professors in five departments.
