Mays Impacts

Lauren Osborne has been named Advisor of the Year. The university-level recognition from the Division of Student Affairs recognizes advisors who distinguish themselves by providing exemplary guidance, support, and dedication to the advisement of a recognized student organization at Texas A&M University.

Awards are presented annually to one advisor from each of the three categories: registered, affiliated, and sponsored. Osborne advises the Student Retailing Association, which is a registered organization.

Osborne is the program manager for the Center for Retailing Studies (CRS) in Mays Business School’s Department of Marketing.

Osborne encourages officers to step up as leaders, said CRS Director Kelli Hollinger. “SRA runs incredibly smoothly and provides extraordinary professional development opportunities for its 65 members.”

Hollinger said she sees Osborne’s passion for her work exhibited every day. “Students admire her so much for genuinely caring about their academic success, career ambitions, and personal stories,” she said.

Osborne graduated from Texas A&M in 2005 with a degree in Recreation, Park and Tourism Sciences with an emphasis in Tourism Marketing. She will celebrate her five-year anniversary with Mays on July 1. She started with CRS as program coordinator, and was promoted to program manager in 2016.

She previously worked as the director of development for the Children’s Museum of the Brazos Valley. Before that, she worked as an executive meeting manager in the hotel industry for 6 ½ years at properties in Texas and Mississippi.

The 4th Annual KPMG Fraud Case Competition Final Round was held on May 1 at Mays Business School. The three teams competing in the Final Round had advanced from the Preliminary Round held there the prior week. Final Round judging was facilitated by Travis Canova, director, and Kelsey Wright from the Houston office of KPMG’s U.S. Forensic Advisory Practice. Executive Professor of Accounting Tim Torno coordinated the competition.

The Final Round case competition participants from Mays Business School included:

Joshua Brookins                     Elizabeth Chavez                    Sabra Jasinki

Alexandra Garefalos               Reagan Farmer                       Rebekah Land

Tara Schwehm                        Alicia Hays                              Morgan Liptoi

Kristine Sebastian                   Camden McKenney                Andy Schultz

Carissa Van Beek                    Temiloluwa Taiwo                  Jake Shields

The first-place team is pictured below (from left to right): Andy Schultz, Travis Canova (KPMG), Rebekah Land, Morgan Liptoi, Kelsey Wright (KPMG), Sabra Jasinki, and Jake Shields.