ARGUS Software, Inc., a global company specializing in commercial real estate software, recently gave a gift-in-kind worth $200,000 to Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. The gift provided 50 copies of their ARGUS Valuation DSC software, which students will be able to use in a campus computer lab.   «view»

Dwain and Lynda Mayfield of Weatherford, staunch supporters of Texas A&M University, have endowed their second study abroad scholarship, this time exclusively for civil engineering students.   «view»

Steven W. and Elaine Nance gave a $25,000 gift to the Texas A&M Foundation, which was founded in 1953 to match donors and their interests with the university's priorities. Their gift established the Michael '08 and Kristen '05 Nance Fish Camp Scholarship Endowment for students of Texas A&M University.   «view»

Howard Horne '47 knows about both business and personal success. He also knows his success was enriched by his years at Texas A&M University.   «view»

The Cushing Memorial Library and Archives and the Texas A&M University Libraries have acquired a first edition of George Catlin's North American Indian Portfolio (1844) honoring the 95th birthday of Dr. Mavis P. Kelsey of Houston.   «view»

Olive E. and T. Michael "Mike" O'Connor of Houston honored the memory of their longtime friend with a $500,000 engineering endowment at Texas A&M University.   «view»

Charles H. Bowman '59 and his wife Lynn A. Holleran increased a $50,000 endowment gift made in 2005 in support of programs that enhance exchanges, cultural programming and students of the Middle East.   «view»

Ernst & Young cemented a strong relationship with Mays Business School at Texas A&M University with a recent gift of $500,000 to create the Ernst & Young Professional Program Learning Endowment.   «view»

The Sam C. Svoboda '82 Endowed Scholarship Fund for Aggie Accounting Majors was established at Texas A&M University's Mays Business School with a $50,000 gift from his friends, clients and colleagues at Gainer, Donnelly & Desroches.   «view»

To honor the memory and spirit of their 6-year-old grandson who seemed destined to be an Aggie, Patricia and Warren (Pat) Kirksey of Lockhart have established the Spencer Patton Squire Memorial Scholarship in Education in the College of Education and Human Development at Texas A&M University.   «view»

The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal of a ruling that found officials at Texas A&M University cannot be held responsible for deaths and injuries in the 1999 bonfire collapse.   «view»

Over the last four years, endowments and foundations as a group have beaten both the S&P 500 and a mix of the S&P and the Lehman Aggregate Bond Index. Over the last 10 years, endowments worth more than $1 billion averaged returns of 11.4 percent per year compared with the S&P's 8.3 percent.   «view»

A new generation of donors is emerging where donations have become a much more involved process.   «view»