Category: A & M San Antonio
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Weekend August 12, 2012 This student comment was important enough that I decided to do another post rather than a comment. See two posts back about the Permian Basin. Here is the student comment. I believe TAMUSA courses that view the economic situations in the Permian Basin and Eagle Shale Ford would be excellent initiatives.…
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Weekend August 12 2012 There is a trend towards allowing students to answer questions as a group. The idea is to allow students to answer without the stigma of being the only one to participate particularly if the answer is wrong. I spent a couple of hours with the folks at Their system allows a…
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Weekend August 12 2012 TAMUSA has iniatited a series of trips to foreign countries. So to get in the spirit of things, way back in February, 2011 I proposed a trip to the Permian Basin. This would be a foreign country by definition in that no one from San Antonio has been there the notion of…
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Friday August 10, 2012 Gary Shilling makes the case that too many college students emerge without any marketable skills. He notes taht a soft degree might have had some value ten or twenty years ago but most of those jobs are being replaced by computers or, he does not say but, simply outsourcing that job by…
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Tuesday July 31 2012 Now credit default swaps are rising for a host of tech stocks from HPQ to Dell to , well read this. We will be studying derivatives and their implications this fall.
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Tuesday July 17, 2012 LeRoy Neiman was the official artist for five Olympiads. His work was prominently featured in Playboy in the heyday of his work during the 1950s – 1970s. today's WSJ featured a piece on the American Sport Art Museum and Archives in of all places, Daphne, AL. Click to take a walking tour of…
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Thursday July 5, 2012 Dear TAMU-SA Student, Texas A&M University-San Antonio values the opinions and feedback of our students. With this in mind, we would like to encourage you to provide constructive feedback on the quality of academic advising services at Texas A&M University-San Antonio through the "Advising Survey" which is now open for responses. …
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thursday July 5, 2012 All over the world companies are running away from compulsory union membership for their employees. Airbus is locating in Alabama, the new reigning champ in attracting manufacturing heavyweights. In my lifetime the South has indeed risen again. This was made possible by the invention of practical, affordable air conditioning the Atlanta and…
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Wednesday June 20 2012 http://libguides.tamusa.tamus.edu/getsmart Use this URL to access the online library class on how to use the research catabases on our campus. You will receive a five point quiz grade by bringing you certificate of completion to class.
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Wednesday June 20, 2012 Here is a workshop that I will be attending. For those of you unable to attend, I will take notes and post the results. As a part of our 'Seminars for Charity' series, MGR Accounting Recruiters is holding a seminar specifically for Recent College Graduates to assist them with their job…
