Fall 2012 Issue
Mast Student Investment Roundtable
A center in SFA's Department of Economics and Finance that provides students with valuable hands-on investing experience has been named in honor of a local family's generous financial support of SFA.
The newly named Mast Student Investment Roundtable is a business course that gives students real-world experience, both in investing in the stock market and reporting to clients about monetary gains and losses. Office and classroom space for the Mast Roundtable is located on the first floor of the R.E. McGee Business Building.
"Association with the Mast family adds a level of integrity and character to the investment roundtable," said Dr. Todd Brown, SFA associate professor of finance and chair of the Department of Economics and Finance. "That's an important aspect of investing, and the importance of reputation is something we focus on with our students."
The A.T. Mast family has endowed funds that benefit SFA academic and art scholarships, the School of Nursing, and SFA's Mast Arboretum. A fourth-generation native of Texas, the late A.T. Mast was prominent in the East Texas ranching and timber business. His son Travis Mast is a retired Nacogdoches pediatrician, and his son John is active in timber and ranching endeavors in Texas and in New Mexico. Both are graduates of SFA. Their sister, Tricia Mast George, attended SFA, Sweet Briar College in Virginia and the University of Texas at Austin.
The Mast Student Investment Roundtable invests more than $350,000 from sources including the SFA Alumni Foundation and the SFASU Foundation, and the earnings reports are shared with the organizations' boards of directors. A portion of the proceeds from the investments are used for Alumni Association scholarships.
Read the Fall 2012 Issue of the Rusche Review.