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Celebrating the 2026 Beta Gamma Sigma inductees

The Raymond A. Mason School of Business proudly welcomed its newest members into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society on Friday evening, recognizing an accomplished group of students whose academic excellence places them among the very best in business education.

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Raymond A. Mason School of Business receives $1 million gift honoring Dennis C. Gibbs ’74

The Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William & Mary has received a transformative $1 million gift to establish an endowment in honor of Dennis C. Gibbs ’74—a distinguished alumnus whose life and career were defined by leadership, integrity, and a deep commitment to others. This endowed fund will provide flexible, unrestricted support to meet the evolving needs of the Mason School community, helping to sustain its strength and spirit for generations to come.

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From California to Williamsburg: Alexa Mikeska’s Four-Year Tribe Journey

When Alexa Mikeska committed to William & Mary, she was stepping into the unknown. The Carlsbad, Calif., native had never been to Virginia and had no connections to the area. What she did have was belief in the program's vision and a willingness to embrace the opportunity to grow — both as a player and as a person.

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Redesigning learning for an AI-enabled future

The Raymond A. Mason School of Business and its Academic Innovation team recently hosted the second annual Teaching and Research with Generative AI Sprint (TARGAS II), a two-day faculty-and-student experience designed to rethink higher education for an AI-enabled future.

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William & Mary named a 2025–26 Celonis Academic Center of Excellence

The Raymond A. Mason School of Business played a central role in William & Mary's designation as a Celonis Academic Center of Excellence for the 2025–26 academic year. The university was named among the global leaders in process mining scholarship and applied learning. The announcement was made at Celosphere, the company's annual international conference held November 3–5 in Munich, Germany, where Professor Monica Tremblay served as a featured panelist.

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Turning data into care: MSBA students partner with Lackey Clinic to support patient engagement

For students in William & Mary’s Master of Science in Business Analytics program, learning to build sophisticated machine learning models is only part of the equation. Understanding how data operates in the real world, especially in settings where human outcomes are significant, is central to the Raymond A. Mason School of Business experience.