Beta Gamma Sigma to Induct 76 New Members
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Audrey Morris, center, a junior majoring
in finance and banking, is one of 76 new Beta Gamma Sigma
inductees. Gerald Kohers, right, associate professor
of marketing and management, and Elsie Ameen, associate
professor in accounting, informed Morris that she had
been selected. Kohers and Ameen are
on the Beta Gamma Sigma Committee and Ameen is also the
faculty adviser/secretary treasurer. |
Beta Gamma Sigma, the international business honor fraternity,
will hold its annual banquet on April 7 at Elkins Lake to
induct new members into lifetime membership. Keith Jenkins,
who served as secretary-treasurer of the organization from
1997-2003, will be the speaker.
The fraternity tapped 75 students and one faculty member during
March. The tapping ceremony is used to invite eligible students
and faculty to join Beta Gamma Sigma. A reception was held
on March 9 to honor current and prospective Beta Gamma Sigma
members. College of Business Administration faculty members
also attended.
Those to be inducted into the James E. Gilmore Chapter of
Beta Gamma Sigma at the ceremony to be held April 7:
Juniors Amy Elizabeth Anderson, Sharon Elizabeth Crawley,
John Michael Deveau, Daniel Ray Forrest, Jr., Natasha Marie
Gilbert , Jessica Holleman, Elizabeth Joann Jackson, Amber
Marie Kainer, Tiffany Mitchell, Audrey Sara Morris, Kimberly
Ocker, Jael Redden, Annette Judith Rodriguez, Stefanie Stephens,
Pamela Fuquay Tucker, Chad Logan Valentine and Laura Elizabeth
Verboon;
Seniors Ashley Marie Alcott, Jaime Lynn Arriola, Carissa Michelle
Barosh, Tracy Ann Baxter, Robert John Brackenridge, Lisa Roxanne
Cauvel, Shane Scott Christian, Deborah E. Connors, Mindi Dawn
Cook,, Margaret Anne Culver, Olivia Louise Dakers, John Frank
Denton, Margaret Camile Erpenbeck, Rebecca Ann Fikac, Lin
Ge, John Gregory George Jr., Clint Getz, Kristina Marie Gilbert,
Leticia Rodriguez Gonzalez, Candice Marie Grantham, James
L. Henley Jr., Maria Henry, James Jordan, Steve Paul Kutz,
Christina Diane Lynch, Kristina Marie Malish, Kimberly Michelle
Mann, Janna Catherine Marks, Lacelyn Neef-Hedrick, Tatyana
Sergey Povarenkina, Ellen Ruth Powers, Alan Michael Robertson,
Shandlyn De’na Robinson, Scott Anthony Simoneaux, Joel
Suurmeyer, Emalie Vann Thok, Timothy Scott Thomas, Lesley
Jennice Vasquez, Jessica Nicole Waggoner, Jason Leon Walker,
Laurie Ann Warren, Jana L. Weber, Tuppence Leanne Weix, Syble
Janay Wigley and Brittini L. Wilkison;
Masters students Joel Fletcher Bolton, Gabriel Christian Brackett,
Bernadette Chettiar, Rachel Renee Holton, Curtis Willard Kofoed,
Heather LaFleur, MeiMei Li, Mary Mosley, Deborah Lynn Nowaczyk,
Anthony Karl Piperato, Sr., Shoba Prabhakaran, John Milton
Wainwright and Nannan Wang;
Faculty member James Bexley.
Beta Gamma Sigma was founded as a national organization on
February 19, 1913. The first national honor society in business
was a merger of three separate societies established to honor
academic achievement in business at the University of Wisconsin,
University of Illinois and the University of California.
With chapters in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and
the United Kingdom, Beta Gamma Sigma today is truly an international
society that remains dedicated to recognizing the most outstanding
students of business and management. The Society serves business
schools accredited by AACSB International in the 21st century
knowing that its membership of more than 500,000 comprises
the brightest and best of the world’s business leaders.
Juniors must be in the top 7 percent of their class, seniors
in the top 10 percent and graduating master's students in
the top 20 percent to be eligible for membership. Students
must also meet national and local criteria to be tapped including
a minimum 3.5 GPA. Undergraduates must have completed 30 hours
at Sam Houston State and 12 hours in the College of Business
Administration.
The Sam Houston Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma was named a Premier
Chapter for 2003. This recognition is based on achieving a
100 percent acceptance rate for those tapped. The award also
permits the chapter to award a $1,000 scholarship to a Beta
Gamma Sigma member for the 2004-2005 academic year.
R. Dean Lewis, dean of the College of Business Administration,
serves as president of the chapter and Elsie Ameen is the
secretary-treasurer and faculty adviser. For more information
on the organization, contact Ameen at 936.294.1263 or go to
the COBA home page.
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SHSU Media Contact: Frank
Krystyniak
April 6, 2004
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