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Beta Gamma Sigma to Induct 76 New Members

Student Tapped
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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April 6, 2004
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