Beta Gamma Sigma News

2007 Initiation

The Emporia State University Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma held its 2007 initiation on Monday, April 16, in the Kanza Room of the Memorial Union just prior to the School of Business 2007 Honors Banquet. Seventeen individuals were included in the 2007 class of initiates. The new members are:

Dr. Zane Swanson, Chapter President, presided over the initiation. BGS members Blake Fiene, Enilda Romero, and Ashley Boczek assisted with the initiation ceremony. Dean Robert Hite recognized the Chapter’s honorary initiate, Mr. Ed. Eilert.

Chapter Past President, Dr. Tom Slocombe, presented the Gamma Sigma Scholarship for 2007 – 08 to Enilda Romero assisted by Courtney Stevens, the 2006 -07 scholarship recipient. Dr. Donald Miller and Dr. William Remington, assisted with the distribution of pens and certificates.

2006 - Beta Gamma Sigma Initiates New Members

The Emporia State Beta Gamma Sigma chapter recently initiated twenty-six new members. The students selected meet the high membership qualifications specified by the Chapter’s constitution. The prospective members include twenty undergraduates, five MBA students, and one faculty member, Dr. Kevin Johnson.

Mr. Calvin T. Roberts was initiated into the chapter as an honorary member. The new members were inducted at the initiation ceremony on Wednesday, April 12, 2006, in the Kanza Room of the Memorial Union.

Emporia State University Receives
Exemplary Beta Gamma Sigma Chapter Award

The Emporia State University collegiate chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma has been recognized as an Exemplary Chapter for its superior level of membership acceptance in the 2003-2004 academic year.
By receiving the Exemplary Chapter award, the Emporia State University chapter is being recognized for its high level of success in recruiting top business students into the Society. Each year, collegiate Beta Gamma Sigma chapters extend invitations to the top 7 percent of business juniors, the upper 10 percent of business seniors, and the highest 20 percent of business graduate students. Chapters reporting a 70 percent acceptance rate of invited potential members at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and those chapters indicating an 85 percent acceptance rate at one academic level, are considered to be Exemplary.

With Exemplary Chapter status, the Emporia State University BGS collegiate chapter is now eligible to award a $1,000 Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship in the 2005-2006 academic year. Emporia State University’s Beta Gamma Sigma chapter will also receive a certificate commemorating its Exemplary accomplishments.

Of the 417 Beta Gamma Sigma chapters currently established on college and university campuses, only 52 were recognized as an Exemplary Chapter in 2004.

About Beta Gamma Sigma: Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business and to foster personal and professional excellence among its members. In order to meet this goal, Beta Gamma Sigma annually extends Society membership to the best and brightest students from AACSB accredited business programs. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma provides students with lifelong recognition of their high scholarly achievement, a benefit they carry throughout the rest of their academic and professional careers.

Lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest achievement available to business students anywhere in the world, and is extended to the upper 7 percent of juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors, and the upper 20 percent of graduate students. Of the 300,000 students expected to graduate from business programs each year, only about 20,000 will be invited to join the Society. Beta Gamma Sigma collegiate chapters currently operate on 417 college and university campuses, and can be found in all 50 states and on four continents.

2005 - Beta Gamma Sigma Initiates New Members

The Emporia State Beta Gamma Sigma chapter recently initiated twenty-four new members. The students selected meet the high membership qualifications specified by the Chapter’s constitution. The prospective members include ninteen undergraduates, three MBA students, and one faculty member, Dr. Kevin Coulson.

Mr. Art. Picullel was initiated into the chapter as an honorary member. Mr. Picullel and his wife Dee are both Emporia State alumni. Mr. Picullel has had a distinguished career in real estate development. The Picullel’s recently established the Herman B. Baehr Endowed Chair in Finance in the School of Business. Dr. Baehr was one of Mr. Picullel’s instructors when he was a student at Emporia State.

The new members were inducted at the initiation ceremony on Wednesday, April 13, 2005, in the Kanza Room of the Memorial Union.

ESU Beta Gamma Sigma Chartering Ceremony (spring 2003).

From the left:

• Dr. Richard Brown, Dean Emeritus of Northern Illinois, ESU Alumni and chartering officer.
• Dean (Emeritus of ESU) Sajjad Hashmi.
• Dr. John Rich, Charter Advisor.
• Mr. Richard Zahn, Honary member of Beta Gamma Sigma and ESU Distinguished Alumni.