LSUS to induct 12 into business honor society 04/08/02

Only a select few are called "The Best in Business," and 12 LSUS College of Business Administration students have earned the title this year. The elite dozen - two graduate students, six seniors and four juniors - will be inducted into the LSUS chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International.

The induction ceremony will be Wednesday (April 10) at 5:30 p.m. in the Noel Memorial Library on the campus of LSU in Shreveport.

Cynthia Harju Baldwin, of Shreveport, and Anthony Steven Evangelista, of Bossier City, are the graduate students to be inducted. The seniors are David Levon Cannon, April Lynn Doughty, Cassandra Allena Smyth and Jeannine Paula Watts, all of Bossier City; and Pratima Ram and Candace D. Williamson, both of Shreveport. The juniors are Charles Edward Tabor, of Bossier City; Deborah Jeanne Windham, of Doyline; and Rebecca Anne Dean and Amy Renee Lafitte, both of Shreveport.

Nearly 300,000 students receive bachelor's or master's degrees in business nationwide each year, but only about 16,000 are elected to lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma. To be eligible for invitation to membership, juniors must rank in the top 7 percent of their class, seniors in the top 10 percent of their class and master's degree candidates must rank in the top 20 percent of their programs at AACSB-accredited schools.

Beta Gamma Sigma was founded as a national organization in 1913. Its mission is to encourage and honor academic achievement and personal excellence in the study and practice of business. The society fosters in its members an enduring commitment to its principles and values: honor and integrity, pursuit of wisdom and earnestness.