LSUS inducts 26 into business honor society 04/28/03

Only a select few are called “The Best in Business,” and 26 LSUS College of Business Administration students have earned the title this year. The two graduate students, 13 seniors and 11 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 inductees are: graduate students Katherine Anne Lowe and Kevin Michael McCrary; seniors Sara Alexis Burney, Susan R. Croft, Matthew Zack Foshee, Loyce Jonell Hart, Michael Anthony Hayes, James Patrick McElwee, Ben Alan Miles, Renee L. Monroe, Rhonda Jo Neil, Amber Nicole Rollins, Annie Robin Todd, Christen Joy Waldrop and Andrew Thomas Zobell; and juniors Amina Munir Bader, Michael Duane Collins, Betsy Jean Comeau, Nicolette Diane Gauthier, Andrea Jean Hughes, Joe Alexander Lawler, Heather Lynn Marzec, William Ward Murray Jr., Kristina Louise Sojka, Shauna Beatrice Vaughn and David Michael Washer.

McElwee is also the recipient of a $1,000 Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship.

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.