LSUS inducts 30 into business honor society
05/15/06

Only a select few are called “The Best in Business,” and 30 LSUS College of Business Administration students earned the title this year. Four graduate student, 16 seniors and 10 juniors have been 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 - George Lozano and Jason Roberts, Bossier City; and Stephanie Guillory and Jennifer Thomas, Shreveport.

Seniors - Jacob Bell, Benton; Carrie Barham, Bossier City; Bridget Rutherford, Converse; Chelsey Mixon, Keithville; Amanda Phillips, Mooringsport; Kristi Corley, Sean Deere, Joshua Dixon, Dannette Furgerson, Jim Kent, Christopher Knighton, Natalie Sirven, Kathryn Thaxton and Tosha Ultz, Shreveport, and Cindy Hay, Waskom, Texas.

Juniors - Murphy Shelton, Bossier City; Tara Gilmore, Castor; Darlenna Atkins, Taylor Jones, Jacob McGuirt, Holly Penn, Kristen Rinaudo, Frances Robles and Sarah Smith, Shreveport, and Kiley Fuller, Stonewall.

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.