Top Business Students Invited to Join Beta Gamma Sigma
March 10, 2017
MACOMB, IL - - The Western Illinois University College of Business and Technology has announced that 42 business students have been invited to join Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS), an honor society recognizing business excellence. Initiates will be recognized at a banquet and induction ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, April 2 in the University Union Lamoine Room.
Membership in the BGS business honorary is the highest recognition an undergraduate or graduate student can receive in a business program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International.
To be invited to join, students must have demonstrated academic excellence as the top 10 percent of their sophomore, junior or senior classes, or the top 20 percent of the Master of Business Administration or Master of Accountancy programs.
Since 1988, WIU has recognized more than 500 students as inductees in the international honor society, and Western's chapter is recognized as a chapter of distinction with the BGS Bronze Key in Stipes Hall.
Students are listed below by county and state:
Adams:
Quincy – Lauren Crear, junior, human resource management
Bureau:
Buda – Rene Geary, senior, accountancy
Cook:
Bartlett – Emily Holmes, junior, accountancy
Palos Hills – Nathaniel Schaub, junior, finance
DuPage:
Lisle – Erica Hagen, sophomore, accountancy
Hancock:
Plymouth – Tucker Lee, sophomore, marketing
Knox:
Abingdon – Zachary Glisan, sophomore, marketing
Lake:
Libertyville – Kevin Cronin, sophomore, management
McDonough:
Macomb – Mary Rager, senior, accountancy; Rome Hamm, junior, finance
Peoria:
Peoria – Benjamin Fiddes, senior, supply chain management
Rock Island:
Coal Valley – Jacob Shulenberg, senior, supply chain management
East Moline – Jacob Zentz, sophomore, accountancy
Illinois City – Becky Taylor, senior, accountancy
Moline – Andrea McNall, senior, accountancy; Nicholas Rossa, senior, marketing; Hayley Reid, junior, supply chain management; Jacob Neill, junior, supply chain management; Stephanie Emery, senior, management
Rock Island – Amanda Rockhold, senior, accountancy; Paul Carlson, senior, accountancy
Silvis – Brady Alley, senior, management
Sangamon:
Springfield – Nicholas Sanderlin, senior, supply chain management
Schuyler:
Rushville – Jennifer Shepherd, sophomore, management
Stark:
La Fayette – Nora Williams, senior, accountancy
Tazewell:
Morton – Ashton Atkins, senior, accountancy
Warren:
Monmouth – Justin McGuire, graduate student, business administration
Whiteside:
Albany – Autumn Hutton, junior, accountancy; Susan Griffis, graduate student, accountancy
Sterling – Brayden Hemminger, sophomore, management
Other States
Iowa:
Bettendorf – Lisa Alter, senior, accountancy
Davenport – James Franceson, senior, accountancy
Marion – Jacob Bjornsen, junior, finance
Mediapolis – Douglas Edwards, graduate student, business administration
Wapello – Cassidee Dossett, senior, managment
Minnesota:
Coon Rapids – Jamison Kozar, sophomore, management
Missouri:
Blue Springs – Mariah Peters, senior, accountancy
Wisconsin:
Menomonee Falls – Samantha Lehnen, sophomore, accountancy
New Berlin – Nathan Erickson, sophomore, supply chain management
Other Countries
China – Jiamian Deng, sophomore, accountancy
India – Anjan Kasireddy, graduate student, business administration
Russia – Maria Bessmertnaya, junior, accountancy
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