History of Beta Gamma Sigma
Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest national recognition a student in business can receive in an undergraduate, master's, or doctoral program at a school accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Beta Gamma Sigma was founded as a national organization in 1913. The first national honor society in business was a merger of three separate societies established to honor academic achievement in business at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California. Action was initiated in 1919 to establish Beta Gamma Sigma as the only scholastic honor society recognized by AACSB. Beta Gamma Sigma amended its constitution in 1921 to restrict the installation of new chapters to collegiate schools of business which are accredited members of AACSB. In 2000, the SPU chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma superseded our chapter of Sigma Beta Delta as the school's business honor society.
Undergraduate/Master's Requirements
BGS membership is limited to students enrolled in programs accredited by AACSB. To be eligible for membership, the academic ranking of those being considered must place them in the upper 10 percent of the junior class, or the upper 10 percent of the senior class if not admitted as a junior, or the upper 20 percent of the graduating master's class. Students must have completed at least one year of work at SPU prior to election.
SPU Chapter Officers
Chapter President — Dr. Gary Karns
Class of 2023
Juniors
Sage Driscoll
Halle Isaak
Bryce Jones
Nathan Parks
Seniors
Caleb Daly
Justin Freeman
Jenna Gillam
Annelise Hoover
Yen Vy Hoang
Kayla Hoang
Carissa Ing
Michelle Moxley
Thuy Tien Nguyen
Tien Thi Thuy Nguyen
Graduate Students
Brenda Benedetti
Craig Miller
April Neubauer
Katie Rorem