School of Business Honor Society Inductions

The School of Business will induct new members in two international honor societies, Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) and Omicron Delta Epsilon (ODE), on Tuesday, April 17 at 6:30 p.m.

Beta Gamma Sigma provides the highest recognition a business student can receive in a baccalaureate or graduate program at a school accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Founded in 1913, the mission of BGS is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, to foster personal and professional excellence, to advance the values of the Society, and to serve its lifelong members.

New undergraduate inductees are Kara Baughman, Sydnee Chavis, Jordyn Hanson, and Shellie Marshall. New inductees who are MBA candidates are Lauren Aplin, Michael Brown, Brian Cordell, Emily Jividen, and Jeffrey Schum. Faculty advisor for the Meredith Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma is Dr. Jane Barnes, Associate Professor of Business.

Established in 1963, Omicron Delta Epsilon is the International Honor Society for Economics, one of the world’s largest honor societies. The objectives of ODE are recognition of scholastic attainment and the honoring of outstanding achievements in economics; the establishment of closer ties between students and faculty in economics within colleges and universities, and among colleges and universities; the publication of its official journal, The American Economist, and sponsoring of panels at professional meetings as well as the Irving Fisher and Frank W. Taussig competitions. New inductees are Kara Baughman, Clair Fabrizio, Shellie Marshall, Maggy Norwood, Ana Spitzley, Katherine Tomlinson, and Beth Wallace. Dr. Anne York, Associate Professor of Economics, is faculty advisor for the Meredith College Phi Chapter of Omicron Delta Epsilon.

The Honor Society ceremony will include a welcome from Dr. Douglas Wakeman, Dean of the School of Business, with current members of each honor society inducting new members.