UT Tyler Business Honor Society Receives Exemplary Award
October 27, 2004
The University of Texas at Tyler collegiate chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma has been recognized as an exemplary chapter, Dr. Jim Tarter, dean of the College of Business and Technology, announced.
By receiving the exemplary chapter award, t he UT Tyler Beta Gamma Sigma chapter is being recognized for its high level of success in recruiting top business students into the society.
Each year, collegiate Beta Gamma Sigma chapters extend invitations to the top seven percent of business juniors, the upper 10 percent of business seniors and the highest 20 percent of business graduate students. Chapters reporting a 70 percent acceptance rate of invited potential members at both the graduate and undergraduate level, and those chapters indicating an 85 percent acceptance rate at one academic level, are considered to be exemplary.
Of the 417 Beta Gamma Sigma chapters currently established on college and university campuses, only 52 were recognized as an exemplary chapter in 2004.
With exemplary chapter status, UT Tyler BGS is now eligible to award a $1,000 Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship in the 2005-2006 academic year.
Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for AACSB International – The Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business. Its mission is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business and to foster personal and professional excellence among its members.
In order to meet this goal, Beta Gamma Sigma annually extends society membership to the best and brightest students from AACSB accredited business programs. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma provides students with lifelong recognition of their high scholarly achievement, a benefit they carry throughout the rest of their academic and professional careers.
