Poole College Welcomes Nearly 40 New Members to Beta Gamma Sigma, the Business Honor Society

Thirty-eight students and two faculty members in the NC State University Poole College of Management were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) on April
14, 2012, at NC State’s E. Carroll Joyner Visitor Center in Raleigh, N.C.

Induction into BGS – the international academic honor society – marks the highest academic achievement for students in business programs at universities accredited by AACSB International. Respected tenured faculty members also are invited to join. This spring’s induction ceremony included 14 graduate students and 24 in the college’s undergraduate degree programs. Honorees may wear their BGS cords at their graduation ceremonies.

To be eligible for invitation into Beta Gamma Sigma, students must be second-semester juniors or seniors ranking in the upper 10 percent of their class or graduate students ranking in the upper 20 percent of their class. Charley Costa, president of the BGS chapter in the Raleigh area, was among those welcoming the newest members. He encouraged the inductees to take advantage of BGS’s extensive network of professionals in Triangle and globally.

The induction ceremony was led by Elizabeth Warren, Poole College academic advisor and the college’s Beta Gamma Sigma chapter advisor. Dr. Ira R. Weiss, dean of the college and BGS chapter president, presented opening remarks, and Dr. K. Shannon Davis, associate dean of undergraduate programs and chapter vice president, presented closing remarks. Also participating in the induction ceremony were Dr. Lee Craig, head, Department of Economics; Dr. Roger Mayer, professor, Department of Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship, and Clyde Crider, director, Supply Chain Resource Cooperative.

Following are among Poole College’s 2012 BGS inductees.

Faculty

• Dr. Mehmet Caner, professor of economics

• Dr. Katherine A. Krawczyk, Dixon Hughes Professor of Accounting and director of the college’s Jenkins Master of Accounting program

Jenkins Master of Accounting Program

• Pierce Larry Autry
• Madison B. Burke

• Paul Arnold Burks

Jenkins Master of Business Administration

• Zachary Michael Allen
• William Daniel Amburn
• Akhil Bhatia
• Jay Young Kwon
• Pooja Pooja
• Manasi Sunil Shah

• Matthew Takvorian

Master of Global Innovation Management

• Paul McKnight Browning
• Kendra Lee Harmison

• Kaverieppa Muddiyada

Bachelor of Science in Accounting – Seniors

• Ezekiel Oladapo Kayode
• Stephen Andrew Krouse
• Jason Micah Pate
• Josh Barth Strehle

• Cynthia Marie Winzenz

Bachelor of Science in Accounting – Juniors

• Rachael Ross Huntley
• Marla S. Miller
• Jason C. Patel

• Alzabeth Monchi Roman

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Seniors
Joel Tyler Gordon
William Haywood Hardy, III
Brian William Welch
Lauren Marie Wildrick

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration – Juniors
Kaley Bryn Baughman
Jennifer Elisabeth Forster
Christina M. Foster
Matthew Scott Hunter
Andrew Donald Kuebler
Christine Jeanette Lutz
William Braiden Parlier
Catherine Marie Pirzadeh
Tiana Rose Stevens
William Medlin Wilson