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Bittner School Officially Inducts 38 Students into Beta Gamma Sigma
04/25/2012
A total of 38 students from the St. John Fisher College Ronald L. Bittner School of Business were officially inducted into the College’s Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) chapter at an induction ceremony that took place Friday, April 20. BGS is the international honor society for business students and scholars.
Students ranking in the top 10 percent of the baccalaureate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International are eligible. The inducted students join an expanding worldwide network of more than 625,000 outstanding business professionals who have earned recognition through lifetime membership in BGS.
The following students were inducted at the April 20 ceremony:
MBA Students
- Muhammad Ahmad
- Jessica Albright
- Scott Blodgett
- Michael Ciaccia
- Colleen Fagan
- Andrew Goodlein
- Alexandria Haitz
- Deron Johnson
- Graham King
- Kristen Komara
- Ryan Macauley
- Carmen Paulino
- Jenna Thomas
Seniors
- Daniel Agan
- Adam Benfante
- Angela Camaione
- Michelle Catalfamo
- Michael Clune
- Michael Cottorone
- Sarah Fordyce
- Bradley Gass
- Timothy Johnson
- Chad Monheim
- Adam Pettinella
- Laura Schwach
- Jeffrey Stelianou
- Jacqueline VanLaeken
Juniors
- Michael Boisvert
- Bianca Calascibetta
- Samantha Duffy
- Kathleen Fandrich
- John Housel
- Brian Johnson
- Jennifer Riekstins
- Amanda Scheutzow
- Jacob Skeval
- Matthew Thibodeau
- Eric Williams
Students were inducted by Dr. David Martin, Dean of the Bittner School; Dr. Jason Berman, Chapter Faculty Advisor; and Dr. Selim Ilter, Professor of Management. Lauren Richards ’12, the BGS student liaison who majored in accounting, and minored in legal studies, gave the keynote address.
BGS was founded as a national organization on February 19, 1913. By 1919, the organization took action to establish itself as the only scholastic honor society recognized by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). This organization, which was renamed AACSB International—The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business—includes in its membership collegiate schools of business that meet high standards of eligibility required of accredited member institutions with respect to curricula, teaching staff, teaching loads, library and laboratory facilities. 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 International.