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Beta Gamma Sigma welcomes new members
April 10, 2004
CARROLLTON, GA - The University of West Georgia’s chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, national business honorary society, recently held its 20th annual initiation ceremony.
Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest academic honor that the Richards College of Business can bestow. The requirement for membership is to be a business major ranking in the top seven percent of juniors, 10 percent of seniors and 20 percent of graduate students by overall grade point average (GPA).
Beta Gamma Sigma, founded in 1913, is the only national scholastic honor society in the field of business administration recognized by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business International.
This year’s new members are: Juniors: Jonathan Adams of Franklin; Marc Finsterbusch of Villa Rica; Melissa Gaffoglio of Cartersville; Kathleen Hall of Sharpsburg; Ashley Hall of Lawrenceville; Katerina Nikolova, Jonathan Stamps and Allison Thrash of Carrollton; Lori Stewart of Fayetteville; Lauren Warner of Lawrenceville; and Nicholas Young of Fayetteville.
Seniors: Kristal Duncan of Moreland; Dimitra Fotopoulos of Douglasville; Eric Heider of Lawrenceville; Greta Holmes of Delano, MN; Amanda Kerlin and Currie Spier of Newnan; Melissa Leonard of Fayetteville; Joshua Longmire, Audrey McKinney, Mark Wilburn and Dominique Rameau of Carrollton; Grant Loosier of Macon; Martiea Lowe of Stockbridge; John Otting of Sugar Hill; Angelina Runyan of Graham, AL; Lauren Schuder of Palmetto; Elizabeth Tucker of Sharpsburg; Lindsay Vaughn of Woodstock; and Lauren Wall of Whitesburg.
Graduate
students: Laura Baxter of Temple; Nancy Benton of Alpharetta; Seyhan Durusut
of Carrollton; Wilson Pais of Swainsboro; Mark Roden of Sharpsburg; and
Riley Wells of Rome.
Shelley Barker, president of Beta Gamma Sigma from Carrollton, received
the Award of Excellence for her outstanding GPA, scholarships, awards
and activities. This award is voted on by the faculty of the Richards
College of Business.
Also, Bill Loftin was named honorary member of Beta Gamma Sigma. Loftin is a local industrialist who co-owns Fashion Star, Bleyle, Sewells and other local clothing manufacturing companies.
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