65 top business students inducted into international honor society

Only the best business students in the world, and the professionals who earned the distinction of "The Best in Business" during their academic careers, can claim membership in Beta Gamma Sigma. The 65 Beta Gamma Sigma inductees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln College of Business Administration have earned that title.

While almost 300,000 students receive bachelor's or master's degrees in business each year, only about 20,000 are inducted into lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma. Students ranking in the top 7 percent of the junior class, top 10 percent of the senior class, and top 20 percent of master's programs at schools accredited by AACSB International (the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) are eligible for this invitation.

Beta Gamma Sigma was founded as a national organization on Feb. 19, 1913. The first national honor society in business was a merger of three separate societies established to honor academic achievement in business at the universities of Wisconsin, Illinois and California. With chapters in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, Beta Gamma Sigma today is an international society that remains dedicated to recognizing the most outstanding students of business and management.

The following students were inducted into the UNL chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma at an April 22 ceremony:

NEBRASKA

Beatrice: Rebecca Waltke (junior).

Bellwood: Brian Zimmer (junior).

Bladen: Erin Bartels (senior).

Blair: Emily Gross (junior).

Davey: Lee Martin (junior).

Dorchester: Jedidiah Burkey (senior).

Elgin: Matthew Bode (junior).

Fairmont: Ryan Betka (junior), Christin Lovegrove (junior).

Fremont: Darin Whitmer (junior).

Grand Island: Scott Anderson (senior), Katie Kerr (junior).

Gretna: Lindsay Hermsen (junior).

Hastings: Andrew Kehr (junior).

Lincoln: Cory Buland (senior), Soo Huay Chia (senior), William Christen (master's candidate), Jason Decker (junior), Sara Jelden (junior), Michael Krajewski (master's candidate), Steven Lewis (junior), Matthew Maher (senior), Kimberly Martin (junior), Stacey Michelle Mund (master's candidate), Dipanjan Nag (master's candidate), Renaud Piccinini (Ph.D. candidate), Marisa Pont (junior), Ulyana Smolyak (senior), Anna Swisher (junior), Cody Weitzenkamp (master's candidate).

McCook: Jaime Patera (master's candidate).

Norfolk: Kristopher Mather (junior).

Omaha: John Erickson (Ph.D. candidate), Paige Frazier (junior), Julie Rosenbaugh (junior), Ryan Zehnacker (junior).

Papillion: Nicole Hanson (junior).

Pleasanton: Melissa Zwiener (senior).

Roca: Tabitha Fix (junior).

Seward: Thomas Rathje (master's candidate).

Stamford: Karla Lubeck (senior).

Talmage: Carley Gerdes (junior).

Valentine: Katie Weaver (senior).

Wahoo: Christine Furasek (junior).

Wilber: Eric Sasek (junior).

ELSEWHERE

Aurora, Colo.: Shannon Minick (master's candidate).

Calcutta, India: Debaleena Mukherjee (junior).

Centerville, Iowa: Misty Redinbaugh (junior).

Cheyenne, Wyo.: Shannon Kelly (junior).

Fargo, N.D.: Scott DeVos (junior), Kathryn Orseth (junior).

Gumma, Japan: Yoshiaki Hasegawa (junior).

Henderson, Nev.: Erica Ginn (junior).

Leawood, Kan.: Katilyn Pulcher (junior).

Manhattan, Kan.: KoKo Tacha (junior).

Mitchell, S.D.: Josh Suelflow (senior).

Mount Pleasant, N.C.: Megan White (master's candidate).

Shawnee, Kan.: Adam Saunders (junior).

South Lawrence, Mass.: Jeongil Choi (Ph.D. candidate).

Thornton, Colo.: Erin Rehm (junior)

Watertown, S.D.: Nancy Puthoff (junior), Matthew Roby (junior).

CONTACT: Marilyn Hoskins, Public Relations Coordinator, College of Business Administration, (402) 472-3382