The Elon University collegiate chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma has been recognized as a Premier Chapter for its superior level of membership acceptance and promotional activities during the 2003-2004 academic year.
By receiving the Premier Chapter award, the Elon University 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 7 percent of business juniors, the upper 10 percent of business seniors, and the highest 20 percent of business graduate students. Chapters granted Premier status have had at least 85 percent of their invitations accepted by their top undergraduate and graduate level students. Acceptance rates are taken from the 2003-2004 school year, from which collegiate chapters were required to submit information before being considered a Premier Chapter. According to information submitted by the Elon University chapter, 100 percent of invited students chose to join Beta Gamma Sigma in 2003-2004.
With Premier Chapter status, the Elon University BGS collegiate chapter will now be eligible to award a $1,000 Beta Gamma Sigma scholarship in the 2005-2006 academic year. The chapter is also pre-qualified for consideration as an Outstanding Chapter, the highest honor attainable by a collegiate chapter. Elon University’s Beta Gamma Sigma chapter will also receive a certificate recognizing its Premier accomplishments.
Of the 417 Beta Gamma Sigma chapters currently established on college and university campuses, only 62 were recognized as a Premier Chapter in 2004.
About Beta Gamma Sigma: Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society for AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma 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.
Lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest achievement available to business students anywhere in the world, and is extended to the upper 7 percent of juniors, the top 10 percent of seniors, and the upper 20 percent of graduate students. Of the 300,000 students expected to graduate from business programs each year, only about 20,000 will be invited to join the Society. Beta Gamma Sigma collegiate chapters currently operate on 417 college and university campuses, and can be found in all 50 states and four continents.