{"id":17958,"date":"2021-03-25T16:15:42","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:15:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/business\/?p=17958"},"modified":"2021-03-29T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T13:48:06","slug":"2021-beta-gamma-sigma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/business\/blog\/2021\/03\/25\/2021-beta-gamma-sigma\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing the 2021 Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business are pleased to announce that 79 students have been invited to join the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betagammasigma.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beta Gamma Sigma<\/a> International Business Honor Society this year.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the business honor society for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacsb.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AACSB-accredited schools<\/a>. These are the top 5% of business school programs around the world. This is a prestigious honor, and to help our students join, the Maine Business School covers the induction fee for each student.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeta Gamma Sigma is the highest academic honor that an AACSB-accredited business program can bestow upon students,\u201d says Faye Gilbert, Ph.D., Executive Dean of the Maine Business School. \u201cWhen you meet a member of BGS, you are interacting with one of the top business minds in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Each Spring, the Maine Business School inducts the top 20% of MaineMBA students and&nbsp; the top 10% of undergraduate Juniors and Seniors into our local chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma. This year\u2019s virtual induction ceremony will be held at 2 pm on April 23rd.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will be presided over by the current BGS officers: Angelina Buzzelli, MBA president; Nicole Pelletier, undergraduate president; Katelynn McFadden, vice president; and Jeremiah Richardson, scribe. BGS academic advisor Grant Miles, Ph.D., Executive Dean Faye Gilbert, Ph.D., and Associate Dean Jason Harkins, Ph.D. will also help induct the next class of students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The current BGS Officers have also voted to include <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/business\/people\/erin-percival-carter\/\">Erin Percival Carter, Ph.D.<\/a>, as a faculty inductee this year.<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations to Dr. Carter and the following students:<\/p>\n<h3>Juniors<\/h3>\n<p>Connor Dominick Bell<br \/>\nGabrielle Elizabeth Benson<br \/>\nHope Bifulco<br \/>\nDevon Mycah Carrier<br \/>\nJoy Taylor Cartwright<br \/>\nEmily Kelly Chapin<br \/>\nNicholas James Czuchra<br \/>\nJennifer Marie Dean<br \/>\nAlexander Joseph Drobot<br \/>\nAshton Hailey Dunbar<br \/>\nAlexis Ree Everett<br \/>\nAustin Scott Findlen<br \/>\nEliza Foye<br \/>\nChase Andrew Holt<br \/>\nChristopher Arnold Johanson<br \/>\nKathryn E Kane<br \/>\nKira Kutzinski<br \/>\nErin Amy MacAskill<br \/>\nJonathan William Maidman<br \/>\nAidan Kent Michaud<br \/>\nHeather Emily Munroe<br \/>\nKian Michael Murray<br \/>\nNicholas I Poulin<br \/>\nMikayla Marie Reynolds<br \/>\nVictoria Sophia Roman<br \/>\nJakub Sirota<br \/>\nKendall Rose Szumilas<br \/>\nAllison Elizabeth Treat<br \/>\nSamuel Walker<\/p>\n<h3>Seniors<\/h3>\n<p>Jacob Beauchesne<br \/>\nGrace Graham<br \/>\nDaniel James Guidi<br \/>\nMichael Alexander Labun Jr<br \/>\nJonathan Matthew Yang Libby<br \/>\nKassidy Shannon Mathers<br \/>\nHannah Nugent<br \/>\nChandler Crosby Perkins<\/p>\n<h3>MBA<\/h3>\n<p>Labeed Al Hanfy<br \/>\nNargiz Ali Zada<br \/>\nRoss Baldree<br \/>\nColby Bracy<br \/>\nJames Brissenden<br \/>\nJoe Carroll<br \/>\nSophie Cohen<br \/>\nAdam Comolli<br \/>\nFrank Cruz<br \/>\nSina Dadfar<br \/>\nMichael Davis<br \/>\nNate Faessler<br \/>\nMichael Galanek<br \/>\nKevin Gallant<br \/>\nWilliam Grover<br \/>\nJill Harper<br \/>\nRobert Harvey<br \/>\nDarius Haskell<br \/>\nConnor King<br \/>\nMike Kirby<br \/>\nHrachya Kocharyan<br \/>\nJoseph Light<br \/>\nCory Merrill<br \/>\nKimberly Montero<br \/>\nJames Nelson<br \/>\nCatherine Odede<br \/>\nSarah Paine<br \/>\nKarissa Panzino<br \/>\nMatthew Penney<br \/>\nDerek Prox<br \/>\nDaniel Quinn<br \/>\nTara Richards<br \/>\nJosh Rosen<br \/>\nMikayla Roy<br \/>\nKeith Sample<br \/>\nBennett Shaw<br \/>\nKara Sleeper<br \/>\nMimi Sokolowski<br \/>\nSamantha Sparda<br \/>\nDaniel Thomas<br \/>\nJacob Watson<br \/>\nAllison Willard<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/business\/beta-gamma-sigma\/\">To see the inductees from past years, please visit our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Maine Business School and Graduate School of Business are pleased to announce that 79 students have been invited to join the Beta Gamma Sigma International Business Honor Society this year. 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