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Pi Omega Pi
Pi Omega Pi () is a scholastic honor society recognizing academic achievement among students in the field of business education. The society was founded at Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in Kirksville on June 13, 1923, and admitted to the Association of College Honor Societies in 1965. Pi Omega Pi honor society has 20 active chapters across the United States. See also * Alpha Kappa Psi , professional * Delta Sigma Pi , professional * Phi Gamma Nu , professional, originally women's * Phi Chi Theta , professional, originally women's * Epsilon Eta Phi , merged into () * Beta Gamma Sigma , honor, ( AACSB schools) * Delta Mu Delta , honor, (ACBSP) * Sigma Beta Delta , honor, (non-AACSB schools) * Alpha Beta Gamma Alpha Beta Gamma () is an international business honor society established in 1970 in Manchester, Connecticut, to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula. Purpose To confer distinction for high ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northeast Missouri State Teachers College
Truman State University (TSU or Truman) is a public university in Kirksville, Missouri. It had 4,225 enrolled students in the fall of 2021 pursuing degrees in 52 undergraduate and 11 graduate programs. The university is named for U.S. President Harry Truman, who was a Missouri native. From 1972 until 1996, the school was known as Northeast Missouri State University. History Truman State University was founded in 1867 by Joseph Baldwin as the North Missouri Normal School and Commercial College. Baldwin was a pioneer in education, and his school quickly gained official recognition in 1870 by the Missouri General Assembly, which designated it as the First District Normal School, the first public teachers' college in Missouri. The school served a district comprising 26 counties: including Adair County, Missouri, Adair, Audrain County, Missouri, Audrain, Boone County, Missouri, Boone, Callaway County, Missouri, Callaway, Chariton County, Missouri, Chariton, Clark County, Miss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi () (officially the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, Inc.) is a coeducational professional business fraternity and one of the largest in the United States. Delta Sigma Pi was founded on November 7, 1907, at the School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance of New York University (NYU) in New York, New York and is currently headquartered in Oxford, Ohio. The Fraternity has 224 active collegiate chapters, 7 colonies, 57 active alumni chapters, and 300,000 initiated members. History Delta Sigma Pi was established on at New York University's School of Commerce, Accounts and Finance. Its founders were: * Alexander F. Makay * H. Albert Tienken * Harold V. Jacobs * Alfred Moysello Purpose Delta Sigma Pi was established to foster the study of business at the university level. Its goals include: * to encourage social activity among business students, * to build relationships with the commercial world, * to promote strong ethical standards, and * to enhance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honor Societies
In the United States, an honor society is a rank organization that recognizes excellence among peers. Numerous societies recognize various fields and circumstances. The Order of the Arrow, for example, is the National Honor Society of the Boy Scouts of America. Chiefly, the term refers to scholastic honor societies, those that recognize students who excel academically or as leaders among their peers, often within a specific academic discipline. Many honor societies invite students to become members based on the scholastic rank (the top x% of a class) and/or grade point averages of those students, either overall, or for classes taken within the discipline for which the honor society provides recognition. In cases where academic achievement would not be an appropriate criterion for membership, other standards are usually required for membership (such as completion of a particular ceremony or training program). It is also common for a scholastic honor society to add a criterion re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpha Beta Gamma
Alpha Beta Gamma () is an international business honor society established in 1970 in Manchester, Connecticut, to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula. Purpose To confer distinction for high academic achievement in business studies; to encourage scholarship, intellectual development, and the pursuit of excellence in business careers; to teach leadership; to provide for an exchange of intellectual ideas; to provide networking opportunities for business students. Requirements *To be eligible for membership in ABG, a student must be enrolled in a business curriculum in a junior, community, or technical college, or a two-year accredited program within a college or university. *The student must have completed 15 credit hours with at least 12 hours of his/her work taken in courses leading to a degree recognized by his/her institution. In addition, the student must have demonstrated academic excellence by attaining a 3.0 GPA or its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sigma Beta Delta
Sigma Beta Delta () is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the fields of business, management, and administration . History Sigma Beta Delta was founded by Beta Gamma Sigma on January 16, 1994, in La Jolla, California. Beta Gamma Sigma, itself an honor society for students enrolled in AACSB-accredited business schools, formed Sigma Beta Delta to recognize the achievements of students at regionally accredited universities that lacked AACSB accreditation. Since its formation, Sigma Beta Delta has been considered the "sister" honor society of Beta Gamma Sigma. The organizations have many shared goals, including the promotion and recognition of scholarship in business-related fields of study. Initially a small, U.S.-based honor society, Sigma Beta Delta's three founding chapters were established at Belmont University, North Carolina State University, and Morehouse College. Sigma Beta Delta was admitted to the Association of College Hono ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accreditation Council For Business Schools And Programs
The Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP), formerly the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs, is a U.S. organization offering accreditation services to business programs focused on teaching and learning. Based in Overland Park, Kansas (a suburb of Kansas City), ACBSP was created to fulfill a need for specialized accreditation by colleges and universities with business schools and programs. History ACBSP was founded in 1989 to accredit business schools with an emphasis on teaching and learning. At the time, only 260 out of 2,400 schools of business had specialized professional accreditation, all from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Most or all of the AACSB accredited schools had an emphasis on research, while most other schools had an emphasis on teaching. On April 28, 1988, 150 of the non-accredited schools met in Kansas City, Missouri, to consider alternatives to AACSB accreditation for teachin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta () is an international honor society that recognizes academic excellence in Baccalaureate, Master's, and Doctorate degree business administration programs at Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP)-accredited schools. It was founded November 18, 1913 by the Dean from Harvard University and four professors from Yale University and New York University.ABOUT US – History Symbols The official badge of the Society is a gold key in the form of a Delta with a ship of commerce with full-blown sails and the Greek letters ΔΜΔ engraved on it. The ship symbolizes financial success and the advancement of business while the letters stand for the Society's motto, ''Dia Mathessos, Dynamis'' ("Through Knowledge, Power"), specifically the power to manage creatively fo ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association To Advance Collegiate Schools Of Business
The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, also known as AACSB International, is an American professional organization. It was founded as the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business in 1916 to provide accreditation to schools of business, and was later known as the American Association of Collegiate Schools of Business and as the International Association for Management Education. Not all members of the association are accredited; it does not accredit for-profit schools. In 2016 it was denied recognition by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, and later withdrew from membership;Recognition Decision Summary: AACSB International The Asso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma () is the International Business Honor Society. Founded in 1913 at the University of Wisconsin, University of Illinois and the University of California, it has over 980,000 members, selected from more than 600 collegiate chapters in business schools accredited by AACSB International. Founded in the United States, it has collegiate chapters in over 190 countries. Mission and purpose The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business; cultivate and celebrate leadership and professional excellence and build their professional skills; to foster an enduring commitment to honor and integrity, the pursuit of wisdom, earnestness, and service; and to serve its lifetime members by helping them network and connect to each other. Beta Gamma Sigma members reside in over 190 countries and there are more than 50 alumni chapters and networking groups located in major metropolitan areas and other regions throughout the world. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epsilon Eta Phi
Epsilon Eta Phi () was a Professional Sorority in the field of business administration and commerce. It was founded in 1927 and merged with Phi Chi Theta in 1973. History Epsilon Eta Phi was founded on May 3, 1927 at Northwestern University. It was incorporated on October 14, 1930 in the state of Illinois. It merged with Phi Chi Theta, a professional fraternity in business administration and economics on July 27, 1973. The founders were Melba Pinckney Allen, Iona Bloomer Radsch, Florence Cockerham Turzak, Ruth Erickson Funk, Ruth Novak Berger and Evelyn Scheer Carlson. It became a member of Professional Panhellenic Association on or before 1953, and was still a member of PPA in 1968. Epsilon had five active chapters and two inactive chapters by 1967. Of the active chapters, it maintained two chapters at Duquesne University, one serving daytime students and the other, evening students. Epsilon Eta Phi merged into Phi Chi Theta on , adopting the larger fraternity's symbolism ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phi Chi Theta
Phi Chi Theta ( or PCT) is one of the largest co-ed Professional fraternity, professional business Fraternities and sororities, fraternities in the United States. Phi Chi Theta was founded as a women's business fraternity on , in Chicago, Illinois. Today, Phi Chi Theta comprises 41 collegiate and alumni chapters across the United States. While most chapters are now co-ed, there are some which have only women as members. History Phi Chi Theta was formed by the merger of two competing women's business fraternities in 1924. Both Phi Theta Kappa and Phi Kappa Epsilon were founded in 1918, but recognizing the benefits of cooperation, on , each of the two organizations sent three delegates to form Phi Chi Theta. These six women became the founders of the fraternity: The meeting was hosted at the LaSalle Hotel (Bryan, Texas) and took over two days with the founding chapters to be ''New York Alpha'' (Columbia University), ''Colorado Alpha'' (University of Denver), ''New York Beta'' (N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phi Gamma Nu
Phi Gamma Nu () is a business fraternity in the United States. Currently, Phi Gamma Nu has 18 active collegiate chapters nationwide. History Phi Gamma Nu was founded on at the Chicago campus of Northwestern University. The original founders were: Phi Gamma Nu was established as a sorority for women pursuing studies in business. The sorority spent the next fifty years operating in much the same way, but the dynamics of the organization changed to a co-ed format in 1974 due to the Title IX act. While Phi Gamma Nu began accepting male members in 1974, it was not until 1981 that the National Chapter Congress changed the name of Phi Gamma Nu Sorority to Phi Gamma Nu Fraternity to comply with Title IX. See also * |
