Alpha Beta Gamma () is an international
business
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honor society
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established in 1970 in
Manchester, Connecticut
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, to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula.
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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.[ ACHS Alpha Beta Gamma entry]
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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 equivalent in business courses as well as a 3.0 overall average.
Membership of Alpha Beta Gamma
Alpha Beta Gamma is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a predominantly American, voluntary association that serves a number of functions with respect to national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies. ACHS coordinates member organizations, fac ...
and an affiliate member of both the American Association of Community Colleges The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), headquartered in the National Center for Higher Education building in Washington, D.C., is the primary advocacy organization for community colleges at the national level and works closely wit ...
(AACC) and the Association of Canadian Community Colleges
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(ACCC).
See also
* Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi (, often stylized as AKPsi) is the oldest and largest business fraternity to current date. Also known as "AKPsi", the fraternity was founded on October 5, 1904, at New York University and was incorporated on May 20, 1905. It is c ...
, professional
* Delta Sigma Pi
Delta Sigma Pi () (officially the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, Inc.) is a Mixed-sex education, coeducational Professional fraternities and sororities, professional business Fraternities and sororities, fraternity and one of the l ...
, professional
* 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 ...
, professional, originally women's
* Phi Chi Theta
Phi Chi Theta ( or PCT) is one of the largest co-ed professional business 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 al ...
, professional, originally women's
* 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 ...
, merged into ()
* 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 ...
, honor, ( AACSB schools)
* 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 ...
, honor, ( ACBSP)
* 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 t ...
, honor, business education teachers
* Sigma Beta Delta , honor, (non-AACSB schools)
* Kappa Beta Delta , honor, (2-yr schools, (ACBSP)
* Association of College Honor Societies The Association of College Honor Societies (ACHS) is a predominantly American, voluntary association that serves a number of functions with respect to national collegiate and post-graduate honor societies. ACHS coordinates member organizations, fac ...
References
External links
Official Website ACHS Alpha Beta Gamma entry
Association of College Honor Societies
Two-year college honor societies
Student organizations established in 1970
Business organizations based in the United States
1970 establishments in Connecticut
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