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.
As of January 16, 2016, Sigma Beta Delta has 277 active chapters across the United States, and a total membership of 68,658 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degree members.
Membershipedit
Eligibility for membership in Sigma Beta Delta applies to all students at a non-AACSB, regionally accredited school of business in the United States, who rank in the upper 20 percent of their undergraduate or graduate class. All students enrolled in a regionally accredited doctoral program in business are eligible to join the honor society upon graduation. Generally, undergraduate and graduate students must have completed at least half of their coursework in order to be considered for membership. An offer of membership, once accepted, is a lifetime distinction for high-achieving students of business programs.[1]
Publicationsedit
The national office of Sigma Beta Delta publishes the Aspirations newsletter each semester. This newsletter, distributed among members nationwide, reviews the honor society's achievements, fundraising goals, new chapters, and fellowship awards to students at chapters across the country. Available online, Aspirations is the key way for Sigma Beta Delta members to keep in touch with each other.[3]
sigma, beta, delta, ΣΒΔ, scholastic, honor, society, that, recognizes, academic, achievement, among, students, fields, business, management, administration, ΣΒΔfoundedjanuary, 1994, years, 1994, jolla, californiatypehonoraffiliationachsemphasisbusiness, admini. Sigma Beta Delta SBD is a scholastic honor society that recognizes academic achievement among students in the fields of business management and administration 1 Sigma Beta DeltaSBDFoundedJanuary 16 1994 30 years ago 1994 01 16 La Jolla CaliforniaTypeHonorAffiliationACHSEmphasisBusiness and AdministrationScopeInternationalColors Hunter green and GoldChapters400 installedMembers100 000 lifetimePresidentDr Randall McLeodHeadquartersPO Box 468 Garner NC 27529 USAWebsiteOfficial website Contents 1 History 2 Membership 3 Publications 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editSigma 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 Honor Societies in 1994 shortly after it was founded 2 As of January 16 2016 Sigma Beta Delta has 277 active chapters across the United States and a total membership of 68 658 undergraduate graduate and doctoral degree members Membership editEligibility for membership in Sigma Beta Delta applies to all students at a non AACSB regionally accredited school of business in the United States who rank in the upper 20 percent of their undergraduate or graduate class All students enrolled in a regionally accredited doctoral program in business are eligible to join the honor society upon graduation Generally undergraduate and graduate students must have completed at least half of their coursework in order to be considered for membership An offer of membership once accepted is a lifetime distinction for high achieving students of business programs 1 Publications editThe national office of Sigma Beta Delta publishes the Aspirations newsletter each semester This newsletter distributed among members nationwide reviews the honor society s achievements fundraising goals new chapters and fellowship awards to students at chapters across the country Available online Aspirations is the key way for Sigma Beta Delta members to keep in touch with each other 3 See also editAlpha Kappa Psi AKY professional Delta Sigma Pi DSP professional Phi Gamma Nu FGN professional originally women s Phi Chi Theta FX8 professional originally women s Epsilon Eta Phi EHF merged into FX8 1970 Beta Gamma Sigma BGS honor AACSB schools Delta Mu Delta DMD honor ACBSP Pi Omega Pi PWP honor business education teachers Alpha Beta Gamma ABG honor 2 yr schools Kappa Beta Delta KBD honor 2 yr schools ACBSP Association of College Honor SocietiesReferences edit a b Sigma Beta Delta Honor Society Business Management and Administration An ACHS Member Society www achsnatl org Retrieved 2016 01 16 Our History Sigma Beta Delta Sigma Beta Delta Retrieved 2016 01 16 Aspirations Newsletters Sigma Beta Delta Sigma Beta Delta Retrieved 2016 01 16 External links editOfficial website ACHS Sigma Beta Delta entry Sigma Beta Delta chapter list at ACHS Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sigma Beta Delta amp oldid 1100616291, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
