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MSU College of Business Inducts New Beta Gama Sigma Members
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College of Busienss Students were Inducted into Beta Gama Sigma
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Eighteen MSU College of Business student names were added to the
prestigious list of Beta Gama Sigma (BGS) inductees. BGS, an
international honors society started in 1913, provides the
highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can
receive in an undergraduate or master's program at a school
accredited by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business (AACSB).
During the initiation luncheon held last Wednesday, students were
welcomed by BGS President, Christopher Mehr and encouraged by VP
of Programs, Morgan Smith and VP of Memberships, Ali Bittinger to
live by the standards of Beta, meaning honor, Gama, meaning
wisdom, and Sigma, meaning earnestness.
College of Business professor of management, Dr. F. William Bill
Brown, was honored with the Beta Gama Sigma Professor of the Year
Award. Brown spent 20 years serving as an officer in the US Army
before changing his career path to academia and business
consulting. He received his Ph.D. from George Washington
University in 1987 and taught at Baylor University and the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln before joining the MSU College of
Business Faculty in January of 1997.
Following the Professor of the Year Award, Nancy Quist was
recognized at the Chapter Honoree. Quist, a member of the College
of Business National Board of Advisors, held numerous executive
positions in marketing and business development for high-tech
instrumentation, before "retiring" and starting her new business,
Fancy Flours (www.fancyflours.com). Quist offered advice to the
new inductees that only a well-seasoned executive could. She
said, "Connecting the dots backward at the end of a part of your
life, you'll find you did something you liked." And, after
connecting her dots, Quist discovered she enjoyed scheming a
fundamental aspect of her career as a business executive. She
then encouraged students to pursue what they love, as life is all
too short. "Death," she said, "is a destination we all share, but
at the age of 20, it is an intellectual concept." Upon this
realization in her own life. Quist decided to pursue her passion
for baking and opened up Fancy Flours, a quaint retail shop,
offering fine baking supplies and ingredients.
Quist concluded her brief presentation with her life motto, "I
reserve the right to be smarter tomorrow than I am today," and
with that, she encouraged the students to believe the same.
2006 BGS Inductees SENIORS: Anne McDonald, of Great Falls;
Matthew Neece of Bozeman; Melissa Ostberg of Oilmont, Clancy
Powell of Gallatin Gateway; Jessica Roeder of Peoria, IL; and
Elizabeth Rupp of Bozeman. JUNIORS: Keith Aldrich of Bozeman;
Erin Ahlgren of Billings; Sarah Bergantine of Bozeman; David Cole
of Manhattan; Christopher Drake of Big Sky; Tina Dykstra of
Belgrade; Jennifer Graham of Terry; Julie Ho of Baker; Inna
Omelyukh of Bozeman; Kelly Rickard of Billings; Jonathan Sestrich
of Golden, CO; and James Truckle of Cardwell.
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