Beta Gamma Sigma Inductees Honored
by L’Asia Brown
Krystle Holmes, center, with her mother and
Dean Assad Tavakoli
On April 13th Fayetteville State University’s School of
Business and Economics held its annual Beta Gamma
Sigma induction ceremony along with an acknowledgement
of business and economics students who made the Dean's
List during the 2009 fall semester. The ceremony, led by
Dr. Assad Tavakoli, Dean of the School of Business &
Economics and Dr. Dothang Truong, Beta Gamma Chapter
advisor, honored the friends and families of the prestigious
inductees and their rare accomplishments of being inducted
into a highly exclusive international honor society.
Dean Assad Tavakoli earned a Master of Commerce in
Business Administration from the University of Birmingham
in England along with a Ph. D in Management from the
University of Aston, also in Birmingham, England. Appointed
to the position of Dean of the School of Business & .
Economics in 2008 after serving as interim dean during the
rigorous AACSB accreditation process, Tavakoli brings all-
encompassing vitae of excellence and expertise to FSU's
SBE department. Having consulted with the U.S. Federal
Highway Administration, North Carolina Department of
Transportation, Black & Decker and the Cape Fear Valley
Health System, Dr. Tavakoli’s findings appear in leading
national publications. The
Certified Small Business
Consultant is also a member of
the Academy of Management
and Beta Gamma Sigma.
Dr Dothang Truong is
Associate Professor of
Information Systems and
Operations Management.
He earned an MBA from the
Asian Institute of Technology
followed by a Ph. D in
Manufacturing Management
from the University of Toledo.
With a strong history in
information systems. Dr
Truong joined the Bronco
family in 2003. He has
published works in prestigious
publications including the
Journal of Organizational
Computing and Electronic
Commerce, the Intemational
Journal of Enterprise
Information Systems, and
the Journal of Enterprise
Information Management. Dr.
Truong received the Teacher
of The Year Award of School of
Business & Economics and Department of Management
in 2008.
The keynote speaker, Mr Marcus M. Cox, delivered a witty,
collective address on life after college, and the opportunities
awaiting the new inductees of Beta Gamma Sigma Mr.
Cox is the Fayetteville Market President and Senior Client
Manager for Bank of America Merrill Lynch Business
Banking. A graduate of Winston Salem State University, Cox
is a member of the Delta XI Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi
Alpha Fraternity, Inc as well as serving on the boards of the
Virginia Association of Not for Profit Associations and the
Caroline County Youth Football Association.
Beta Gamma Sigma is an intemational social honor society
designed to connect the most academically inclined
students around the globe. With more than 500 chapters
and 625,000 members internationally, the chapter is only
open to students studying and/or obtaining degrees from
AACSB accredited business programs. The Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business is one of best
rated accrediting associations in the world. Membership in
Beta Gamma Sigma is exclusive to the top 10 percent of
upperclassmen and graduate students actively pursuing
studies in the course of business.
In 1907 at the University of Wisconsin, a group of students
wanting to form a social honor society for means of
honoring and celebrating academic excellence in the
field of business. They named their organization Beta
Gamma Sigma, and unbeknownst for many at the time,
began an intemational collegiate tradition of scholarship,
achievement, excellence and networking amongst the most
talented and dedicated of the business and economics field.
Congratulations to the new inductees for the 2009-2010
year:
Graduate Students:
Cindy Allen
Andrew LaFountain
John Urciuoli
Sreenivas Vadlapatia
Michael Williams
Yucong Zhang
Seniors:
Clarisse Bible
Vanessa Fraser
Elizabeth Garcia
Sherry Hites
Daniel Kittrell
Jimmy Larrimore
Johnny Lew
Zilma Lopes
Knute Millican
Deborah Molina Arroyo
Raymond Moreno
Stephen Pennink
Devontae Ragland
Shannyn Sandoval
Harold Stanton
Kristen Wilkey
Juniors:
Amt>er Gray
Chadwick Grimes
Brittany Harrison
Jazmin Henry
Jaren Hines
Cynthia McCary
Miranda Taylor
photo by Dennis McNair
Smart Students Saluted
by Cortney Slaughter
On April 7th, 2010, those students who achieved a 3.75 GPA and above for the 2009 Fall Semester were honored at the Chancellor’s List Awards Ceremony, hekJ in Seabrook
Auditorium at 4:30 pm. With nearly 60 students who achieved this prestigious honor, family members and faculty attended to support the students.
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Dr. Jon Young presided, with his speech praising the students for their incredible accomplishment of dedication and commitment of high achievement. Dr. Jon Young then introduced
SGA president Monica Carson who congratulated the students and encouraged them to keep striving for academic excellence. The Chancellor For a Day, Elijah Davis III. spoke briefly to
the crowd of scholars and left them with the inspiration to want to do more for themselves. As he introduced the Fayetteville State University Chancellor, he acclaimed that it was only one
word to describe Dr. James Ariderson - stellar.
Dr. Anderson's speech touched many of the students and the parents. “People who are not prepared academically in their career path will not make it.,. competing with everybody in
the world who are in some cases more talented than the American Students.” Chancellor Anderson tokJ the students they have to continue to accomplish high goals. "The worst thing
you can do is regress and be persuaded by all this mess and drama to where you miss the message. We, the faculty, are all proud of you. Anybody who wants to call you a geek? So
what? I'm a geek with a PhD from Cornell. What can they say now? Nothing. Align yourself with people of the same vision because others can drag you down", said Anderson. After the
Chancellor’s powerful, captivating words were spoken, “The Mane Attraction’ sung a beautiful selection that repeated the words “Soon We'll Be Done With The Troubles Of The Worid.”
After the song from Laretta Somerville, Alicia Small, and Temoni Agee, Dr Young had the honor of sharing the ck>sing remari^s with FSU’s Alma Mater. The bright scholars, the
Chancellor's List recipients, the leaders of the future then received their honorary certificates that validated their hard work in their academic studies.