[ SOURCE: SigmaBetaDelta.org]

HIU’s College of Business and Management has been accepted into the Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society for Business, Management and Administration. Sigma Beta Delta serves institutions which offer baccalaureate and graduate degrees in business, management, and administration where the institution holds accreditation from one of the six regional accrediting bodies but not specialized accreditation in business.

The mission of Sigma Beta Delta is to encourage and recognize scholarship and accomplishment, to encourage and promote aspirations toward personal and professional improvement, and to live a life distinguished by honorable service to humankind. Sigma Beta Delta was established to honor students who have attained superior records in business programs in schools and colleges with regional accreditation.  

Membership in Sigma Beta Delta is the highest national recognition a business student can receive at a college or university with a Sigma Beta Delta chapter. To be eligible for membership, a business student must rank in the top 20 percent of the junior, senior or graduate class and be invited to membership by the faculty officers.

Dr. LaSharnda Beckwith, Dean of HIU’s College of Business and Management, along with the other full-time Business faculty, were inducted by the SBD Society’s lead board members on November 15, 2016. HIU inducted its inaugural candidates including 4 alumni and 2 graduating students on November 30, 2016. These members were charged with maintaining and enhancing the high ideals of wisdom, honor, and aspiration in their professional and personal life journeys.Graduating students will be recognized at the Winter Commencement Banquet on December 16. 

Inaugural Inductees:

• Reyes Baca (BA '15)
• Noah DeWitt (BA '16)
• Andrew Hesse (BA '15)
• Kaleb Neufeld (BA '15)
• Lacy Olson (BA '15)
• Chris Trejo (BA '16)

For further information on HIU’s new Sigma Beta Delta Chapter, contact Dr. LaSharnda Beckwith at [email protected].

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