A total of 38 NDSU College of Business undergraduate and graduate students can count themselves among the very best. They were accepted into the NDSU Beta Gamma Sigma chapter during the chapter’s 12th annual induction ceremony April 25 in Barry Hall.

Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society for business programs accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advanced Collegiate Schools of Business. It is considered the highest recognition a business student can receive at a school accredited by the association.

One faculty member and one chapter honoree also were inducted.

To earn selection, the top 10 percent of the junior class and top 10 percent of the senior class are selected, based on cumulative grade-point average. The top 20 percent of graduate students also are inducted.

According to chapter adviser Kay Hopkins, fewer than 5 percent of business programs in the world are accredited, and only the best students are selected for membership. “I hope students and their families realize that it’s a very high honor to be a part of Beta Gamma Sigma,” she said. “The organization itself is more than 100 years old and it’s an international honor society, meaning its members have the ability to connect with fellow members all over the world.”

The chapter honoree was Jim Roers, founder, president and CEO of Roers Construction, Roers Development, Roers Property Management and Keller Williams Roers Reality.

In addition, the chapter also provided a scholarship for one newly inducted member. The recipient was Jasper Asplin, an accounting major from Dassel, Minnesota.

The 2014 inductees include:

Juniors

Ashley Abraham                    Ke Ma

Brogan Burwick                     Blake Morrow

Brad Cantwell                        David Mueller

John Hagen                           Jennifer Regimbal

Timothy Hanson                     Kyle Roberts

Matthew Hartman                  Katelyn Schell

Eric Jablonsky                         Kimberly Sisk

Jennifer Jacobson                   Alexander Smith

Yazhen Li

Seniors

Jasper Asplin                          Andrew Richards

Yuexin Chen                          Heidi Sayler

Melissa Corniea                      Shea Steidl-Kent

Brittany Diederich                  Zachary Thelen

Cassandra Hatzenbuhler         Chontay Mastel

Jennifer Thorson                    Chantel Meech

Dylan VonBank

Master of Accountancy

Jennifer Bogart

Kate Ehnert

Master of Business Administration

Brandon Baumgartner         Murat Cadirci

Jason Gibb                           Srinivasa Murthy Giridhar

Heather Goulet                    Blair Kiland

Faculty

Joseph Szmerekovsky

NDSU is recognized as one of the nation's top 108 public and private universities by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education.