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Student Organizations
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Student Officers - 2007-2008
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Alpha Kappa Psi
President: Greg Reynolds
Alpha Kappa Psi is the oldest and largest professional business
fraternity in the world. We are a coed organization open to students
of any major with an interest in business.
Founded in 1904 at New York University, Alpha Kappa Psi has over 200
active student chapters internationally and over 10,000 current
student members.
Our guiding principles are Brotherhood, Unity, Service, Integrity, and
Knowledge. With these principles in mind, members are encouraged to
work throughout the campus and community to enrich the business
environment as well as improve the university. AKPsi provides members
the opportunity to develop personal professional skills as well as
bond with other members and feel that unique sense of "brotherhood."
While becoming a member of AKPsi is a selective process, we encourage
anyone who is interested to visit our website at
http://www.binghamtonakpsi.org and learn more!
For a list of prominent members, please see our article on Wikipedia,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Kappa_Psi
ALPFA: Association of Latino
Professionals in Finance and
Accounting
President: Swetha Nagaraju
The
Association of Latino Professionals in Finance and
Accounting (ALPFA) is the leading professional
association dedicated to enhancing opportunities
for Latinos in the accounting, finance and related
professions. Established in 1972, our mission is
to secure more opportunities for students in the
business field to prepare for a career and expand
minority presence in the global workforce”
ALPFA provides many programs and benefits to
aspiring students interested in accounting,
finance or related career professions. Benefits of
student membership include access to scholarship
opportunities, skills development workshops,
networking with key hiring professionals and
sponsors, and discounts on various national ALPFA
events.
http://binghamton.alpfany.org/
American Marketing
Association
Co-presidents: Jennifer Mannello , Michelle Yakob
Faculty Advisor:
Manoj Agarwal
This organization is dedicated to learning about
different areas within marketing through speakers
and various networking events. It is affiliated
with the national American Marketing
Association.
ASCEND
President:
Joe Deng
NAASA is an accounting society with the mission of developing members
professionally so as to give them an edge when it comes to thriving in
the business world. The national chapter will soon be changing their
name to Ascend. The purpose of this name change is to reflect our change
in focus when it comes to developing our members. We wanted to take
away the notions that we are an Accounting only society. We are now
focusing on all professions in the business world. Beyond that, we are
also expanding our focus to other majors as well beyond just SOM and
Economic majors. The reason for this is because national felt that
anyone can make use of what we have to offer no matter if they are a
finance major or English major.
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Bert Mitchell Minority Management
Organization
President: Tiffany Padgett
The Bert Mitchell Minority Management Organization (BMMMO)
addresses the needs of minority students interested in the various
management disciplines, and promotes the development of skills and
talents central to successful careers within these disciplines.
Members provide useful advice for students interested in transferring
into the School of Management. They facilitate the students' transition
from high school to college, undergraduate to graduate or academic to
corporate environments. The organization is responsible for organizing and
running study groups, workshops and tutorial services. In order to increase
students' awareness of the various management disciplines and the range of
opportunities available within the business profession, the BMMMO holds seminars,
shows movies and recruits professional speakers to provide minority students
with information and discussion on current business issues.
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Beta Alpha
Psi
Beta Alpha
Psi's National Website
President:
Andrew George
Faculty
Advisor: Elliot
Kamlet
BU Website :
http://bingweb.binghamton.edu/~bap
This national scholastic
and professional accounting fraternity was founded
in 1919. By 1988, there were more than 175
chapters at colleges and universities, and more
than 150,000 members initiated since the
fraternity's formation. The primary objective of
the fraternity is to encourage and give
recognition to scholastic and professional
excellence in the fields of accounting, finance
and information systems . The fraternity accepts
only students in the top 35 percent of their class
or with a GPA of 3.5. Accounting majors must also
have a GPA of 3.5 for their upper-level accounting
courses.
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Beta Gamma Sigma
Faculty
Advisor : Kim Jaussi and Shelley D. Dionne
The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma, the national
scholastic honor society for American Assembly of
Collegiate Schools of Business-accredited business
schools, is to encourage and honor academic
achievement and personal excellence in the study
and practice of business. Students elected to
membership are recognized as "the best in
business," the highest national honor a student at
an AACSB-accredited institution may attain.
Inductees must be within the top 7% of their
junior class or the top 10% of their senior class
at the undergraduate level.
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Delta Sigma Pi
President: Felicia Bembe
Faculty
Advisor:
Arieh Ullmann
BU Website :
http://www.kappalambda.org/
Delta Sigma Pi is the largest national
professional business fraternity with more than
220 collegiate chapters nationally. The
organization exists to stimulate the study of
business in universities, to promote closer
affiliation between the commercial world and
students of commerce, and to foster a higher
standard of commercial ethics. The Kappa Lambda
chapter at Binghamton , chartered in 1981, is the
largest professional group on campus and
represents students in all areas of business. In
1990, the Binghamton chapter was honored with the
eastern Region's Most Outstanding Chapter Award.
The fraternity recruits distinguished speakers to
discuss current professional issues; sponsors
"mock interviews," which help inform and prepare
students for professional interviews; and has
organized employment fairs, where numerous
businesses come to campus to speak with students
about career opportunities available within the
business profession. Other functions that aid
charitable organizations and community activities
are annually organized by the
fraternity.
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Finance
Society
President: Andrea Weiss
Faculty
Advisor:
Dina
Naples-Layish
The Finance Society
is dedicated to discussing relevant topics in the
financial markets today. Speakers are brought in
to expose students to different careers within the
field, and a web-based stock market simulation
allows students to make trades in real-time,
through individual portfolio competitions and a
group portfolio.
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PricewaterhouseCoopers Scholars
Program
President: Paul Gandolfo
Faculty
Advisor:
Elliot
Kamlet
The purpose of the PricewaterhouseCoopers scholars program (PwC Honors)
is to attract superior students and challenge them to reach their full
academic and non-academic potential. PwC Scholars augment the normal SOM
curriculum with additional requirements geared to better prepare them to
excel in their careers. PwC Scholars are provided with special
opportunities to enhance both their written and oral communication
skills. To facilitate oral communication skills, scholars are required
to participate in reading and discussion sections each semester.
Additionally, PwC Scholars are required to complete an experiential
learning external project. Finally, PwC scholars are required to
complete additional coursework in their primary field of management
concentration, complete a second concentration in another management
area, or minor in another university discipline.
Additional benefits of the program include the opportunity to
participate in the Scholars Junior Level International Experience and
the sophomore level Business and Culture Day. Several speakers drawn
from the local community as well as financial centers will meet with the
scholars every semester.
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SHRM: Society for
Human Resource
Management
President: Rachel Stein
Faculty
Advisor:
Kimberly
Jaussi
SHRM is dedicated to
promoting the field of Leadership and Consulting,
as well as providing networking opportunities with
alumni and other established professionals. Often
the group invites people to speak on current
topics in the field, and offer career
advice.
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Students in Free
Enterprise (SIFE)
President: Danielle Lessing
Faculty Advisor: Angelo Mastrangelo
National
Website:
SIFE
"SIFE is about
building the leaders of tomorrow. We practice,
teach and learn about entrepreneurship and how it
is applied to the real world. Projects are done
throughout the year involving the Binghamton
community and student-run businesses. In the
spring we go to SIFE's Regional Competition which
offers great opportunities for networking with
major employers."
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