Contact: Sammy McDavid
STARKVILLE, Miss.--Nearly 70 top business students at Mississippi State are new members of the university's chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma honor society.
Membership is limited to College of Business and Industry majors ranking in the top 10 percent of bachelor's degree and top 20 percent of master's degree programs.
The newly inducted MSU students join a network of more than 560,000 current and future professionals who are completing their studies in a program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Beta Gamma Sigma was founded in 1913 as a national organization recognizing academic achievement in the study of any business field. Collegiate chapters now are located on five continents.
In addition to students, three MSU faculty members were inducted at the conclusion of the 2008 spring semester. They included interim associate dean Kevin E. Rogers; Mark Lehman, an associate professor of accounting; and Pearson Liddell, an associate professor of marketing and quantitative analysis.
New 2008 student members include (by hometown): [Ed. Note - Parents' names also included, if provided]
ABELINE, Texas--Nathanael Campbell, a doctoral student in management.
AURORA, Ill.--Senior general business administration major Lindsay M. Hunley.
BARTLETT, Tenn.--Senior management major Brian T. Johns.
BATON ROUGE, La.--Jeremy M. Dill, a graduate student in business administration.
BILOXI--Senior international business major Michael A. Niemann.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--Junior international business major Lauren K. Johnson.
BOLTON--Junior international business major Anna Katherine Kendall, the daughter of Ted and Libby Kendall.
BRANDON--Junior accounting major Alexander H. Boyd, the son of Michael and Deborah Boyd; senior insurance major Stephen M. Bryant, the son of Leslie and Elizabeth Bryant; and senior accounting major Elizabeth B. Butler, the daughter of Stephen and Beth Butler.
BRIGHTON, Mich.--Ryan B. Lay, a graduate student in business administration.
BRYANT, Ark.--Junior marketing major Joshua D. Wright.
CALEDONIA--Senior accounting major Katrina L. Barnhart.
COLLIERVILLE, Tenn.--Junior marketing major Charlee G. Bryan, the daughter of Charlie Bryan and Brenda Prince, and senior marketing major Emily M. Zurface, the daughter of Bruce and Leesa Zurface.
COLUMBUS--Junior marketing major Lindsay B. Bean, the daughter of John and Kathy Bean; senior accounting major Milton C. Neyman, the son of Milton Neyman; Lisa D. Sellers, a graduate student in business administration [parents not listed]; and junior accounting major Judy Lynn Shackelford, the daughter of Richard and Rebecca Shackelford.
CONYERS, Ga.--Junior international business major Amy Michelle Lea, the daughter of William and Mary Lea.
CORINTH--Junior international business major Anna Dianne Lambert, the daughter of Randy and Dianne Lambert.
CROSS PLAINS, Wis.--Junior marketing major Ryan M. Coyle.
DANVERS, Ill.--Mark A. Ingold, a graduate student in business administration.
DECATUR--Senior insurance major Kristin M. Bufkin.
ELLICOTT CITY, Md.--Victoria A. Grimm Hollenbeck, a graduate student in business administration.
ENTERPRISE--Jerry A. Cunningham, a graduate student in business administration.
EUPORA--Junior accounting major Bailey C. Stewart, the daughter of Lisa Stewart.
FAYETTE, Ala.--Dustin K. Eads, a graduate student in business administration.
FLORA--Senior general business administration major Nicholas O. Hardy.
FLOWOOD--Junior accounting major Howard L. Triplett, the son of Less and Mary Triplett.
GERMANTOWN, Tenn.--Junior international business major Bryan P. Callahan, the son of William Callahan.
GLEN--Senior international business major Hang Thuy Nguyen.
HAMMOND, La.--Magdy Noguera, a doctoral student in finance.
HATTIESBURG--Senior marketing major Jackson G. Hogue and senior accounting major Kevin S. Morris.
JONESBORO, Ark.--Erick P. Chang, a graduate student in management.
KILMICHAEL--Senior marketing major Lindsey E. Netherland.
LELAND--Junior international business major Ashley M. Edwards, the daughter of Mark and Jan Edwards.
LITHONIA, Ga.--Junior Samantha Jo Bailey, a business information systems major and the daughter of Denise Bailey.
LOUISVILLE--Senior banking and finance major Jeff R. Overstreet.
MADISON--Senior international business major Christina M. Gleason.
MERIDIAN--Senior general business administration major Lynette R. Cooksey [parents not listed]; senior accounting major William H. Craven, the son of Emmette and Julie Martin; senior accounting major Diana Jo Fields [parents not listed]; and junior accounting major Sara E. Young, the daughter of Bruce and Laura Young.
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--Senior international business major Samuel D. Tucker.
NEW ALBANY--Junior accounting major Edward A. Maxwell, the son of Edward and Margaret Maxwell.
NORTHPORT, Ala.--Senior economics major Andrew M. Telle, the son of Whitney and Rita Telle.
OXFORD--Junior accounting major Whitney L. Gill, the daughter of Frank and Brenda Gill.
PENSACOLA, Fla.--Willard J. Cox, a graduate student in business administration.
PHILADELPHIA--Junior accounting major Dana R. Apperson, the daughter of Alvis and Vivian Apperson, and senior general business administration major Perry E. Phillips [parents not listed].
PONTOTOC--Senior accounting major Nathan A. Holloway and senior Wesley C. Morgan, a real estate and mortgage financing major.
PURVIS--Junior accounting major Robert A. Cornett, the son of Robert and Claire Cornett.
RAYMOND--Senior international business major William H. Shuff.
RIDGELAND--Junior insurance major Robert B. Ford, the son of Robert and Tina Ford; senior construction management major Elizabeth A. Russ, the daughter of Edward Russ; and junior general business Antonio D. Skinner, the son of Anna Ashford.
SALTILLO--Senior general business administration major Michael J. Koon.
STARKVILLE--Junior accounting major Xiaoyan Chu; senior international business major Lauren Cobb, the daughter of Dr. Tommy and Laura Cobb; junior accounting major John P. Corhern, the son of Steve Corhern and Chris Corhern; junior international business major Keeton E. Craig, the daughter of Dan and Laurie Craig; Erdenechimeg Eldev-Ochir, a doctoral student in applied economics; junior international business major Kimberlee P. Guin, the daughter of Boyce and Mary Guin; Jonathan S. Jordon, a graduate student in business administration; Ashleigh Korzak, a graduate student in business administration; Elizabeth Ann Martin, a graduate student in business administration; Sirish Mathema, a graduate student in business administration; Shanshan Pan, a graduate student in accounting; Yuqing Qian, a graduate student in accounting; Ivan A. Valdez-Coll, a graduate student in business administration; and junior insurance major Lindsay K. Welch, the daughter of David and Sharon Welch.
TUPELO--Junior accounting major Rosanne R. Haas, senior international business major Lauren E. Purnell and senior marketing major Robert L. Scribner.
UTICA--Senior Patrick B. Benton, a business information systems major.
VALDOSTA, Ga.--Nancy Swanson, a doctoral student in accounting.
VICKSBURG--Senior marketing major Katherine Ann Malik.
WEST POINT--Vance Bristow, a graduate student in business administration, and senior accounting major Angel H. Liu.
WINONA--Junior marketing major Emily K. Oliver.
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