®

Alpha Beta Gamma® International Business Honor Society

was the first business honor society for accredited junior, community and technical two year colleges. The society exists to

recognize and reward academic excellence

among business honor students and to recognize the contribution to learning by professors, administrators, and business professionals.

Alpha Beta Gamma® is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies, is a participating institute in the Association of Canadian Community College Affiliates Network, and is an educational affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).

Background

Organized in 1970 by business chairs and professors, Alpha Beta Gamma® was established to recognize and encourage scholarship among two-year college students in business curricula.

In 1998 the constitution was amended to accept business honor students from Mexico and Canada.

Since its founding, over 55,000 students from accredited community, junior, and technical colleges have been initiated into more than 200 member chapters.

Affiliations

• Member: Association of College Honor Societies.

• An educational affiliate of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC).

• The Association of Canadian Community Colleges— Association Des Colleges Communautaires Du Canada (ACCC).

Founding Chapters

Alpha

- Manchester Community College; Manchester, Connecticut

Beta

– Lincoln Land Community College; Springfield, Illinois

Chi

– Suffolk County College; Selden, New York

Delta

– Westchester Community College; Valhalla, New York

Eta

– Germanna Community College; Locust, Virginia

Gamma

– Vincennes University; Vincennes, Indiana

Kappa

– Housatonic Community College; Bridgeport Connecticut

Lambda

– Penn Commercial Business and Technical School; Washington, Pennsylvania

Mu

– Suffolk Community College; Brentwood, New York

Nu

– Finger Lakes Community College; Canadaigua, New York

Benefits to the student

• Recognition of individual academic achievement.

• Leadership opportunities through chapter officer positions.

• Opportunity to be published in The Honors Journal, the official newsletter of the society.

• Gold lapel pin, window decal, and membership card with hotel and car rental discounts.

• Networking opportunities with other business students and business leaders.

• Exchange of intellectual ideas at local chapter functions and at a national leadership conference.

• Essay competitions with stipends.

Benefits to the student, cont.

• Over $500,000 in scholarships to four-year colleges reserved for initiated members. • Opportunity to sponsor lectures and symposia.

• Chapters can compete for National awards. • Use of Alpha Beta Gamma resume forms.

• Distinctive membership diploma.

• Graduation stoles, tassels, and other regalia available for commencement • Enriches applications to four-year colleges.

• Automatic inclusion of your name with the National Dean’s List.

Eligible Majors

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Accounting Advertising Agricultural Business Animation Arts Management Aviation Management Banking Broadcasting, Radio, TV Business Administration Business Economics Business Journalism Business Management Business Statistics Casino Management Communications Communication Technology Computer Information Systems Computer Programming Conservation & Regulation Culinary Management Dairy Management Data Processing Environmental Design Economics Entrepreneurship Fashion

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Fashion Merchandising Finance Golf Management Graphic Design Technology Hotel Management Human Resource Management Industrial Management Industrial Relations Interior Design International Business International Public Relations Investments & Securities Legal Secretary Management Information Systems Management Science Market Research Marketing Management Medical Secretary Mortuary Science Multimedia Design Office Technologies Operations Research

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Paralegal Personnel Administration Postal Services Management Public Administration Public Relations Range Management Recreational Management Restaurant Management Secretarial Science Small Business Management Systems Analyst Textile Engineering Theatre Management Trade Management Transportation Management Travel & Tourism Visual Communications Wildlife Management Word Processing

Full and part-time business and professional students are eligible to join

Chapter Membership Requirements

• Dedicated Faculty Advisor needed to monitor chapter working with chapter officers.

• Approval of College President.

• One time chapter application fee of $500 which would be refunded if application is not approved.

• Must be an accredited college.

Advisor Responsibilities

• Promote ABG on campus • Conduct Annual Initiation Ceremony • Support Chapter Development • Nominate Honorary Members

Honors Journal

• Award-winning student essays.

• Fundraising ideas and other help for chapters.

• New chapter updates.

• Articles on leadership and business submitted by professors and members.

• Annual awards criteria.

• Opportunity for students to submit articles for publication.

• Opportunity for faculty to publish.

Contact ABG National

For more information: [email protected]

Alpha Beta Gamma webpage: http://www.abg.org

Contributors:

Prof. Pam Donahue, Beta Omicron Chapter @ Northern Essex Community College Prof. Bettie Abernathy-Phillips and Chapter President Victoria Petrie, @ Southwest Tennessee Community College Dr. John D. Christensen, CEO, Alpha Beta Gamma