NEW: Waiver of Membership Fee for Doctorates

Beta Gamma Sigma’s Board of Governors recently adopted a policy change to waive the membership fee for students who earn a doctorate in business (degree received on or after January 24, 2009). This new policy was adopted because the Board recognizes the importance of this group’s support and anticipates a significant number of doctorates are currently (or soon will be) faculty members at BGS chapter schools. It is anticipated as members of Beta Gamma Sigma, these persons will be more knowledgeable and supportive of the BGS efforts on their campuses.

We encourage you to invite doctoral graduates from your business school’s program to Beta Gamma Sigma. If they accept the invitation, their 65 USD membership fee is waived. They should be invited to membership using the special doctoral invitation packet available to your chapter through Central Office. Contact Donna Binek at dbinek@betagammasigma.org for more details on the process.

If you have not already been inviting recent business doctorates to membership, we hope this fee waiver and explanation will encourage you to include this group in your invitation process. We realize that most doctorates are no longer on campus, so you may want to consider contacting the doctoral program director to see if they would like to offer BGS membership as part of the final details of degree completion. Past informal conversations with many of these program directors indicates their willingness to offer the invitation. We’re confident their willingness will increase when informed of the fee waiver policy.

Please contact Donna Binek dbinek@betagammasigma.org with any questions or for more details. We look forward to inducting your new doctorates into Beta Gamma Sigma.