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Volume 18, Issue 2 Spring 2007

New Online Ordering System

Beta Gamma Sigma has been working for the past year to develop a new, more efficient way to handle New Member Orders - memberships, certificates and keys - as well as Supply Orders. As you know, the old New Member system required faculty advisors to download the order form from BetaNet, fill out and attach the list of eligible student names, and return the information (by email) to the BGS Central Office. The old Supply Order system was similar, requiring faculty advisors to download, fill out and return the Collection Supply Order Form.

We’re now very excited to announce the development of the new BGS Online Ordering System, which will be rolled out and used by chapters as they submit Supply and Membership orders this spring. This new system should prove to be much simpler and efficient to use, as all the chapter functions can be managed from a single, password-protected website.

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The Value of BGS Membership
Beta Gamma Sigma has always provided valuable benefits to its lifetime members. However, those joining the Society today are truly fortunate, as the list of member benefits is longer than ever.

Benefits that should be particularly valuable are subscriptions to BusinessWeek and Fortune magazines, and the availability and recent growth of the BGS CareerCentral job board. As you're speaking to eligible students, please be sure they know about these and other valuable member benefits. Letting outstanding students know the additional value of membership is a great way to increase the rate of those accepting the invitation to lifetime membership.

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Student Leadership Forum
The Beta Gamma Sigma Student Leadership Forum continues to make its mark on participants.

Forum after Forum, participants walk away from the weekend retreats feeling enlightened, invigorated and more prepared to assume their roles as the leaders of tomorrow.

Supplementing the lessons taught in the business classroom, the SLF provides participants with an opportunity to discover who they are as leaders, what they can do as leaders, and what they can bring to the business world.

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Who Are BGS Members?
That was the question at the core of an online survey conducted in October 2006 by BusinessWeek Research Services on behalf of Beta Gamma Sigma. The following are a few excerpts from the results:

  • BGS members are young (average age 39), hold higher degrees (63% have master’s degree or better), are highly affluent (average HHI $135,900) and one out of five BGS members hold the title of senior executive (23%).

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Advertise in the Exchange
Do you want to recruit those that graduated in the top 10 percent of their undergraduate business programs into your graduate programs? Do you want your business school’s name and programs in front of deans and faculty members from schools accredited by AACSB International?

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Founders' Week
Founders' Week is only a month away, and you should begin now to think about how you might help celebrate the occasion on your campus.

February 19, 2007 will mark Beta Gamma Sigma's 94th anniversary as an Honor Society.

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2007 BGS Awards
Honor, Wisdom and Earnestness. These ideals are the very foundation upon which Beta Gamma Sigma is built. Each year, BGS asks its collegiate chapters to nominate top business leaders, who not only excel in business but also personify the Society's core values, to be recognized with the Medallion for Entrepreneurship and the Business Achievement Award.

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Membership Fee Increase
As a reminder, Beta Gamma Sigma's Lifetime Membership Fee has increased from $55 to $65. This fee remains the only financial requirement for a member's lifetime - once you become a member, you never have to pay another dime to remain a lifetime member.

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Notes from the Central Office

Check out the Spring 2007 Notes to find out about Society news and announcements.
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Dates to Remember

Click here for a list of the important upcoming dates in
2007.
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List of Premier Chapters

List of Exemplary Chapters

Chapter Anniversaries

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