Seoul, South Korea – Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU) School of Business formally installed a chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma during a ceremony held in conjunction with the business school’s 50th anniversary celebration October 14, 2009.

The International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes academic excellence at the world’s top business schools – those accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Since its founding in 1913, the Society has established more than 480 collegiate chapters around the world and has inducted approximately 625,000 students into membership.

The installation ceremony was attended by more than 850 students, faculty, staff and alumni. Beta Gamma Sigma Installing Officer Susan Englemeyer, dean of the Charlton School of Business at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth welcomed the new chapter into the Society and assisted with the induction of 17 undergraduate and graduate students, seven faculty members and a chapter honoree.

Election to lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest honor a business student anywhere in the world can receive in an undergraduate (baccalaureate) or master’s (post-baccalaureate) program at a school accredited by AACSB International. Only students who rank in the upper 10 percent of their junior or senior class, the upper 20 percent of their graduating master’s class, or have completed all doctoral requirements are eligible for membership.

Beta Gamma Sigma membership provides lifetime recognition. This lifelong commitment to its members’ academic and professional success is defined in the Society’s mission: to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, to foster personal and professional excellence, to advance the values of the Society, and to serve its lifelong members.

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