"More than 60 students in the College of Business at West Texas A&M University were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma for 2017. The International Honor Society of Beta Gamma Sigma membership is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in an undergraduate or graduate program at a school accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).
Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is by invitation only to business students who have met explicit academic qualifications defined by the International Honor Society’s Articles of Incorporation combined with chapter requirements relating to active leadership and/or service-learning.
Dr. De’Arno De’Armond, associate professor of finance and Edwards Professor of Financial Planning, serves as the chapter adviser. Student officers are Arne van Mourik, president; Jalee Blackwell, vice president; Mary Hayward, secretary; and Chandler Huddleston, treasurer. James Welch, CEO of YRC Worldwide and 2014 West Texas A&M University Distinguished Alumni, provided the ceremony keynote and is the 2017 distinguished business professional BGS honoree for West Texas A&M University.
The students inducted fall 2017 are listed by hometown/country and major.
Alexandria, Virginia
Suresh Tripathy, M.B.A.
Amarillo
Martin Birkenfeld, M.B.A.
T’Reya Espinoza, management
Elizabeth Hand, finance
Courtney Jackson, sccounting
Shelley Jones, marketing
Rebekah Klein, finance
Ashley Manchee, M.S.- finance and economics
Eric Mesa, general business
Sandra Mitchell, Master of Professional Accounting
Deidre Schlabs, marketing
Joshua Tarrant, computer information systems
Brittany Tindall, accounting
Michael Wells, M.S.- finance and economics
Bay City
Raihan Khondker, M.B.A.
Bulverde
Gabrielle Ashley, computer information systems
Burleson
Matthew Gerths, M.B.A.
Canyon
Frank Cordova, M.B.A.
Ben Holland, M.B.A.
James Irons, management
Robert Taylor, computer information systems
Bradford Yock, Master of Professional Accounting
Centuria, Wis.
Andrea Jerrick, M.B.A.
Childress
Frederick Leighton, accounting
Conroe
Mark Lindemann, M.B.A.
Cypress
David Conner, M.B.A.
William Ewing, M.B.A.
Dallas
Anastasia Rademaekers, M.S.- finance and economics
Denmark
Arne van Mourik, finance
Dover, N.H.
Ayesha Patel, M.B.A.
Flower Mound
Makenna Wellborn, M.B.A. – marketing
Frederick, Md.
Brienna Cheney, accounting
Frisco
Sydney Abraham, general business
Georgetown
Jeffrey Wylie, management
Hereford
Stefan Schlabs, finance
Houston
Aaron Wilkes, M.S.- finance and economics
Lauren Stern, M.S.- finance and economics
Hugoton, Kan.
Megan Bryan, entrepreneurship
Hurst
David Wagner, M.S.- finance and economics
India
Shravan Purohit, M.B.A.
Iran
Bahareh Naderi, M.B.A.
Las Cruces, N.M.
Marie Ellyson, entrepreneurship
Macomb, Mich.
Bradley Cook, M.B.A.
McKinney
Lurina Dallas, management
Midland
Logan Barnes, M.B.A. – management
Nepal
Nitesh Jalan, M.B.A. – computer information systems
Saru Pahari, M.B.A. – computer information systems
New Braunfels
Sara Koepp, general business
North Richland Hills
Melanie Durham, M.B.A.—healthcare management
Panhandle
Hanna Williams, finance
Penn Hills, Pa.
Elijah Toft, M.S.- finance and economics
Philadelphia, Pa.
Peter Vernig, M.B.A.—healthcare management
Pinehurst, N.C.
Mehrsa Aghajafari, M.B.A.
Plano
William Rhodes, M.S.- finance and economics
Rialto, Calif.
Aileen Galicia-Torres, M.B.A.
Roanoke
Candie Mabey, finance
Rockwall
Jalee Blackwell, international business
Rolla, Kan.
Chandler Huddleston, economics
San Antonio
Daniela Arceo, entrepreneurship
Ruben Preciado, management
Schertz
Jenna Roy, M.B.A.
Stafford
Karryl Romain, M.B.A.
Syracuse, N.Y.
Shane Williams, M.B.A.
Torrance, Calif.
Sahar Rupani, M.B.A.—healthcare management
Vietnam
Duong Dinh, M.S.- finance and economics
Linh Cao, Master of Professional Accounting
Ngan Dao, M.S.- finance and economics
Tram Dao, Master of Professional Accounting
Wendell, Idaho
Kyle Gunter, M.B.A.
Whitesboro
Thomas Morales, accounting
Wolfforth
Destiny Willingham, management
Lawrence Schwartz, finance
Wylie
Julie Lawson, M.B.A."
-West Texas A&M University
