The Paul and Virginia Engler College of Business has announced the induction of several students from West Texas A&M University into three honor societies associated with business studies.
The economics society, Omicron Delta Epsilon, is one of the world's largest academic honor societies with approximately 600 chapters worldwide, including the Nu Chapter established at WT in 1970. The board of trustees for the organization includes well-known recipients of the Nobel Prize in economic sciences. Dr. Neil Meredith is the faculty adviser and helped initiate eight students into the chapter for the spring 2019 semester. These students are:
Terio Bost—Lubbock, Texas
John Thomas Damon—Belcourt, N.D.
Kristopher Ferguson—West Sussex, U.K.
Rachel Victoria Hawkins—Caldwell, Texas
Eric Lawrence—Ridgecrest, Calif.
Brandon McBride—Philadelphia, Pa.
Jonathan Patrick—Lewisville, Texas
Timothy James Putnam—Fletcher, N.C.
Alpha Mu Alpha is an honorary society of the American Marketing Association open to qualified undergraduate and graduate students as well as faculty members for academic excellence in marketing. The national Alpha Mu Alpha organization was established in 1981, and WT’s chapter was established in 2016. Dr. Robert King is the faculty adviser and helped induct 16 new members. These students include:
Victoria Allums—New Caney, Texas
Kyle Coia—Des Moines, Iowa
Nicholas Dow—Amarillo, Texas
Jelina Fernando—West Sussex, U.K.
Emily B. Golding—San Diego, Calif.
Kleddao Jitchuenchote—Bangkok, Thailand
Kamble Lane—Lubbock, Texas
Connie McGee—Port Charlotte, Fla.
Colton McMains—Glendale, Ariz.
Duy Anh Nguyen—Hanoi, Vietnam
Alejandra Magaly Pacheco Lopez—San Salvador, El Salvador
Jacob Rogers—Amarillo, Texas
Ezekiel J. Swanson—Denver, Colo.
Madison Thetford—Amarillo, Texas
Marlene van Mourik—Hovborg, Denmark
Lauren Walsh—Amarillo, Texas
The society based on computing and information, Upsilon Pi Epsilon, was organized at Texas A&M University in 1967 as the first and only society focused on the discipline. The international organization now consists of chapters in various colleges and universities in North America and overseas. Dr. Leon Chen is the faculty adviser and helped welcome 15 students into the chapter. These students include:
Angelica Alonzo—Hereford, Texas
Steven Bellenot—Redding, Conn.
Karthikeyan Chakravarthy—Northlake, Texas
John Cunningham—Amarillo, Texas
Becca Gerlich—Canyon, Texas
Ryan Gross—Amarillo, Texas
Aaron Hebert—Amarillo, Texas
James Long—Houston, Texas
Mason McCollum—Canyon, Texas
Cuong Nguyen—Danang, Vietnam
Justin Pickard—Lorenzo, Texas
Benjamin Schenkman—Enfield, Conn.
Olga Sheehan—Natick, Mass.
Joanna Summerlin—Canyon, Texas
Kenneth Thevenin—Taylor, Texas
-West Texas A&M University
