News Release

Students inducted into business honor society

April 8, 2008

Twenty-six undergraduate and graduate students in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration have achieved excellence in their studies and have been inducted as lifetime members of Beta Gamma Sigma.

Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is eligible to students ranking in the top 10 percent of the baccalaureate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by AACSB International – The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. The new inductees join an expanding worldwide network of more than 560,000 outstanding business professionals who have earned recognition through lifetime membership in Beta Gamma Sigma.

Beta Gamma Sigma was founded as a national organization in 1913.  With collegiate chapters on five continents its mission is to encourage and honor academic achievement and personal excellence in the study and practice of business.

The following students, their place of residence, and their major were inducted into the Penn State Harrisburg chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma during formal induction ceremonies.

Undergraduate Students
Holly Artz, Camp Hill, Management
Bridget Casher, Harrisburg, Management
Glenn Hanson, Manheim, Finance
Christopher Markel, Mechanicsburg, Management
Ammu Nalluswami, Enola, Accounting
Van Nguyen, Harrisburg, Marketing
Jessica Riddle, Hanover, Accounting
Angela Sgrignoli, Harrisburg, Finance
Melanie Vissering, Abbottstown, Accounting
Malory Waser, Marietta, Marketing

Graduate Students
Jason Brandle, Harrisburg, MBA
Patrick Campbell, Auburn, N.Y., MBA
Benjamin Eastlack, Lebanon, Information Systems
Melissa Gimbor, Hummelstown, Ph.D./MBA
Yassar Heakal, Hershey, Ph.D./MBA
Nathan Jones, Hershey, Ph.D./MBA
Thomas Klein, Willow Street, MBA
Benjamin May, Etters, MBA
Cheryl McGuire, Carlisle, MBA
Amy Mellor, Mechanicsburg, Information Systems
Nicole Orris, Harrisburg, MBA
Benjamin Osterhout, Elizabethtown, MBA
 Maricarmen Planas-Silva, Hershey, MBA
Jessica Roman, Mechanicsburg, MBA
Samuel Stuart, Elizabethtown, MBA
Nicholas Zello, Mechanicsburg, MBA