La Salle University’s business honor society Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) has been named the 2014 Gold Chapter Award recipient in its Outstanding Chapter program. The Gold Chapter Award is the highest recognition a collegiate chapter can earn.
In ten of the past 11 years, La Salle’s chapter has been named one of the top five chapters in the world. This year marks the third Gold Chapter Award for the University, having previously won in 2004 and 2011. La Salle was selected from more than 500 collegiate chapters worldwide for being the most successful and involved chapter.
At La Salle, BGS students are heavily involved in serving the local community. Last year, students held a food collection drive called, “Bring a Box, a Can, or a Buck.” Their efforts raised more than $200 and collected more than 700 pounds of food, which was donated to a local food bank.
With the Gold Chapter Award, La Salle received a $1500 scholarship to present to a top BGS student, which has been awarded to junior Herbert Hess. Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society serving business programs accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, a distinction held by fewer than five percent of business schools worldwide.
Earlier this month, La Salle inducted 60 undergraduate and graduate students into its BGS chapter. In addition, La Salle President Brother Michael J. McGinniss, F.S.C., Ph.D., who is retiring as President next month, and alumna Marci Bossow Schankweiler, ’90, President and Founder of For Pete’s Sake Cancer Respite Foundation, were this year’s Chapter honorees.