Points of Pride!

Beta Alpha Psi at The University of South Dakota’s Beacom School of Business is not only educating students about valuable financial concepts, the national honors fraternity for financial information professionals is also winning prestigious competitions, including the Regional Beta Alpha Psi competition in St. Louis where the team took top honors. 

Members of Beta Alpha Psi competed in two presentation competitions-- one entitled "Financial Literacy" and the other "Beta Alpha Psi in 10 years."  The presentations were evaluated by a panel of judges. The judges considered everything from organization and quality of the group’s presentation to professionalism, research and effectiveness of the presentation.

The team finished in the top five with their "Financial Literacy" presentation and first place for the "Beta Alpha Psi in 10 years" presentation. "After receiving feedback from peers and faculty, we worked diligently on finalizing our presentation and then we practiced regularly for weeks," noted Suhrbier, from Lehigh, Iowa, who was on the team with four other USD students, Cody Kofoid of Billings, Mont., Cindy Kranz of Kranzburg, S.D., Amy Nachtigal of Sioux Falls, S.D., and Stephanie Thompson of Beresford, S.D.

Practice for the USD group paid off as they won first place and a check for $500 defeating 21 other Beta Alpha Psi teams from schools such as the University of Iowa, Creighton University, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Nebraska-Omaha and Kansas State University. For winning the regional competition, USD’s Beta Alpha Psi team is eligible to compete at the national meeting in Anaheim, CA, this summer.

The Beacom Opportunity Fund provides the resources for initiatives that promote the Beacom School of Business's students and programs. For more information about Beta Alpha Psi at USD, please visit their Web site at www.usd.edu/business/bap/.

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More Points of Pride!

The Alpha Eta Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi won the Outstanding Service Award for a Collegiate Chapter and the Outstanding Professional Activities Award for a Collegiate Chapter for our province for the academic year ended June 30, 2007.  They were also nominated for the Outstanding Services Activities award at the national level.  Congratulations to the members of Delta Sigma Pi and their advisors for a very successful year.

The Theta Upsilon chapter of Beta Alpha Psi  has been recognized internationally as a “Superior Chapter.”  Recognition as “Superior Chapter” is a significant accomplishment.  The Theta Upsilon chapter has far excelled in the areas of academics, professionalism and leadership. Not only has the Chapter attained the highest possible status (Superior), but was recognized as one of the four “significantly improved” chapters in the world.  This is quite an accomplishment as Beta Alpha Psi has 263 chapters on college and university campuses throughout the world.  Congratulations to Beta Alpha Psi's members and advisors.

The Beacom School of Business was named in honor of Miles K. Beacom, President and Chief Executive Officer of PREMIER Bankcard. 

The Beacom School of Business, located in Patterson Hall, offers students a quality business education that goes beyond expectations.  Our alumni have become global leaders in such fields as accounting, finance, economics, management, marketing, and health services administration.
Ground breaking for our new building, named in honor of Walter A. Buhler an alum and generous supporter of the School of Business, is anticipated for 2008.  Read more here...
Extraordinary distinctions:

• The only business program in South Dakota to hold the prestigious AACSB International accreditation.
• Business students typically score in the top 15% of all business students taking the national exit exam for business. During the most recent (Spring 2007) semester, our students reached the top 5%.
• Over 90% of business classes are taught by faculty who are PhD’s or  equivalents, in small classes (average size of 29).
• An innovative curriculum combined with the newest instructional methods.
• More than $200,000 in scholarships awarded annually to business students.
• Strong corporate relationships that provide excellent career opportunities.

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