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Business
Council
Business
Week
Entrepreneur Club
Gerdin Citizenship Program
International Business Club
Multicultural Business Network
Student Business Lab
Business
Fraternities
Alpha
Kappa Psi
Beta Alpha Psi and
Accounting Student Network
Delta Sigma
Pi
Graduate Students
MBA
Association
Honors
Beta
Gamma Sigma
Major
Accounting
Finance
Logistics & Supply Chain
Management
Management Information
Systems
Marketing
(American Marketing Association)
Management
Operations
& Supply Chain
Management
Society for Human Resource
Management
Alpha
Kappa Psi
Alpha
Kappa Psi is a professional business fraternity
that promotes professional activities and also
features social events. Alpha Kappa Psi
chapters conduct programs with speakers from the
business world, field trips to industries and
community service projects. Social events
help promote the friendship of our fraternity.
For an application visit the
Alpha Kappa Psi website.
Contact information:
President: Adam
Schmidt
Advisor:
Donald Wyatt
Beta
Alpha Psi and Accounting Student Network
The
purpose of Beta Alpha Psi, national honor
society and scholastic and professional
accounting fraternity, includes the following: recognition of outstanding academic achievements
in the field of accounting; promotion of the
study and practice of accounting; provision of
opportunities for self-development and
association among members and practicing
accountants; and encouragement of a sense of
ethical, social, and public responsibilities. Traditionally Beta Alpha Psi has been an honors
accounting fraternity/organization, but recently
the organization has implemented both Finance
and MIS majors as well.
Beta Alpha Psi website
Contact information:
President: Erin
Eddy
Advisor:
Marvin
Bouillon
Beta
Gamma Sigma (Business Honor Society)
The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is
to encourage and honor academic achievements in
the study of business, personal, and
professional excellence in the practice of
business. Students from the top 7% of the
junior class, the top 10% of the senior class,
and the top 20% of the masters degree candidates
are invited to the initiation ceremony held each
spring. The $55 fee covers lifetime
membership.
Photos
from the 2003 event
Past Chapter
Honorees
Contact information:
Advisor: Clyde
Walter
Faculty Treasurer:
Sue
Ravenscroft
Business Week
Business Week provides
College of Business students with an opportunity
to network with business professionals,
encourages learning beyond the classroom and
textbooks, and provides a chance for faculty and
students to get to know each other on an
informal basis.
Business Week committee members plan the BBQ, high school visitation,
promotions, speakers, tournaments, and other
events.
Business Week website
Contact information:
Advisors:
Ann
Coppernoll and
Jan Duffy
Co-chairs:
Jessica
Huckstadt and
Colby Spann
Delta
Sigma Pi
Delta
Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized
to foster the study of business in universities;
to encourage scholarship, social activity, and
the association of students for mutual
advancement by research and practice; to promote
a closer affiliation between the commercial
world and the students of commerce; and to
further a higher standard of commercial ethics
and culture and the civic and commercial welfare
of the community.
Delta Sigma Pi website
Contact information:
President:
Amanda
Mickelson
Advisor: Cynthia
Campbell
Business
Council
The
Business Council serves as a liaison group
between the students and the faculty in the
College of Business. It is involved in
many activities, such as: Peer Advising
for pre-business and professional students (1200
Gerdin), representing
the College of Business at Experience Iowa State
Days, VEISHEA parade and festivities, Homecoming, Family Weekend, High School
and Career Days, sponsors teacher/advisor of the
year, and provides additional student
support/student prospective on selected
committees.
Business Council website
Contact information:
President:
Katie
Lorber
Vice President:
Lacey Weier
Secretary:
Travis Wells
Treasurer:
Brittney Brunsvold
Advisor:
Deb Noll
Entrepreneur Club
The
ISU Entrepreneur Club
exists to provide those
students who wish to purpose their own business
interests (at some point) a chance to learn more
about entrepreneurial opportunities. The
club meets twice per month, and its meetings are
devoted to "real world" interactions with
successful entrepreneurs and business people.
Membership in this club is open to all majors,
and cross-disciplinary projects are encouraged. Members in this club a) learn what it takes to
start a business, b) experience entrepreneurship
through jobs, internships, and projects, c)
network with other students and professionals
involved in entrepreneurship, d) learn from
speakers, and e) participate in social,
community, and university events.
The club is nationally affiliated with the
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO).
Many Iowa State students travel to the national
Collegiate Entrepreneurs Conference each
November. Semester dues are $20.
Entrepreneur Club website
Contact information:
President:
Jordan
Rowland
Advisor: Judi Eyles
Finance
Club
The
Iowa State Finance Club is organized to provide
both finance and non-finance major students
interested in the field of finance,
opportunities to learn more about finance and
its related areas. This is accomplished
through speaker presentations, field trips,
meetings, and social interaction. We also
provide opportunities for contact with the
business community to further our career plans.
Finance Club website
Contact information:
President: Justin
Kirchhoff
Advisor:
Rick Dark
International Business Club
The
College of Business International Business Club promotes awareness of and participation in
international business education activities that
reinforce the importance of international business
experience in the curriculum and careers of students.
The goals of the are to obtain knowledge and information about
international business, increase participation by business students
in an international business education activity
(study abroad, or study tour), to share the experience of international
students and domestic students who have studied
abroad, and to provide a social atmosphere that is
supportive of the purpose and goals of the club.
Contact information
President:
Jarrett Walker
Advisor:
Lee Van Brocklin
ISU APICS
ISU APICS is the Iowa State
University students affiliate chapter of the
Educational Society for Resource Management,
formerly named the American Production and
Inventory Control Society (APICS). The focus of
the club is to gain a better understanding and
appreciation for resource management, with an
emphasis for manufacturing, and to promote
beneficial relationships between students,
faculty, and businesses, as well as between
local, regional, and national APICS
organizations.
Membership within ISU APICS offers the benefits of
attending the ISU APICS & TransLog Club Career Night, the
opportunity of learning from industry professionals at our
meetings, taking tours of manufacturing plants, having
access to study materials for APICS certification, and
attending the last semester meeting at Hickory Park. The
club also plans one large weekend plant tour trip each
semester; previous destinations have included Minneapolis
and Kansas City.
ISU APICS membership is open to any Iowa State University
undergraduate or graduate student who has an interest in
production and resource management.
Dues are $15 a semester. Student membership for APICS,
the international organization, is voluntary and costs $25
per year.
ISU APICS website
Contact information:
President: Jaclyn
Kluesner
Advisor: Danny
Johnson
Logistics and Supply Chain Management Club
The
Iowa State University Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Club is composed of business students
who have an interest in activities related to
careers in the transportation and logistics
fields extending beyond their classroom studies. Club members take field trips and interact with
guest speakers from the transportation and
logistics community. These activities are
designed to give the students a "real world"
experience about the day-to-day operations of
industry and to better prepare them to make
informed career choices.
Logistics and Supply Chain
Management Club website
Contact information:
President: Tony
Staley
Advisor:
Clyde Walter &
Jennifer
Blackhurst
Management
Information Systems Club (MIS)
The
MIS Club, the largest student organization in
the College of Business, brings together those
students interested in sharing contemporary
issues in information systems management. The
club is focused on careers in information
systems, networking with professionals in the
field, and using and developing current
technologies.
The club has an excellent executive and board of
directors offering a wide range of student
leadership opportunities. The club sponsors the
annual Pre-Career Day Reception providing
students an opportunity to meet employers
informally to discuss employment and internship
possibilities prior to Career Day at Hilton
Coliseum.
In addition, each semester the club hosts
corporate trips. At nearly each regular club
meeting, held every second Thursday, a
recruiting employer presents information about
their organization. Finally, many club members
participate in the CyTech Challenge held during
VEISHEA each year. Membership is open to anyone
interested in MIS. Dues are $15 per semester.
MIS Club website
Contact information:
President:
Dan Rogers
Advisor: Brian
Mennecke
Marketing
Club
The
American Marketing Association (AMA) is an
international organization, consisting of
professional and collegiate chapters. The
ISU chapter of the AMA promotes awareness in the
marketing field. Monthly meetings enable
student members to learn about different areas
of marketing from guest speakers. The
organization also offers social, fund raising,
and professional events. The marketing
club is currently working very closely with the
Des Moines chapter of AMA.
Marketing Club website
Contact information:
President: Amanda
Boyer
Advisor:
Rajshri Agarwal
MBA
Association
The
Iowa State University MBA Association
(MBAA) is an
organization to help students thrive and
have fun throughout the MBA
program. We organize activities and sponsor
events such as presentations by local and
national leaders in business, regular field
trips to corporations of interest to our
members, and social get-togethers including
parties and picnics.
MBA
Association website
Contact information:
President: Melissa
Suek
Advisor: Mark
Peterson
Multicultural
Business Network
The
purpose of the MBN is to provide a networking
system among minority students in the business
program. One of our goals is to share
experiences, ideas, and concerns that will
encourage you to pursue your educational and
career goals. Members of the ISU academic
community serve as mentors to students in the
group. The organization offers resources
to members through socials, business
professional speakers, and ISU academic
speakers.
Contact information:
President:
Jessica Green
Advisor: Brenda
Thorbs-Weber
Society
for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
The
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is
an undergraduate and graduate student club that
seeks to learn more about human resource
management and industrial relations. The
club has regularly scheduled meetings for
educational, networking, and social purposes. Guest speakers from the greater Des Moines area
provide practitioner insights.
SHRM website
Contact information:
President: Jennifer
Kock
Advisor: Ellen
Mullen
Student
Business Lab
The Business
Analysis Laboratory is a unique learning experience at Iowa
State University. Students from the colleges of Business,
Education, and Engineering work together in cross-functional
teams to solve real business problems. Clients of the Lab
have included companies such as 3M, Lockheed Martin
Corporation, Andersen Windows, Maytag and others.
More Information
Contact
Information:
b-lab@iastate.edu
(515)296-7010
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