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July 5, 2007
Eta Sigma Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi celebrates highly successful year
The Eta Sigma Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi celebrated the culmination
				    of a highly successful 2006-2007 chapter year with the close
				    of the 2007 spring semester.
				    
			      At
				    the last meeting of the spring semester, the Eta Sigma Chapter
			      elected its slate of officers to lead during the 2007-2008
			      chapter year.
				    
				At the last meeting of the year, President Nicia Mercer
                    announced the chapter had once again earned Superior designation
                    amassing the required hours established by the international
                    guidelines of the organization by the end of March. Chapter
                    members had attended 533 hours of professional meetings during
                    the year and had volunteered 534 hours in community and campus
                    service activities.
                    
                  The chapter selected the second honorary
				member in its history, when Lawrence I. White-Jonesboro, a CPA
                  and ³È×ÓÊÓÆµ alumnus (BBA ’70,
                    MBA ’72), was inducted to membership April 30 and also
                    named Business Professional of the Year for 2007. He will
                    be placed in nomination for the national award of the same
                    name.
                      
                    The crowning point of the year came May 4 when the ³È×ÓÊÓÆµ Student
                    Government Association named Beta Alpha Psi 2006-2007 Organization
                    of the Year (from among 140 campus organizations) and named
                    Patti Roshto as the RSO Faculty Advisor of the year.
                      
                    Officers were elected to serve the chapter for the 2007-2008
                    year. Katie Garlington, a Monroe senior, will lead the chapter
                    as president. Her cabinet will include Administrative Vice
                    President Brian Evans, a Shreveport senior; Vice President
                    of Programs Joel Foret, a Plaucheville junior; Vice President
                    of Service Jaime Hill, a Winnsboro junior; Executive Secretary
                    Lauren Murphy, a Monroe junior; Reporting Secretary Marcy
                    Haynes, a Jones senior; Treasurer Katie Robinson, a West
                    Monroe junior; and Historian Shannon Miller, a Baskin senior.
                    
                  Seven
                  members of the Eta Sigma Chapter, including past-president
                  Mercer and six of the officers for the upcoming year, will
                  represent the organization at the international meeting to
                  be held in Chicago August 2 – 4.
				  
				Garlington, Mercer and Robinson will present a program in
                    a session entitled “BAP Officers: Chapter/Life/School
                    Balance.â€
                    
                    Students will also participate in a half-day
                    service project planned to benefit the Chicago area. They
                    will also attend professional technical sessions planned
                    around the theme “Bridge
                    to Professionalism.â€
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