Top QU Business Students Recognized

Sixty Quinnipiac University students were inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, the international business honor society for undergraduate and graduate programs, during a March 30 ceremony.

Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes students in business programs that are accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. To be eligible for membership, inductees must rank in the upper 7 percent of their junior class, upper 10 percent of their senior class or upper 20 percent of their graduating master’s class. In addition, a student must maintain a grade point average of at least 3.75.

This year’s inductees are: Gino Ang of Hamden, John Badyrka III of Monroe, Vanessa Baez of Clinton, Jordan Berman of Pennington, N.J.,Jody Brint of Wallingford, Timothy Brown of Natick, Mass., Jonathan Canestri of Branford, Nicholas Cantamessa of Wolcott and Roger Czuchra of Oxford.

Also, Ralph DelVecchio of Wallingford, Michael DiLillo of Franklin Lakes, N.J., Jimmy Engstrom of Chatham, N.J., Daniel Erdelyi of Budapest, Hungary, Elie Ferneini of Hamden, Erin Foerster of Manchester, Vt., Erica Frank of Wallingford, Nicole Gammon of East Bridgewater, Mass. and Zhen Ge of New Haven. 

Also Connor Gillivan of Albany, N.Y., Peter Goode of Marlborough, Anje Grund of Easton, Linda Jamele of Cheshire, Kathryn Joerg of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., Kenneth Jorgensen of Middletown, Trey Kaufmann of Trumbull, Kendall Keil of Ringwood, N.J., Hannah Leech of Dorset, Vt., Daniel Levesque of Madison, Allyson Levy of Yardly, Pa., Amanda Liria of Campbell Hall, N.Y., Rebecca Lofthouse of Milford.

Also Jennifer Lydiksen of Milford, John Magliocco of Roslyn, N.Y., Randal Mancini of Marietta, Pa., Joseph Marmorato of Summit, N.J., Emily McGrath of Concord, N.H., Jennifer Melo of Milford, Tony Melo of Milford, Heather Miner of New Hartford, Caryn Mitchell of Middletown and Andrew Papai of Southwick, Mass. 

Also Rati Patel of North Haven, Anthony Puorro of Middletown, Lindsay Roberts of Lebanon, N.J., Michael Sarin of Wayne, N.J., Jessica Savage of Jeffersonville, Vt., Peter Schulte of Guilford, Michelle Secor of Rensselear, N.Y., Robert Shephard of Holden, Mass., Michael Simione of Cheshire and Jacqueline Simpson Gilson of Middletown. 

Also Kyle Sleczkowski of Pepperell, Mass., Anne Tedstone of Hamden,Thomas Vara of Washington, N.J., Alec Varcas of Wolcott, Erin Webster of Saunderstown, R.I., Jacqueline Wilson of Fairport, N.Y., Melissa Zaffin of Branford, Jennifer Zammataro of Hamden and Annalisa Zinn of Hamden.

The School of Business at Quinnipiac was recently named as one of Bloomberg Businessweek's "Top 100 Undergraduate Business Schools" for 2011.

Founded in 1913, Beta Gamma Sigma is the only scholastic honor society recognized by the AACSB. The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, foster personal and professional excellence, to advance the values of Beta Gamma Sigma and serve lifelong members.