BenU graduate students inducted into international business honor society

Sigma Beta Delta is an international honor society that recognizes outstanding academic performance and promise of future achievement among students in the fields of business, management and administration.

This year, the 2015 and 2016 graduating classes at Benedictine University inducted 48 graduate students from the College of Business into the University’s Sigma Beta Delta chapter. To qualify for selection, a student’s cumulative GPA must rank in the top 20 percent of their graduate business program.

The inductees are:

Jillian Adams, Mableton, Ga.

Farrah Ansari, Naperville

Trente Arens, Aurora

Alessandro Barbarotta, Bolingbrook

Jami Bennett, Lincoln, Ill.

Shani Brumley, Suffolk, Va.

Kimmy Butler, Maywood

Joyce Carpenter, Houston, Texas

Shu Zhen Chan, New York, N.Y.

Ryan Coughlin, Downers Grove

Carrie Cox, Springfield, Ill.

Anil Curry, Bolingbrook

Annie DeLeon, Chicago

Kevin Dunne, Chicago

Cheronda Everett, Cortland, Ill.

Karen Fields, Chicago

Latrese Greenan, Oak Lawn

Paul Grzywacz, McHenry

Alison Hill, Chicago

Tracie Johnson, Itasca

Heather Johnson, Williston, N.D.

Veronica Jones, Lilburn, Ga.

Natalie Keeton, Chicago

Monica Lane, Chicago

Christopher Leahy, Bolingbrook

Ralph Loritz, Naperville

Lisa MacKenzie, Plainfield

Monika Marko, Naperville

Lindsay Mihm, Lombard

Andrew Morgan, Darien

Laura Ott, West Chicago

Amar Pandya, Aurora

Matthew Peacey, Plainfield

Mark Placek, Chicago

Polina Preet, Streamwood

Dhara Rokadia, Hoffman Estates

Johanna Rycroft, Peachtree City, Ga.

Saritha Shivananjappa, Highland Park, N.J.

Nicole Stutz, Clearwater, Fla.

David Tannenbaum, Aurora

Donce Teri, Darien

Roderick Torres, Bloomingdale

Sir Joseph Tucker, Plainfield

Angela Weathers, Chicago

Laci Willis, Petersburg, Ill.

Shannon Woods, Naperville

Christine Zak, Plainfield

Dritan Zekaj, Burr Ridge

Benedictine University became the 200th chapter of Sigma Beta Delta in 2003, and today has more than 400 members throughout the school’s traditional, accelerated, online and Asian graduate programs.

Students who were invited to join Sigma Beta Delta are on track to earn either a Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Accountancy, Master of Science in Management Information Systems, Master of Science in Management and Organizational Behavior, or Master of Science in Taxation degree.