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Delta Sigma The ADS Club is a National Professional Advertising Society for any major, with a concentration in business, professional writing or graphic design. It is affiliated with the America Advertising Federation. The purpose of ADS Club is to provide students with an opportunity to associate with professionals. Members are able to tour local advertising agencies, host professional speakers and do fund raisers to offset the costs of programs. During spring semester, a special topics class is offered where students design an integrated marketing communication campaign to compete in the American Advertising Federation National Competition. Every year in November, members of the ADS Club may attend the AWNY Advertising Career Conference in New York City. This professional development opportunity offers members a chance to experience networking with New York professionals and get insight on interviewing skills. There is a nominal cost to become an ADS Club member. It is $20 a year for Alpha Delta Sigma and $20 a year for American Advertising Federation (Special Topics Class). For more information on the ADS Club, contact Dr. Jane Reid at (330) 742-3001 or Dr. Bart Kittle at (330) 742-1882. Alpha Mu is a national professional business society affiliated with the American Marketing Association (AMA). Membership is open to both men and women who are enrolled in a business curriculum. The purpose of Alpha Mu is to allow students to participate in business and collegiate activities. For more information, contact Dr. James Kohut at (330) 742-3149. ASQ membership
gives you access to the up-to-date information and professional contacts
that will give you the inside track to your chosen profession. You can jump start your career through benefits such as
publications, quality-related products, courses, conferences, section
membership and division membership. Quality
is all about management, information technology, customer satisfaction,
teamwork, reengineering standards, service, and more.
Through ASQC you can learn how to turn these quality concepts,
theories, and principles into real-world applications.
ASQC is open to all WCBA business majors.
For more information, contact Dr. Ram Kasuganti at (330) 742-3070. Petitioning Chapter of THE NATIONAL HONORS FRATERNITY FOR FINANCIAL
INFORMATION PROFESSIONALS (formerly Alpha Tau Gamma) Beta Alpha Psi is a national honorary fraternity. Membership is open to all accounting, finance and information systems majors who have completed one upper level course, have a 3.0 accounting, finance or information systems GPA, a 3.00 overall GPA, and are able to attend regular biweekly meetings and participate on committees. The organization strives to expose students to all aspects of the accounting, finance and information systems professions via speakers, technical meetings, visits to firms and companies, an annual awards banquet, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance preparation workshops, and other related functions. For more information, contact Dr. Raymond Shaffer at (330) 742-3196 or Professor Inez Heal at (330) 742-3509. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest
recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in an
undergraduate or master’s program at a school accredited by AACSB-The
International Association for Management Education. To be eligible for membership, the academic ranking of those being considered must place them:
INSTITUTE
OF MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTANTS The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is the
world’s largest association of management accountants and financial
managers with approximately 94,000 members and more than 320 chapters
across the United States and abroad.
IMA members range from accountants to financial managers
just beginning their careers, to those in middle management, to chief
financial managers and chief executive officers of major corporations.
Membership includes Certified Management Accountants, Certified
Public Accountants, educators, students and individuals involved with
local, state, and federal government.
The Institute Management Accountants Student Chapter (IMASC) at YSU
is a voluntary organization of IMA student members operating under the
sponsorship of the Greater Youngstown Area Chapter of the IMA.
For more information, contact Dr. Helen Savage at (330) 742-4724,
or Dr. Peter Woodlock at (330) 742-1873. MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEM STUDENT ORGANIZATION Sigma Pi Alpha is the YSU student chapter of the
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM),
and as such, is a professionally oriented organization. It is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, as
well as YSU alumni who have an ongoing interest in Human Resource
Management. It provides
leadership opportunities and interaction with HRM practitioners, and also
administers the Raymond J. Shuster Award, an annual student award for
excellence in the study of Human Resources Management.
For more information, contact the Management Department at (330)
742-3071. All business majors in the WCBA are invited to apply
for the Student Leadership Council in the fall semester. Broad representation from all majors is desired.
The Council will meet monthly with Dean Betty Jo Licata to discuss
issues of mutual interest. Student Leadership Council members are expected to provide
input on behalf of WCBA students’, serve as “ambassadors” of the WCBA at special events; help communicate goals and activities of
the WCBA to the student body; assist the WCBA with special activities,
student recruitment, and guest speakers; and provide input to the faculty
and staff of the WCBA regarding students’ needs and interests.
Students will be selected on an application basis The mission of Penguin Toastmasters is to provide a
mutually supportive and positive learning
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