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BizBuzz
Student Organization Snapshot Want to meet people—students and successful professionals—who share your interests and can help you get ahead? Need to add some great experiences to your résumé? Have a desire to perfect skills including leadership and team building? Student organizations in the College of Business Administration give you all this and more. You can do a little, such as attend meetings, or a lot, such as become a committee chair or officer. It’s your call. In each issue of BizBuzz, we showcase a student organization so you can see which one is right for you. Beta Alpha Psi Eta Iota Chapter/Superior Chapter brings real world of accounting to its members.
From weekly meetings and presentations, to Meet the Firms night—mimicking a speed dating event—to professional development activities to a softball game between members and representatives from accounting firms, Beta Alpha Psi offers accounting, finance, and MIS students an array of chances to prepare for a career, learn about the accounting profession from professionals, and form lifelong friendships. The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) sponsors the organization. Here’s what you need to join:
Beta also welcomes graduate students. “Beta exceeded my expectations for networking with partners and executives from accounting firms of every size and for getting feedback on my career options,” said Adriana Herrera, president, who works twenty to thirty hours a week as an auditor—an opportunity that, along with a summer internship at PricewaterhouseCoopers, she got through the organization. “I’ve learned about the real world from people who are in it.” Committees provide leadership and participation options. To handle the organization’s ambitious plans and to expand students’ abilities, Beta includes seven committees: Honors Council; tutoring; photography; fundraising; tactical (to arrange events); CPE (to help coordinate CPE events for the School of Accounting); and newsletter, a publication that students produce and members receive at the end-of-semester banquet. Herrera, who plans to graduate in December, 2007, and attend graduate school, “believes in Beta a lot,” and finds that giving students leadership positions, helping them learn how to act and dress professionally, and ensuring they understand employers’ expectations offers “great satisfaction. It takes time and dedication and sometimes seems like a sacrifice. However, one has to sacrifice a little to succeed in life,” she said. In August, 2007, at the national Beta conference held in Chicago, Illinois, the college’s chapter was recognized with the designation “superior chapter”—the highest honor available—based on the number of community events it organized and professional development opportunities if offered as well as on the involvement of its members. “Beta provides students with links to the financial information community and the community at large,” said C. Delano Gray, instructor, School of Accounting, and the college chapter’s faculty advisor. “Being a member helps students develop a sense of purpose and confidence and equips them better for their chosen careers.” Take the next step. If you’d like to get involved in Beta Alpha Psi, check the calendar of events on its comprehensive web site at http://www.fiu.edu/~bap/ for meeting information and make plans to attend. The initial fee to join is $97, which drops to $80 for returning members. Learn more about the history of the national organization and what if offers at http://www.bap.org/.
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