The Merrilee Alexander Kick College of Business and Entrepreneurship was eligible to start a Beta Gamma Sigma student chapter after receiving accreditation from AACSB International —The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business, considered the world’s leading association of business schools in 2023. 

One such student already benefiting from the boost is MBA student Bridget Hadnot-Roberts. 

More than 100 high-achieving MAK College students, including Hadnot-Roberts, joined the BGS chapter in the spring and fall of 2024. And, in the fall of 2024, BGS faculty advisors Jason Lambert, PhD, and Zhen Li, PhD, invited those students to an exploratory meeting to start a BGS student organization.