At this year's Beta Gamma Sigma induction ceremony, 67 juniors and seniors and 73 graduate students were welcomed into the national honor society-the highest academic honor business students can achieve. During the event, the Zicklin School also took the opportunity to honor this year's outstanding teaching faculty. Dean John Elliott bestowed plaques on Steven Melnik (Accounting), Eugene Sherman (Economics and Finance), Adam Glassman (Law), Carl Ullman (Management), Lauren Block (Marketing), and Marios Koufaris (Statistics and Computer Information Systems).

Howard Smith, Vice Chairman, CFO, and CAO of American International Group (AIG) gave the keynote address. Success, he told the honorees, was within their reach, but it would require more than their outstanding grade point averages. Businesses like AIG were seeking young men and women who were resourceful, independent thinkers with high ethical standards. Professor Terrence Martell, this year's Beta Gamma Sigma faculty inductee, praised Baruch students for their tenacity and hard work. —ZB