Beta Gamma Sigma recognizes newest members with virtual ceremony
The Tulane chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma, the international honor society recognizing academic excellence in the study of business, officially welcomed its newest members on May 15, 2020.
While the Freeman School’s traditional recognition ceremony was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Beta Gamma Sigma hosted a first-ever, society-wide virtual membership recognition ceremony on May 21, 2020. Hosted by BGS CEO Chris Carosella, the online event was attended by 1,200 new inductees representing 400 chapters around the world.
The Freeman School’s spring 2020 inductees and their programs of study are:
| Cindy Arzola (EMBA) |
| Michael Belanger (MME) |
| Joanna Berman (BSM) |
| Aryn Bryant (EMBA) |
| Lingling Cai (MFIN) |
| Shushan Cai (MFIN) |
| Juan Caicedo Velandia (MME) |
| Zachary Dorkings (MFIN) |
| William Dunford (BSM) |
| Fergus Dunphy (MME) |
| Hannah Ellis (BSM) |
| Thomas Felts (EMBA) |
| Yifan Fu (MME) |
| Blake Geisler (BSM) |
| Hannah Goldstein (BSM) |
| Leandra Grant (EMBA) |
| William Hagan (MBA) |
| Lucy Holland (MFIN) |
| Shufang Huang (MME) |
| Traci Johnson (EMBA) |
| Kevin Kirchner (MME) |
| Benjamin Knutson (PMBA) |
| Lance Kohs (MME) |
| Junjie Li (MFIN) |
| Wenxin Li (MFIN) |
| Na Liao (MME) |
| Ying Lin (MFIN) |
| Joseph Lollini (EMBA) |
| Andrés López Santisteban (MFIN) |
| Gina Lu (MBA) |
| Fei Meng (MFIN) |
| Brian Murrant (MFIN) |
| Dhwanikumar Patel (EMBA) |
| Tatiana Poggi (BSM) |
| Shuaiwei Qian (MFIN) |
| Nicole Regan (EMBA) |
| Juan Reyes (EMBA) |
| Diego Rodriguez Ferreira (EMBA) |
| Aidan Russell (BSM) |
| Vitalie Samohin (MFIN) |
| Wenchao Shi (MME) |
| Zachariah Sokolski (EMBA) |
| Stephen Thompson (MFIN) |
| Evan Varadi (EMBA) |
| Hao Wang (MFIN) |
| Yifan Wang (MFIN) |
| Jingru Wang (MMG) |
| Chan Wong (EMBA) |
| Di Wu (MFIN) |
| Ziwei Yang (MFIN) |
| Xu Yao (BSM) |
| Jiayue Yuan (MACCT) |
| Shoude Zhang (MFIN) |
| Yuanzhen Zhang (MFIN) |
| Yunyi Zhang (MFIN) |
| Yiming Zhou (MFIN) |
One student who was previously inducted at the undergraduate level received second recognition at the graduate level:
Gabrielle Mangum (EMBA)
Beta Gamma Sigma is recognized by the educational and corporate communities as the highest recognition a business student can receive in a program accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB International). Tulane’s chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma was established in 1924.
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