Washington Adventist University Chapter of International Business Honor Society Inducts New Members

Takoma Park, MD (April 7, 2015) New members were inducted recently into the Washington Adventist University (WAU) Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta International Business Honor Society, which encourages and recognizes scholarship and accomplishment among students in the school of business. The Honor Society also promotes personal and professional improvement and distinguished service.

Membership is by invitation, and those who are inducted rank in the top 20 percent of their class and are at least half-way through their bachelor’s or master’s degree program in the school of business. The WAU Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta International Business Honor Society has been on campus for three years. The first charter members were inducted on April 1, 2012.

This year’s new members were inducted during a March 22 ceremony that featured a keynote address by Richard Rajarthinam, President, Office Care, Inc.; and remarks by Milton Morris, President, MDM Office Systems, Inc. Those inducted include: Loza Ayana, BS Business Administration Management; Sean Cole, BS Business Administration; Annagabriella Colon, BS Accounting; Joseph Dunkelly, BS Accounting; Kassie Edwards, MA Public Administration; Daniel Hicklin, BS Information Systems; Sydney Mascoll, BS Accounting; Erica McKitty, BS Accounting; Esther Owusu, BS Accounting; Alana Pabon, MA Public Administration; Manikandan Panickar, MBA; Anissa Perez, MA Public Administration; Leland Pittman, BS Business Administration Management; and Ruben Soares, BS Business Administration Marketing.

Sigma Beta Delta International has more than 370 chapters in 47 states, with four international institutions. For more information about the WAU Chapter, contact Faculty Advisor Kimberly Pichot at kspichot@wau.edu or 301-891-4034.

 

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Washington Adventist University is Montgomery County’s only four-year private college. Part of the Seventh-day Adventist system of higher education, Washington Adventist University has been educating college students since 1904 on a 19-acre campus in suburban Takoma Park, close to the nation’s capital. Approximately 1,100 students of all faiths participate in the university’s eight graduate and 32 undergraduate programs. The 2014 edition of U.S. News & World Report ranked Washington Adventist University among the best regional colleges in the north.

 

Media Contacts:
Angie Crews, 301-891-4134, acrews@wau.edu
Donna Bigler, 240-286-1169dbigler@wau.edu