Honors and Awards

Dean’s List

BBA student in full residence whose quality-point average for a given semester equals or exceeds 3.6 and whose cumulative quality-point average in Goizueta Business School is at least 2.7 are honored by inclusion on the Dean’s List for that semester.

Beta Gamma Sigma

Beta Gamma Sigma is a national scholastic honorary society for students of business and management. Membership is restricted to students of high scholarship and good moral character in programs accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business. Election to the membership in the Gamma Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma is determined by faculty members of the society based on academic achievement, and is the highest scholastic honor a student in Goizueta Business School can achieve. Academic standing in the top 10 percent of the class within one semester of graduation is generally a prerequisite for, but not a guarantee of, inclusion.

Graduation Honors and Awards

Students whose work, in the faculty’s opinion, has been particularly outstanding during four semesters in the Business School will be granted degrees with distinction, depending on the candidate’s final class standing relative to the total graduating BBA Class. The calculation is inclusive of all graduates, including those from the Summer and Fall of the preceding year.

Graduating with honors in the business school is earned by rank:

Highest Distinction:	Top 5%
High Distinction:	Next 5% (6%-10%)
Distinction:	Next 10% (11%-20%)

Faculty Awards

The Business School also grants named awards to outstanding students receiving undergraduate degrees.

Campbell Accounting Award
Presented for many years by the late Professor Lyle E. Campbell, this award is given to the student with the highest scholastic average in accounting during his or her senior year.

The Educational Foundation of the Georgia Society of CPA’s Award
Given to the graduating senior with a concentration in accounting who has attained the highest scholastic average over his or her four years of undergraduate course work.

John R. Jones Award
Made possible by a gift from Arthur Anderson and Company in honor of a former partner in the firm who later became a member of the Emory accounting faculty. It is presented to an undergraduate accounting student who exhibits the outstanding academic and personal characteristics needed for success in an accounting career.

Award for Academic Excellence in Accounting
Given by the Educational Foundation of the Georgia Society of Certified Public Accountants. The award goes to the graduating senior with a concentration in accounting who has attained the highest scholastic average over four years of undergraduate course work.

Excellence in Communication Award
This award is based on performance in the courses offered in Business Communications and the application of theories through the consistent demonstration of intelligent, thorough, and creative solutions to communication issues in school, work, and life.

Information Systems & Operations Management Distinction Award
Presented to the graduating senior who has best exemplified excellence in the field of information systems and operations management.

Partnership Award in Finance
Presented by the finance faculty to the outstanding undergraduate student in finance.

American Marketing Association Award
Presented by the marketing faculty to the outstanding undergraduate student in marketing. This award is based on academic performance and the student’s contribution to the school and the marketing area.

BBA Program Graduation Awards

Meritorious Service Award
This award is given only when appropriate. On occasion, Goizueta Business School desires to recognize a student whose contributions extend beyond the school to the larger university. This award is given to a graduating senior who has served as an exemplary representative of the Business School through his or her involvement in and efforts on behalf of Emory University as a whole.

BBA Highest Academic Accomplishment Award
Presented to the undergraduate student having the highest grade point average at the time of graduation.

Todd Whitman Outstanding BBA Achievement Award
This award is presented in memory of a BBA student who passed away after a long battle with cancer. The Whitman Award is given to the graduating student who has made the most significant and lasting contribution to the Goizueta Business School BBA Program.

John E. Robson Award
Presented to a single graduating student selected from among all four of the school’s programs. Awarded to the student who, based on leadership characteristics, scholastic achievement, and overall contribution, best represents the school’s commitment to excellence.