BBA Organizations
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ORGANIZATION |
DESCRIPTION OF ORGANIZATION |
CONTACT INFORMATION |
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ALPFA |
ALPFA (Association of Latino Professionals for America) is a professional business organization which provides a distinct nurturing and cultural environment where students interact with individuals from local and national chapters. Students are provided guidance and mentoring from professionals through activities planned in a variety of venues. Open to all majors. |
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor, sdenson@smu.edu Emmy McBride, President |
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Alpha Kappa Psi |
Alpha Kappa Psi is a national professional business fraternity. AKPsi seeks to bring business students together through social events, speakers and programs. |
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu Julianna DeBock, President jdebock@smu.edu |
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Ascend |
Ascend is a chartered professional organization dedicated to provide students networking opportunities with business leaders and the Pan-Asian community. The SMU chapter is the first nationally affiliated undergraduate student chapter in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. |
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu Alishba Lalani, President |
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Beta Gamma Sigma |
Beta Gamma Sigma is the National Honorary Society for graduate and undergraduate business majors. Membership eligibility is determined by class rank; the top ten percent of Cox’s junior class and the top ten percent of the senior class will be invited to join. Students who qualify for admission and accept this invitation to join BGS are invited and publicly recognized in the spring semester. |
Jim Bryan, Faculty Advisor jnbryan@smu.edu Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor |
| Black Business Organization |
The Black Business Organization (BBO) is a professional business organization open to all students that connects undergraduates with black professionals in various sectors. Our mission is to support students, especially black students, by providing access to mentorship and career development opportunities throughout our speaker series and workshops |
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu Jennifer Malone, Staff Advisor jemalone@smu.edu Jordan Allbritton, President jallbritton@smu.edu |
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Boulevard Investment Group |
The Boulevard Investment Group is a nonprofit organization that aims to teach motivated underclassmen students about investing and financial analysis. The group makes real investments in the stock market and donates the investment profits to SMU Cox in the form of scholarships – directly benefiting our school. BIG recruits a new analyst class each September,and has a wide network of alumni in the financial community in Dallas and beyond. |
Jack Winfield, President |
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Cox Mentoring Alliance |
The Cox Mentoring Alliance is a corporate mentoring program for Cox undergraduates and is open to all junior and senior business majors. |
Brandy Dalton, Advisor bdalton@smu.edu Yasmin German, Advisor yasming@smu.edu |
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Delta Sigma Pi |
Delta Sigma Pi is the largest professional business fraternity on campus with over 100 brothers. Through professional, social, and community service events brothers are prepared for life post college. Membership consists of men and women from around the world. Please visit our website and come out to our rush events in the early fall and spring. |
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu Wyatt Harms, President wharms@smu.edu |
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Energy Club |
The Energy Club is a club that focuses on the Energy Industry in its entirety both in the local Texas market as well as the international arena. The club’s activities range from company visits, field location trips/ treks, hosting guest speakers, and hosting networking events to participating in industry projects. The club is one of the programs sponsored by the Maguire Energy Institute at Cox and allows students to discover the Energy Industry. The club gives students a first-hand look at the energy business through the eyes of established execs, subject matter experts and other active players currently working in the energy business. |
Bruce Bullock, Faculty Advisor bbullock@smu.edu Club inquiries: maguireenergy@smu.edu |
| Entrepreneurship Club |
The SMU Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club is an undergraduate student organization that strives to inspire the entrepreneurial spirit among undergraduate students across campus and educate them on entrepreneurial business. www.facebook.com/SmuUndergraduateEntrepreneurshipClub |
Nancy Hong, Staff Advisor nhong@smu.edu |
| Undergraduate Finance Club | The SMU Undergraduate Finance Club is open to all students interested in investing or finance. |
Don Shelly, Faculty Advisor dshelly@smu.edu Matthew Fox, President |
| Foundations Investment Club (FIC) |
The purpose of the Foundations Investment Club is to educate members on the core principles of investing, fostering a collaborative environment where participants can deepen their understanding of market dynamics, financial analysis and personal investment strategies, ultimately empowering them to make informed and confident financial decisions. The FIC will achieve this by creating presentations and collaborate with professionals on the subjects that we discuss. The meetings will occur on the first Tuesday of every month for 30-45 minutes depending on the subject matter. There are no major requirements to join the club, it is free for anyone to join, but to apply for a position an interview is required and will be administered by the President and Vice president. |
Mea Ahlberg, Faculty Advisor mahlberg@smu.edu Townes Hunt, President townesh@smu.edu Hunter Lee, Vice President hunterlee@smu.edu |
| Cox Marketing Academy |
The Marketing Club broadens students’ knowledge of marketing and careers available in the field of marketing. The Marketing Club is open is Marketing majors as well as other undergraduate students interested in the field of marketing. | Lauren Gilland, Staff Advisor lgilland@smu.edu |
| NABA | NABA is a professional business organization offering members opportunity for development in leadership, interpersonal and soft skills; applying for local and national scholarships, etc. The organization provides networking opportunities where students interact with a variety of individuals in upper management. Open to all majors. |
Steve Denson, Faculty Advisor sdenson@smu.edu Blake Curtis, President |
| Private Equity & Venture Capital Club (PEVC) |
PEVC’s purpose is to educate members about PEVC, create and foster alumni network, offer educational opportunities through events, live presentations, panel discussions, and case studies, promote SMU and DFW Metroplex ventures, and endeavor to create internship opportunities for members. |
Chotibhak "Pab" Jotikasthira, Faculty Advisor cjotikasthira@smu.edu |
| Undergraduate Real Estate Club | The Real Estate Finance Club is an undergraduate student organization is open to all students interested in Real Estate Finance. | Tosha Riddle-May, Staff Advisor triddlemay@smu.edu Carl Firch, President carlf@smu.edu |
| Retail Club | The Retail Club is an undergraduate student organization that strives to enhance the retail knowledge of SMU students and our community. We regularly attend fashion and retail events in the Dallas area as well as host events of our own. This organization is currently not active. | Ed Fox, Advisor efox@smu.edu |
| BBA Women in Business | The BBA Women in Business Club is a professional business organization open to all students that connects undergraduates with women professionals in a broad array of fields. Our mission is to support undergraduates, especially women, by providing access to female mentorship, creating networking opportunities, and offering career development strategies and tools through our events and workshops. | Laurie Ann Barbosa, Staff Advisor lbarbosa@smu.edu Linh Vu, President lnvu@smu.edu |