The Brenneman School of Business inducts students into honor societies Beta Alpha Psi and Beta Gamma Sigma. The Bradbury Thompson Alumni Center was filled with the honorees and their guests for a dinner banquet.

Undergraduate students in business can choose from various emphasis options such as accounting, data analytics, economics, marketing, management, international business and more. In the beginning of Feb. 2025, Washburn officially named their business school as the Brenneman School of Business after a 50 million dollar donation by Greg and Rhonda Brenneman.

Beta Alpha Psi and Beta Gamma Sigma are organizations to help students with networking, obtaining opportunities and professional development. David Sollars, professor of economics and dean of the School of Business, went around to every table to converse with the honored students and their families.

The School of Business inducts 45 students during the ceremony. The students were invited to join the chapter based on their high-level achievement in Washburn University’s School of Business.

The new inductees raise their hands as they take their oath for Beta Alpha Psi. A total of 13 students were inducted into the Washburn University chapter.

Sollars addresses the crowd with remarks about each of the international honor societies and what it means to be part of them. Various School of Business professors read off parts of the speech.

Those joining Beta Gamma Sigma stand to be recognized before speaking their oath for the honor society. Washburn inducted a total of 32 students into the chapter.

Tim Hammes, senior, receives his certificate as he joins Beta Gamma Sigma. This honor society gave the inductees stoles to wear when they graduate.

Washburn’s business department has a tradition of taking a formal picture on the stairs of BTAC. Toward the end of the ceremony, all of the Beta Alpha Psi inductees, Beta Gamma Sigma inductees and business faculty gathered for a grand photo.

Jessica Filkin, junior accounting and finance major, becomes the new Beta Alpha Psi president. She was handed the gavel from former President Zachary Vandervoort, junior finance and accounting major, establishing her start in the position.