Student Organizations
Institute of Management Accountants Student Chapter
- To expose students to various career opportunities in the field of accounting
- To become better acquainted with accounting faculty outside of the classroom
- To provide an opportunity for fellowship with other accounting majors
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
- To reduce the incidence of fraud and white-collar crime and to assist the membership in its detection and deterrence
- ACFE official web site: www.acfe.com
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- To advance student knowledge through conferences, contests, and other opportunities
- ACM official web site: www.acm.org
From the ΒΑΨ official web site:
"BETA ALPHA PSI is an honorary organization for Financial Information students and professionals. The primary objective of Beta Alpha Psi is to encourage and give recognition to scholastic and professional excellence in the business information field. This includes promoting the study and practice of accounting, finance and information systems; providing opportunities for self-development, service and association among members and practicing professionals, and encouraging a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibility."
From the BGS official web site:
" Beta Gamma Sigma is the honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International.
The Mission of the International Honor Society Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievement in the study of business, to foster personal and professional excellence, to advance the values of the Society, and to serve its lifelong members."
Institute of Internal Auditors Student Chapter
- To provide undergraduate and graduate students with an educational and social organization that promotes internal auditing as a career objective
International Business Student Association
Coming soon!
- To provide a better understanding of the field
of marketing by sponsoring speakers, going on field trips, and working on research projects - All majors welcome
MBA Association (click to read the bylaws)
- To facilitate and encourage greater interaction among graduate students, faculty, and MBA alumni
- To develop channels of communication between students and faculty and to provide a forum for association with business leaders
- To provide the membership with an opportunity to speak collectively concerning various aspects of the MBA program
- To provide information about job opportunities by holding seminars and serving as a central gathering point for placement information
- To promote the campus-wide recognition of the MBA program at PSU and to augment its recognition by involving business leaders in its activities
- To provide opportunities for business, educational, and social interactions for MBA students
- To promote activities that foster the intellectual and career development of finance students
Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Omicron Delta Epsilon is one of the largest international academic honor societies to recognize scholastic attainment in Economics.
Young Entrepreneurs Association (YEA)
- The Young Entrepreneurs Association at Pittsburg State University was established to network students with the same entrepreneurial mind-set to help inform, support, and inspire students to be entrepreneurial and seek opportunity through enterprise creation. We want to encourage students to work together to find creative approaches to global issues through innovation and invention.
- At Young Entrepreneurs we want to meet students with an entrepreneurial way of thinking to further develop their technical and business skills. This organization opens the possibility of attending competitions for business plans of unique or innovated ideas and concepts. Beyond graduation this organization looks to develop life long relationships among Pittsburg State graduates and setting them up for future success in free enterprise.
- The association is governed by student officers and is advised by a faculty member in the Department of Management and Marketing (mahsan@pittstate.edu).
- Information about the Young Entrepreneurs can be obtained by e-mailing the Association, psuyoungentrepreneurs@gmail.com.