Penn State Harrisburg business students, faculty inducted into honor societies

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. — Students and faculty in Penn State Harrisburg’s School of Business Administration recently were inducted into two honor societies.

The Penn State Harrisburg chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma (BGS) – the International Business Honor Society inducted 21 students into their ranks. Stephen A. Hampton, assistant professor of marketing in the School of Business Administration, also was inducted into the society.

Students ranking in the top 10% of baccalaureate and the top 20% of graduate programs at schools accredited by AACSB International — The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business — are eligible to join. 

Annually, the members of the Capital College Chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma recognize a faculty member who embodies the ideals of Beta Gamma Sigma — the highest standards of teaching and mentorship, as well as the BGS principles of honor, wisdom and earnestness.

Faiza Abbas, assistant teaching professor of human capital management, was awarded the 2025 Beta Gamma Sigma Professor of the Year Award.

Ozge Aybat, associate professor of marketing, is the faculty adviser of Beta Gamma Sigma.

Undergraduate students inducted into BGS were:

• Yousef Aljobaily – Saudi Arabia
• Eleanor Black – Baldwinsville, New York
• Gia Boughter – Hershey, Pennsylvania
• Makayla Claggett – Middletown, Pennsylvania
• Jake Duarte – Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
• Kayla Estorque – East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
• Valeria Estrada – Highspire, Pennsylvania
• Gavin Funck – Annville, Pennsylvania
• Sarah Hale – Dillsburg, Pennsylvania
• Nicolas LevyReis – York, Pennsylvania
• Michele Luo – Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
• Anabelle Martinez – Lebanon, Pennsylvania
• Pooja Patel – Palmyra, Pennsylvania
• Katie Schultz – Palmyra, Pennsylvania
• Kyle Serine – Jefferson Twp., Pennsylvania
• Gabriel Snediker – Felton, Pennsylvania

Graduate students inducted into BGS were:

• Rohit Chorghe – India
• Victoria Freeman – Palmyra, Pennsylvania
• Rudrakshi Goel – India
• Brooke Killmon – Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
• Nathan Tillson – Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

The college’s chapter of Mu Kappa Tau inducted five students into the nationally recognized collegiate honor society for marketing students.

Mu Kappa Tau (MKT) was founded in 1966 to recognize and honor individuals with notable academic achievement in the marketing discipline. Today, Mu Kappa Tau is the only marketing-specific honor society accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies.

Membership in Mu Kappa Tau is extended to students with a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher and who rank in the top 10% of junior marketing majors or in the top 20% of senior marketing majors. Membership also is extended to graduate students pursuing their master’s degree in business or marketing who have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or higher, have completed 50% of their coursework, and rank in the top 20% of their class.

Siddharth Bhatt, assistant professor of marketing, is the chapter faculty adviser, and Darrell Bartholomew, associate professor of marketing, is the ex-officio president of the Mu Kappa Tau national organization.

Student inductees into MKT include:

• Sydney Armstrong
• Alexandra Christiansen (World Campus)
• Jake Duarte
• Sarah Elizabeth Hale
• Brennan Quigley