Student Organizations

Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities. This national fraternity encourages scholarship, social activity and the association of students for their mutual advancement through research and practice. The association also promotes a closer affiliation between the commercial world and students of commerce and furthers a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture to improve the civic and commercial welfare of the community. Delta Sigma Pi was founded in 1907 and today more than 250 chapters and over 200,000 members support the goals and ideals of the fraternity.

FBLA Collegiate is dedicated to inspiring and developing the next generation of leaders by preparing members for careers in business and business-related fields. The McNeese Chapter of FBLA Collegiate provides additional opportunities for college students to develop vocational competencies for business and office occupations and business education. FBLA Collegiate is an integral part of the instructional program and in addition promotes a sense of civic and personal responsibility. There are core themes that run throughout the FBLA Collegiate Roadmap. These themes are: honing 21st century skills, developing individual vision and personal brand, building relationships with mentors in the business community, being a mentor to someone else, networking and completing internship experiences, and understanding that business principles are a part of every sector.

The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is the world’s largest professional association devoted to human resource management. Founded in 1948, SHRM represents more than 225,000 individual members in over 125 countries and has a network of more than 575 affiliated professional chapters in the United States, as well as offices in China and India. The SHRM Student Program was created in 1965 to promote mutually beneficial interaction between human resource management students and practitioners. The program now includes over 430 affiliated student chapters and nearly 11,000 student members. The McNeese student chapter of SHRM is supported by the local and the national professional chapters and offers professional development opportunities for students each semester.