Student Organizations

Beta Alpha Psi is an honorary organization for 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.

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.

Phi Beta Lambda is an organization for students who are interested in developing leadership, communication and team skills, or who are simply looking for an organization to meet and network with others at the local, state or national levels. This national organization has over a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.

The International Business Club provides an opportunity for students from the College of Business to share common interests and participate in a variety of activities. The club sponsors speakers who have international business experience, offers access to companies with international activities and opportunities for students to build their networks with current students and graduates with international business interests.

The Student Investment Team is an active, student-managed organization that is dedicated to the pursuit of open communication between current business students, managing the Student Investment Fund and facilitating investment management related career searches. Activities include market research, regular portfolio meetings, hosting distinguished guest speakers and visiting with investors.

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.