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Business fraternity launches recruitment
Delta Sigma Pi
plans to provide
job experience,
social activities
BY HILARY SCHRAMM
THE GAMECOCK
USC’s Beta Gamma chapter of
the business fraternity Delta
^ Sigma Pi will hold spring recruit
jP ment events every night this week
at the Business Administration
building,.the Strom Thurmond
Wellness and Fitness Center,
Harper College and the Russell
House.
The 60-member, coed fraternity
open to all business and hospitali
ty, retail and sport management
students with a 3.0 GPA and at least
two semesters left at USC, will host
both business and social activities
to give interested students an idea
of what fraternity membership is
like. These will include a profes
sional dress fashion show, an in
terview etiquette workshop, a
guest speaker and a social event.
“We plan the events to be fun but
beneficial to future businesspeople,
whether they join the fraternity or
not,” said Mark Smither, third-year
marketing management student
and senior vice president.
Throughout the year Delta
Sigma Pi hosts events such as ca
reer center sessions, guest speak
ers and tours of local businesses
to further its members’ profes
sionalism. Last semester’s activi
ties included a tour to the BMW
plant in Greer and the compilation
of a resume portfolio that was sent
to area businesses and Delta
Sigma Pi alumni.
“The best part about the frater
nity is the opportunity it gives to
interact with people on a profes
sional level as well as a social lev
el,” Smither said. “It’s a great op
portunity to see both sides of peo
pie, wnicn is
what you’ll be
doing in the
workplace.”
The frater
nity also pro
motes a dis
tinctly social
atmosphere
with retreats,
semiformal
and formal
dances and an
annual spring
beach weekend.
“Every spring we go to a retreat
in Jekyll Island, Ga.,” third-year
accounting student Anna Yelich
said. “You get to meet people from
all over the country. It’s another
way to network while you’re hav
ing fun.”
Networking is a major part .of
the business world, and Delta
Sigma Fi pro
vides many op
portunities to be
gin making con
nections while
still in college.
“I joined it to
build a network,
because at this
young of an age
for a business
major, that’s the
most important
thing to do,” said
second-year finance student Ken
Brown.
“With over 200,000 members,
Delta Sigma Pi is a very large and
strong network.”
Delta Sigma Pi plays an active
role in the USC community
through campus events, professor
contacts and community service*
both on campus and in the
Columbia area. This semester the
Beta Gamma chapter will cele
brate its 75th year, and members
are eager to include new members
interested in their future careers.
“If you’re someone who is self
motivated and wants to be success
ful in the business world, and you
want to meet people who are like
you, Delta Sigma Pi is the organi
zation for you,” Brown said.
To find out more about recruit
ment events and requirements,
contact Mark Smither at
U SCMark327@hotmail. com.
Comments on this story?E-mail
gamecocknews@gwm.sc.edu
“The best part about the
fraternity is the
opportunity it gives to
interact with people on
a professional level as
well as a social level.”
MARKSMITHER
THIRD-YEAR MARKETING MANAGEMENT STUDENT
AND SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF BETA GAMMA
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