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Alpha Beta Gamma
ΑΒΓ
Founded1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Manchester, Connecticut, US
TypeHonor Society
AffiliationACHS
StatusActive
EmphasisBusiness
2-year schools
ScopeNorth America
ColorsBlack   and Red  
PublicationThe Honors Journal
Chapters181
Members80,000+ active
Headquarters75 Grasslands Rd.
Valhalla, New York 10595
United States
Websitewww.abg.org

Alpha Beta Gamma (ΑΒΓ) is an international business honor society established in 1970 in Manchester, Connecticut. It recognizes scholarship among students in business curricula at two-year community and technical colleges.

History

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Alpha Beta Gamma was established in 1970 in Manchester, Connecticut, as an international business honor society to recognize and encourage scholarship of students in business curricula at two-year community and technical colleges.[1][2] Its founders were college and university professors, administrators, and representatives of existing honor societies.[3]

Its purpose to is recognize the academic achievement of business students amongst two-year college students and to support career opportunities, intellectual development, scholarship, leadership, and networking for these business students.[1]

By 2011, it had chartered 179 chapters and had initiated 69,940 members.[1]

Alpha Beta Gamma joined the Association of College Honor Societies in 1996.[1] In 1998, the society amended its constitution to allow chapters in Canada and Mexico.[4]

Alpha Beta Gamma's national headquarters is at 75 Grasslands Road in Valhalla, New York.[1] As of 2024, it has initiated more than 80,000 members.[5]

Symbols

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Alpha Beta Gamma's colors are black and red.[citation needed] It has regalia for members and faculty.[1] Its advisor's stole is red satin and had the society's emblem, Greek letters, and gold tassels.[6] Its member's honor stole is sapphire blue with the society's emblem and Greek letters.[6][7] Members may also wear a silver honor cord.[8][7] Members also received a gold-tone lapel pin.[8] Its publication is The Honors Journal.[1]

Activities

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Alpha Beta Gamma holds an annual leadership convention that includes elections, lectures, and seminars.[1] The society offers annual scholarships for its members and presents annual chapter awards.[1] It also has an annual essay competition for student members.[9] Its 2025 national service project is helping the Red Cross with blood drives, with each chapter hosting a campus blood drive.[10] In addition, some chapters conduct community service projects.[11][12]

Membership

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To be eligible for membership in Alpha Beta Gamma, a student must be enrolled in a business curriculum in a junior, community, or technical college, or a two-year accredited program within a college or university.[2] The student must rank in the top 35 percent of their class and have a 3.0 GPA in business courses and overall.[1] The student must have completed fifteen credit hours with at least twelve hours of taken in courses leading to a degree.[2]

Some of the recognized degrees include accounting, actuarial science, administration, advertising, agricultural and agroecology business, agricultural engineering technology, architecture and design construction technology, arts management, automotive technologies, aviation management, banking, biological science, biotechnology, broadcasting, business administration, casino management, civil construction technology, communications, computer information systems, conservation and regulations, construction management, cosmetology, criminal justice, culinary arts and management, cyber crime technology, dairy management, dental hygiene, digital filmmaking and video production, digital photography, drug and alcohol counseling, early childhood education, economics, elementary education, emerging technologies, energy management, entrepreneurship, exercise science, fashion design, fashion marking and management, finance, fire science technology, food service, game art and design, graphic design, health insurance claims management, health service administration, homeland security and emergency management, horticulture technology, hotel and hospitality management, human resource management, industrial design, industrial management and relations, information systems, interior design, international business, international studies, investments and securities, landscape and ornamental horticulture, legal professions, library science, management information systems, management science marketing research and management, media arts and animation, medical assisting and laboratory tech, medical coding and billing, mortuary science, motor vehicle technology, nuclear medicine, nursing, occupational health and safety, office technologies, operations research, physical therapy assistant, postal services management, public administration, public relations, range management, recreational management, restaurant management, secretarial science, small business management, sport management, supply chain management, surveying an geomatics engineering technology, systems analyst, taxation, textile engineering, theatre management, trade management, transportation management, travel and tourism, veterinary technology, visual and game programming, visual effects and motion graphics, visual and game programming, web design and interactive media, welding, and wildlife management.[2][7][11][13]

Chapters

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Following are some of the 181 chapters of Alpha Beta Gamma, with active chapters in bold and inactive chapters and institutions in italics.

Chapter Charter date Institution Location Status References
Alpha 1970 Manchester Community College Manchester, Connecticut Active [14]
Delta 1970 Westchester Community College Valhalla, New York Active [15]
Lambda 197x ? Hinds Community College Raymond, Mississippi Active [16][17][a]
Mu 197x ? Suffolk County Community College, Michael J. Grant Campus Brentwood, New York Active [18]
Nu May 1971 Finger Lakes Community College Canandaigua, New York Active [19][20]
Xi Queensborough Community College Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York Active [21]
Upsilon Manor College Abington Township, Pennsylvania Inactive [22][23][b]
Chi Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus Seldon, New York Active [18]
Omega 19xx ?–2008 Brooks College Long Beach, California Inactive [24][c]
Alpha Psi 1992 Del Mar College Corpus Christi, Texas Active [2]
Alpha Omega 2008 Southwestern Community College Sylva, North Carolina Active [25]
Beta Alpha Suffolk County Community College, Eastern Campus Northampton, New York Active [18]
Beta Omicron Northern Essex Community College Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts Active [26][27]
Beta Sigma College of the Canyons Santa Clarita, California Active [13]
Gamma Phi Rowan College of South Jersey Sewell, New Jersey Active [5]
Delta Phi March 2010 – 2018 Art Institute of California Orange County Santa Ana, California Inactive [7][28][d]
Zeta Beta 2008 City College of San Francisco San Francisco, California Active [29]
Eta Delta Delaware Technical Community College Dover, Georgetown, Staton, and Wilmington, Delaware Active [30]
Eta Mu Bunker Hill Community College Boston, Massachusetts Active [31]
Eta Chi Lee College Baytown, Texas Active [32]
Theta Zeta Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, California Active [33]
Iota Zeta Danville Community College Danville, Virginia Active [12][34]
Iota Lambda Santa Ana College Santa Ana, California Active [4]
Chi Gamma Mount Wachusett Community College Gardner, Massachusetts Active [35]
Chi Zeta 2024 Athens Technical College Athens, Georgia Active [11]
197x ? Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College Tifton, Georgia Inactive [36]
1971 ? Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, Massachusetts Inactive [37]
Black Hawk College Moline, Illinois Active [38]
Bronx Community College Bronx, New York City, New York Active [39]
Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie, New York Active [40]
197x ? Germanna Community College Orange, Virginia Inactive [41]
Hopkinsville Community College Hopkinsville, Kentucky [42]
2024 Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conway, South Carolina Active [43]
Howard Community College Columbia, Maryland Active [44]
Lincoln Land Community College Springfield, Illinois Inactive ? [45]
Massasoit Community College Brockton, Massachusetts Active [46]
19xx ?–1992 Mattatuck Community College Waterbury, Connecticut Moved [47][48][e]
Napa Valley College Napa, California Active [49]
1992 ? Naugatuck Valley Community College Waterbury, Connecticut Active [50]
Orange Coast College Costa Mesa, California Active [51]
Post College Waterbury, Connecticut Inactive [52]
Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, New Jersey Active [53]
Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff, Missouri Active [54]
Tri-County Community College Murphy, North Carolina Active [55]
197x ? Vincennes University Vincennes, Indiana Active [56]
197x ?–1977 Wingate College Wingate, North Carolina Inactive [57][f]
  1. ^ Chapter formed at Hinds Junior College, now called Hinds Community College.
  2. ^ Chapter formed at Manor Junior College, now called Manor College.
  3. ^ The college closed in 2008.
  4. ^ The Art Institute branch in Orange County closed in December 2018.
  5. ^ Mattatuck Community College merged with Waterbury State Technical College in 1992, forming Naugatuck Valley Community College.
  6. ^ Wingate became a four-year college in 1977.

Notable members

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See also

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References

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  5. ^ a b "Alpha Beta Gamma (ABG) National Business Honor Society - Gamma Phi Chapter". Rowan College South Jersey. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  6. ^ a b "Stoles and Regalia". Alpha Beta Gamma. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  7. ^ a b c d "Alpha Beta Gamma - Delta Phi Chapter". The Art Institute of California Orange County. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  8. ^ a b "Alpha Beta Gamma - Delta Phi Chapter". Art Institute of California Orange County. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  9. ^ "Essay Competitions". Alpha Beta Gamma. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  10. ^ "ABG National Service Project - Blood Drive" (PDF). Alpha Beta Gamma. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
  11. ^ a b c "Chi Zeta Chapter - Home Page". Alpha Beta Gamma - Chi Zeta Chapter. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  12. ^ a b "Students Volunteer at 'Shred Out Hunger' Event". Danville Register and Bee. 2019-01-09. pp. J5. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via Newspapers.com.
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  14. ^ "Connor-Boyle". Hartford Courant. 1973-07-29. p. 116. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  15. ^ "Clubs & Organizations" (PDF). Westchester Community College. 2024. p. 38. Retrieved February 1, 2025.
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  17. ^ "Angela Ellis in Honor Society". The Yazoo Herald. Yazoo City, Mississippi. 1976-11-23. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via Newspapers.com.
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  19. ^ "CCFL Honor Society is Established". The Daily Messenger. Canandaigua, New York. 1971-05-25. p. 10. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via Newspapers.com.
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  26. ^ "Alpha Beta Gamma". Northern Essex Community College. Archived from the original on 2024-10-04. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  27. ^ "Students Inducted into Alpha Beta Gamma National Business Honor Society - Northern Essex". Newsroom - Northern Essex Community College. 2023-04-25. Archived from the original on 2024-09-13. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  28. ^ "School Branch Closure Information for The Art Institute of California (Orange County)". California Office of Student Assistance and Relief. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
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  39. ^ "Join an Honor Society". Bronx Community College. Archived from the original on 2023-09-26. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  40. ^ "Alpha Beta Gamma". Dutchess Community College. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  41. ^ "Germanna Honor Group Elects New Officers". Orange County Review. 1979-10-25. p. 14. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  42. ^ "Honor Society Inducts New Members". Kentucky New Era. Hopkinsville, Kentucky. 1981-11-13. p. 38. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  43. ^ "HGTC Celebrates Inaugural Alpha Beta Gamma Induction". Horry-Georgetown Technical College. April 29, 2024. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  44. ^ "Alpha Beta Gamma Honor Society". Howard Community College. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
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  46. ^ Yu, Hongmei (2021-07-26). "Alpha Beta Gamma Chapter gets Support from South Shore Bank". Massasoit Community College. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
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  54. ^ "TRC Students Honored". Daily American Republic. Poplar Bluff, Missouri. 2011-05-19. p. 7. Retrieved 2025-02-02 – via Newspapers.com.
  55. ^ "Alpha Beta Gamma". Tri-County Community College. Retrieved 2025-02-01.
  56. ^ "Business is Topic of Forum". The Sun. Vincennes, Indiana. 1976-02-15. p. 2. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via Newspapers.com.
  57. ^ "Miss Brown is Honor Graduate". Stanly News and Press. Albemarle, North Carolina. 1972-05-19. p. 13. Retrieved 2025-02-01 – via Newspapers.com.
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