{"id":34771,"date":"2020-08-14T17:15:48","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T21:15:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=34771"},"modified":"2021-01-08T08:17:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T13:17:14","slug":"sustained-excellence-in-challenging-times-fiu-beta-alpha-psi-chapter-captures-eighth-gold-chapter-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2020\/08\/sustained-excellence-in-challenging-times-fiu-beta-alpha-psi-chapter-captures-eighth-gold-chapter-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Sustained excellence in challenging times: FIU Beta Alpha Psi chapter captures eighth Gold Chapter award."},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beta Alpha Psi Eta Iota<\/a> chapter at FIU Business continued its remarkable record of excellence, capturing the organization\u2019s Gold Chapter Status for the eighth consecutive year.<\/p>\n

The honor was announced at the national Beta Alpha Psi virtual meeting, held on Thursday August 6, 2020 via Zoom. The moment was captured in the executive board\u2019s joyous celebration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Gold Chapter recognition put the FIU chapter in 2020\u2019s elite group of 10, out of a total of approximately 350 worldwide.<\/p>\n

Judges granted the distinction after the chapter repeated its Superior status, becoming eligible to produce a video<\/a> about its accomplishments to win Gold. Incoming fall 2020 president Maria Fernandez spearheaded the production of the video, which was put together remotely during the pandemic. Showcasing members of the executive board, the video detailed the extent of chapter involvement in professional development, community service and member support, with an approach that also reflected on the chapter\u2019s history as it detailed setting records in many categories in spite of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

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Maria Fernandez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI wanted to showcase all we do in a creative way that honors our history,\u201d said Fernandez, a senior majoring in accounting and business analytics.<\/p>\n

Jimmy Carmenate, Beta Alpha Psi faculty advisor since 2009 and clinical assistant professor of accounting, praised students for striving to maintain the chapter\u2019s tradition of excellence in spite of the pandemic. He noted that chapter\u2019s programming for members has evolved with the demands of profession, with the development of training in data analytics training and other in-demand knowledge sought by accounting and finance firms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a self-motivated group, committed to engagement,\u201d said Carmenate, a past national Advisor of the Year honoree.<\/p>\n

For fall, the Beta Alpha Psi executive board is already working on how to transition many of the chapter\u2019s activities into the virtual space, including its professional presentations.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been preparing all summer, doing a lot of research on how to best use Zoom in the fall semester,\u201d Fernandez said. \u201cWe\u2019re going ahead with a full set of programs and we\u2019re really excited.\u201d<\/p>\n

Founded in 1919, Beta Alpha Psi is an honor organization for financial information students and professionals. There are over 300 chapters on college and university campuses with over 300,000 members initiated since Beta Alpha Psi’s formation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Beta Alpha Psi Eta Iota chapter at FIU Business continued its remarkable record of excellence, capturing the organization\u2019s Gold Chapter Status for the eighth consecutive year. The honor was announced at the national Beta Alpha Psi virtual meeting, held on Thursday August 6, 2020 via Zoom. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":34779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[238,239],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34771"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34771"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34783,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34771\/revisions\/34783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}