Alpha Beta Gamma

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::summary International business honor society ::

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Field	Value
letters	ΑΒΓ
crest	Alpha Beta Gamma-logo.png
image_size	160px
name	Alpha Beta Gamma
status	Active
birthplace	Manchester, Connecticut, US
type	Honor society
emphasis	Business
2-year schools
scope	North America
affiliation	ACHS
founded
colors	Black and Red
publication	The Honors Journal
address	75 Grasslands Rd.
city	Valhalla
state	New York
ZIP code	10595
country	United States
chapters	181
members	80,000+
homepage
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| letters = ΑΒΓ | crest = Alpha Beta Gamma-logo.png | image_size = 160px | name = Alpha Beta Gamma | status = Active | birthplace = Manchester, Connecticut, US | type = Honor society | emphasis = Business 2-year schools | scope = North America | affiliation = ACHS | founded = | colors = Black and Red | publication = The Honors Journal | address = 75 Grasslands Rd. | city = Valhalla | state = New York | ZIP code = 10595 | country = United States | chapters = 181 | members = 80,000+ | homepage =

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

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. Its founders were college and university professors, administrators, and representatives of existing honor societies.

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.

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

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

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

Symbols

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

Activities

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

Membership

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. The student must rank in the top 35 percent of their class and have a 3.0 GPA in business courses and overall. The student must have completed fifteen credit hours with at least twelve hours of taken in courses leading to a degree.

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.

Chapters

Following are some of the 181 chapters of Alpha Beta Gamma, with active chapters in bold and inactive chapters and institutions in italics. ::data[format=table]

Chapter	Charter date and range	Institution	Location	Status
Alpha	1970	Manchester Community College	Manchester, Connecticut	Active
Delta	1970	Westchester Community College	Valhalla, New York	Active
Lambda	197x ?	Hinds Community College	Raymond, Mississippi	Active
Mu	197x ?	Suffolk County Community College, Michael J. Grant Campus	Brentwood, New York	Active
Nu		Finger Lakes Community College	Canandaigua, New York	Active
Xi		Queensborough Community College	Bayside, Queens, New York City, New York	Active
Upsilon		Manor College	Abington Township, Pennsylvania	Inactive
Chi		Suffolk County Community College, Ammerman Campus	Seldon, New York	Active
Omega	19xx ?–2008	Brooks College	Long Beach, California	Inactive
Alpha Psi	1992	Del Mar College	Corpus Christi, Texas	Active
Alpha Omega	2008	Southwestern Community College	Sylva, North Carolina	Active
Beta Alpha		Suffolk County Community College, Eastern Campus	Northampton, New York	Active
Beta Omicron		Northern Essex Community College	Haverhill and Lawrence, Massachusetts	Active
Beta Sigma		College of the Canyons	Santa Clarita, California	Active
Gamma Phi		Rowan College of South Jersey	Sewell, New Jersey	Active
Delta Phi	– 2018	Art Institute of California Orange County	Santa Ana, California	Inactive
Zeta Beta	2008	City College of San Francisco	San Francisco, California	Active
Eta Delta		Delaware Technical Community College	Dover, Georgetown, Stanton, and Wilmington, Delaware	Active
Eta Mu		Bunker Hill Community College	Boston, Massachusetts	Active
Eta Chi		Lee College	Baytown, Texas	Active
Theta Zeta		Orange Coast College	Costa Mesa, California	Active
Iota Zeta		Danville Community College	Danville, Virginia	Active
Iota Lambda		Santa Ana College	Santa Ana, California	Active
Chi Gamma		Mount Wachusett Community College	Gardner, Massachusetts	Active
Chi Zeta	2024	Athens Technical College	Athens, Georgia	Active
	197x ?	Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College	Tifton, Georgia	Inactive
	1971 ?	Berkshire Community College	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	Inactive
		Black Hawk College	Moline, Illinois	Active
		Bronx Community College	Bronx, New York City, New York	Active
		Dutchess Community College	Poughkeepsie, New York	Active
	197x ?	Germanna Community College	Orange, Virginia	Inactive
		Hopkinsville Community College	Hopkinsville, Kentucky
	2024	Horry-Georgetown Technical College	Conway, South Carolina	Active
		Howard Community College	Columbia, Maryland	Active
		Lincoln Land Community College	Springfield, Illinois	Inactive ?
		Massasoit Community College	Brockton, Massachusetts	Active
	19xx ?–1992	Mattatuck Community College	Waterbury, Connecticut	Moved
		Napa Valley College	Napa, California	Active
	1992 ?	Naugatuck Valley Community College	Waterbury, Connecticut	Active
		Orange Coast College	Costa Mesa, California	Active
		Post College	Waterbury, Connecticut	Inactive
		Raritan Valley Community College	Branchburg, New Jersey	Active
		Three Rivers College	Poplar Bluff, Missouri	Active
		Tri-County Community College	Murphy, North Carolina	Active
	197x ?	Vincennes University	Vincennes, Indiana	Active
	197x ?–1977	Wingate College	Wingate, North Carolina	Inactive
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Notable members

• Mallika Srinivasan, chairman and managing director of Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited

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