Thirty-seven Coastal Carolina University students were recently inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society for business students.

Since 1999, Coastal Carolina University has inducted 269 Beta Gamma Sigma members. The 2006/2007 academic year was the first that the Coastal chapter of BGS obtained a 100 percent acceptance rate from students invited to join the honor society, earning the CCU chapter international recognition as a premier chapter. Only 15 percent of the 468 BGS chapters worldwide obtained this honor last year.

"An invitation to join Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest honor a business student anywhere in the world can receive," said Barbara Ritter, adviser of the society. Only students ranking in the top 10 percent of the baccalaureate and top 20 percent of graduate programs at schools accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) International are eligible for this invitation.

The new inductees are:

Zebeth Fowler, an M.B.A. student of Myrtle Beach

Christina Everett, an M.B.A. student of Brittons Neck

Michael Froncek, an M.B.A. student of Myrtle Beach

John Griffiths, an M.B.A. student of Springfield Central, N.Y.

Michael Roberts, an M.B.A. student of Myrtle Beach

Joseph Brown, a senior finance major of Columbia

Tyler Courtright, a senior accounting major of Westminster, Md.

Alesia Kashko, a senior management and financial planning major of Myrtle Beach

Irina Cepigusa, a senior accounting major of Latvia

Julianne Cooke, a post-undergraduate accounting major of Conway

Robert Sumlin, a senior accounting major of Hemingway

Riley Reid, a senior resort tourism management major of Fort Mill

Mindy Chrastil, a senior marketing major of Lincoln, Neb.

Erin Hope, a senior economics major of Surfside Beach

Ashley Purcell, a senior marketing major of Myrtle Beach

Jimmy Doyl, a junior finance, economics major of Conway

David Ellis, a junior management major of Orlando, Fla.

Daniel Potts, a junior finance major of Iselin, N.J.

Sara Sutherland, a junior accounting major of Pawleys Island

Katie Mandel, a junior accounting major of West Monroe, N.Y.

Magan Rabon, a junior accounting major of Aynor

Trevor Horrocks, a junior economics major of Myrtle Beach

Dana Dunovant, a junior accounting major of Myrtle Beach

Matthew Jenness, a junior accounting major of Conway

Thomas Reynolds, a junior management major of Little River

Ryan Green, a junior marketing major of Alliance, Ohio

Joseph Withers, a junior accounting major of Castle Hayne, N.C.

Mark Evanko, a junior marketing major of Medina, Ohio

Alizar Zorojew, a junior marketing major of Toms River, N.J.

Jeffrey Stanford, a junior management major of Plymouth Meeting, Penn.

Lindsay Fertig, a junior resort tourism management major of Arnold, Md.

Christopher Miller, a junior management major of Myrtle Beach

Danielle Desonia, a junior accounting major of Fairfax Station, Va.

Ashley Charon, a junior marketing major of Little River

Adam Smith, a junior accounting major of Myrtle Beach

Meghan McCausland, a junior resort tourism major of Philadelphia, Penn.

Melanie Forrest, a junior resort tourism major of Martinsville, Va.