Iota Pi
Salisbury University
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Is Beta Alpha Psi a traditional fraternity?
BAP is an International Honorary Organization for Financial Information Professionals. We are an honor society for accounting, finance, and information systems majors who share a passion for the financial information fields.
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Why should I join Beta Alpha Psi?
BAP provides opportunities to build your professional network through hosting professional speakers, attending conferences, and completing community service. BAP professional presentations teach essential business skills while also helping students connect with potential employers. BAP is a great way to perform community service, as well as expand your resume.
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How do I become a member of Beta Alpha Psi?
In order to become a member in Beta Alpha Psi, you must pledge for TWO semesters, be of sophomore standing (30+ credits or higher), be majoring in accounting/information systems/finance, maintain the minimum GPA of 3.2, pay pledge fees both semesters, and successfully complete all of the hour requirements. Upon completion of meeting these hours requirements (listed in the next two question), you will be inducted in either the fall or spring semester induction ceremony.
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What is the time commitment?
As an honor society, we do have very strict time commitments are required of all members and pledges. Every member AND pledge must maintain at least 32 hours per year (2 semesters) in order to stay an active member of our organization. Of those hours, 12 hours must be professional hours, 12 hours must be community service hours, and 8 additional hours can be either professional or community service hours. Of those hours, you may have up to 5 “outside” professional hours and 5 “outside” community service hours.
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What are “outside hours”?
“Outside” hours are any approved hours earned at non-BAP events. Some examples of “outside” professional hours include attending other business club speaker events, attending Executive Leadership Series speakers, attending career services professional workshops, job interviews, etc. “Outside” community service hours include any work completed through the volunteer center, a church group, another club on campus, your fraternity/sorority, etc.
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How do I get credit for “outside” hours?
You must complete the “Outside Hours Verification Form” and have the person in charge of your outside event sign your form for acknowledgement of your attendance. Once you attend, please submit this BAP form to the Reporter.
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How do I find out how many hours I have earned?
Due to the large number of members, our chapter asks that you do your best to maintain your own records of attendance at our events to keep a general idea of how many hours you have earned to date. In order to help you achieve this effectively, you can print out a copy of the “Attendance Monitoring Form” and keep track each semester. Our Reporter will send out updates 2-3 times per semester with each member/pledge’s official hours.
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How do I become more involved in BAP or potentially become an officer?
At the end of the fall semester, the Executive Board will ask interested students to attend an officer interest meeting. Once each student decides which position they are interested in pursuing, they should send in applications. Current officers will review applications. Based on the applications, the Executive Board will decide who the best fit for each position is. If more than one person is qualified for the same position, elections will be held in early spring semester to elect the upcoming officers for the following fall semester. The upcoming officers are highly encouraged to attend the spring regional BAP conference in order to begin transitioning into their roles for the following year.