The William B. Johnson ’40 Business Internship Awards fund summer internships for students interested in careers in business. The Johnson program is funded by the family of William B. Johnson ’40, in recognition of his many accomplishments as a business leader and family man. Any student intent on pursuing a career in business, irrespective of major, may apply for a Johnson Award for a summer internship to learn more about business and to strengthen relations between business and the College. Assistance in obtaining an internship may be provided by the Department of Business Management.

Recipients are selected based on scholarship, service, and character, as well as the proposed internship. Find the Johnson Internship Award Application here.

Sigma Beta Delta is the premier international honor society in business, management and administration. Washington College has had a chapter since 1995, the society’s second year. The organization recognizes students for their achievements in the classroom and promotes a lifelong dedication to self-improvement and service.

Standards for acceptance into the society are high. Inductees must demonstrate good character, but GPA requirements vary from year to year; to become a member, students must be among the top 20 percent of their class of business majors, as well as the top 20 percent of their class overall.

When it’s time to apply for jobs, membership in Sigma Beta Delta shows employers that the candidate is a high achiever and hard worker. The society also offers fellowships to help members attain their business degree.

For more information about Sigma Beta Delta, visit www.sigmabetadelta.org.

Graduating majors receive Departmental Honors at graduation if they receive Honors on the Senior Capstone, and achieve a GPA of 3.5  in Business Management courses.

Capstones are graded Pass or Fail. Exceptional Capstones can earn Honors.

Given to a graduating Business Management major who has demonstrated outstanding qualities of scholarship, character, and leadership.

Awarded to a graduating Business Management major with the most outstanding senior research project, demonstrating high scholarship and analytical skills.

Since its inception in 1937, the American Marketing Association (AMA) has remained committed to the advancement of excellence in the field of marketing. It was this commitment which fostered the establishment of Alpha Mu Alpha in spring of 1981. Alpha Mu Alpha is the national marketing honorary for qualified undergraduate, graduate and doctoral marketing students, and marketing faculty.

Under the auspices of the AMA, a select advisory committee of marketing educators designed the Alpha Mu Alpha recognition program to acknowledge outstanding scholastic achievement on a highly competitive basis.

Senior undergraduates who have declared a Minor in Marketing and who hold an overall GPA of 3.25 are eligible for nomination into Alpha Mu Alpha. 

Omicron Delta Kappa is the national leadership honor society, open to college men and women from all majors.

It was founded at Washington and Lee University in 1914 to recognize and encourage superior leadership by persons of exemplary character in the areas of academics, athletics, service, journalism, and creative arts.

Washington College’s Alpha Psi Circle of ODK, established in 1937, recognizes the college’s most outstanding student leaders.

Each year, members of ODK select two winners of the Gold Pentagon Award, recognizing outstanding leadership and service to Washington College by a graduating senior, and by an alumnus, faculty member, or friend of the college.

Washington College’s Alpha Psi Circle of ODK also supports leadership education by sponsoring and organizing a series of colloquia, talks, and special events throughout the year.

Students are inducted into ODK twice during the year, in the fall and in the spring.

Membership in Phi Beta Kappa is widely considered to be the most highly regarded mark of academic distinction for undergraduate students in liberal studies.

Membership in Phi Beta Kappa is by invitation only. Eligibility is based on the totality of a student’s academic achievement and character. Students interested in Phi Beta Kappa are advised to take a broad range of courses and should plan a program that includes at least 96 credits in “liberal studies” courses. BUS 109, 302, 303, 310, 330, 334, and 360 are considered to be “liberal studies." Other business courses are not.

Find more information on Phi Beta Kappa here.