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Business Honor Club Rebuilds and Expands
By Lauren Cecere
Officers: (left to right) Utterback,
Aline, Dies, Austin, Young, and Trasport
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Briteny Dies, a Mars Hill College senior, has stepped to the plate to save
the Business Honor Club from coming to an end.
Most of the organization's members last year were seniors who graduated.
Dies was the only active member before deciding to save the club. She
herself will graduate in May with a degree in business administration and Spanish.
The Business Honor Club is one of the oldest organizations on campus. It
started in 1937. "It has been around a long time, and I did not
want to see it come to an end,” said Dies.
The Business Honor Club’s logo explains what the club is all about. “The
five points on the logo signify Christian character, pleasing personality,
superior scholarship, promise of future attainment, and commendable deportment. These
five points represent the ideals of the Business Honor Club,” Dies said.
Right now, there are 13 official members, a major increase from previous years.
Members must have a 3.0 Grade Point Average and at least 12 hours of credit
in their major. “Not only have we increased our membership, but many
more prospective students are working to get into the Business Honor Club,” said
Dies.
( left to right)
Tara Carver, Chris Aline, Oscar Gomez, and Joel Oliver |
Club leadership includes Dies as president, Elliot Austin as vice president,
Allana Young as secretary, Mallory Trasport as treasurer, Chris Aline as public
relations assistant, and Jim Utterback as the club’s sponsor. “The
Business Honor Club is working to get involved as much as possible on campus,
considering the resources we have and the rebuilding we are working on," Dies
says.
As the club service project, members volunteered at the recent high school
Knowledge Bowl that was hosted by Mars Hill College. The club is also
sponsoring a dance on April 19 to get publicity and open the doors for prospective
members. The club also sponsors a business luncheon to show appreciation
to the business faculty. This event includes lunch and games. The
club will also have a Business Awards Banquet to honor intelligent and hard
working business majors.
Club members listen to Knowledge
Bowl presentation by Jon Stoehr
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“We have an entire committee set up to work on publicity and advertisement. They
are working on getting to know incoming students and current business majors. They
are also coming up with activities on campus so that other students will know
we are around and that they can get involved. It is important for others
not only to know that the club exists, but also to get to know the personality
of the club,” said Dies.
Since the club is in the rebuilding stage, there are many things to do. “There
are so many possibilities for the club, but right now, my primary focus is
to reestablish the organization and create ways to become more organized so
that future members will have guidelines to follow and material from which
they can find the guidelines. Everyone is creating a book so that there are
records of what is going on. We have many goals, but a few strong ones
include creating scholarships and book funds for business majors,” said
Dies.
She says club sponsor Jim Utterback "has been really patient and has
made sure we are staying professional and following guidelines. For
the first semester, I was the only official member in the organization, and
that was a little tough because I had to fulfill a lot of duties that are better
taken care of when a different person can be assigned to each one. Nothing
could have been done without the help of everyone in the club,” Dies
says.
Business Honor Club logo |
As the school year comes to an end, the Business Honor Club is in the process
of electing new officers and making plans for next year. The club meets
about once a week. “There are a lot of passionate members who
want to save the group, so everyone is working really hard,” Dies says.
Dies is looking forward to graduation in May, but still has a lot of goals
and plans for the club. “I want to eventually see our organization
inspire all business majors to meet the requirements to be in the club, and
then watch our members far exceed what they do right now. I would like
to see involvement on campus a lot more in future years. I most want
to see our organization succeed. It is important to keep the club around,
because business is one of the top majors this school has to offer, and there
should be a way those majors can gather and have business-like meetings. The
club offers a way to get more involved and to grow as a businessman or woman,” said
Dies.
Hilltop Reporter Lauren Cecere is also a member of the Business Honor
Club.
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