Student Organizations
There are a wide variety of organizations associated with the College of Business and Economics. Organizations enhance your collegiate experience, provide networking opportunities with business professionals, help build your resume and create lasting friendships.
Alphabetical Listing and Descriptions
Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi, a co-ed business fraternity, is recognized as the premier developer of principled business leaders. Membership is lifelong and rewarding. By joining, you enter a vast network of more than 298,000 current members and alumni worldwide dedicated to helping one another succeed in their careers. Student members help one another of any major achieve academic excellence. Visit Alpha Kappa Psi website
Association of Certified Fraud Examiners
If you are interested in a career in forensic accounting or in learning about fraud, or simply in knowing how best to protect yourself, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) is dedicated to providing the best resources and helping students and professionals to learn to deal with fraud. View the ACFE page on the Department of Accountancy website.
BASE
Business Analytics Service Experience (BASE) will give you the opportunity to learn and apply data skills for partners in the community. You’ll gain valuable real-world experience by working on projects and helping real businesses and nonprofits that don’t have access to data skills. Each semester, students choose a team to join to work on a project. BASE is hosted by the Department of Information Technology and Supply Chain Management in the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University.
Beta Alpha Psi
Beta Alpha Psi is a national scholastic and professional accounting fraternity. The primary objective of the fraternity is to encourage and give recognition to scholastic and professional excellence in the field of accounting. This includes promoting the study and practice of accounting; providing opportunities for self-development and association among members and practicing accountants and encouraging a sense of ethical, social and public responsibility. View the Beta Alpha Psi website.
Beta Gamma Sigma
Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International–The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International. Visit the Beta Gamma Sigma website.
Business Professionals of America
The mission of Business Professionals of America is to contribute to the preparation of a world-class workforce through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, academic and technological skills. View Business Professionals of America’s webpage.
Economics Association
The purpose of the Economics Association is to be a source of information on schools, internships, scholarships and careers pertaining to the field of economics. We provide a forum for people who talk and think like economists to converse about current issues, economic theory and research ideas. We strive to create a network of people that share similar academic and career goals. View Economics Association website.
Financial Management Association
FMA assists in the professional, educational, and social development of college students interested in finance, banking and investments. We participate in presentations, tours, seminars, financial calculator workshops, spreadsheet software classes, pizza parties, golf tournaments, and other social functions. Visit the Financial Management Association webpage on the Department of Finance site.
Human Resource Association
This student organization is a Superior Merit Award-winning student chapter from the College of Business and Economics at Boise State University. It is a part of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and is actively promoting human resource management and serving the community. See the Human Resource Management webpage here.
ITM Club
The ITM Club is on a mission to demystify information technology management (ITM) and build a thriving community for enthusiasts. Information technology management is about integrating technology into businesses to support the businesses’ goals and drive innovation and success. The ITM club is for all the diverse subgroups including cybersecurity, database and network management, data analytics, software development, and etc. The goal of the ITM club is to create a learning/doing environment for students, professors and businesses to provide students networking and collaboration opportunities and real-project work experiences they can put on a resume. Be a part of the ITM Club and follow the ITM Club on LinkedIn.
Professional Sales Team
Join the Professional Sales Team! You will gain confidence and skills in communication, persuasion, relationship building and more — skills you will need and use in any career and for the rest of your life. We have get-togethers and host events such as workshops, company walk-throughs and sales training. We aim to make a student-to-corporate pipeline with local and national companies. We host sales career fairs for jobs and internships. We also participate in sales competitions across the U.S. and are gaining a reputation as one of the best sales teams in the country. Find us on Engage under Professional Selling Club.
Net Impact
Net Impact Boise State University is an affiliate of an international organization consisting of undergraduate, graduate and professional level clubs throughout the world. Net Impact Boise State University hosts events designed for networking with and learning from local business leaders who excel in sustainability, corporate social responsibility and/or ethics. View the Net Impact website.
Women in Business
Women in Business Association is focused on connecting women from the College of Business and Economics in a casual and fun way. A student run association, Women in Business strives to create a community where women can network, connect and build relationships that empower them in business and life. Instagram @wbaboisestate.
Get Involved
Not finding a club that suits your interest? Consider one of Boise State’s many other organizations or find out how to start your own by visiting the Student Involvement and Leadership website.