b'STUDENT ENGAGEMENT A Century of Service: DELTA SIGMA PICELEBRATES 100 THANNIVERSARY From left, HeavenBASED ON AN ARTICLE BY ELLEYNA RUDMANButler, Jenna Stalter,On March 24, 1923, Royal Bauer, a professor at the Braden Boulay,University of Missouri, established the Alpha Beta Rowan OConnell andChapter of Delta Sigma Pi. This chapter of the coed-Jacqueline Kuntz. ucational professional business fraternity began with about a dozen students. A century later, the Alpha Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi continues to thrive with 141 current members.With a focus on professional development, Delta Sigma Pi ensures students are set up for success with opportunities to attend networking events and TRULASKE TEAM RISES TO THE OCCASION resume-writing sessions and to gain valuable career insight from professional speakers. AT PURDUE HR CASE COMPETITION Additionally, the chapter actively participates in various community service events, including litterMembers of the Alpha Beta Chapter of the Delta Sigma Pi fraternity attended clean-up and food and clothing drives, and supportsthe Grand Chapter Congress in Houston, Texas. BY SARA DIEDRICH charitable organizations such as Tiger Pantry and For the first time the Trulaske College of BusinessTheir performance reinforced what I already know, sent a team to participate in Purdues HR casehe said. That we have a great college and greatIt was my pleasure to work with students Mason Williams and Joe Jamiol-competition, which was held in the Mitchell E. Daniels,students who can compete with the best fromkowski to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Delta Sigma Pi. To honor this Jr. School of Business and includedlivecases fromaround the world. Our students were able to show- milestone, students and alumni worked to endow a scholarship. In 1938 actual companies. Each team had 20 minutes tocase what they have learned at Trulaske during thisthe Delta Sigma Pi chapter created a loan fund for students with financial make their presentation and 10 minutes to answerevent. need. The loan fund was named in honor of Professor Royal Bauer in questions from a panel of judges, including a key1960. Mason, Joe, and I worked to convert the loan fund, of approximately The Trulaske team, which included Butler, Rowan$12,000, to a scholarship fund and endowed it this semester with executive from the London Stock Exchange. ThereOConnell, Braden Boulay, Jacqueline Kuntz and$50,000 so that it would be a perpetual gift for students of Delta Sigma were eight teams in each division, including oneJenna Stalter, began preparing for the competition Daryl Smith team of international students. The experiencea month ahead of the event. It wasnt until a weekI joined Delta Sigma Pi allowed the students to learn by doing and applybefore the event that the Trulaske team receivedas an undergraduate the lessons theyve learned at Trulaske into solvingits case for the competition: dormakaba USA Inc.,student in 1982, and it a a problem at a real company. a global security group, had made several recenthas been my honor to Heaven Butler has always considered herself toacquisitions and changed its organizational struc- serve the fraternity be a hard-working student. After all, the Kansasture. and work with City, Missouri, native holds down three part-timestudents of the Alpha Equipped with a plethora of data from the company,Beta chapter as their jobs while studying fulltime as a junior majoring inTrulaske students went to work identifying the coreRonald McDonald House. The fraternitys commit- faculty advisor.management at the Trulaske College of Business. problem and offering a solution, which includedment to student success and community engage-But Butler recently learned she can work evena plan, budget, and timetable for implementa- ment helps equip its members with the skills neededGay Albrightharder with the support of a team and mentors liketion. They also offered a list of measurable resultsto succeed in their careers and prepares them to be Christie McCullough Associate Teaching ProfessorDaryl Smithand Assis- that dormakaba could anticipate if it adopted thecompassionate and empathetic citizens.tant Teaching ProfessorChristie McCulloughin theTrulaske teams solution. Joe Jamiolkowski, the chapters president, has first-Management Department. Butler was among a teamMcCullough said it was thrilling to see the studentshand experience of how impactful Delta Sigma Pi of five Trulaske undergraduates who competed Nov.commit to something difficult and then challengecan be. Delta Sigma Pi has been the best choice I 2-3 in the HR Case Competition & Conference atthemselves throughout the process. have ever made, he said. It has shaped my leader-Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ship skills and has helped me grow professionally.Don Fitzgerald, the alumni District Director for Smith was impressed with the Trulaske teamsThe students persevered through stressful situa- On top of that, I have made lifelong friendships. Delta Sigma Pi also serves on the Departmenttions, tight time constraints and limited informationof Management Advisory Boardperformance but not surprised by the membersto produce a final presentation they were proudAlpha Beta Chapters anniversary is a testament to ability to rise to the occasion. Most of the studentsto present, she said. It required the students toits dedicated students and alumni who look forward are members of the Mizzou Chapter of the Societystretch themselves, to take risks and put themselvesto a bright future ahead.of Human Resources Management (SHRM). out there.16 2024 MANAGEMENT MATTERSMANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT 17'