eta alpha psi<strong>of</strong> Washington, Gonzaga, and WesternWashington. . . . Th<strong>is</strong> victory earned<strong>our</strong> team the chance to compete th<strong>is</strong>summer at the national conference inNew York.12AchievingOur GoalsAlan AkwaiExcerpted from a speech at theAccounting Recognition EveningIt’s been an exciting and eventfulyear for Beta Alpha Psi. First, I’d liketo address what I prom<strong>is</strong>ed I wouldaccompl<strong>is</strong>h last year when I spoke atth<strong>is</strong> event. . . . I said we would be usingthe talent in <strong>our</strong> chapter and forminga team to compete in what <strong>is</strong> knownas the Best Practices Competitionat the BAP Regional Conferenceand dethroning the <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong>Washington, which had taken firstplace in every category in 2008. Well,we did!An all-star team cons<strong>is</strong>ting <strong>of</strong> ReedEngdall, Ashley Kennel, Roy Matsunaga,and David Wallenstein went to Seattleth<strong>is</strong> past April and made a presentationthat earned a victory over the <strong>University</strong>Last year I wanted to start a BAPRecruiting Buddy Program and hostmore social events in an effort tobuild relationships within the chapter.While we had some success, whatwas most notable was the chance totruly pinpoint a v<strong>is</strong>ion for <strong>our</strong> chapter’sfuture and what it can be. Beta AlphaPsi has always attracted students whoexcel academically. What I realizedwas that I built a network <strong>of</strong> friendswho, collectively, have been to morethan thirty countries; speak Span<strong>is</strong>h,Indonesian, Portuguese, Romanian,German, French, Chinese, Japanese,Vietnamese, and Korean; competed incollegiate-level tenn<strong>is</strong> and football; hada swimming scholarship to ColoradoState <strong>University</strong>; scored in the 99thpercentile on the LSAT; and haveacademic backgrounds other thanaccounting in h<strong>is</strong>tory, human physiology,Chinese, economics, and Engl<strong>is</strong>h. Th<strong>is</strong> <strong>is</strong>why I believe that the members are BetaAlpha Psi’s biggest untapped res<strong>our</strong>ceand why building an organization thatenc<strong>our</strong>ages social interaction <strong>is</strong> soimportant. From BAP we can practicesome <strong>of</strong> the needed qualities <strong>of</strong>pr<strong>of</strong>essional<strong>is</strong>m: being socially aware,worldly, good with all kinds <strong>of</strong> people,and strong communicators.Looking Back,Moving ForwardRoy MatsunagaExcerpted from a speech at theAccounting Recognition EveningWhen I took over as Beta Alpha Psipresident th<strong>is</strong> year, it prompted me tolook back. Do you know how long BetaAlpha Psi has been at the UO? Eightyeightyears, since 1921. I suspect thateven the most senior partners in th<strong>is</strong>room would acknowledge that that wasa long time ago.I was cleaning the BAP <strong>of</strong>fice a fewweeks ago and I found th<strong>is</strong> book from1939 that l<strong>is</strong>ts all <strong>of</strong> the membersfor those first eighteen years, for alltwelve chapters in the country. Now,seventy years later, with all <strong>our</strong> moderntechnology and in th<strong>is</strong> era <strong>of</strong> socialnetworking, we don’t have anything liketh<strong>is</strong>. So we have begun to cultivate adatabase-driven website that will allowus to keep these kinds <strong>of</strong> records in thefuture and help build bonds betweenstudents and alumni.Beta Alpha Psi <strong>is</strong> about connections.Though no longer defined as a fraternityin the <strong>of</strong>ficial literature, BAP mustbecome more fraternal in nature. Now,I don’t mean it should be a boy’s clubwith togas, keggers, and double-secretprobation. I mean a true community<strong>of</strong> accountants that can provide itsstudents with the technical toolsnecessary for success, and the abilityto socialize naturally in a pr<strong>of</strong>essionalsetting. Beta Alpha Psi cannot simplybe another class on a schedule or lineitem on a résumé. Instead, it shouldbe a place where accounting studentscome together to build the bonds thatwill fuel and enrich their academic andpr<strong>of</strong>essional careers.<strong>The</strong> Beta Alpha Psi kickball team
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