Contact: Devon Garcia

Beta Alpha Psi

Phone: (339) 222-8100
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PRESS RELEASE
University of Tampa Becomes Most Decorated Chapter of the Year
Success quadruples this year for the University of Tampa Chapter as they take home four wins!

San Jose, CA, August 7, 2010: The University of Tampa Beta Alpha Psi Chapter have announced they have
won four awards at the 2010 National Beta Alpha Psi Conference. After eight months, these four projects
were finished on Friday when the two teams competed against some of the best schools in the world
including Pace University, California State, University of Washington, Boise State and many more. The teams
won after two ten-minute presentations on Chapter Sustainability and Service Learning, a ten-minute video
and a five-page abstract.

This is the second year the UT chapter has won Chapter Sustainability, and this year the chapter
quadrupled its success by winning the four awards listed below making the UT Chapter the most decorated
Beta Alpha Psi chapter in the world for 2010:

1st Place Deloitte Best Practices: Chapter Sustainability

2nd Place Deloitte Best Practices: Service Learning
1 of 15 Chapters: KPMG GOLD Chapter Award
1 of 10 Chapters: Ernst & Young Diversity Award

The chapter has been able to become one of the most successful Beta Alpha Psi chapters in the world
because of their focus on developing talent. The UT chapter is dedicated to furthering the professional
and personal skills of their members through diversity training and leadership retreats and activities. One of
the current faculty advisors for Pace University Susanne O’Callaghan said, “The big firms are crazy not to
recruit at the University of Tampa, you [The UT Chapter] have set the standard for the nation.”

The former President of the chapter, Andrew Argue, says, “The only thing we have is our people. We care
about them, and we truly want to see them succeed. We work hard to ensure the development of their
talents, and these wins are a testament to our hard work.

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Chapter Sustainability:
The Future Success of
Your Chapter
Purpose: Development and
execution of strategies that
promote greater
participation in Chapter and
Regional activities by one or
more of the following groups:
(1) candidate, student,
faculty, alumni and honorary
members; and, (2) greater
ongoing participation by
representatives from the
business community.

Deloitte Rep, Andrew Argue, Stephanie Gorospe, Rob Mainelli, Lisa Reale, Pat Campbell, Valerie Bryan

Service Learning:
Learning by Using Your
Skills to Help a Local
Organization

Purpose: To encourage chapters

to commit to and engage in
ongoing service learning
activities during the year. VITA
programs are not to be
considered for this project.

Meridith Klein, Max Mcquirter, Jenna Scinta, Janelle Garguilo, Devon Garcia, Roman Cowan
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Ernst & Young LLP

Diversity Award

An inclusive work
environment that values
and leverages the unique
differences of a diverse
team is critical for the future
success of the global
business community. Over
ninety percent (90%) of the
Fortune 500 companies
have active diversity
initiatives in place and most
include diversity as part of its
business strategy. Ernst &
Young leadership fully
understands the importance
of an inclusive environment
that values the contributions
of all its people. The firm
believes that a key element
of effective teaming is the
diversity of thought
generated from team
members from different
backgrounds and
perspectives. Highly
effective leaders are those
who are experienced at
leading diverse teams.

Ernst & Young also believes

that it is important for future
leaders of the business
community to have a great
appreciation and
understanding of how to
successfully team in a
diverse and inclusive
environment. Accordingly,
EY has initiated the “Ernst &
Young LLP Diversity Award”.
Rob Mainelli, Meridith Klein, Andrew Argue, Janelle Garguilo, Lisa Reale, Valerie Bryan, Roman Cowan,
Stephanie Gorospe, Max Mcquirter, Jenna Scinta, Pat Campbell, Devon Garcia
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Gold Chapter Challenge

BAP recognizes that many

chapters often go above and
beyond what is required to
become a Superior Chapter. In an
effort to reward these chapters,
the KPMG Foundation is working
with BAP to sponsor the KPMG
Gold Challenge, a competition
that will provide an annual
monetary award to several top
chapters. Eligible chapters will be
required to submit a 10-minute
video presentation, which explains
and/or demonstrates why their
chapter deserves the KPMG Gold
Challenge award. The winning
chapters will be announced during
a plenary session at the Annual
BAP Conference.

Andrew Argue and Lisa Reale