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<\/a>Karly Chambers recently attended Beta Gamma Sigma\u2019s Global Leadership Summit in Chicago. She is an accounting major at Southern Arkansas University.<\/p><\/div>\n
Shelia Pearson, faculty advisor of SAU\u2019s BGS chapter, sent an email to inductees last spring letting them know about the summit, and Chambers immediately wanted to attend.<\/p>\n
\u201cI represented SAU, attended lectures given by various business leaders, and worked with a team of other students on a case study,\u201d Chambers said.<\/p>\n
Snow greeted Chambers on her arrival to Chicago. \u201cIt was a record-breaking snow day,\u201d she said. \u201cSnow in Chicago is nothing like it is in south Arkansas \u2013 it was breathtaking.\u201d After two days in her hotel, Chambers organized a group of people to go sightseeing and eat deep-dish pizza. \u201cChicago will always hold a special place in my heart,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Before attending the session, Chambers took the Clifton Strengths Test, which reveals a person\u2019s top five strengths based on a series of questions. \u201cI learned that my strengths are largely based on building relationships,\u201d she said. \u201cThey taught us to play to people\u2019s strengths in order to better participate in and lead teams. We had hands-on practice when we broke up into teams to work on a case study competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chambers attended lectures on business basics, the power of grit, emotional and social intelligence, leadership qualities, and more. The purpose of the summit is to teach business students to be the best person and leader they can be. \u201cAll the speakers were very inspiring,\u201d Chambers said.<\/p>\n
The Rankin College of Business was instrumental in preparing Chambers for her experience. \u201cI researched SAU\u2019s business program and was very impressed,\u201d she said of her decision to come to SAU. \u201cGraduates from SAU are doing amazing things and this school seemed like it would be the best one to prepare me for the future I want. Choosing SAU has easily been one of the best decisions I\u2019ve ever made.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chambers expressed gratitude to her professors, especially Megan Whitehead, instructor of finance, and Jody Nations. \u201cThey have helped me so much in and out of the classroom,\u201d Chambers said.<\/p>\n
She plans to sit for her CPA after graduating, having worked for a local firm as well as Southern Aluminum in the accounting department. \u201cI want to eventually open a non-profit to help educate and provide financial advice to underprivileged families,\u201d she said. \u201cThat is my ultimate dream and is a cause very close to my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Karly Chambers, a senior accounting major from El Dorado, Arkansas, learned some valuable lessons about herself and picked up some new skills to be applied to her future career goals by attending Beta Gamma Sigma\u2019s Global Leadership Summit in Chicago. Her experiences in the Rankin College of Business at SAU inspired her to attend the… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":564,"featured_media":7840,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[271,140,32641,7753,143],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7839","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-academics","8":"category-college-of-business","9":"category-featured-layout","10":"category-homepage","11":"category-student-life","12":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/564"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7839"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7839\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}