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Sorrell College’s Beta Gamma Sigma named ‘Honors Chapter’ by headquarters

Sorrell College of Business's Beta Gamma Sigma is selected 'Honors Chapter' during its first year. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Sorrell College of Business's Beta Gamma Sigma is selected 'Honors Chapter' during its first year. (TROY photo/Clif Lusk)

Troy University’s chapter of Beta Gamma Sigma has been selected an Honors Chapter by its global headquarters for 2018-2019.

Established in the Sorrell College of Business in March 2019, Beta Gamma Sigma is The International Business Honor Society and is affiliated with the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business – AACSB. The Sorrell College is one of just 189…

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Is Facebook Really Like Ma Bell?

Social media giants may meet the popular definition of 'monopoly.' (photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Social media giants may meet the popular definition of 'monopoly.' (photo/Wikimedia Commons)

Some commentators and politicians have proposed regulating Facebook, Twitter, and Google as public utilities.  To make sense of this proposal, let’s consider the economic role of public utilities.

Today’s social media giants might meet the popular definition of monopoly, namely having a very large market share. Economists, however, use a much stricter definition, and public utility…

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Endowment shows commitment to School of Accountancy and students

Brothers Stephen and Thomas Bedsole have created scholarships within the School of Accountancy to aid student success.

Brothers Stephen and Thomas Bedsole have created scholarships within the School of Accountancy to aid student success.

A pair of brothers has established an endowment in Troy University’s Sorrell College of Business.

Thomas (’81) and Stephen (’83) Bedsole have created the Bedsole Endowed School of Accountancy Fund to support activities that advance the School of Accountancy.

“Stephen and Thomas, and their CPA firms, are long supporters of our accounting program and our…

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