/news-archive/tag/beta-gamma-sigma/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Sat, 23 Dec 2017 21:10:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2017/12/23/beta-gamma-sigma-earl-williams/ Sat, 23 Dec 2017 21:10:16 +0000 /news/?p=68898 ... Beta Gamma Sigma honors alumnus Earl Williams]]> Earl Williams, a 1978 graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, was honored as Beta Gamma Sigma鈥檚 Chapter Honoree Nov. 30 at the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock College of Business.听 Beta Gamma Sigma, an international honor society for students within the College of Business, selected Williams, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Loeb Properties, for his career achievements and service to the community. 鈥淚 am very honored to have been selected and grateful to have a chance to visit the campus,鈥� Williams said. 鈥淚t has been a privilege to get to know College of Business Dean Jane Wayland and see the remarkable impact she has made on the business school.鈥� One of the highlights of Williams鈥� visit was a meeting with Dr. Robert Culpepper, a retired 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock professor who taught Williams when he was a student. 鈥淒r. Robert Culpepper had a significant impact on me as a student,鈥� Williams said. 鈥淗is guidance was invaluable, and I was grateful to see him after almost 40 years. I told the students to take advantage of the relationships with their professors, as they have much to offer.鈥� After earning an accounting degree from 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, Williams began his career with Arthur Andersen in Memphis, Tennessee. From 1985 to 1999, he worked as a corporate controller for privately held Belz Enterprises, a large Memphis-based commercial and industrial real estate developer, obtaining extensive real estate experience. He joined Loeb Properties as chief financial officer in 1999. Williams works closely with the senior vice president of asset management and senior vice president of brokerage and development to formulate leasing and property management goals, ensuring effective utilization and returns on company properties. He is also responsible for all internal and external financial statement reporting, management information systems, employee benefit programs, risk management programs, tax planning and compliance, along with long-term financial planning for all Loeb-related entities. Williams is also an active volunteer in his community. He just finished serving a two-year term as District Council Chair for Urban Land Institute-Memphis District and is a member of Lambda Alpha Real Estate Fraternity, past board chair and current board member of Memphis Leadership Foundation, and board member of Leadership Empowerment Center, an urban ministry. Williams and his wife of 36 years, Tina, have two daughters, Ashley (Patrick) and Alyssa (Caleb), two granddaughters, Mackenzie and Madison, and a great niece, Alexis. In the upper right photo,聽Beta Gamma Sigma honoree Earl Williams (right) meets with his former professor, Dr. Robert Culpepper (left).]]> /news-archive/2017/07/03/accounting-scholarship-nathan-nalley/ Mon, 03 Jul 2017 13:03:54 +0000 /news/?p=67400 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock student earns prestigious accounting scholarship]]> Nathan Nalley, a senior accounting major, received a $1,100 scholarship from the . 鈥淭he scholarship was a tremendous help for me,鈥� Nalley said. 鈥淚 am glad of the help to get me through my last semester of college.鈥� Nalley, 33, of Benton, is an accounting clerk at Windstream. Once he graduates in December, he plans to work at an accounting firm and eventually open up his own tax and bookkeeping business. Since its inception in 1969, the National Society of Accountants鈥� scholarship foundation has provided more than $1 million to students pursuing an accounting career. Undergraduate and graduate students were selected based on academic achievements, leadership, activities, career goals, and financial need. 鈥淭hese students are the best and brightest candidates working to earn accounting degrees,鈥� Scholarship Foundation President Sharon Cook said in a news release. 鈥淲e are pleased to support them and look forward to having them join the accounting profession.鈥� Nalley served as pastor of Gravel Hill Baptist Church in Benton for three years but left in 2016 to pursue a career to provide better for his growing family. Nalley and his wife, Carly, are the proud parents of four sons ages, 3, 5, 6, and 7. He鈥檚 grateful to Shannon Gwinn, director of the Center for Student and Career Services in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock College of Business, for helping him find a job as an administrative assistant at Frazier & Rickels, P.A., less than a month after he enrolled at the university. Since becoming a student at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock in January 2016, Nalley has been active on campus, joining Beta Gamma Sigma, Beta Alpha Psi and the Accounting Society. He also received the 2017 Beta Alpha Psi and Accounting Society Scholarship. As a member of Beta Alpha Psi, for which he will serve as president in the fall, Nalley has given back by participating in service activities. The group hosts a Reality Fair in the College of Business that has students explore a career to find out what they can and cannot afford with the anticipated salary. Twice a year, the group gives speeches on careers in accounting to students enrolled in the Arkansas National Guard, a residential program for at-risk boys. ]]>