Joseph Betts

Education

University of North Carolina School of Law, Juris Doctorate, May 2000
• Recipient of the Franklin T. Dupree Memorial Scholarship (90% Tuition Scholarship)
▪ Presented with the Gressman-Pollitt Award for Best Overall Oral Advocacy, Spring 1998
▪ Awarded Certificate of Merit for achieving highest grade in Estate Planning Seminar, Fall 1999

Cameron School of Business, UNCW, M.S. in Accountancy, June 1997 *AACSB accredited
• Member, Beta Alpha Psi, National Honor Society for Accounting
• Member, Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
▪ Concentration in Taxation and Audit studies

University of N.C. at Wilmington, B.A. in Political Science, May 1996 *Summa Cum Laude
• Political Science/Pre-Law major with additional studies toward a Master of Science in Accountancy
• President, Kappa Delta chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha, Natl. Political Science Honor Society
• Presented with the James C. Dixon award in Political Science

U.S. Defense Language Institute, Presidio of Monterey, California January – August 1987 *with Honors
• Inter-Service school dedicated to intensive, submersed training in various languages
• Extensive course in Spanish language and Hispanic cultures