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BOLIVAR, Mo. 鈥� 糖心vlog鈥檚 Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) organization had eight students qualify for the PBL Nationals on June 23-26 in Baltimore, Md., following an impressive showing at the PBL State Leadership Competition on April 7 in Springfield.
SBU PBL had 18 top-five finishes, including five first-place winners at the state
competition. SBU competitors included:
First place 鈥� Programming Concepts
Second place 鈥� Computer Concepts
Second place 鈥� Cybersecurity
First place 鈥� Cybersecurity
Second place 鈥� Computer Applications
Third place 鈥� Computer Concepts
Second place 鈥� Networking Concepts
Fifth place 鈥� Cybersecurity
Third place 鈥� Cybersecurity
First place 鈥� Future Business Executive
Third place 鈥� Entrepreneurship Concepts
Third place 鈥� Networking Concepts
Second place 鈥� Organizational Behavior and Leadership
First place 鈥� Impromptu
Third place 鈥� Public Speaking
Fifth place 鈥� Job Interview
Team events
鈥淚 am very proud of our team; they competed against some of the best in Missouri and did an excellent job representing our university,鈥� said Meilani Conley, SBU PBL advisor and instructor of computer science. 鈥淭hey diligently prepared and practiced for their written and performance events. I am blessed to say that their hard work paid off and, for the fifth year in a row, we will compete on the national stage.鈥�
In the last four years, SBU PBL students have claimed 21 top-10 national finishes at the PBL National Leadership Conference.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a nonprofit education association with a quarter million students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields.
Cutline: (Left to right): Austin Masters, Audrey Russell, Mikayla Throne and Nathan Hooper display medals won at the PBL State Leadership Competition. (Not pictured: Allison Hawkins, Emily Munsell, Josh Adams and Stephan Munsell.)
*Published: 4-12-18