Barry M. Hunsberger
The Montgazette Contributor
Eight Montgomery County Community College (MCCC) students and one faculty member travelled to Harrisburg for the 47th annual Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) state conference on April 6th and 7th. Thomas Meehan (SGA president, PBL president), Mike Antoine, Jimmy Sovocool, James Lowery, Nicoletta Pelchat, Nate Balog, Barry Hunsberger, Mike Howard, and Professor Damon Gray (faculty advisor) were in attendance as MCCC Phi Beta Lambda representatives.
PBL is an organization of future and current business professionals at the college level. PBL is an organization that stems from the high school oriented organization, Future Business Leaders of America. PBL sets up its members for success in the business world through workshops, networking, community service and more. The business organization was founded in 1942 and continues to serve its 200,000+ members worldwide.
Over the weekend, the students were competing against 25 PA state chapters and 300+ students from schools such as Drexel, Penn State, Temple, and Bloomsburg, among others. Throughout the weekend they attended a keynote address and participated in various professional development workshops from nationally recognized speakers and networked with students and faculty from collegiate institutions from across the nation. At the close of the weekend during the awards ceremony, our students represented MCCC very well, taking home six awards:
James Lowery – First place in Management Concepts
Barry Hunsberger – First place in Impromptu Speaking
Nicoletta Pelchat – First place in Emerging Business Concepts and Third place in Small Business Management Plans
Jimmy Sovocool – Second place in Organizational Behavior and Leadership
Mike Antoine – Third place in Business Decision Making
Our very own MCCC Phi Beta Lambda chapter president (Thomas Meehan) was elected to the 2018/2019 FBLA – PBL PA state Presidency.
As a team, we are thrilled to have been able to represent Montgomery County Community College on such a high level of competition against so many prestigious universities from Pennsylvania. The wins from the state competition have solidified our students’ place to compete at the MCCC national competition during June 2018 in Baltimore, MD.
Montgomery County Community College will be competing against the best in the United States because we earned the right to be on that stage.
Thank you for your continued support as we move forward, showing the world we are a serious institution that produces amazing students and future leaders.
If you are interested in learning more about Phi Beta Lambda, or attending a meeting, contact the organization at montcopbl@gmail.com.
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