Phi Beta Lambda Students Excel at NLC

Eastern Kentucky University students proved they meant business, excelling at the recent 2017 Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference (NLC).

The annual conference, held in Anaheim, California, June 24-27, invites future business leaders to compete in academic competitions, attend workshops, and share business ventures and successes with others in their field.

EKU’s Phi Beta Lambda chapter sent 15 students to the NLC to compete, with a whopping 13 placing in the top 10 for their respective competitions and bringing home a combined total of $2,500 in cash awards.

Winners included:

·         Daniel Bevins, Austin Kidd and Dalton Stanley, all of Pikeville, 1^st place, Business Presentation

·         Dalton Stanley, 1^st place, Project Management

·         Laura Jackson, Barbourville, 2^nd place, Business Law

·         Austin Hodge, Cannon, 2^nd place, Retail Management

·         Alex Martin, Richmond, and Wendi Smith, Pikeville, 4th place, Desktop Publishing

·         Savannah Day, Owingsville, 4^th place, Statistical Analysis

·         Jessica Casebolt, Pikeville, 4th place, Public Speaking

·         Austin Hodge, 5^th place, Managerial Concepts

·         Daniel Bevins, 5^th place, Sales Presentation

·         Weston Robbie, Lexington, 6^th place, Cyber Security

·         Hunter West, Berea, 7^th place, Help Desk

·         Shanoah Shelton, Richmond and Seth Barron, Eubank, 7^th place, Business Ethics

Other participants included Caitlyn Klaas of Union and Sydney Ziebold of Fairfield, Ohio.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda is the nation’s largest and oldest student business organization, with a mission to bring business and education together in a positive, working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.

Eastern’s PBL chapter is headed by Dr. Marcel Robles, but also receives financial and academic support from Dr. Lana Carnes, chair of the department of Management, Marketing, and International Business; Dr. Ed Davis, associate dean of the College of Business and Technology; and Dr. Thomas Erekson, dean of the college.

“These future business leaders bring great to recognition to EKU and to our School of Business, as they demonstrate their vast knowledge and skills learned in our business classes,” Robles said of the chapter. “This group of students should be recognized as outstanding leaders and role models that we want as business students and future alums of EKU.” 

Inset photo: Dalton Stanley and Wendi Smith

-- by Yasmin White, Student Writer, EKU Communications & Brand Management