2008 Woodie Awards
SBU students win big at PBL
Issue date: 4/20/07 Section: News
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Southwest Baptist University announces the results for the 48th Annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference recently held in Jefferson City. The conference featured competitive events for individuals and teams and the election of state officers for next year.
Fourteen SBU students and two faculty members, Instructor of Comuter and Information Sciences Jim Cain and Instructor of Business Administration Rhonda Agee, attended this conference.
"I am proud to report that our competitive results were, once again, impressive," said Agee. "Our students entered a total of 14 events and captured 21 top-five finishes. We won first place in 10 events; second place in five events; two third-place finishes were earned; and we recorded one fourth-place finish."
Attendance at this year's conference was approximately 220, representing 19 PBL chapters at post-secondary institutions throughout Missouri, including University of Missouri- Columbia, Truman State University, Evangel University and Drury University.
"The keynote speaker for the event was Ephien Taylor II, who started a computer gaming business and became a millionaire in his teens, and he spoke about entrepreneurship," said Agee.
Competitors achieving first or second place in their events are automatically qualified to represent Missouri at the National Leadership Conference June 23-26, 2007, in Chicago, Ill.
"It was really interesting to see all of the other students from different colleges who had my same major," said sophomore Steve Miller. "I enjoyed talking to them about how their educational experiences differed from mine."
Phi Beta Lambda is an educational association of post-secondary student members preparing for careers in business. There are over 11,000 active members in the United States. Missouri has 33 chapters with nearly 600 members.
Fourteen SBU students and two faculty members, Instructor of Comuter and Information Sciences Jim Cain and Instructor of Business Administration Rhonda Agee, attended this conference.
"I am proud to report that our competitive results were, once again, impressive," said Agee. "Our students entered a total of 14 events and captured 21 top-five finishes. We won first place in 10 events; second place in five events; two third-place finishes were earned; and we recorded one fourth-place finish."
Attendance at this year's conference was approximately 220, representing 19 PBL chapters at post-secondary institutions throughout Missouri, including University of Missouri- Columbia, Truman State University, Evangel University and Drury University.
"The keynote speaker for the event was Ephien Taylor II, who started a computer gaming business and became a millionaire in his teens, and he spoke about entrepreneurship," said Agee.
Competitors achieving first or second place in their events are automatically qualified to represent Missouri at the National Leadership Conference June 23-26, 2007, in Chicago, Ill.
"It was really interesting to see all of the other students from different colleges who had my same major," said sophomore Steve Miller. "I enjoyed talking to them about how their educational experiences differed from mine."
Phi Beta Lambda is an educational association of post-secondary student members preparing for careers in business. There are over 11,000 active members in the United States. Missouri has 33 chapters with nearly 600 members.
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