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2011 State PBL Results

Williams Department of Business Earns 41 Awards at the

2011 State Phi Beta Lambda Competition

The 2011 Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) competition was another success for the Williams Department of Business. Seventeen students earned 41 certificates in national-qualifying and open events during the state PBL competition in Little Rock, Arkansas on April 14-16, 2011. Sixteen students qualified for the national PBL competition in 16 events which is in Orlando, Florida on June 23-26, 2011. If a student participated in a “team event”, first and second places are automatically qualified for the national competition. Third place is the alternate. If a student participated in an objective exam event, the first, second, and third place person qualifies to compete at the national competition. Fourth place is the alternate. The national-qualifying event results are as follows:

National Event	Name	Award
Business Decision Making	Justin Daubert, Jeremiah Nance, Courtney Sublett	First*
Business Ethics	Mari Pinedo, Tiffany Pickett, Elizabeth Fehr	First*
Emerging Business Issues	Mari Pinedo, Tiffany Pickett, Lauren Taylor	Second*
Hospitality Management	Elizabeth Fehr, Laure Beltzer	Fourth
Human Resource Management	Justin Daubert, Courtney Sublett	First*
Marketing Analysis & Decision Making	Lauren Taylor, Brad Harris	First*
Network Design	Mark Yawson, Danny Adams, Chris Waldrop	First*
Business Communications	Chris Waldrop	Second*
Contemporary Sports Issues	Justin Hawkins	First*
Database Design & Decision Making	Danny Adams	Second*
International Business	Kevin Ray Tricia Driver	First* Fifth
Macroeconomics	Mark Yawson	First*
Networking Concepts	Matthew Mitchell	First*
Sales Presentation	Brad Harris	Second*
Sports Management & Marketing	Matthew Schweri Justin Hawkins	First* Third*
Strategic Analysis and Decision Making	Tricia Driver Kevin Ray	Second* Fifth
Telecommunications	Matthew Mitchell	Third*

*Qualifies for Nationals

In addition to the national-qualifying events, the state PBL competition includes various open events. Open events are objective exams that anyone may complete. The national PBL competition will also have a variety of open events for our students to complete. The following are the results of the open events.

Open Events	Name	Award
Business Etiquette	Tiffany Pickett Justin Daubert	Third Fourth
Business Principles	Patrick Corder	Second
Computer Operating Systems	Danny Adams Matthew Mitchell Mark Yawson	First Second Fifth
Leadership	Patrick Corder Matthew Mitchell	Fourth Fifth
Organizational Behavior	Matthew Mitchell	Third
Strategic Management	Matthew Mitchell	Fourth

The WBC PBL chapter was also recognized as the fifth largest chapter in the state and was ranked in second place for the Sweepstakes Award. The Sweepstakes Award goes to the chapter with the most wins at the competition.

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