CSC PBL club is in the business of winning
CSC’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda qualified 10 members for nationals at the PBL State Leadership Conference in Kearney last weekend.
The club is hosting an all-you-can-eat pancake feed 7-11 a.m. Saturday to raise funds for the trip to nationals in Atlanta this summer. The cost is $4 and it will be held at Chadron United Methodist Church, one block from campus at 847 Shelton St.
The group took home 29 individual and team awards at State. Nine members actually attended the event and a few others took home awards for tests submitted ahead of time. They also snagged three chapter awards, including Golden Excellence, Largest Professional Division Members, and third place in Local Chapter Annual Business Report.
To qualify for nationals, students must receive first or second place in their category, and can only enter in six different categories. CSC’s PBL members were awarded 12 first-place and five second-place honors.
PBL Co-President Stephanie Alfred, sophomore of Mitchell, earned the top spot in three categories; computer concepts, information management, and network concepts. She also took fifth in computer applications.
This is Alfred’s second year in PBL, and will be her second trip to nationals, as she qualified for last year’s competition in Chicago.
“I would like to thank CSC PBL for providing me the opportunity to showcase my business skills and form lasting connections with business professionals,” she said.
Molly O’Connell, junior of Belle Fourche, South Dakota, took first in marketing concepts and organizational behavior and leadership, second in entrepreneurship concepts and third in desktop publishing.
Drew Kasch, senior of Highlands Ranch, Colorado, won first in impromptu speaking, and scored second-place trophies for job interview and marketing analysis and decision making.
Three CSC teams also earned recognition. Kasch and Troy Fields, senior of Halsey, received first place with their integrated marketing campaign. Kaylee Gaswick, senior of Chadron, and Leyna Brummels, junior of Ewing, also took the top spot in forensic accounting. Kelsey Brummels, sophomore of Ewing, and Morgan Carrico, junior of Craig, Colorado, took second place in the network design role play event.
Several members also placed on tests taken before the conference, including Fields; Kelsey and Leyna Brummels; Jenna McBride, junior of Victorville, California; Mikayla Gallagher, junior of Spearfish, South Dakota; and Teryn Blessin, senior of Greenwood.
Not only did the students win big at the conference, but the club’s adviser Todd Jamison, assistant professor in the business academy, won the honor of Adviser of the Year. This is only Jamison’s second year involved in PBL, and his first year as the CSC chapter adviser.