Una Business Students Collect National Awards

Jul. 17, 2012

Michelle Eubanks, UNA, at media@byum.net, 256.765.4392 or 256.606.2033

FLORENCE, Ala. 来自K8彩乐园的9名商科学生在圣安东尼奥举行的Phi Beta Lambda全国领导力会议上获得了集体奖项, Texas, recently. 来自UNA的12名学生在4月份的州一级比赛中获得第一名或第二名，有资格参加会议和全国比赛. In total, more than 2,今年有1000名大学生参加了比赛，这是大会历史上出席率最高的一次，代表了全国数百个分会. This was UNA's 25th consecutive year attending the national conference. This year's awards were highly contested, with as many as 30-50 competitors in each category. “在颁奖典礼上听到K8彩乐园的名字被喊到11次，真是太令人兴奋了," said Donna Yancey, a marketing instructor in the College of Business. 自从1987年UNA的PBL分会首次参加比赛以来，Yancey就以讲师的身份参加了这些会议，当时只有三名学生. "National awards like these are not easy to achieve," she said."It takes hard work, dedication and preparation." The UNA PBL Chapter as a whole was awarded National Outstanding Chapter and Gold Seal Award of Merit. The winners from the UNA Phi Beta Lambda chapter were: Mark Miles, of Haleyville - First place in Entrepreneurship Open Event, fourth placeinFinancial Analysis and Decision Making and seventh place in Statistical Analysis Loic Dimithe, of Florence - Second place in Macroeconomics and third place in Business Law Josh Butler, of Athens - Second place in Hospitality Management Ryan Goode, ofFlorence - Fourth place in Database Design and Applications Elizabeth Strickland, of Muscle Shoals - Fourth place in Accounting Principles LeAnne Vogel, of Iuka, Miss. - Fifth place in Emerging Business Issues team competition Heath McCullough, of Tuscumbia - Fifth place in Emerging Business Issues teamcompetition Jennifer Staggs, of Lexington - Seventh place in Database Design and Applications Jessica Warren, 代表UNA参加全国会议的还有州冠军史蒂芬·斯特菲尔, of Florence; Andrew Ceci, of Florence; and Daniel McNutt, of Athens. Phi Beta Lambda is the college division of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with a quarter million student members, more than any other student business organization in the world. FBLA-PBA旨在通过创新的领导力和职业发展计划，将商业和教育结合在一起，形成积极的工作关系.