Students from McCook Community College recently attended the Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference, and came home with a plethora of awards.

The conference was held in Kearney April 10-12.

Students participated from 13 local Phi Beta Lambda chapters across the state of Nebraska, and the McCook Community College Epsilon Alpha Pi Chapter came away with the following awards listed in order by place:

First Place Events/Winners

Desktop Publishing                             Veronica Waddell

Website Design                                   Team of Veronica Waddell & Ashley Noltensmeier

Management Concepts                       Grant Moore

Second Place Events/Winners

Desktop Publishing                             Ashley Noltensmeier & Grant Moore

Fifth Place Events/Winners

Entrepreneurship Concepts                 Veronica Waddell

Marketing Concepts                            Grant Moore

Sixth Place Events/Winners

Retail Management                             Janelle Davis

Eighth Place Events/Winners

Business Communication                    Brooke Hoffman

Other students participating included: Brittany Sutton, Kendall Lienemann, and Kyla Epley.

WHO’S WHO IN NEBRASKA PBL:  Ashley Noltensmeier was named this year’s recipient because of her development of the Facebook MCC PBL Page.

BUSINESS PERSON OF THE YEAR:  Ryan Davis, Davis Tree Service

Career and Membership Achievement Program Winners:   Ashley Noltensmeier received the Director Level and Veronica Waddell achieved the Executive Level.

First and Second Place Winners are eligible to compete in the National Phi Beta Lambda Leadership Conference to be held in June in San Antonio, Texas.  Since students may only compete in two events, sometimes lower places also earn the right to represent Nebraska at this conference.