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Students Compete and Place at National FBLA-PBL Conference
Thursday, August 09, 2012

CANTON, Mo.—Culver-Stockton students represented the state of Missouri at the Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas on June 24-27, 2012. Student representatives include Abidae Adeleye, Kelsey Vaughn, Catherine Carmean and Danielle Austin. Adeleye earned first place in the nation in Marketing Concepts and fifth place in Management Concepts, while Carmean earned fifth place in the nation in Hospitality Management. The students were accompanied by faculty advisor Jeanne Johnson, assistant professor of Management Information Systems.

The competition is part of a competitive events program sponsored annually by FBLA-PBL, a professional association for students pursuing business careers. Individuals, local chapters and state teams compete in over 50 events representing a range of business, career and leadership development activities. The winners of the challenging and prestigious awards are selected from FBLA-PBL’s over 210,000 members, and have won regional and state competitions to qualify for the national awards program. The 1,800 delegates to the 60th annual conference elected national student officers and attended business and leadership workshops, in addition to competing in business and career skill events.

This year’s national theme, “FBLA-PBL: Gateway to Greatness,” reflects the goals of FBLA-PBL members, some of the best and brightest of today’s young people. Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. is a non-profit organization that prepares students for careers in business and business education.

For more information, contact Jeanne Johnson at 573-288-6366 or jjohnson@culver.edu.