2008

ECCC Phi Beta Larnbda students take top honors at national competition

From press reports

East Central Community Col– lege students returned to the Decatur campus with first-place awards for the first time and other honors following competi– tion at the 2008 National Phi Beta Lambda Leadership Con– ference held earlier this summer in At lanta, Ga. Four students - Carlos Rice of Louisville Drew Harrison ofLit– tie Rock 'and Leslie Nash and Josh Dickerson, both of Union - won top honors in the Parlia– mentary Procedure competition and will be inducted into the Mississippi PBLHall ofFame at the organization's State Leader– ship Conference in 2009. "This is the first time we have had a first-place winner at the national competition," said Busi– ness Technology instructor Christy Ferguson, who serves as a club adviser. "Our chapter and advisers are obviously very proud of them and all our award winners." Brookes Mayes of Newton also received special recognition at the national conference for being selected to PBL's Who's Who in Mississippi. She was given the highest recognition of any Mississippi PBL member. Mayes teamed with Rice and Dicker:.on to fini h seventh m the Small Business Plan compe– tition. Also winning honors at the national event were Ann Valen– AF tine of Hickory and Leslie Hollingsworth of Forest, second place, Community Service Pro– CJ ject; Dollye Packer of Lake and Sabra Fortenberry of Union, S< third, E-business; Nash, fifth, Local Chapter Annual Business Ul Report; Shaun Cooper of Decatur, eighth, Word Process– '1./'r ing; and Brooke Barrett of S Union, lOth, Partnership with Business Project. Theta Chi also received the prestigious Gold Seal Chapter Award and was recognized for receiving the most awards of loa~.._., A.(;.._~e~:""'n: "h~n+o ....

Displaying awards: received at the 2008 National Phi Beta Lambda Leadership Conference are the above members of Theta Chi Chap– ler at East Centra.t Community College In Decatur, who captured first-place awards for the first time along with numerous other hon– ors. The ECCC stlldents were recognized for winning more honors than any Mississippi chapter during the three-day competition held earlier this summn r in Atlanta. Award winners Included (first row, from left) Dollye F'acker of Lake, third place, E-buslness competi– tion; and Leslie Hc~llingsworth of Forest and Ann Valentine of Hick– ory, second, Community Service Project; (second row, from left) Sabra Fortenberry of Union, third, E-buslness; Laura Pearson of Louisville, first, P;utlamentary Procedure; and Shaun Cooper of Decatur, eighth, Word Processing; (third row, from left) Leslie Nash of Union, first, Pa!rliamentary Procedure and fifth, Local Chapter Annual Bualneu F&eport; Brookes Mayes of Newton, aevanth, Small Business Managet·nent Plan and received special recognition for her induction Into Who's Who In Mississippi; and Brooke Barrett of Union, 1oth, Partn,ershlp with Business Project; and (fourth row, from left) Drew HatTison of Little Rock, first, Partiamentary Proce– dure; and Josh Dlr.:kerson of Union and Cartos Rice of Louisville, who won first placE!' In Partlamentary Procedure and placed seventh In the Small Busin ess Mana.ment Plan competition. Theta Chi also received the ptrestlglous Gold Seal Chapter Award.

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