By CSC COLLEGE RELATIONS
CHADRON – Chadron State College Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) members won 28 awards at the annual Nebraska State Leadership Conference in March in Kearney. Student attendees were Ryan Sparrow, Drew Kurtenbach, Markus Ramsey, Makenna Cormack, Aubree Noble, Phillip Soto, Andrew Avila, Logan Parde, Allison Schneider, and Trevin Hanson. Swaranga Fernando competed online.
The CSC chapter won first place for Largest Percent Increase in Membership. Individual first place winners include Schneider in Business Law, Kurtenbach, Sparrow, and Ramsey in Global Analysis and Decision Making, Soto, Avila, and Noble in Integrated Marketing Campaign, Parde in Microeconomics, Schneider in Organizational Behavior and Leadership, and Noble in Project Management and Social Media Marketing.
All those who placed in the top four in their categories will advance to the national PBL competition in Chicago in June.
Kurtenbach, president of the CSC chapter, said the conference was successful.
“This was our first in-person competition in two years, and for a lot of our members, their first-ever PBL competition. Everyone competed at a high level, and I was so proud of how well our chapter did,” Kurtenbach said.
Noble, who has been involved with FBLA and PBL for eight years, said the conference was a good experience.
“It was amazing to network and make new friends, see some old ones, and leave with three first-place awards. I’m forever grateful for PBL and looking forward to one last national competition this summer in Chicago,” Noble said.
CSC Results
Accounting Principles: 3, Fernando, and 4, Parde
Business Law: 1, Schneider
Computer Concepts: 5, Cormack
Cyber Security: 2, Cormack
Global Analysis and Decision Making: 1, Kurtenbach, Sparrow, and Ramsey
Information Management: 3, Cormack
Integrated Marketing Campaign: 1, Soto, Avila, and Noble
Justice Administration: 2, Schneider
Largest Percent Increase in Membership: 1, Chapter Award
Macroeconomics: 3, Parde
Management Analysis and Decision Making: 2, Kurtenbach, Schneider and Parde
Marketing Analysis and Decision Making: 3, Kurtenbach
Marketing Concepts, 4, Kurtenbach
Microeconomics: 1, Parde
Organizational Behavior and Leadership: 1, Schneider, 5, Fernando
Personal Finance: 3, Parde
Project Management: 1, Noble
Public Speaking: 2, Ramsey
Retail Management: 3, Schneider, 5, Hanson
Social Media Marketing: 1, Noble
Sports Management and Marketing: 2, Ramsey
Strategic Analysis and Decision Making: 2, Noble
Strategic Management: 2, Soto and Noble
Website Design: 3, Noble
Who’s Who in PBL: Nominee, Kurtenbach