Students in Action
Students Receive Top Honors at Statewide Competition
Phi Beta Lambda Students Win Seventeen Awards!
RALEIGH, N.C. (April 9, 2019) - Students from Wake Tech Community College won a record seventeen awards at the annual Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference, including three first place and four second place awards! Several students took home multiple awards. Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is the national academic organization for students in business and leadership. Hundreds of students from 24 college and university chapters across North Carolina competed in the event, which was held April 4-6 in Charlotte.
Fifteen Wake Tech students took home awards in individual events:
First Place:
- David Burriss, Macroeconomics and Future Business Executive
- Matthew Courtney, Strategic Analysis and Decision Making
- Allan Thompson, Entrepreneurship Concepts
Second Place:
- Logan Brown, Marketing Concepts
- Cameron Huser, Accounting Analysis and Decision Making
- Trevis McCullough, Global Analysis and Decision Making
- Allan Thompson, Job Interview
Third Place:
- Matthew Dominguez, Business Presentation
- Trevis McCullough, Management Analysis and Decision Making
Fourth Place:
- Matthew Courtney, Business Law
Fifth Place:
- Matthew Dominguez, Microeconomics
- Michael Glennon, Impromptu Speaking
Sixth Place:
- Maritza Tepile-Amador, Client Service
Seventh Place:
- Maritza Tepile-Amador, Entrepreneurship Concepts
- Michael Glennon, Macroeconomics
Wake Tech also earned two fourth place team awards in Student Membership and Professional Division Membership.
Wake Tech students will compete in nationals in San Antonio, Texas in June.
