NEMCC Phi Beta Lambda Students Head To National Conference
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE) – A quintet of Northeast Mississippi Community College Phi Beta Lambda students will represent the college at the Phi Beta Lambda National Conference in Atlanta, Georgia after successful showings at the state event earlier this semester.
Alex Rodgers of Blue Spring, Alex Jeter of New Albany, Brady Lewellen of Ripley, and Haley McMurry and Johanna Ericson, both of Booneville, will represent the college on the national stage June 24-27.
Rodgers and McMurry captured a pair of awards at the Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference held on the campus of the Mississippi University for Women in Columbus in early March.
Rodgers brought home a state championship in the Sports Management and Marketing event while also turning in a state runner-up finish in the Management Concepts competition.
McMurry teamed with Lewellen for a state championship in Forensic Accounting and brought home a state runner-up finish to Booneville with a second place showing in the Accounting Principles category.
Jeter checked into the national convention with a third place finish in the Sports Management and Marketing competition and Ericson finished fourth in the Business Communications event.
Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) is the largest business career student organization in the world.
Currently, the Future Business Leaders of America’s high school division has over 215,000 members while the Phi Beta Lambda division, which is to serve postsecondary students, is made up of over 11,000 college students.
The newest group, FBLA-Middle Level, is showing growth with over 20,000 student members.
Finally, the Professional Division has reached over 3,000 members. Over 11,000 advisers round out the group.
Exclusive membership and career recognition programs are designed for each division to provide additional personal and chapter development opportunities.
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