SCC recognized with top honors at PBL State Leadership Conference

Published: 05/02/2017

St. Charles Community College students Bethany Graham and Tori Ash were recognized at the Awards of Excellence Program as they placed first in the Business Ethics event at the 58^th annual Missouri Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership State Conference on April 1, in Springfield, Mo.

Bethany Graham and Tori Ash of the SCC chapter of Phi Beta Lambda were recognized at the Awards of Excellence Program as they placed first in the Business Ethics event.

This year is the 75^th Anniversary of FBLA-PBL. The conference featured competitive events for individuals and teams, leadership training and election of state officers for the upcoming year. 

At the event, Bethany and Tori qualified and will now compete at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Ca., June 23-27.

This is the third year in a row for SCC’s PBL Business Ethics team to qualify for nationals and the second out of three years that they have placed first at state.

For more information about the SCC chapter of Phi Beta Lambda, contact Andrea Compton, chapter advisor, at acompton@stchas.edu or 636-922-8321.

Phi Beta Lambda is an educational association of postsecondary student members preparing for careers in business. Along with FBLA, PBL is the largest postsecondary business student organization in the world. There are over 11,000 active members in the United States, and Missouri has nearly 500 members in 22 chapters. 

St. Charles Community College is a public, comprehensive two-year community college with associate degrees and certificate programs in the arts, business, sciences and career-technical fields. SCC provides workforce training and community-based personal and professional development as well as cultural, recreational and entertainment opportunities. For more information, visit www.stchas.edu.