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Huntsville, Ala. – Several Drake State
Technical College students recently won awards during the Phi Beta
Lambda business fraternity state leadership conference in Birmingham,
Alabama. Students majoring in office systems and accounting participated
in the competition.
Phi Beta Lambda is the post secondary
division of a national, non-profit organization comprised of students
preparing for business and business-related careers. State conferences
host competitions on business knowledge and skills.
The following students won awards during
the state conference:
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Database design-Gwenita Roberts, second
place
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Human resource management-Andrea
Thompson, first place
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Impromptu speaking-Victoria Robinson,
first place; Twyla Gibson, second
place
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Parliamentary procedure-Carmen Burks,
Twyla Gibson, Kathy Robinson, Andrea Thompson, first place winners;
Dominique Bazel, Latia Douglas, Montoya King, Marquisia Thompson,
Michelle Timmons, second place winners
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Sales presentation-Twyla Gibson, first
place
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Word processing-Dominique Bazel, second
place; Eloise Jones, third place
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Future business executive-Kennethia
Turner, third place
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Hospitality management-Carmen Burks,
third place
The first and second place winners will
advance to the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta, Georgia
scheduled for June 20 – 25.
Gwendolyn Pope, office systems instructor;
Deloris Smothers, computer systems instructor; and Dr. Verlindsey
Stewart, accounting instructor all served as advisors for the Phi Beta
Lambda students.
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