Success in the Time of COVID-19

WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., April 29, 2020 — Despite the pandemic, the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) chapter at West Liberty University shared good news with campus recently by taking honors at the regional conference that took place just after social distancing took over.

“Due to COVID-19, the conference took an online format and students presented their work in a virtual setting. Unfortunately, we couldn’t have workshops like we usually do but we did have the competition and WLU emerged with several winners,” said Hayden Blazer, who is advisor to the student group and a graduate assistant in the Gary E. West College of Business.

“A few days later we had a live reading of the awards of excellence also to congratulate the winners and share the news with the state,” Blazer added. Blazer also is the state advisor for the conference and is from Glen Dale, W.Va.

“Fellow PBL advisor Professor Sherry Rocchio and I are proud of our members. They worked hard throughout the year and will do well at the national level I’m sure, despite the pandemic,” he added.

All students attending the leadership conference are enrolled in the Gary E. West College of Business. They will join hundreds of America’s college students in a virtual national conference and competition next, later in June, which offers thousands in cash prizes.

Phi Beta Lambda 2020 State Competition Winners

First Place

• Accounting for Professionals, Kendrick Dobbs
• Accounting Principles, Kendrick Dobbs
• Client Services, Jonathan Howard
• Entrepreneurship Concepts, Collin Hlad
• Hospitality Management, MaCall Brummage
• Marketing Analysis and Decision Making, Jacob Mauzy
• Retail Management, Carly MaKeegan
• Sales Presentation, MaCall Brummage
• Small Business Management Plan, Kyle Caruso & Collin Hlad
• Social Media Campaign, Jonathan Howard

Second Place

• Future Business Executive, Isaac Herron

  

• Marketing Concepts, Isaac Herron
• Networking Concepts, Morgan Petchar
• Retail Management, Jacob Mauzy
• Stock Market Challenge, Jacob Mauzy

Third Place

• Contemporary Sports Issues, Chad Matthus
• Entrepreneurship Concepts, Kyle Caruso
• Marketing Concepts, Carly MaKeegan

About FBLA-PBL, Inc.

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc., the premier student business organization, is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association with a quarter million members and advisers in over 6,500 active middle school, high school, and college chapters worldwide.

Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. The association is headquartered in Reston, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C. For more information, visit fbla-pbl.org.

About the Gary E. West College of Business

Programs offered by the Gary E. West College of Business at WLU include: Accounting, Computer Information Systems, Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, Finance, General Business, Healthcare Management, Management (General), Marketing, Sport Management and Zoo Management. The West College of Business also offers the MBA graduate degree, both online and in-seat.

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