WEST LIBERTY, W.Va., July 28, 2016 — West Liberty University can claim a first time winner in the Future Business Leaders of America Phi Beta Lambda national competition held recently in Atlanta, Ga. Senior Catherine Tate of Weirton, W.Va. placed ninth in the country for Cost Accounting. She is a scholarship student in the Gary E. West College of Business.
“Catherine represented our school well and worked hard to perform at this high level. This is only the second time that we attended the conference. We also had other students compete and even though they didn’t place, the other schools and officials were impressed with our performance and I’m proud of our chapter,” said Hayden Blazer, West Virginia state president and president for WLU’s chapter.
Blazer is a rising junior from Glen Dale, W.Va., with a major in accounting and a minor in finance. He founded the WLU chapter of Phi Beta Lambda in 2015, which is the first chapter in a university in the state of West Virginia.
Because of his hard work, Blazer received the Who’s Who Award from the West Virginia chapter.
“I would like to thank President Greiner and the entire university for the support and especially the College of Business for helping us fund our trip. Hopefully next year we can take more students and win more titles for WLU,” Blazer added.
Faculty advisors include College of Business faculty and staff, Instructor of Accounting Jim Crumbacher, Professor of Business Law and Entrepreneurship Dr. Carrie White, Dean S. Michael Turrentine, Dr. Jean Bailey (retired dean), Administrative Secretary to Dean Donna Schuler and Associate Professor of Management Dave Wright.
The FBLA-PBL is the largest and oldest business student organization in the world, according to its website.
A quarter of a million high school and middle school students, college and university students, faculty, educators, administrators, and business professionals have chosen to be members of the association which seeks to prepare students for careers in business.
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