Phi Beta Lambda

 

 

Phi Beta Lambda, an organization for all college students having an interest in business, is the post secondary level of Future Business Leaders of America.  The purpose of PBL is to provide additional opportunities for students in business to develop their career abilities and to display programs and activities of the group.  Any student interested in business is welcome to join.  You do not have to be a business major.

 

PBL Activities at Chipola College include:

 

  • Seminars, workshops, and tours:  Members of PBL determine programs for the year which includes speakers from all areas of business and others like engineers, credit bureau; toured manufacturing plants, banks; and held work shops on leadership, group dynamics, memory, etiquette, etc.

  • March of Dimes Sneaker Sales: Every year members participate with sneaker sales to raise money for research and education which is also a PBL national project.
     
  • Community Projects:  Toys for tots, Habitat for Humanity, Stopover House food and dry goods collection, Clothes for Chipola Ministries, Ronald McDonald House collections, and Relay for Life.  Students determine the projects to do each year.


 

  • Chipola Homecoming Participant—3rd in Building Decorations for 2006, talent show, Mr. And Ms. Chipola Representatives.
     
  • Senior Day and Club Day—video, backboard presentation, members man booth and sometimes have activities like chances for entrepreneurship success game.
     

  • Fall Festival and Spring Frolics:  members have a lot of fun competing with other organizations, enjoying rock wall, moonwalk, lassoing, and the pool.
     

  • District PBL Conference—held at Florida State University or Florida A & M University where members compete with other chapters to get a preview of state competition.
     

  • State PBL Conference: held in Orlando. Members compete with other college, university, vocational, and technical schools.  Chipola generally is well represented not only in attendance but in garnering awards.  First and second place winners may compete at national which is held in one of the five regions of the United States.

    In 2006, Barbara Wynn placed first in Sales Presentations and third in Human Resource Management; Jesse Ray placed 4th in both Economic Concepts and also in Economic Analysis and Decision Making and fifth in Statistical Analysis; Travis Roulhac placed second in Wordprocessing; Bridget Holmes and Patrick Bellamy placed second in Desktop Publishing; Patrick also placed third in Sports Management and Marketing.

    Recent Chipola College Alumni placing at State 2006:  Networking Concepts, 2nd place; Information and Management, 5th place, Kaleb Mercer, FSU,Tallahassee; Public Speaking, 3rd place, Chris Shaw at FSU, Panama City; Rodrico Thomas, 4th place, Business Decision Making at FSU, Panama City.  Kaleb Mercer was elected President of Florida Phi Beta Lambda.  He served as District I Vice President while at Chipola College.



     

  • National PBL Conference:  For the past decade Chipola students have qualified for some of the national competitions and placed in the top 10.  In 2005 Chris Shaw placed first in the nation in Impromptu Speaking and Josh Lawrence placed tenth in C++ programming.

           

For more information, contact:

Vikki Milton, Adviser

miltonv@chipola.edu

(850) 526-2761, ext. 3371

 

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Last Updated October 23, 2007