NGTC Students Win Awards At District PBL Competition

A number of North Georgia Technical College students will move on to a state competition after district level events took place last month.

The Georgia Phi Beta Lambda North District Conference held a competition in Waco, Georgia, on the Murphy Campus of West Georgia Technical College on February 19.

Phi Beta Lambda is the post-secondary extension of Future Business Leaders of America.

Colleges from across North Georgia competed, including six North Georgia Technical College PBL members.

All six NGTC students will now be heading to the State Competition that will be held in Atlanta, Georgia, in April.

NGTC took top honors in the Parliamentary Procedures category with Susie Berry of Cleveland placing first followed by Emily Sullens of Alto in second, Mia Sharpton of Clayton in third, and Debra Herbert in fourth.

Berry also competed in the Battle of the Chapters and was the first student to win this event from the NGTC Chapter.

Other first place finishes included Ryan Norton of Lavonia in both Computer Applications and Justice Administration, Herbert in Word Processing, and Sharpton in Accounting for Professionals.

Second place awards went to Sullens in Accounting for Professionals and Craig Rhinehardt of Young Harris in Retail Management.

North Georgia Tech Clarksville Campus Advisor Brad Cagle says 100 percent of the school’s members who competed won an award.

He adds that they congratulate each of these students and look forward to hearing more great news in April at the state competition.