PBL members qualify for nationals; earn state officer positions

CSC students earned top five finishes in 21 events, including six first, five second and six third place finishes. The top three finishers in objective tests and the top two finishers in all other events qualify to compete at the National Leadership Conference in Baltimore June 23-26.

The members who attended the conference are Kelsey Brummels of Ewing, Neb., Dawson Brunswick of McCook, Neb., Jennifer Campos of Alliance, Neb., Maria Comparan of Sidney, Neb., Cody Cooper of Gothenburg, Neb., Tierra Snyder of Beatrice, Neb., and Bailee Steiner of Morill, Neb.

Eight other club members competed in objective tests prior to the conference. Those include Lena Aslan of Elizabeth, Colo., Brandi Baker of Neligh, Neb., Leyna Brummels of Ewing, Neb., Austin Casper of Albion, Neb., Taylor Geisler of McCook, Neb., Miles McDole of Red Cloud, Neb., Marleigha McDonald of Gillette, Wyo., and Christian Miller of Minatare, Neb.

Seven CSC students automatically qualified for the national conference. They are Kelsey Brummels, Brunswick, Cooper, McDonald, Miller, Snyder and Steiner. Other students may still qualify as alternates.

In addition to competitive events, Brunswick, CSC PBL’s president, was elected the 2018-2019 Nebraska PBL President, and Cooper was elected the 2018-2019 Nebraska PBL Vice President of Membership.

Both said they are looking forward to the opportunities their positions will involve.

“Being elected as the state PBL president is exciting, and according to the state adviser, I am the only state president to come from Chadron State in their 23 years of advising,” Brunswick said. “There are many ideas that I plan to look at to improve the state PBL chapter.”

Cooper said the new officers are going to be a great group to work with.

“I am really excited to be working with a great group of individuals on the 2018-2019 Nebraska State PBL officer team. I do not think we could have gotten a better group of people put together,” Cooper said. “As a state officer, I am faced with the challenge of bringing different chapters together to build the organization as a whole.”

Brunswick was also named the Who’s Who recipient, an award given to a nominated member from each chapter for involvement and leadership.

As a chapter, CSC PBL was awarded the Bronze Excellence Award. To earn the award, the club had to complete various membership, chapter activity, public relations, business partnership and fundraiser, and community service/involvement requirements.

CSC Phi Beta Lambda’s 2018 SLC results:

Administrative Technology: 4, Tierra Snyder
Business Communication: 3, Kelsey Brummels
Computer Concepts: 1, Dawson Brunswick
Desktop Publishing: 5, Cody Cooper
Entrepreneurship Concepts: 3, Marleigha McDonald
Financial Analysis and Decision Making: 3, Jennifer Campos
Hospitality Management: 3, Kelsey Brummels and Tierra Snyder
Information Management: 1, Marleigha McDonald, 2, Dawson Brunswick
Justice Administration: 4, Lena Aslan
Management Concepts: 1, Marleigha McDonald
Network Design: 1, Dawson Brunswick
Networking Concepts: 2, Dawson Brunswick
Parliamentary Procedure: 2, Kelsey Brummels, Dawson Brunswick, Cody Cooper and Tierra Snyder
Personal Finance: 5, Lena Aslan
Project Management: 1, Cody Cooper, 3, Marleigha McDonald
Retail Management: 1, Bailee Steiner
Sales Presentation: 2, Dawson Brunswick
Sports Management and Marketing: 3, Christian Miller, 4, Bailee Steiner
Strategic Analysis and Decision Making: 2, Bailee Steiner
Website Design: 5, Cody Cooper