Eight students enrolled in business classes at Colby Community College recently qualified to compete in the national Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) competition to be held in Anaheim, Calif., in June.
Approximately 100 Kansas college students participated in the PBL Leadership Conference hosted by Emporia State University March 2-3.
Phi Beta Lambda is the largest professional business leadership organization for college students in the United States with over 12,000 members.
Students who placed first or second at Emporia qualified for the national competition in Anaheim.  Those who qualified are allowed to compete in two events.
Individual results follow:
Susan Blanc                                                                                                              Accounting Principles, 2nd
Megan Schumacher, Lindsey Estes and Tasha Tankersley                              Financial Analysis and Decision Making, 1st
Keithen Fortin                                                                                                           Help Desk, 3rd
Megan Schumacher and Lindsey Estes                                                                Human Resource Management, 3rd
Rachel Platt                                                                                                                Human Resource Management, 2nd
Megan Schumacher and Lindsey Estes                                                                Small Business Management Plan, 3rd
Emily Chessmore, Keithen Fortin, and Sarah Oesterreich                               Website Design, 1st
Students who qualified for the national competition include Blanc, Schumacher, Estes, Tankersley, Platt, Chessmore, Fortin and Oesterreich.