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DSU’s Phi Beta Lambda Attends Leadership Conference

Madison, SD -- Eleven Phi Beta Lambda Business Club members of all levels (freshmen-senior) represented Dakota State at the 1999 Spring State Leadership Conference, held in Pierre, SD on Apr. 9 and 10. They competed against over 100 other students (eight other chapters) from colleges and universities throughout the state. They not only took standardized tests in academic areas (business principles, business law, management, economics, accounting, computer applications, computer concepts, information management, telecommunications, among others) but also put their poise and confidence to the test by competing in a mock job interview and Ms. Future Business Executive events. These events were judged by local bank presidents and state government officials in Pierre.

The following students represented Dakota State University:

Susan Dunn, Megan Beatty, Shannon Proehl, Nick Hansen, Kevin Deilke, Kim Wicks, Brad Wirth, Kerry Terwilliger, Nicky Volin, Jessica Fritzsche, and Stacia Alexander.

Individual Competitive Events: DSU took home four 1st place, five 2nd place and three 3rd place honors in competition with other chapters, including a 1st and 2nd place sweep in Telecommunications. Seven people placed in the top 3 in at least one event and have earned the right to compete at the National Conference in Long Beach, CA this summer. In addition, the chapter won the web site competition for the second year in a row.

Shannon Proehl		1st place in Accounting II 1st place in Information Management 1st place in Telecommunications 1st place for Chapter Web Site (webmaster).
.Jessica Fritzsche		1st Place in Parliamentary Procedures Becomes the SD PBL State Parliamentarian (First state officer from DSU in over 5 years.)
Susan Dunn		2nd place in Telecommunications 2nd place in Ms. Future Business Executive
Megan Beatty		2nd place in Computer Applications 2nd place in Job Interview
Nicky Volin		2nd place in Business Law 3rd place in Business Principles
Kim Wicks		3rd place in Computer Applications
Kevin Deilke		3rd place in Computer Concepts

Workshop Presentation: DSU was the only chapter to present a one-hour workshop at the conference. Shannon Proehl gave an outstanding introductory workshop on the topic of designing your first web page.

“All of the participants deserve a special commendation for their superb representation of Dakota State University at this conference. Their positive attitude and support of each other made the conference successful and fun for everyone. And moreover, they made a significant commitment to the future leadership of the state PBL organization,” said Dr. Dan Talley, co-advisor of PBL at Dakota State.

Dr. Orinda Christoph is the other co-advisor to PBL at DSU.