April 13, 2006

A-B Tech’s Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) received 60 awards during the state leadership conference April 6-8 in Raleigh, including six first-place wins and 17 chapter awards.

First-place wins were given in the categories American Enterprise Project by Jane McMahan, Michael Fann and Kevin Davio; Business Decision Making by Fann, Kathy Woods and Jason Grey; Java Programming by Dana Huskins; Partnership with Business Project #2 by McMahan, Fann and Rachel Loescher; Sales Presentation by Fann and Sports Management and Marketing by Josiah Hyatt.

Accounting Principles by Loescher; Business Ethics by Sabrina Boone, Nora Stave and Sherry Inch; Local Chapter Annual Business Report by Michael Smith; Management Concepts by Howard Burrill; Public Speaking by Sabrina Boone and Word Processing by Woods were categories with second-place wins. Sergei Nazarnenko placed fifth in Economic Concepts.

Students inducted in Who’s Who in North Carolina PBL were Fann, Hyatt and Smith. Inch and Reid were cited for completion of the Leadership Development Program. Loescher, McMahan, Grey, Micah Dickinson, Fann and Smith were honored with the Career and Membership Achievement Program – Director Level. Loescher, Fann and Smith also achieved Executive Level.

The A-B Tech Chapter was recognized for its 20 years of leadership, while advisors Kathy Toler, Carol Paxton and Kathie Doole were honored for their years of service. Toler was also given the Board of Directors Retirement Award Recognition.

Other chapter awards were for National Gold Seal Chapter, first-place Largest Local Chapter membership Western Region, first-place Largest Increase in Local Chapter Membership, Recognition for Support of Contributions to the March of Dimes, the NCPBL Foundation, Inc., and its scholarship and recognition for exceeding local chapter membership for 2005-06 compared to the previous year.