Business Students Take Top Honors

February 23, 2007

TUPELO, MS. University of Mississippi-Tupelo business and accountancy students recently placed among the winners at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Conference and academic competitions held in Tupelo Feb.21- 23. PBL is an educational association of students preparing for careers in business and business-related fields. As a result of their first or second place finishes, students have been invited to attend the PBL National Leadership Conference and academic competitions June 23-26 in Chicago.

The UM-Tupelo chapter of PBL was also recognized by the organization's national charity, The March of Dimes, for its fundraising efforts in 2006. The chapter is a Silver Member of the Phi Beta Lambda Foundation, and UM-Tupelo Senior Business major, Michael Holloway serves on the March of Dimes board.

Participants included: (l to r) L-R: Christy Dickey of Tupelo (fourth place- Management Analysis and Decision Making), Morgan Bishop of New Albany (third place- Economic Analysis and Decision Making), Shaun Bryan of Ripley (second place- Accounting Analysis and Decision Making, first place- Financial Analysis and Decision Making), Jessie Jones of Tupelo (third place- Computer Concepts), Michael Holloway of Amory (third place- Management Analysis and Decision Making), Maggie Johnson of Guntown (first place- Marketing Concepts, fourth place- Business Law), Julie Woodruff of Corinth (third place- Marketing Analysis and Decision Making), Daryl Burcham of Belmont (second place- Impromptu Speaking), Liza Cooper of Fulton (second place- Marketing Analysis and Decision Making, third place- Marketing Concepts), John Standfield of Tupelo (first place- Human Resource Management), and Annie Rhoades of Corinth (second place- Statistical Analysis, fourth place Economic Concepts).