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Georgia Piedmont Technical College Students Place at 2012 Phi Beta Lambda State Conference

Clarkston, GA - April 23, 2012

Three Georgia Piedmont Technical College (GPTC) students took home honors in the 2012 Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) state competition. The competition was held April 13-15, in conjunction with the 2012 Georgia PBL State Leadership Conference, at The Westin Atlanta Perimeter North in Atlanta, Ga. The winners—who will go on to represent Georgia and compete at the 2012 PBL National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas, in June—were: Constance Jamison – 1st Place, Helpdesk; Patrick McDaniel – 1st Place, Small Business Management Plan; and Niya Motin – 1st Place, Future Business Teacher  and 2nd Place, Financial Services.

Phi Beta Lambda, a division of Future Business Leaders of America, hosts annual state and national competitions that recognize and reward excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas.  Through state-based competition at the spring State Leadership Conferences, students compete in events testing their business knowledge and skills. The Georgia PBL State Leadership Conference showcased students competing in business-related leadership events, including impromptu speaking, future business executive, job interviewing, public speaking, and sales presentations. Other competition areas covered topics consisting of principles of accounting for professionals, computer applications, business communication, business decision-making, financial services, hospitality management, human resource management, and network design.

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About Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Georgia Piedmont Technical College, a unit of the Technical College System of Georgia, promotes a student-centered environment for lifelong learning and development, encompassing academic and technical education for employment in a global community. The college has eight centers of learning in DeKalb, Newton, Rockdale, and Morgan counties. Established in 1961, Georgia Piedmont Technical College currently has more than 4,000 students enrolled in diploma or degree programs and more than 9,000 in adult education classes. Academic and technical programs at Georgia Piedmont Tech cover more than 100 different occupations. For more information visit our website at www.gptc.edu.

A unit of the Technical College System of Georgia.