Southwest Baptist University News Release
Contact: Sharina Smith, Office of Marketing & Communications
BOLIVAR, Mo. – Eleven Southwest Baptist University College of Business and Computer Science (COBACS) majors competed in the Phi Beta Lambda State Leadership Conference (PBL SLC) held March 25-26 in Jefferson City, Mo. Nine of the eleven students are automatic qualifiers for the National Leadership Conference (NLC), which will be held June 23-26 in Orlando, Fla.
The nine automatic qualifiers are Luke Abbott, Ashley Copeland, Matt Copeland, Jacob Foster, David Haugh, Jason Jakusz, Matt Peterein, Ryan Thomas, and Josh Wood.
SBU students entered a total of nine events. They won sixteen top-five finishes, including seven first places, one second place and three third places. (See Table below)
Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate division of Future Business Leaders of America, which is the oldest and largest business student organization in the world, with a membership of over a quarter of a million.
For more than 20 years, the SBU chapter of PBL has earned top-five finishes at SLC events and has had numerous automatic NLC qualifiers. The faculty adviser for PBL is Dr. Ronda Credille.
Below is a list of the events in which SBU students earned places.
| Computer Applications |
| 1st State Fair Community College Hannah Bowen |
| 2nd Southeast Missouri State University Megan Stackle |
| 3rd Southeast Missouri State University Malli Tahghighi |
| 4th Southwest Baptist University Brittany Glassock |
| 5th St. Charles Community College Peggy Glenn |
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| Computer Concepts |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University Josh Wood |
| 2nd University of Central Missouri Aaron Hudspeth |
| 3rd Southwest Baptist University David Haugh |
| 4th Southwest Baptist University Ashley Copeland |
| 5th Southwest Baptist University Jason Jakusz |
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| Computer Gaming & Simulation Programming |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University Luke Abbott |
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| Cyber Security |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University Ryan Thomas |
| 2nd University of Central Missouri Aaron Hudspeth |
| 3rd Northwest Missouri State University Ryan Jackson |
| 4th Southwest Baptist University Jacob Foster |
| 5th Southwest Baptist University ` Matt Copeland |
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| Database Design and Application |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University Matt Copeland |
| 2nd University of Central Missouri Jake LaCombe |
| 3rd Southwest Baptist University Matt Peterein |
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| Information Management |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University Jacob Foster |
| 2nd Cottey College Pasang Sherpa |
| 3rd Southwest Baptist University Jason Jakusz |
| 4th Three Rivers Community College Melissa Marron |
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| Network Design |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University Ryan Thomas, Matt Peterein |
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| Networking Concepts |
| 1st Southwest Baptist University David Haugh |
| 2nd Southwest Baptist University Ashley Copeland |
| 3rd Mineral Area College Brandon Murphy |
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