South Georgia Tech takes first place in national PBL competition

July 1, 2019
Pictured above (l to r) are: Teresa, Jolly, PBL Advisor and Business Technology Instructor; Allysia Oliver, Business Technology student; Kennedy Allen, Business Technology student; Christopher Mathews, Business Technology student; and Karen Bloodworth, PBL Advisor and Accounting/Marketing Management Instructor.
Pictured above (l to r) are: Teresa, Jolly, PBL Advisor and Business Technology Instructor; Allysia Oliver, Business Technology student; Kennedy Allen, Business Technology student; Christopher Mathews, Business Technology student; and Karen Bloodworth, PBL Advisor and Accounting/Marketing Management Instructor.

South Georgia Technical College’s Crisp County Center’s Business Technology student, Kennedy Allen of Vienna, captured first place in the Computer Applications competition at the Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) National Leadership Conference in San Antonio, Texas recently.

   Allen along with two other Business Technology student’s, Allysia Oliver of Vienna, and Christopher Mathews of Vienna, earned the right to represent the South Georgia Technical College Crisp County Center Chapter of PBL at the national tournament by finishing first in each of their respective competitions at the Georgia conference.

   Teresa Jolly, SGTC Business Technology Instructor, and SGTC Accounting and Marketing Management Instructor Karen Bloodworth were the advisors that accompanied the students to the conference. The conference was held June 24th – 28th in San Antonio, Texas. Allen received $700 in monetary awards in addition to bragging rights as the national PBL champion in Computer Applications. She also competed in the Business Communications event. Allysia Oliver of Vienna, captured fifth place in Administrative Technology competition. Christopher Mathews represented Georgia in the Computer Concepts and Networking Concepts event.