Janet Lear
lecturer, Department of Economics, 308.865.8482
Business students from 17 Nebraska high schools took part in the 17th annual Phi Beta Lambda Business Competition Day this week at the University of Nebraska at Kearney.
The competition consisted of 17 different contests including: accounting, business English, business law, business math, business systems and procedures, computer literacy, economics, filing, general business, keyboarding, marketing, parliamentary procedure and spelling.
According to Janet Lear, Phi Beta Lambda adviser, “Phi Beta Lambda is the collegiate division of Future Business Leaders of America. Membership is open to all UNK students with an interest in business.”
A list of contest winners, and their hometowns, follows:
ACCOUNTING I
1st Charles Burns, York
2nd Lisa Minnick, Cambridge
3rd Brianna Zauha, Shickley
4th Andrew Powell, Kearney
5th Kyle Boysen, Grand Island NW
6th Justine Erb, Heartland
ACCOUNTING II
1st Alexa McQuistan, York
2nd Heather Teel, Southwest
3rd John Zegers, York
4th Barrett Hahn, Aurora
5th Ashley, McCarthy
6th Darren Davis, Shickley
BUSINESS ENGLISH
1st Michael Rickert, Wood River
2nd Sarah Arthur, Aurora
3rd Laura Henke, Centennial
4th Carly Kroeker, Heartland
5th Tie: Mary Shinn, Sandhills and Megan Black, Kearney High
6th Katie Lichti, Shickley
BUSINESS LAW
1st Brandon Rader, Heartland
2nd Jussica Luethje, Heartland
3rd Jim Carraher, Spaulding
4th Ashley McCarthy, Aurora
5th Miles Morgan, Southwest
6th Tie: Tim Kliewer, Heartland and Jennifer Lehmer, Aurora
BUSINESS MATH
1st Jenny Unick, Litchfield
2nd Kent Sheldon, York
3rd Marylou Andrews, Aurora
4th Nathan Ritz, Ravenna
5th Marshall Fischer, Maywood
6th Emily Chloupeck, Harvard
BUSINESS SYSTEMS & PROCEDURES
1st Lisa Minnick, Cambridge
2nd Sarah Rogers, Sandhills
3rd Laura Henke, Centennial
4th Tyler Teichmeier, Ravenna
5th Alysia Mowry, Cambridge
6th Blake Thompson, Sandhills
COMPUTER LITERACY
1st Tie: Brandon Rader, Heartland and Ray Williams, Ravenna
2nd Jim DeBoer, York
3rd Karinne Deaver, Cambridge
4th Alan Holt, Sandhills
5th Logan Epp, Sandhills
6th Joe Johnson, Clay Center
ECONOMICS
1st Garret Koester, Maywood
2nd Emily Moyer, Aurora
3rd Jennifer Lehmer, Aurora
4th Aaron Bradley, Aurora
5th Brad Luce, Centennial
6th Kari Briggs, York
FILING
1st Sarah Roger, Sandhills
2nd Ana Sanchez, Wood River
3rd Amber Duval, Maywood
4th Tie: Amber Macek, Ravenna and Brooke Howard, Litchfield
5th Teri Johnston, Sandhills
6th Daniel Roth, Wood River
GENERAL BUSINESS
1st Lauren Braun, Heartland
2nd John Zegers, York
3rd Aaron Bradley, Aurora
4th Erica Slocum, Litchfield
5th Bronson Soucie, Cambridge
6th Tie: Peggy Beale, Clay Center and Lauren Klute, Heartland
KEYBOARDING I KNOWLEDGE
1st Janine Woolery, Litchfield
2nd Brandon Siegel, Litchfield
3rd Stephanie Powell, Clay Center
4th Lauren Brown, Heartland
5th Abby Bittman, Kearney High
6th Audree Sorensen, Centennial
KEYBOARDING I PRODUCTION
1st Lauren Klute, Heartland
2nd Carly Wegner, Kearney High
3rd Andrea Eck, Heartland
4th Kristen Sherman, Sandhills
5th Whitney Rice, Cambridge
6th Janine Woolery, Litchfield
KEYBOARDING II PRODUCTION
1st Justine Erb, Heartland
2nd Jessica Harris, Heartland
3rd Mary Shinn, Sandhills
4th Catie Schall, Litchfield
5th Erica Slocum, Litchfield
6th Amber Duval, Maywood
KEYBOARDING I SPEED
1st Amy Bittman, Kearney High
2nd Lauren Klute, Heartland
3rd Audree Sorensen, Centennial
4th Andrea Eck, Heartland
5th Tie: Tiffany Harders, Wood River and Carly Wegner, Kearney High
6th Gabby Gross, Centennial
MARKETING
1st Tyler Keyser, Cambridge
2nd Jenny Unick, Litchfield
3rd Emily Moyer, Aurora
4th Jim DeBoer, York
5th Kari Briggs, York
6th Andy May, Grand Island NW
PARLIMENTARY PROCEDURE
1st Alexa McQuistan, York
2nd Lauren Stamm, York
3rd Conley Straight, Shickley
4th Barrett Hahn, Aurora
5th Kyle Custer, Cambridge
6th Jamie Warren, Kearney High
SPELLING
1st Sarah Arthur, Aurora
2nd John Ring, Grand Island NW
3rd Emily Chloupek, Harvard
4th Charles Burns, York
5th Katie Lichti, Shickley
6th Janine Woolery, Litchfield
