PSU students win national competition 

Armed with what they discovered within the classroom and the help and encouragement of their lecturers, Pittsburg State University students introduced dwelling national wins this summer season at a contest hosted by Phi Beta Lambda, the most important enterprise profession and technical group on the planet. 
PSU is dwelling to an energetic chapter of PBL (the collegiate model of Future Business Leaders of America) that often enters competitions and attends conferences.  
Two students — advertising and marketing and administration main Sarah Clausen, of Cherokee, Kansas, and finance and enterprise economics main Matthew Schmidt, of Easton, Kansas — captured first place in a contest that drew 900 college students from throughout the U.S. 
Schmidt’s was in sports activities administration and advertising and marketing, whereas Clausen’s win was in entrepreneurship ideas.  
Clausen additionally captured fourth place in social media advertising and marketing and sixth place in web site design, each with classmate Wynter Jacobs, a advertising and marketing and administration main from Pittsburg. Their tasks: a social media marketing campaign for a magnificence salon, and an internet site for a thrift retailer. 
“It’s actually particular to finish my final national management convention with this win,” mentioned Clausen, who’s engaged on her MBA within the Kelce College of Business. 
She mentioned PSU ready her for the competitors not simply from an academic standpoint, but additionally with workers and college “who’re extraordinarily supportive of pupil organizations.” 

“When we certified for nationals, everybody was very useful in our fundraising efforts,” she mentioned. “Our advisor was particularly useful in ensuring we’d financially be capable to go, serving to to plan the journey, and ensuring we have been prepared for our competitions.” 

It additionally will look nice on her resumé, she added, when she begins her job search quickly. 
In addition to his first place win, Schmidt additionally captured third place in monetary companies and seventh place in monetary ideas. 
“The alternative I used to be granted to journey to Chicago by means of PSU PBL was transformational,” he mentioned. “I competed in a number of enterprise occasions, skilled new cultures and met new individuals at a global stage.” 
In complete, PSU students competed in 15 occasions and introduced dwelling 14 trophies. Competitors have been: 
Amanda Becker, accounting main from Weir, Kansas sixth in Accounting for Professionals 
Hannah Evans, accounting main from Shawnee, Kansas Participated in Accounting for Professionals, Accounting Principles, and Macroeconomics  
Spencer Grillot, accounting main from Oswego, Kansas 2nd in Cost Accounting  
Samuel Holman, laptop info methods and economics main from Cassville, Missouri fifth in Microeconomics fifth in Macroeconomics fifth in Programming Concepts   
Wyntr Jacobs, advertising and marketing and administration main from Pittsburg 4th in Business Communications 4th in Social Media Marketing sixth in Website Design 
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