Miami, March 29, 2016 – Miami Dade College’s (MDC) students representing Homestead, InterAmerican, Kendall, North, and Wolfson Campuses took home awards at this year’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) State Leadership Conference. The students competed in events testing their business knowledge and skills. The top winners will compete at the 2016 PBL National Leadership Conference in the summer.
Phi Beta Lambda is the premier collegiate business organization in the country. With dedicated advisors and hard-working officers as its cornerstone, MDC’s PBL chapter has earned recognition across the nation, including more than a hundred awards in state and national competitions. In addition, PBL embraces a spirit of community service, taking part in numerous fundraisers and charity events throughout the year.
This year’s winners are:
First Place:
InterAmerican Campus
- Strategic Analysis and Business Decision Making – Abrahan Cid, Ines Carvajal, and Reynier Montalvan
- Microeconomics – Darlin González
Kendall Campus
- Integrated Marketing – Alexy Menendez, Sophia Paradela, and Marcos Muina
- Computer Applications – Arquimedes Perez-Leyva
- Business Communications – Britney Gutierrez
- Cost Accounting – Bryant Moreno
North Campus
- Networking Concepts Individual Event – Jerry Osorio
- Retail Management Individual Event – Jamie Valdivia
Wolfson Campus
- Accounting Analysis and Decision Making – Laura Campo, Alejandro Padron, and Sindhuri Thondapu
- Management Analysis and Decision Making – Stephanie Gonzalez
- Organizational Behavior and Leadership – Erinn O’ Doughda
- Accounting Principles – Alejandro Padron
Second Place:
Kendall Campus
- Desktop Publishing – Samantha Abad and Renzo Gardini
- Parliamentary Procedure – Brianna Gutierrez, Michael Wille, Gabriel Lechner, Joe Perez, and Dany Oiveras
- Emerging Business Issues – Caryna Pierre, Miguel Salazar, and Michael Gutierrez
- Future Business Educator – Hilda Lorenzo
- Small Business Management – Ashley Urbina, Maria Paneque, and Scott Medina-Jiron
- Accounting for Professionals – Bryant Moreno
- Forensic Accounting – Nathalie Nodal, Kassandra Ramirez, and Hilda Lorenzo
- Cost Accounting – Nathalie Nodal
- Sports Management – Maria Paneque
North Campus
- Management Analysis and Decision Making Team Event – Janelle Jimenez, Michele Garcia, and Christian Manzano
- Business Communication Individual Skill Event – Eric Ramputh
Wolfson Campus
- Management Analysis and Decision Making – Erinn O’ Doughda
- Accounting Principles- Sindhuri Thondapu
Third Place:
InterAmerican Campus
- Macroeconomics – Abrahan Cid
Kendall Campus
- Marketing Analysis and Decision Making – Nicholas Perez, Jonathan Abdool, and Andrew Fernandez
- Business Ethics – Gabriel Lechner, and Juan Alvarado
- Economic Analysis and Decision Making – Maykel Dolorit, James Barrios, and Guillermo Gallegos
- Accounting Analysis and Decision Making – Bryant Moreno, Jhanluis Peralta, and Daniel Cano
- Financial Analysis and Decision Making – Frank Lam, Oscar Franco, and Robert Sosa
- Future Business Executive – Guillermo Gallegos
- Business Presentation – Tiana Rodriguez, and Lauran Hernandez
- Sales Presentation – Jean Pierre Lacayo
- Personal Finance – Frank Lam
- Contemporary Sports – Jordan Llanes
- Accounting for Professionals – Hilda Lorenzo
- Cost Accounting – Hilda Lorenzo
- Sports Management – Nicholas Perez
- Social Media Challenge – Michael Lopez, Jennifer Reyes, and Michael Singh
North Campus
- Cyber Security Individual Event – Jerry Osorio
- Business Law Team Event – Eric Ramputh, and Laura Gonzalez
Wolfson Campus
- Management Concepts – Erinn O’ Doughda
Other MDC students placed in fourth and fifth positions.