TCNJ News
For Immediate Release
March 31, 2008
Business majors win big at Phi Beta Lambda conference
EWING, NJ … Eight business majors at The College of New Jersey received awards at the New Jersey State Phi Beta Lambda Conference. Phi Beta Lambda is the national honor society for business students. The event was held at Mercer County Community College on March 1. TCNJ competed along with Rider University, Rutgers University and several community colleges.
The participants competed in different categories, such a business communication, finance, and international business at the all-day event. First- and second-place winners will be able to compete at the Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Atlanta in June.
Participants who will continue on to the national competition include juniors Brian McCracken, finance major, Jackie Silvestrov, interdisciplinary business major, Jessica Sevecke, psychology major who also won a $250 NJ FLBA-PBA scholarship, Shannon McGee, finance pre-major, Mira Shah, finance major, sophomores Michael Lamm, psychology and business double major, Kathleen Murphy, finance pre-major, and freshman open options business major Leann Sluzas.
About The College of New Jersey
TCNJ currently is ranked as one of the 75 "Most Competitive" schools in the nation by Barron's Profiles of American Colleges, is rated the No. 1 public institution in the northern region of the country by U.S. News & World Report, and is one of Kiplinger's Personal Finance's top educational values in the country. In 2006, the College joined an elite group of institutions when it was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. Fewer than 10 percent of the nation's colleges and universities share this honor.
