Miami Dade College Students Win Phi Beta Lambda State Awards
Miami, March 29, 2011 - Miami Dade College’s (MDC) Phi Beta Lambda chapters, representing InterAmerican, Kendall, North, and Wolfson Campuses, won big again at the recent national organization’s 60th Annual State Leadership Conference held in Tampa. MDC competed with students representing 28 colleges and universities in the state, and earned various awards, from first to fifth place, across several categories. MDC’s PBL teams have been perennial winners in local and national competitions.
The national competition will take place in Orlando June 21 – 26.
MDC PBL winners (First – Third Place):
First Place
Jesus Martinez, Kendall Campus
Accounting for Professionals- junior level exam
Yasmin Yuen, Kendall Campus
Word Processing
Fahim Hack and Horacio Aguirre, Kendall Campus
Computer Application
Negin Shojaeina, Kendall Campus
Sales Presentation
Erich Betancourt and Octavio Alvarez, Kendall Campus
Business Decision Making Kendall
Jorge Paez, Gregory Vila and Alex Windleburg, Kendall Campus
Computer Gaming Making
Jesus Martinez and Giovanny Alfonso, Kendall Campus (fourth consecutive first place win in this event)
Small Business Management
Sean Wilson, Wolfson Campus
Microeconomics
Second Place
Ana Mesa, Kendall Campus
Accounting for Professionals - junior level exam
Ana Mesa, Kendall Campus
Word Processing
Giovanni Lugo, Saul Milian and Negin Shojaeina, Kendall Campus
Emerging Business Issues
Valentina Usquiano, Stephanie Hernandez and Giovanni Castro, Kendall Campus
Free Enterprise Project
Erich Betancourt, Paulina Casado and Gabriel Crespo, Kendall Campus
Community Service
Valentina Usquiano, Kendall Campus
Annual Business Report
Lauren Cabrera, Gaby Sangiovanni and Mario Martinez, Kendall Campus
Integrated Marketing
Gabriel Martinez, Daniel Cabrera and Bianca Matheson, Kendall Campus
Management Analysis and Decision Making
Jose Marcos, Andy Rubio and Osvaldo Avila, Kendall Campus
Marketing Analysis and Decision Making
Camila Silva, Osvaldo Avila, Kattie Robleto, and Saskya Cabral, Kendall Campus
Parliamentary Procedure
Andy Rubio, Kendall Campus
Client Services
Yashi Christopher, Yasmin Yuen and Giovanni Castro, Kendall
Digital Video Production
Sean Wilson, Wolfson Campus
Accounting Principles and Macroeconomics
Rukhsana Bibi, Wolfson Campus
Job Interview
Ari Pena, InterAmerican Campus
Future Business Teacher
Ezequeil Arredondo, InterAmerican Campus
Parliamentary Procedure
Giuseppe Longo, North Campus
Impromptu Speaking
Third Place
Saul Millian, Jr., Kendall Campus
Accounting for Professionals - junior level exam
Jorge Paez, Kendall Campus
Computer Application
Karla Lopez, Kendall Campus
Job Interview
Estefania Negrete, Kendall Campus
Impromptu Speaking
Mario Martinez, Kendall Campus
Contemporary Sports
Fahim Hack, Estefania Negrete and Yasmin Yuen, Kendall Campus
Website Development
Rukhsana Bibi, Wolfson Campus
Accounting Principles
Sean Bari, Wolfson Campus
Business Communications
Rodrigo Aldorino, Sean Bari, and Michael Millard, Wolfson Campus
Business Ethics Team
Stephanie Ramos, North Campus
Management Analysis and Decision Making
Cristina Mendietta and Ana Mesa, Kendall Campus
Business Presentation
Luis Oviedo and Erich Betancourt, Kendall Campus
Desktop Publishing
Media-only contacts:
Juan Mendieta, 305-237-7611, jmendiet@mdc.edu, MDC communications director
Tere Estorino, 305-237-3949, testorin@mdc.edu, MDC media relations director
Sue Arrowsmith, 305-237-3710, sue.arrowsmith@mdc.edu, media specialist
Tarnell Carroll, 305-237-3359, tcarroll@mdc.edu, media specialist
Alejandro Rios, 305-237-7482, arios1@mdc.edu