EAC student places in national
competition

By Diane Saunders
Staff Writer
Published on Sunday, July 25, 2010 4:01 PM MST

An Eastern Arizona College student placed seventh in a word processing competition at the national leadership conference of Phi Beta Lambda held recently in Nashville, Tenn.

Julia Newling, an EAC business student, was required to complete four production jobs within a specified time limit plus take a 100-question test in the competition, said Dana Barnett, an EAC business instructor and Phi Beta Lambda adviser.

Known as PBL, the Phi Beta Lambda is the college counterpart of Future Business Leaders of America, a high school organization for business students. In addition to Newling, EAC business students Alexandra Duran, Chrystal Parra, Amanda Gause and Ed Anderson traveled to the national conference held July 8-13 after taking first-place honors at the state conference and competition earlier this year.

Eastern Arizona College delegates to the Phi Beta Lambda conference in Nashville, Tenn., from left, Julia Newling, Crystal Parra, Ed Anderson, Alex Duran, Amanda Gause and adviser Dana Barnett gather after the awards ceremony. Contributed photo

An average of 75 students from colleges throughout the nation competed in each event. Those events included business communications, cyber security, accounting principles and business statistics, Barnett said.

In addition, the EAC students attended several workshops that covered networking, recognizing and sharing emotions, problem-solving and ideas for small businesses.

The students also toured several historic sites, including the Tennessee state capitol building, which is one of the oldest government buildings still in use, and The Hermitage — the home of President Andrew Jackson.

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