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The FIU chapter of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) has been named 2019 Chapter of the Year at the organization\u2019s State Leadership Conference in Orlando, one of numerous top honors captured by the team at the March 28-31, 2019 competition.<\/p>\n
The team, with the guidance of FIU Business faculty advisor Yanyn San Luis, placed first in the Local Chapter Annual Business Report event. Out of the 14 individual FIU competitors, eight qualified for a spot at the national FBLA-PBL competition in San Antonio in June. Two members, meantime, were elected to the state leadership board. Kelly Fuerte was elected state president and Madeleine Rabi was elected state parliamentarian.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a successful competition,\u201d said senior Chris Chamorro, FBLA-PBL FIU vice president of competitions. Among other competing schools; University of Florida, Florida State University, St. Thomas University and the University of South Florida.<\/p>\n
Some of the events, Chamorro noted, involved hour-long, 100-question exams. Others included a case presentation, where competitors were given 20 minutes to read a case study and present it to a panel of judges.<\/p>\n
\u201cYanyn was great at giving us guidance on how to navigate something that could seem like an additional class, and really make it a fun learning experience,\u201d said Chamorro, who placed first and third in separate competitions. \u201cIt was definitely inspiring to see how much I\u2019ve learned and how my skills and experiences ranked compared to other schools in the state of Florida.\u201d<\/p>\n
After the strong showing in Orlando, FIU students are getting ready for nationals in San Antonio. Advisor San Luis couldn\u2019t be prouder.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur FIU PBL has become known as an organization that drives its members to excel, bringing home well-deserved recognitions,\u201d she said. \u201cThis year, they have continued that tradition in Florida \u2013 and we\u2019re looking forward to great success at Nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n
San Antonio-bound<\/em><\/p>\n FIU PBL members who took first, second or third place in individual and team categories at the state level are eligible to compete at nationals in San Antonio.<\/p>\n Microeconomics – Lianne Montenegro Administrative Technology – Margarita Bellon Personal Finance – Lianne Montenegro The FIU chapter of Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL) has been named 2019 Chapter of the Year at the organization\u2019s State Leadership Conference in Orlando, one of numerous top honors captured by the team at the March 28-31, 2019 competition. The team, with the guidance of FIU Business faculty advisor Yanyn San […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":32123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[361,846,967,2693],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32127,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32113\/revisions\/32127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}First Place:<\/h4>\n
\nProject Management – Madeleine Rabi
\nForensic Accounting – Claudia Naverrete
\nHuman Resource Management – Christopher Chamorro
\nFuture Business Executive – Brian Ceballos<\/p>\nSecond Place:<\/h4>\n
\nBusiness Communication – Margarita Bellon
\nComputer Concepts – Hasmaik Estevez
\nCyber Security – Hasmaik Estevez
\nEntrepreneurship Concepts – Kelly Fuerte
\nMarketing Concepts – Kelly Fuerte
\nGlobal Analysis & Decision Making (Team) – Lianne Montenegro, Kelly Fuerte<\/p>\nThird Place<\/h4>\n
\nOrganizational Behavior and Leadership – Christopher Chamorro
\nRetail Management – Madeleine Rabi
\nBusiness Presentation – Marisel Lavizzari<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"