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Central Carolina Community College Phi Beta Lambda members brought home five top ten awards, including two first places, and three other top 25 awards from the July 9-12 Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda National Leadership Conference in Nashville. Approximately 1,700 members from around the country attended the conference. CCCC students attending the conference and their awards were (from left) Nicholas Wicker, of Mamers, in the top 25 in Contemporary Sports Issues; Melvin Smith, of Sanford, Sixth Place in Marketing Concepts; Kevin Hutchinson, of Pittsboro, and Alejandra Benitez, of Sanford, Seventh Place in Small Business Management Plan (Benitez, as a team with Smith, also placed in the top 25 in the Business Ethics competition); Shirley Rijkse, of Broadway, First Place in Human Resource Management and First Place in Healthcare Administration; Cheryl Reynolds, of Cameron, in the top 25 in Accounting Analysis/Decision Making and Financial Analysis/Decision Making; and Donna Flowers, of Sanford, who competed in Business Communications. The students were accompanied to the conference by Central Carolina C.C. business faculty and PBL advisors Drew Goodson, Johnny Shull and Diane Kannarr (not pictured).