Moultrie Tech PBL Students
Rank High in State and Nation
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The statewide and nationally-ranked students of Moultrie Technical College’s Moultrie campus Phi Beta Lambda business organization were honored for their year-long accomplishments at a college banquet in June. Pictured, left to right, are Rance Rentz, Amanda Gray, Nathaniel Hiers, advisor Pierre Rogers, Tonda Kilgore, Gabriela Lozano, Houston Darby and advisor Gerard Kwilecki. |
MOULTRIE , GA. Between a state conference in Atlanta, Georgia in April and a national one in Nashville, Tennessee in late June, Moultrie Technical College’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) student organization members have recently lined their shelves with both statewide and national awards from their accomplishments during the 2005-2006 academic year.
At the state level MTC Moultrie campus member Nathaniel Hiers placed first in the C++ Computer Programming competition, while Rance Rentz placed third in Financial Concepts . Gabriela Lozano was named to Who's Who in Georgia PBL and ranked fifth in the Annual Business Report. Also from the Moultrie campus, the team of Houston Darby, Tonda Kilgore and Lozano placed first in Web Site Development with their bilingual website prototype, and the team of Amanda Gray and Hiers won first in Network Design.
The Moultrie campus chapter was one of only five chapters statewide to receive the Floy McGarity Silver Seal of Merit Award and also placed second for recruitment of corporate sponsors.
From the MTC Tifton campus, Jessica Prince ranked first in Future Business Teacher and fourth Java Programming at state. Marshall Davis won first place in Computer Applications while Renee Sizemore was honored with a second place showing in Business Communications.
The MTC students’ high rankings at the state competition qualified them to vie for more awards at the Institute for Leaders and the PBL National Leadership Conference held June 23-27 in Nashville at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel, accompanied by club advisors Dr. Hugh Lofton, Pierre Rogers, Gerard Kwilecki, Tina Strickland, Becky Richardson and Lester Potts.
The State of Georgia had 30 individuals and teams that placed in the top ten nationally in 24 different competitive events. Six MTC students from both Moultrie and Tifton were the winners in six of the 24 events.
Kilgore of Moultrie placed first in HTML Programming nationally. Nathaniel Hiers placed fifth in the C++ Computer Programming competition. The team of Hiers and Gray ranked ninth in Network Design while the team of Darby, Kilgore and Lozano came in tenth in Website Development.
Sizemore of Tifton placed third in both Leadership and Business Communication competitions.
Advisor Dr. Hugh Lofton was honored for his 21 years of service to the National Leadership Conference.
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| Moultrie PBL student Nathaniel Hiers accepts his national award for 5th place in C++ Programming |
Tifton PBL student Renee Sizemore accepts her national award for 3rd place in Business Communication |
| Tifton campus PBL students at National Conference 2006: pictured, left to right, are Renee Sizemore, Marshall Davis, advisor Becky Richardson, and Jessica Prince. |  |
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Moultrie PBL student Tonda Kilgore accepts her national award for 1st place in HTML Programming |
