Students from Montgomery County Community College’s chapter of Phi Beta Lambda student business organization recently attended the PBL State Leadership Conference Harrisburg.
The conference provided students with the opportunity to hone their leadership and business skills and to compete for honors.
The following honors were earned by MCCC students:
First Place, Database Design and Applications: Vanessa Arbelo (Lansdale)
Second Place, Business Decision Making: Jeannette Forget (Hatboro), Elysee Haas (Lansdale) and Samantha Kehoe (North Wales)
Second Place, Digital Video Production: Dan Vargas (Souderton)
Third Place, Information Management: Samantha Kehoe (North Wales)
Third Place, Sales Presentation: Dan Vargas (Souderton)
The students competed against students from two- and four-year colleges and universities throughout the state. The winning students will compete at the PBL National Leadership Conference in Nashville, Tenn. in July.

The Writers’ Club of Montgomery County Community College announced the winners of its 23rd Annual Poetry and Fiction Contest. The contest was divided into categories for student and community poetry and fiction. Winners received $100 for first place, $75 for second place, $50 for third place, $25 for fourth place, and honorable mention in their respective categories.
Student Poetry
1st place: Stephen Campellone (Stowe), “Lull in the Storm”
2nd place: Jenny Schratz (Collegeville), “Black Hole of Calcutta”3
rd place: Ian O’Neill (Lower Gwynedd), “X/Y”
4th place: Rob Donaghy (Lansdale), “Doppelganger”
Honorable mention: J. Jankowski (Conshohocken), “Gray”
Student Fiction
1st place: Stephen Campellone (Stowe), “The Chamber-Made”
2nd place: J. Jankowski (Conshohocken), “Bedtime Story”
3rd place: Michael Magro Jr. (North Wales), “The Back Way”
4th place: Radnor Law (Gwynedd Valley), “To the Spoils Go the Victor”
Honorable mention: Jaimie Sitler (Lansdale), Untitled