One student organization exists to help prepare soon-to-be grads for their future careers and life after college.
Recently returned to the University of Wyoming pantheon of Greek organizations, Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a national business organization and the professional division of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA).
“Our mission is to promote professional development and preparation for careers by internships, resumes, and achieving goals to prepare for life,” said chapter president Kade McMillan. “We also compete at the state and national level in projects that focus on different aspects of business.”
McMillan participated in FBLA in high school, even up to the state level. Upon hearing of a recharter for the PBL chapter on the UW campus, he knew he wanted to share his passion at into his collegiate years, and now serves at the chapter president.
FBLA-PBL is the largest career student business organization in the world that as a collective annually supports more than 230,000 members in each of the four divisions. Since its founding in 1958, Phi Beta Lambda has expanded nationally with more than 350 chapters in 40 states with over 8,000 members.
The UW chapter was only recently recharted, so this Recognized Student Organization is trying to grow and find support throughout campus.
Though the group is geared towards business students, there is no need to be a business major in order to join. The main focus of PBL is preparation for a career and life after college, which is beneficial for any young adult.
“This RSO is important because a majority of our focus is based on career preparation,” said McMillan. “Through our RSO we strive to help members prepare for their careers after college. One of the most important things about college is becoming prepared for what you want to do after college. Our RSO makes sure that you have the necessary resumes and internships to go out to the job world fully prepared.”
Since this chapter of PBL is newly founded, the officers are a number of community service events for the upcoming year. They will also have business professionals speak as guests at meetings.
“One of our main focuses in our organization is projects,” said McMillan, “Through PBL, you can compete in different projects to help you prepare for the future. We have different projects that focuses on different topics of a business aspect. Those includes projects such as small business management plans, job interviews, and objective tests.”
Members of PBL will have the opportunity to travel to Colorado for a state conference, and possibly Texas and California for the National Leadership Conference for a chance to win money and scholarships.
PBL holds biweekly meetings at 6 p.m. For more information on PBL contact kmcmill3@uwyo.edu.
