Lenoir Community College’s Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Mu Omega Chapter returned to Kinston recently with honors from its National Leadership/Competition held in Chicago, Illinois.

LCC students competed in four events. Brandon Andrews won second place in Cyber Security, fourth place in Java Programming, and fifth place in C++ programming. Andrews is an LCC Computer Programming graduate who is pursuing his degree in Computer Science at East Carolina University. He has served in many student officer rolls from Webmaster to President for LCCPBL. He is employed at Seagraves Aviation in Kinston in his field of expertise.

Walter Martin, LCCPBL Advisor says “Brandon is a great spokesman for the LCC student body who has always represented the college in an outstanding manor," LCCPBL Advisor Walter Martin said. "We will miss him as an LCCPBL student representative in next year’s events.”

First and second place state winners meet annually at a national conference to compete for top honors in their respective events. LCC PBL has returned with national honors six years in a row.

More than 7,000 delegates representing 15,000 chapters from across the United States, the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam, the Cayman Islands, and the Department of Defense schools worldwide represented their chapters and competed in more than 50 events representing a wide range of business, technology, and leadership activities.