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STARKVILLE, Miss.--A team of Mississippi State technology teacher education majors is continuing the university's top standing in Pi Omega Pi national honor society.
Marcus D. Henley and Lindley E. Simpson, both of Macon, Emily B. Roberts of Brandon, and Bethany C. Walker of Ripley finished second in competition held as part of the National Business Education Association's recent convention in New York City.
Henley is president of the campus chapter; Simpson, immediate past president; and Roberts, secretary. All are seniors.
Walker is a graduate student. She completed her undergraduate degree, cum laude, from MSU in December.
Pi Omega Pi was founded in 1923 to promote scholarship in business education. The organization currently has more than 30 active chapters and a total membership of more than 54,000. The MSU chapter was chartered in 1939.
Chapter entries in the competition are judged on the quality of their programs, presentations and projects.
"This is our 11th consecutive Top 10 ranking and our second time to place second," said chapter adviser Connie Forde. "We tied this time with Eastern Kentucky University." (East Carolina University finished in first place.)
Forde, a professor in the department of instructional systems and workforce development, added her praise to the MSU team's accomplishments.
"These students have gained invaluable professional experience that is preparing them very well to enter the teaching profession," she said.
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