Nine students in Georgia Regents University's James M. Hull College of Business received statewide recognition during the 2014 Phi Beta Lambda Georgia State Leadership Conference Awards ceremony in Atlanta. Eight of the nine qualified to compete in the organization's National Leadership Conference slated for June in Nashville, Tenn. 

Phi Beta Lambda is the university extension of Future Business Leaders of America, and the combined FBLA-PBL is the world's oldest and largest business student organization. The society hosts annual state and national competitions where students compete in business-related leadership events including impromptu speaking, job interviewing, public speaking, and sales presentations. Other competition areas cover topics such as accounting principles for professionals, management, small business management, contemporary sports, sports management, computer applications, business communication, business ethics, parliamentary procedures, financial services, hospitality management, human resource management, and network design.