Two teams from Meridian Community College's Information Systems Technology program received national recognition at a business leadership conference in Chicago. One team placed 6th in Network Design and another placed 8th in Emerging Business Issues. The conference hosted over 1,600 students competing in over 55 business-related events for a chance to win $81,000 in cash awards. The advisor from Meridian Community College said the students worked extremely hard to earn their places among the top information systems programs in the nation.