{"id":487,"date":"2009-03-04T09:28:42","date_gmt":"2009-03-04T16:28:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ucftoday2.thebureaucracy.com\/?p=487"},"modified":"2019-07-18T07:59:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:59:10","slug":"ucf-professional-selling-team-places-top-10-in-national-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-professional-selling-team-places-top-10-in-national-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Selling Team in Top 10 at National Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six students from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/business-administration\/\">University of Central Florida&#8217;s College of Business Administration<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/professional-selling-minor-minor\/\">Professional Selling Program<\/a> competed\u00a0in the recent National Collegiate Sales Competition (NCSC) held at Kennesaw State University. The overall team placed seventh in a field of 53 competing universities. 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