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FBLA Has Successful Conference

Six qualify for Nationals

by Susan Wellman on April 09, 2009

Thirteen members received awards at the FBLA State Leadership Conference.

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Thirteen members received awards at the FBLA State Leadership Conference.

Tyler Wellman was elected the 2009-2010 State FBLA Secretary at the State Leadership Conference held in Omaha on April 2-4. He will be attending a variety of leadership workshops in the coming year including the FBLA National Leadership Conference in Anaheim, Californian June 23-29. Joining Wellman in California will be national qualifiers Traci Bassinger, Kayla Bazer and Alex Seelhoff who placed first with their Business Financial Plan and Rachel Clymer, who along with Bassinger, placed second in Desktop Publishing. Rachel Watermeier will also be recognized at the NLC for achieving the National Business Achievement Award America Level.
Also finishing in the top eight at the SLC were Stephanie Rodgers, fifth in Public Speaking I, Rachel Watermeier, third in Spreadsheet Applications, fourth in Electronic Career Portfolio, fifth in Computer Applications, seventh in Word Processing II and Who’s Who in FBLA; Tyler Wellman, fifth in FBLA Principles and Procedures and sixth in Business Math; Hillary Stubbendick and Alex Seelhoff, seventh in Business Plan; Rachel Clymer, seventh in Introduction to Business; Brett Copley and Nate Stilmock, fifth in Emerging Business Issues.
Receiving honorable mentions, which means they placed in the top five percent were Ashleigh Teten in Business Math, Proofreading and Introduction to Business Communications; Brittany Siepelmeier in Business Math; and Allison Moore in Proofreading.
The chapter received the Sweepstakes Award and the Gold Seal Chapter Award of Merit for their Annual Report, which placed eighth. The chapter was also recognized for their scrapbook, donating money to the March of Dimes and for coordinating the state project of collecting funds for the Nebraska FBLA Foundation.
Members recognized for obtaining the All-State Quality Member Award were Traci Bassinger, Kayla Bazer, Hillary Stubbendick, Allison Moore, Stephanie Rodgers, and Tyler Wellman. Brandon Essink received a $500 scholarship from the UNL Department of Agricultural Economics.
Other members attending were Kaci Beckmann, Kelby Goering, Alex Landwehr, Andy Neels, Nick Reed, Jeni Bennett, Mitch Kunz, Macy Clark, and Mitch Goering. They were among over 1900 students registered for the conference and in most events, students were competing against 300-400 FBLA members from across the state. When not taking tests or campaigning, members attended a variety of seminars and general sessions. Patrick George was the featured speaker.