Ten students qualify for National Business Competitions
| Published: 03/13/2012 |
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Milwaukee School of Engineering students won first place in five events and finished in second or third place in 10
other categories at the annual Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America / Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA/PBL) Conference held March 10-11 in Madison, Wis.
The state conference and competitions served as a qualifying round for the FBLA/PBL National Conference to be held in June in San Antonio. By virtue of placing first or second in their events, all 10 of the MSOE students competing at the state conference qualified for the national competitions this summer. Students earning third place awards are considered national competition alternates.
This year’s event marked MSOE Rader School of Business’ sixth year of competition at the state level. Competitive events included both written examinations and judged demonstrations in business and information technology subjects. The following students qualified to compete at the FBLA/PBL National Conference:
1st Place: Sports Management
Sid Bickle, Management Information Systems
1st Place: Telecommunications
Garrick Jannene, International Business
1st Place: Marketing Concepts / 2nd Place: Management Principles
Steve Luecht, Business Management
1st Place: Business Communication / 3rd Place: Macroeconomics
John von Helms, Mechanical Engineering
1st Place: Project Management / 2nd Place: Business Law
Mollie Zuberbier, International Business
2nd Place: Cyber Security / 3rd Place: Contemporary Sports
Jake Larson, Management Information Systems
2nd Place: Impromptu Speaking / 3rd Place: International Business
Henry Luecht, International Business
2nd Place: Microeconomics
Spencer Rode, Business Management
2nd Place: Project Management
Samantha Thorn, Business Management
2nd Place: International Business
Carly Uuskallio, Management Information Systems
More than 100 college students attended this year’s state conference and competitions. The 10 students representing MSOE are members of the university’s Phi Beta Lambda Chapter, a student organization open to all MSOE majors. Several Midwest business schools were represented at the state event including UW-Madison, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Whitewater, UW-Green Bay and University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The Rader School of Business has been affiliated with FBLA/PBL since 2006. Dr. Michael Payne, assistant professor, is the group's advisor.
MSOE is an independent, non-profit university with 2,500 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor’s degrees and nine master’s degrees in the engineering, engineering technology, building and infrastructure engineering, health-related engineering, computer, business and nursing fields. The university has a national academic reputation; longstanding ties to business and industry; dedicated professors with real-world experience; extremely high placement rates; and the highest starting salaries of any Wisconsin university according to PayScale Inc. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.