Nine students qualify for national business competition
| Published: 04/17/2011 |
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Milwaukee School of Engineering students won first place in six events and finished in second or third place in six other categories at the 44th annual Wisconsin Future Business Leaders of America / Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA/PBL) Conference held April 8-9, 2011 in Madison, Wis.
The state conference and competitions served as a qualifying round for the FBLA/PBL National Conference, to be held June 22-23, 2011, in Orlando, Fla. By virtue of placing first or second in their events, nine of the 12 MSOE students attending the state conference qualified for the national competition this summer. Students earning third place awards are considered national competition alternates in their respective events.
Pictured are the 12 students who travelled to the state conference. Left to right:
Samantha Thorn, Zachery Zirzow, Rebekah Kundert, Garrick Jannene, Sidney Bickle, Mollie Zuberbier, Jake Larson, Tyler Hackbarth, Patrick Donlan, Nathan Askow, Mike Altschwager. Font: Steve Luecht.
In addition to success in the competitive events, Samantha Thorn, freshman MIS major, was elected as treasurer of the Wisconsin PBL State Division. Her election marks the first time MSOE has had a student on the state executive board.
This year's event marked MSOE Rader School of Business' fifth year of sponsoring students in the competition. Competitive events included both written examinations and judged demonstrations in business and information technology subjects. The following students qualified to compete or serve as alternates at the FBLA/PBL National Conference:
First Place - Events and Winners
- Computer Game & Simulation Program: Michael Altschwager, Nathan Askow and Tyler Hackbarth, all software engineering majors
- Digital Video Production: Jake Larson, MIS and Steve Luecht, Business Management
- International Business: Garrick Jannene, International Business
- Management Concepts: Samantha Thorn, MIS
- Microeconomics: Mollie Zuberbier, Business Management
- Sports Management and Marketing: Jake Larson, MIS
Second Place - Events and Winners
- Job Interview: Mollie Zuberbier, Business Management
- Management Analysis and Decision Making: Zachery Zirzow, Business Management
- Marketing Analysis & Decision Making: Samantha Thorn, MIS
- Marketing Concepts: Steve Luecht, Business Management
Third Place - Events and Winners
- Project Management: Zachery Zirzow, Business Management
- Computer Concepts: Michael Altschwager, Software Engineering
The 12 students who represented MSOE at state 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 conference including UW-Madison, UW-Oshkosh, UW-Whitewater, UW-Green Bay, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities and Herzing University. The Rader School of Business has been affiliated with Future Business Leaders of America / Phi Beta Lambda since 2006. Dr. Michael Payne, assistant professor, is the group's advisor.
MSOE is an independent university with 2,600 students. MSOE offers 18 bachelor's degrees and 10 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; and extremely high placement rates and starting salaries. MSOE graduates are well-rounded, technologically experienced and highly productive professionals and leaders.