Kentucky Tech FBLA students excel at 2010 State FBLA Conference

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1 Kentucky Tech FBLA students excel at 2010 State FBLA Conference National Conference will take place from July amid flooding disaster plans to move conference to Downtown Nashville have been confirmed The 2010 Kentucky FBLA State Leadership Conference was held under the direction of Vicki Whitaker from April at the Galt House Hotel and Kentucky International Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky. "FBLA members competed in 64 events with the top three in objective tests and the top two in performance events-projects-reports qualifying for the national leadership conference to be held in Nashville, Tennessee," said Whitaker. According to Whitaker, "Students from approximately 25 Kentucky Tech area technology centers participated in state FBLA competitions. Students from 18 Kentucky Tech area technology centers placed in the top 5 in various events. Of those 18, students from nine Kentucky Tech schools earned the right to compete at this year s national conference in Nashville, Tennessee." Out of 211 students who will represent Kentucky FBLA at national conference, approximately 88 students are from the Kentucky TECH school system. Your Passport to the Future was the theme during the 58 th Kentucky State Conference.

2 Vicki Whitaker OCTE Academic Consultant for Business and Marketing Technologies FBLA-PBL State Adviser and Chairman Thank you to all of the wonderful advisors, state office staff, business and industry supporters, local school district personnel, parents, and administrators for an outstanding state conference. The work that each of you do creates a positive atmosphere for all of our FBLA students to have an opportunity to compete was a successful year for the students at our area technology centers. I am so proud to be associated with the area technology center students and teachers, and can t t say enough about how well they have represented Kentucky Tech and Kentucky FBLA. "Our number of qualifiers for state competition continues to t increase, our competitions get more challenging, and still our students continue to excel in a variety of the 64 competitive events. On top of this, they also seek leadership opportunities by serving as state officers. FBLA is committed to bringing business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative Vicki Whitaker leadership and career development programs. FBLA is an integral part of the business curriculum and our teachers are using strong curriculum-oriented activities to help students gain career, leadership, and personal l skills that maximize employability. "FBLA and other career and technical student organizations are powerful tools to prepare young people to become productive citizens and to assume roles of leadership ership in their communities."

3 KY Tech-Clinton County ATC Teresa Giles and Stesha Shelton, Advisers KY Tech-Greenup County ATC Cheryl Wellman, Adviser Photo (l to r): Courtney Talbott, Word Processing I, 3 rd ; Kimberly Garrett, Word Processing II, 5 th ; and Brittany Talbott, Computer Applications, 3 rd. Teresa Giles Region 6 Outstanding Adviser Giles: The students had a wonderful time at the state leadership conference. They enjoyed networking with other members and attending the different competitions opened to the public. Janna Imel and Daniel Baker - Business Presentation, 1st; Tyler Hurst - Electronic Career Portfolio, 1st; Bo Osman and Ethan Virgin, - Management Information Systems, 5th; Bridget Coffee - Public Speaking I, 5th; Ada Tolliver and Holly Gehringer - Network Design, 5 th ; and Andrew Imel, Daniel Baker and Janna Imel -Digital Video Production, 5 th. Wellman: My students discovered the potential to go beyond their expectations during their state conference experience. They gained a stronger sense of unity and loyalty among their group and encouraged each other every step of the way. I am so proud of their success and can't wait to see what the National conference holds in store for our competitors.

4 Martin County ATC Betty J. Hunt Adviser Being able to take students to Louisville for FBLA State Leadership Conference is a highlight of my teaching year. Students are able to make contacts and come away with friends from across the state of Kentucky. They come away with more confidence in themselves because they have competed on the state level. In addition, our students enjoy traveling to another part of Kentucky. Many times, we take students that have never seen the great city of Louisville. This year was a treat because of the city gearing up for Thunder over Louisville. My students enjoyed talking to an Air force pilot that shared he was in FBLA 17 years ago. We all enjoyed the practice air show over the Ohio River. We bring home great memories to share with parents, fellow students, administrators and teachers. Photo: KY Tech-Martin Co. delegation Finley: KY Tech-Russell ATC Keri Finley and Jennie Lewis Advisers We are extremely proud of how our students performed at the FBLA Region 5 Conference held at Morehead State University. Although we did not place at state conference, our students had a great time, became acquainted with others from across the state and learned many valuable lessons. Being able to expose students to this type of experience allows them to have a better understanding of the business world.

5 Green County ATC Amye Toms and Sandy Smith - Advisers The Chapter was also recognized for: Kentucky FBLA Commonwealth Award of Merit Kentucky FBLA State Project Kentucky FBLA Goals Achievement Award Kentucky FBLA Reporter s Quill Region 6 Regional Outstanding Adviser Amye Toms Green Co. ATC Winners: Community Service Project 2 nd Annette Dangerfield, Zach Leftwich, and Faith VanMeter Digital Video Production 2 nd Wes Burris and Justin Henderson Economics 2 nd Mickey Kelly Networking Concepts 2 nd Patrick VanMeter Technology Concepts 2 nd Brennan Dobson Introduction to Business Communication 3 rd Eli Young Public Speaking I 3rd Zach Leftwich Web Site Development 3rd Brian Dial and Whitney Stumph Local Chapter Newsletter 4 th Chelsea Greer Toms: "Green County ATC FBLA had another great year. Our students did a wonderful job and we are proud of how they performed. Local Chapter Newsletter 5 th Sara Matthews and Chelsea Greer Intro. To Parliamentary Procedure 5 th Michael Tucker

6 KY Tech-Hughes Jones Harrodsburg ATC Damian Laymon, Adviser - Region 4 Outstanding Advisor Laymon: FBLA Competition has become the highlight of our students year. Since August, many have been counting down the days until they had the opportunity to leave home and spend a couple of days with their friends, to cheer each other on in their respective events, and to enjoy downtown Louisville. This year, 20 of our 30 members qualified to compete at state conference, and 11 of those will move on to national conference in Nashville, both of which are all time records for our chapter. Dylan Hughes - Computer Game and Simulation Programming, 1 st Sean Clark, Kaleb Faulkner, and Brian Fleck - E-Business, 2 nd Sara Myers - Electronic Career Portfolio, 2 nd Brian Fleck and Nichole Eagle - Management Information Systems, 2 nd Matt McElwain,, Nichole Eagle and Derek Gravitt - Partnership With Business Report, 3 rd Eddie Coon - Desktop Application Programming, 3 rd Levi Helton - Computer Problem Solving, 4 th

7 KY Tech Mayfield/Graves Co. ATC Kelli Cash and Jaime Moyers, Advisers EDUARDO ORONIA - Computer Applications, 1 st ROBERT TAPIA, MASON YANCY, AND MARC JOHNSON -Website Design, 1st REYNO TAPIA Community Service Project, 1st VICTOR ESCLANTE, ALLIE GREAM, AND AMY SHEPP Management Information Systems, 1 st JESSICA FELDEN - Ms. Future Business Leader, 2nd VIOLET PATTY - Business Communication, 2 nd ROBERT TAPIA - Reporters Quill, 2nd SARAH HAMBY, JENNA ROSS, AND CONNOR TRACY - Business Presentation, 3rd JUSTIN HARRISON - Computer Game and Simulation Program, 3rd VIOLET PATTY AND MICHELLE CANTRELL - Desktop Publishing, 4th ADAM WINN, MARY KATE PUMMER, AND TREY WHITNELL - E-Business, 5th LEE SCARBROUGH - Public Speaking II, 5th

8 KY Tech - Russellville ATC Dr. Brenda Hazell and Mrs. Beth Frogue Outstanding Region 2 Advisers Courtney Dickerson - Reporters Quill, 2 nd Chapter Awards Recognition for State Fundraiser Unite to Read Program FBLA Recruitment of Professional division Members Kentucky Commonwealth Award of Merit Cameron Hesson, KY FBLAState Historian KY FBLA State Vice President: As State Historian it has been a privilege and honor to serve Kentucky FBLA during the year. I look forward to serving Kentucky FBLA as the State Vice-President in Frogue and Hazell: By taking this young group to State Leadership Conference, it has energized them to the point that they are optimistic about attending summer FBLA camp, becoming officers for the upcoming year and finally, realizing the importance that FBLA plays in networking and building leadership attributes. Frogue and Hazell

9 KY Tech Harrison County ATC Louise Jackson, Adviser Jackson: The Future Business Leaders of America is a very professionally run organization. My students always enjoy making new friends and competing at the conference. FBLA allows students to demonstrate their knowledge and talents and, thus, to succeed in something they enjoy. This, in turn, provides the opportunity for students to meet and set goals to achieve their career ambitions. Allison Perkins- Marketing, 3 rd American Enterprise Project, 4 th Priya Mistry and Allison Perkins Local Chapter Newsletter, 2 nd Allison Perkins - Reporter s s Quill, 5 th Good News Story #320 May 10, 2010 By: Fran Dundon Office of Career and Technical Education Education and Workforce Development Cabinet