Herzing University – Madison (Herzing) Update
Grant: Herzing has parented with Herzing University Student Nursing Association to receive a $500 mini grant from the March of Dimes. They used the grant to hold a “Foods with Folic Acid breakfast” to inform students about the importance of folic acid during pregnancy. There was also a March of Dimes Mission Family representative that came to the University to tell about her story of premature birth of twins and their subsequent death.
UW Minnesota – Twin Cities (U of M) Update
Carlson Business Board: U of M are officially a Carlson Business Board student group. This means they will have more access to recruiting through and being a part of the Carlson School.
NFLC 2011: U of M sent 12 members out of a group of about 15 members to NFLC in Milwaukee.
Fundraising: U of M is fundraising by going to girls’ basketball games and cheering.
Community Service: U of M has ringed bells for the Salvation Army through November to December and has also volunteered at the March of Dimes Chef’s Auction in October.
University of Wisconsin–Madison (UW Madison) Update
Trip: Early December UW Madison to a trip to Chicago with about 30 members to visit Morningstar, Wells Fargo Insurance, and Hyatt Hotels. The trip went very smoothly!
Committees: The Professional Events Committee has a dinner set up with the Director of Admissions at the Business School for UW Madison PBL Pre-Business members to get all of their admission questions answered. The Social Events Committee had planned the end of the year banquet dinner which went well. UW Madison invited about 45 members that reached the ‘extraordinary member’ status. Finance Committee has a last pizza sales event to raise some money for the chapter. Marketing Committee started a new marketing project for new smart-phone coupon applications. Community outreach was going to raise money for March of Dimes by selling “Bagels for Babies”, but ran into some issues with food permits so the event had to be canceled last minute. They will try it again next semester.
Letter from FBLA-PBL President & CEO Jean M. Buckley to the state of Wisconsin
Dear Pat
We had two outstanding National Leadership Conferences in Orlando. It was a truly “Breaking Barriers” year in the number of competitors, sponsorships, and attendance. For the first time, we had every single FBLA and PBL competitive event sponsored with cash awards.
Thank you for your support and congratulations on the success of your students who participated in our competitive events program. Below are the Wisconsin recipients that received cash awards at this year’s Awards of Excellence.
| Div. | Event | Place | Name | Chapter | Amount |
| PBL | Accounting for Professionals | 1 | Matt Beck | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 1,000.00 |
| PBL | International Business | 1 | Garrick Jannene | Milwaukee Sch. of Engineering | 500.00 |
| PBL | Management Concepts | 1 | Samantha Thorn | Milwaukee Sch. of Engineering | 500.00 |
| PBL | Accounting Principles | 3 | Joe Meeusen | Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison | 300.00 |
| PBL | Accounting Principles | 5 | David Halvorson | Herzing Univ. | 100.00 |
I hope you are having a wonderful summer.
Regards
Jean