{"id":1668,"date":"2014-07-15T08:46:20","date_gmt":"2014-07-15T12:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2015-12-30T11:48:34","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T16:48:34","slug":"maryland-students-recognized-with-top-honors-at-fbla-national-leadership-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/maryland-students-recognized-with-top-honors-at-fbla-national-leadership-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Students Recognized With Top Honors At FBLA National Leadership Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n

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Maryland\u2019s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) delegation brought home 12 medals and an additional seven (7) other top recognitions from the recent National Leadership Conference and Competition in Nashville, TN, June 29- July 2, 2014.<\/p>\n

More than 225 students and advisors from Maryland attended the National Leadership Conference. The conference brought together more than 10,000 students and advisers from throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Europe, China, and Haiti.\u00a0 The attendees participated in leadership workshops, campaign rallies, regional meetings, and competitive events. The following Maryland students received the below national ranking<\/u> at the FBLA Awards of Excellence Program on July 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Student Name(s)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nEvent<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n\n

Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

School<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\nCity\/County<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cristin Arrup<\/td>\nPilot Event \u2013
\nMicrosoft
\nWord<\/td>\n		\n

2nd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Loch Raven
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Baltimore, MD
\nBaltimore County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Thorne Lindsey<\/td>\nEconomics<\/td>\n\n

2nd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Allegany
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Cumberland, MD
\nAllegany County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Andrew Liu<\/td>\nInsurance & Risk
\nManagement<\/td>\n		\n

2nd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Marriotts Ridge
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Marriottsville, MD
\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Handa Chun<\/td>\nCyber Security<\/td>\n\n

3rd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Mount Hebron
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Ellicott City, MD
\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Matthew Miklosovich<\/td>\nHealth Care
\nAdministration<\/td>\n		\n

3rd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Eastern Technical
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Essex, MD
\nBaltimore County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anita Amin<\/td>\nHealth Care
\nAdministration<\/td>\n		\n

5th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

River Hill
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Clarksville, MD
\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Aidan Shilling<\/td>\nHelp Desk<\/td>\n\n

5th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Center for Career
\nand
\nTechnical Education<\/td>\n		Cumberland, MD
\nAllegany County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anant Mishra<\/td>\nEconomics<\/td>\n\n

7th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Centennial
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Ellicott City, MD
\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Amy Christianson, Gretchen
\nEichelberger, and Justin Hart<\/td>\n		Community Service
\nProject<\/td>\n		\n

9th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Northern
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Owings, MD
\nCalvert County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Michelle Njau and CeCe Ukejinya<\/td>\nMarketing<\/td>\n\n

9th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Dulaney
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Timonium, MD
\nBaltimore County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Anna Maloney and Anthony
\nWegner<\/td>\n		Personal Finance<\/td>\n\n

9th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

Huntingtown
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Huntingtown, MD
\nCalvert County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nathan Yuchi<\/td>\nComputer Applications<\/td>\n\n

10th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

River Hill
\nHigh School<\/td>\n		Clarksville, MD
\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) education association. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs. The association is headquartered in Reston, Virginia, just outside Washington, DC. Within Maryland, more than 2,700 students participate in 80 high school chapters across the state.<\/p>\n

For more information about Career Technology Education and FBLA, please contact Diana Hegmann, State Director, Maryland State Department of Education at 410-767-0536. You can also visit the official FBLA Maryland website at www.mdfbla.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Contact: William Reinhard, 410-767-0486
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