{"id":862,"date":"2015-07-10T15:34:29","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T19:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/?p=862"},"modified":"2015-11-03T15:36:21","modified_gmt":"2015-11-03T20:36:21","slug":"07_10_2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/07_10_2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Students Take Home Medals At FBLA National Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>Eleven Honorees from Seven Systems<\/em><\/h3>\n<p>For Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<\/p>\n<p>Baltimore, MD<\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) delegation brought home 11 medals from the recent National Leadership Conference and Competition held in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>More than 225 students and advisers from the State attended the National Leadership Conference, June 29-July 2. The conference brought together more than 10,000 students and advisers from throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Department of Defense Dependent Schools Europe, China, and Haiti.\u00a0 Attendees participated in leadership workshops, campaign rallies, regional meetings, and competitive events. The Maryland students listed received <u>national ranking<\/u> at the FBLA Awards of Excellence Program held July 2.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"685\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\"><strong><em>Student Name(s)<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\"><strong><em>Event<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><em>Place<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\"><strong><em>School<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\"><strong><em>City\/County<\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Olivia Richart<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Agribusiness<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">2nd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">North East High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">North East, MD<br \/>\nCecil County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Pranav Ganapathy<br \/>\nKunal Pathade<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">American Enterprise Project<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">9th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Centennial High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Ellicott City, MD<br \/>\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Rishub Nahar<br \/>\nOmkar Konaraddi<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Business Ethics<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">10th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Urbana High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Ijamsville, MD<br \/>\nFrederick County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Yixuan Jiu<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Business Law<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">7th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Marriotts Ridge High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Marriottsville, MD<br \/>\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Affan Hussain, Josh Talley, and Peter Sergyeyenko<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Computer Game &amp; Simulation Programming<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">3rd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Dulaney High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Cockeysville, MD<br \/>\nBaltimore County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Alexandra Harrington<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">E-business<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">3rd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Huntingtown High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Huntingtown, MD<br \/>\nCalvert County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Nick Santangelo<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Health Care Administration<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">2nd<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Marriotts Ridge High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Marriottsville, MD<br \/>\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Thorne Lindsay<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Insurance &amp; Risk Management<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">7th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Allegany High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Cumberland, MD<br \/>\nAllegany County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Handa Chun<br \/>\nShayan Siahpoushan<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Network Design<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">9th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Mount Hebron High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Ellicott City, MD<br \/>\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Nikki Datta<br \/>\nKristin Li<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Public Service Announcement<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">5th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">River Hill High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Clarksville, MD<br \/>\nHoward County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"170\">Katherine Hofman<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"120\">Word Processing<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"47\">\n<p align=\"center\">8th<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"150\">Worcester Technical High School<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"146\">Newark, MD<br \/>\nWorcester County<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>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<p>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 <a title=\"FBLA Maryland website\" href=\"http:\/\/www.mdfbla.org\/\">www.mdfbla.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eleven Honorees from Seven Systems<br \/>\nFor Immediate Release \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Contact: Bill Reinhard, 410-767-0486<br \/>\nBaltimore, MD<br \/>\nMaryland\u2019s Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) delegation brought home 11 medals <a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/07_10_2015\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-newsreleases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=862"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":863,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/862\/revisions\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=862"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/msde\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}